Introductions

Hi from Alaska :)

nymeria82 — Tue, 21 May 2013 08:58:56 GMT

Hey everyone! I'm new here and expecting my first baby. My chosen career is sonographer so I have been looking at nubs for quite a few months before I actually got pregnant myself. It's definitely interesting to see how boy and girl nubs can look very different or very similar depending on the fetal age, angle of the picture, etc. I've started keeping a personal record of my patients and what I think their nub points to and then when they come back at 18 weeks, I'll see if I was right. It's starting to be come an obsession of mine. Haha. Anyway, nice to meet you all. Thanks for letting me stalk your forums ;)

expecting #3

vamompgw#3 — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:45:08 GMT

Im new to this site. I am currently expecting number 3. It is the first with my new husband. He also has 2 kids. I am currently 19 weeks pregnant. I have been searching the site and found this site with alot of ultrasounds pics on it. I have a feeling that at my 16 week ultrasound they may have given me a gender guess.

So I joined up to see what you all had to say.

hi im new lol

cookie666 — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:04:24 GMT

I'm a mum to two boys 2 & 3 currently 15.5 with number 3 any ideas as to sex from picture thanks xx

Hey there ;-)

angrylittle — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:54:53 GMT

Hi guys, I'm from Europe and my native language is German (anyone else here?) so apologies for my English in advance ;-). I'm mother to two boys who I absolutely love but I never ever wanted a boy. When I found out during the first pregnancy that I was having a boy it was not that much of an issue to me because I really wanted to have a baby - but still, I was disappointed. When I found out about the second boy it was worse - I was so hoping for a girl and it took me a long time to deal with the fact that I'm having a boy again. I love my children, really, but still, I feel like I failed. When I see mothers with daughters I think that they're secretly pointing their finger at me and laughing behind my back "look at her, she's got two boys, what a failure she is". And I'm so tired of stupid remarks people make like "Oh, poor you, the only woman in the house" or questions like "When is your daughter coming?". Even before I had the first two I always wanted 4 kids, and I still do. Since my boys are still very small I feel it would be better to wait for the third child a few years and then have to with a small gap again. My initial dream of 4 daughters won't be fullfilled anyway, but I still feel that I want two daughters. So if I have two more children these are my two last chances and I'm so scared it won't happen. I know I would be so hoping for a girl if I got pregnant again and I don't even want to think about the huge disappoinment I would end up with if I had another boy. So sometimes I even started to think it would be better to not have more children at all. Anyway, although I still want to wait a few years until baby no.3, I can't stop thinking about this topic. So I ended up here on this forum. In other forums people always make stupid remarks about this topic and tell me I should be satisfied with what I have, but what can I say, I'm simply not :(. I already informed myself on PFD/IVF and the more I read about it the more convinced I am that this would be a way for me. At the moment, the big question I'm asking myself is whether we should already do this for baby no.3. I so badly want a daughter and if I could have one next maybe there would be no more pressure on me. On the other hand - if we try without it there's still the chance of a daughter. But then again, I don't know how I would deal with the huge disappointment I would have with a boy. So, I hope to find some input here in this forum. Best wishes!

hey newbie here and would like to to get lots of advice please

babydustx4 — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:57:57 GMT

i all ready have 3 children and all boys and both me and my partner dont feel our family is complete without a little girl we have both agreed to try one more time to get that little girl and wantto do everything we can to increase the chances of having that little bundle of pink.

but i just dont know where to start im on the pill still at the moment, when im not taking the pill my periods are all over the place i dont know when i ovulate, im not sure if having a tilted womb has anything to do with anything either and all the info i have found has beeen a little confusing. i dont know which method is the best to go with any help would greatly be appreciated

3 Boys...expecting a 4th child!

sammib45 — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:09:49 GMT

Hi there! I have been a long time lurker but finally registered and am introducing myself. I have three awesome little boys, ages 7, 4, and 1 and am expecting my 4th. Totally a surprise that happened on on anniversary trip to Hawaii :) We weren't planning on having 4, my 3 are a wild crowd already, but we are getting excited to possibly welcome a girl to the family. I am trying not to get my hopes up but it's so difficult not to! I am a little over 13 weeks so not too much longer until we find out the gender. This site has given me a little hope that my husband and I might finally have a girl so I am excited to hang out here during this pregnancy. Thanks for looking!!

new to the site..expecting first baby

ECR2655 — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:04:37 GMT

Hi everyone

Just thought I would say hello, just joined the site - expecting my first baby in November. Cant wait to find out if its a boy or girl.

Hoping for Natural Twins

SDpearls — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:35:04 GMT

Hi!!!

I've lurked for a bit and now that we are definitely ready to dive in to TTC-land, I figured I ought to join :)

I have been researching ways to naturally increase my chances for twins and now we're gonna see how it pans out! If I had a magic wand, I'd fall pregnant with b/g twins.

Factors that increase my chances: my maternal grandmother got pregnant with 3 sets of frats (my mom is one of them), my singleton aunt (mom's sis) got pregnant with frat twins, and I am pretty sure I have felt the ovulation twinge on BOTH sides. I've also already had one baby, I'm tall, slightly overweight (only by 10 lbs, not at the 30 BMI level). My OB gave my about a 10% chance at having frat twins which is more than double the normal population.

I've had the Paraguard IUD (no hormones) for almost two years and just had it removed 4 weeks ago. We waited one cycle to give the uterine lining a chance to recover and now my zealous TTC plans can finally take shape. I've been taking folic acid 800 mg for 6 weeks along with a very robust multi-vitamin that has 500 mg of B6 included. Plus I'm taking an extra 500mg Calcium and Vit D, Fish OIl and Glucosimine. I have bumped up the folic acid to 1600 mg now and am keeping the rest of the supplements as is.

After debating it, I have decided to try taking Soy Isolfavones cd 2-5 at 150 mgs/day. I hope that this will bring ovulation on a day or three early and fingers crossed it will help stimulate those follicles to release more than one mature egg!

I've got my ovulation predictor kit and my progestrone cream at the ready - I just hope my husband is ready to get it on!!!

I really hope to get pregnant this cycle because i do NOT want to have to suffer through the summer months all horribly pregnant (I went two weeks over due last time during a heat wave - so. not. fun.). Plus I'd be able to add another little Gemini to the family!

Wishing you all the pink or blue baby dust of your desires!!!

Mum to 3 boys! When is my daughter turning up... Hi!

Threemonkeys — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:28:08 GMT

Well as the title says, I have 3 beautiful cheeky monkeys! To which I love with all my heart and soul but...... My second and third I'd hoped for a beautiful princess but that obviously wasn't meant to be. Now I'm in a predicament. Do I try for another with that slim chance of pink? It's gotten to a stage where I can't even bear to watch one born every minute because it's actually painful to think I may never get to do that again. Let alone with MY daughter. I'm so upset that I even cry at the adverts. Can anyone say 'psycho'? My partner is somewhat bored of my constant ummm and arrrrr with this subject. I see pink frills in a shop and my mood turns sour. I wouldn't change any og boys but it feels like I'm not done and not my heart isn't complete yet. That small little heart shaped hole is screaming to be filled. Wouldn't believe my youngest is just over 4 months. With my first I wasn't even broody but now I can't stop thinking about the possibilities. My family are the worst type of supports. The pitiful looks and remarks really do drive me crazy. 'Awww nevermind, maybe a girl next time',' blah blah. Just go away. Alice, Esmee, Ella, Ava....... Those would of been one of the names I would of chosen for my daughter. Only I sit here with three beautiful boys and feel such guilt. I, like many many families out there have single sex children. Girls or boys. Don't get me wrong it's what fate had in store for us but it still doesn't stop that deep down ache for a little pink bundle. I secretly hoped. Nay begged for my third child to be pink but he had other plans....born just over four months ago I still feel that tug for my little girl I do feel that I am extremely lucking to have three healthy and beautiful children. To have that chance and choice to bear pregnancy is a beautiful thing that ALL woman should be able to do. But that thought makes me heavy with more guilt ridden thoughts that I just cannot put to bed. After my second son was born that 'itch' at the back of my mind never went away and is still with me. Haunting me whenever I see pretty lace dresses or one of my friends shows off pictures of their little princess. Envy. Jealously. It's there inside like a Green headed snake. Whispering sweet nothing's into my ear - 'one more try won't hurt' 'Imagine that scan where they announce you have a daughter finally' ........... My partner is very supportive and I have thrown the idea of another child into the air. A couple times it's been no and a couple yes. I know deep down that he would agree to another to try and make me finally happy. But what if? What will my family think of me? What if it's another blue bundle! What if I can't? Before any of you say it. Of course I would love him all the same. My baby would mean the world to me like my older three do. I would of carried, fed, loved that gorgeous boy for 10 months without a bad thought. I DO NOT agree with some parents having an abortion because the baby is the wrong sex. That is very very wrong. There are many many ladies our their who are desperate for a family of their own and you KILL a baby because it's the wrong sex. Shame on you. My house is mayhem with three boys so would a fourth child put a kink in the mix? Would we cope with those sleepless nights and nappies all over again. Can I wait a few years before I stretch this family to bear one more mouth to feed? All these questions bob around in my head 24/7. I honestly wish I was just content to let things happen when they do but I don't think I can. I want to try as 'sway' what ever chance I get to have that little girl in my arms. I read up on all the methods more than I can count.... I won't gross or freak you out with the details but they go from eating more certain foods to the woman not having a orgasm and much much worse! What extremes would you go to, to have a certain sex? Some ladies have had upto 8 single sex children before that special little girl or boy that they've dreamed about. Then you think well were the other children wanted? In my case - yes. 150%. I wanted lots of children. End of. It just so happened I had three cheeky monkeys instead of a mixture with a lace princess' somewhere in there. Now I've researched a bit into what to do, do I want to try 'sway' mother nature? Only I know the answer and Its not an easy one to decide. Trust me. Do I even want to try incase I end up with a small amount of disappointment from another boy. As I'm writing this I'm not sure if I want to share it with the world. I know someone out there is bound to think I'm horrendous, horrible, selfish blah blah. But there are thousands of ladies out there feeling the same as I am. Please don't take offence from MY opinion. I just need to express myself. So sue me. IF. And it's a big bloody if... I had another child would I stop with one more? I know finances and space would stop me as it is now. I do think that the small gap between No2 and No3 for me was down to a wanting/need for a little princess to rule my household of boys. Especially since I am now outnumbered 1:5. Would a little girl even fit into our family of cars, mud, trains and wrestling matches in our living room... Would her dolls house be squished wrecked, her little voice drained by shouting boys. I know that reality is that I am trying to justify not having another baby because I'm Selfish. Thinking up reasons to calm down my want. I want so so bad. Then it comes down to society. I get the stares with 'only boys' written on their faces. I got asked once about how many kids I have and proud as pie I announced their names and ages. Only to be confronted with a sad pitiful reply of 'oh nevermind, maybe next time you will have a girl' my thoughts automatically went haywire!! What did this woman think she had over me? To talk to me in such a pathetic way. I responded with such words I won't reply.... Whoops. But that's what they all think. That I'm unhappy that I have only boys. It's not like it with ladies that have all girls. They accept that as the norm. Why is it so different with girls? why is that socially acceptable but having all boys isn't? I'm not unhappy. I am very happy and very proud of what iv got. My boys make me smile every day and I'm thankful for that. Even the days they scream, cry and wreck everything they touch. They are still mine. I'm not too sure what I want from this exactly but putting words down on paper made it easier somehow to see for myself on the outside of 'me'. I know it drives my partner mad listening to me moan all the time. Maybe will be easier to understand why I gush at pink outfits or dream up names. A little bit easier. All my family already think that we will try for another. So do we just go along with it. In a way it makes me Turn the other way and sag NO straight away when that dreaded question pops up. They all know I wanted a girl. They all know I was pretty sad for a small time when I found out I had another boy. But they dont know the crap that keeps going around my head. Which they don't help. Even my closet family belittle me with the pitiful looks, 'awwww-Inge' and generic reaction to my all boy family. Even those closest to Me makes me feel so so much worse. Where does it get better? Mumtothreemonkeys.

Frustrated. Need help please

Bookworm — Fri, 17 May 2013 02:25:49 GMT

Hi there! I'm so confused and don't even know where to start!! I'm mom to 2 boys and I am desperate for a little girl for our third child. If microsort were an option in the US, no question, that's the route we would choose. As it is, we are now trying to learn more about PGD but I really don't want twins and that's a risk with PGD/IVF, right? Is there a high tech method that allows gender selection but is less invasive than IvF?? Oh this is so frustrating.

Anyone from Louisiana?

JClark1980 — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:22:23 GMT

Hi:-) my name is Jeannie, I am currently 27 weeks and a few days pregnant, I have three children one girl 13, two boys 9&7, and was wondering if anyone is from Louisiana:-)

Help

Jojo77 — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:31:11 GMT

Hello im trying to post a pic and not having much luck anybody can help me plz xxx

I'm new and love all the info and advice of real moms!!

livelifehappy — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:58:50 GMT

Hi! I'm a mom of 2 beautiful boys and 5 months pregnant! Love all the forums and information on this wonderful site:)

I haven't been here for a couple of years but hey , I'm back ;-)

moonstone — Fri, 10 May 2013 07:59:50 GMT

Hi everyone, I don't know if anyone remembers me but its been a couple of years since I last posted but I hope ur all ok and I'm really pleased to be back!! I'm sooo looking forward to getting to know u all again and looking at the nub pics (I was a bit obsessed with that last time !!) luv & light, moonstone xxxx

Hello :)

Maggie1987 — Fri, 10 May 2013 22:56:19 GMT

My name is Megan and I am 26 years old. I have never had children before or tried so the whole pregnancy and ttc world is new to me. I am actually not ttc until hopefully the end of next year but I am a huge planner and research the crap out of stuff so I figure now is the time to start gathering info I'd love to get pregnant with twins for my first pregnancy as my hubby and I want two children and it would be great to only have one pregnancy as I'd like to take off only one year or less from work. We live in Canada so we're not sure if we will split the mat leave or just let me take the whole year off. A girl is what I am really aiming for though. I don't care if I have two girls or a boy and a girl with two singleton pregnancies as long as I have a daughter some day <3

Newbie :)

Carolinabelle — Sun, 12 May 2013 23:17:34 GMT

It's my first visit here. I am currently pregnant with my 5th baby. Hope to meet all of you soon!

It's been a long time but ......... I'm Back :)

MyHeartsDesire1 — Tue, 07 May 2013 12:33:08 GMT

Formerly MyHeartsDesire....... Not sure if any "old timers" are still on here who might remember me. I have 4 boys ages 17, 15, 7, and 6. I was heartbroken after an early M/C about 2 1/2 years ago but continued trying. Finally last year I totally gave up and accepted that it was never going to happen.....and then......much to our surprise we found out last month our 5th is on the way! Very nervous and excited for this baby. Due December 9th???

10 weeks! Boy or girl???

Mjordyn — Mon, 06 May 2013 17:22:06 GMT

What do you all think?!!

Boy or girl?

Dalyno3 — Mon, 06 May 2013 08:57:20 GMT

Please help, what do u think?

Newbie, Due 11-14-13

BeeDee — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:06:39 GMT

Hi! I am mother to 2 boys, 8 and 12 years old. I am 34 yrs old. Just had my 12 week scan, and the tech says she thinks its a girl, but we will confirm that in about 3 weeks at the next ultrasound. I posted my nub picture. So excited!! Looking forward to communicating with you all!

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