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I had the same experience, but with #4 & #5. #4 I struggled so much accepting that it was another boy, but with #5 I had prepared myself and was OK with another boy. And once he got here I was able to completely get over it. I do think that knowing that it's the last one is a huge help in getting past those feelings. I like knowing that there is no "what if", and no swa...
20 Mar 2013 3:43 PM
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He'll be fine and will adjust either way. My boys all really wanted this baby and my last baby to be a girl, and they still say things about that at times. But there isn't really anything they can do about it. It's funny though because some friends of ours who have 5 boys just found out that they are having a girl for #6 and my 3rd son loves tell everyone about that. I thin...
27 Jun 2012 10:33 PM
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I'm leaning girl. Looks more like 3 lines than scrotum and penis, though it's still early to say for sure. I would try and be patient for another couple of weeks to get a clearer idea.
26 Jun 2012 10:26 PM
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Sorry to hear about your loss. I got pg immediately after both of my miscarriages and went on to have healthy normal pregnancies. Definitely take a test and see what happens! Good luck.
26 Jun 2012 10:18 PM
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Alicia-I'm sorry to hear about your son, that has to be so hard! Do you know when he might be able to come home? I'm still cooking this baby and am due tomorrow, he doesn't seem to want to come out. I would love to exchange e-mails and maybe meet up sometime. I'm trying to think of a way to do so without posting our info publicly on this forum! It's annoying that you ...
26 Jun 2012 10:11 PM
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He's gorgeous! Congratulations. You must be so excited to have him in your arms finally. Hopefully my little guy will decide to head out soon as well!
17 Jun 2012 4:52 AM
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That's the silly thing, I know I'm done. I've spent my entire pg being 100% convinced that I'm done and that has made me really happy. I'm not sure why this is throwing me for such a loop. It's probably the fact that I'm about to give birth any day, and that this particular friend is someone I was very close to, we shared our GD with each other and were very open about it, and sh...
12 Jun 2012 3:19 PM
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Why does it always seem like you constantly see everyone with 1 more kid than you finally getting the gender you want. I just found out today that my good friend who also had 5 boys (she had her 5th the same time I had my 4th), is now expecting a girl for #6. I also just watched a Baby Story the other day with a woman who had 5 boys and was having a girl for #6, and I cried all the way...
11 Jun 2012 11:02 PM
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I'm soo sorry! Life is so unfair. My best friend is in the same boat, she lost her only daughter 3 years ago (she was stillborn), and has now gone on to have another boy, and is due in a few weeks with another (she had 2 before her daughter). It's so unfair and it breaks my heart knowing how difficult it must be to be at a place where you see your life and future with a daughter ...
11 Jun 2012 6:53 AM
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Oh I get that reaction all the time. We live in an area where not many people have big families, so we are a bit of a spectacle to begin with, and I completely think that people generally atribute the number of kids we have to trying to get a girl. But a funny thing has happened for me along the way, I just don't care any more!! I used to let strangers (or even friends) comments ...
06 Jun 2012 5:22 AM
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I think it gets easier as your kids get older. I was doing really well with mine prior to this pg, For me having that hope brought up again with a pg definitely flares mine up a ton! I think once I know I'm done having babies and there is no chance of a girl I'll have an easier time accepting that and moving on. I agree that the young girl cute factor makes it really ...
01 Jun 2012 1:35 AM
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I have had 2 IUDs. I didn't get pg with it in which is good! My first one however the strings were cut pretty short and they curled up inside my uterus, which didn't effect the thing working, but then made it a nightmare to get it removed when I wanted it out. I also know 2 women personally who have had their IUD perforate their uterus. One of them didn't realize for a long...
30 May 2012 12:30 AM
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Goldilocks-So have you had your baby?? Boy or girl? I'd dying to know here!
30 May 2012 12:23 AM
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I'm right there with ya! I'm a few weeks away from having my 5th and final boy and it's tough sometimes. I'm doing pretty good now, but I know that there will always be times when I feel sad about not having a daughter, and I guess I'll just have to learn to live with that. Now I am getting excited to meet my new baby and snuggle him.
21 May 2012 3:46 PM
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I did O+12, position (missionary), No big O, Calcium Magnesium, Drank tons of Crystal light, DH did hot baths, and I did lots of the negative Ions suggestions. I thought it was a pretty good sway, though I wasn't willing to do the diet hardcore. I went into it praying that if it was meant to be that I would have a girl, and if not that I'd be ok with another boy. I'm getting ther...
19 May 2012 5:23 PM
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I had a perfect O+12 sway and am having boy #5. I thought that was my best chance, but it didn't work out for me. I have begun to think that swaying doesn't really do much.
18 May 2012 7:17 PM
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Too funny (actually it's annoying as heck when you're going through it), so maybe too ironic! That's how I was with my 2nd, so stressed about him coming early, and then I hit 38 wks and just wanted him OUT! It's crazy sometimes how long your body can drag this whole process out. It's great though that your baby will probably be a healthy little guy when he comes now. ...
14 May 2012 11:19 PM
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I can only imagine how emotional you must be! I was planning to wait till the birth to find out gender this time, but at 22 wks when I had to go for another US I realized that I couldn't do it. I just was getting to wrapped up in the hope that this baby would be a girl, and I knew that would only get more intense as the pg went on, and then imagined how upset and shocked I'd be at the ...
09 May 2012 4:13 PM
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I used to say I wanted 5 or 6, but now being pg with #5 I am definitely done this time. This pg has been horrible and I am really at my limit with the number of kids I'm taking care of as well. I wish that life was calmer for our family, and that my pg's were easy and then I might consider 1 more shot, but as it is I'm so done. This baby was kind of my last ditch attempt for a gi...
09 May 2012 12:09 AM
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Well, I'm now 110% sure that this baby is indeed a boy! He isn't shy, we'll just say that. But he was very sweet closing and opening his mouth and blinking. I know it will get easier once he's here, but I just wish the next 7 weeks could go by faster. It's just hard to think that it's really over, that there isn't any more chances for me to have the daughter I always k...
08 May 2012 5:04 AM
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I'm with ya on that! I'm due with boy #5 in 7 weeks, and it's still so hard to to be sad when I see so many other people getting the gender they wanted. (or the gender I wanted!) I was doing really well before I got pg this time and really thought I'd be fine either way, but now that I'm her I'm struggling with GD again. I think once I am done and know that there's no more chance...
07 May 2012 11:58 PM
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Thanks ladies. It always feels betterto know that you're not alone in your craziness! I just keep thinking about this episode of One Born Every Minute (it's a birth show) that this woman was due with her 4th boy and she kept telling everyone at the hospital that she thought they were wrong on the US and that it would be a girl. She was seriously in deep denial! She even cal...
04 May 2012 5:26 PM
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I'm 32 wks pg with my 5th son, and I have an US scheduled for this coming Monday to recheck my placenta previa to make sure it's moved up. And sadly there is this tiny crazy part of me that is somehow hoping this baby will miraculously have turned from a boy to a girl, despite the most clear turtle boy shot you have ever seen that I got at my 22 wk US. I know there's no way this baby i...
04 May 2012 3:31 AM
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I wouldn't put too much stock in his guess. With such old equipment, and not having a trained US tech, and the fact that even he said it was only 80% I'd say you still have a good chance that he was wrong. I hope you are able to get in for a better US soon.
02 May 2012 3:45 PM
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Polyhydromnios can be serious, so if you do have it you do need to be careful. With that said, US can be an unrelieable way to diagnose the amount of fluid. I would ask to have another scan to double check the findings, and if you really have it you should have other signs as well. Belly should be measuring too large, and it should be hard for the dr to palpate and feel the...
27 Apr 2012 3:12 PM
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