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[quote user="Princess of Pink"][quote user="kathy31"]
Hi PunkyBrew
I m really glad that u r happy havin 5 boys. but pls dont disrespect girls by sayin girls couldnt have done this or that. girls can do anything what boys do.
[/quote] I have to agree here...I read here because I thought...all boys mums....like me, must love having that one gender family just like I do...rather than...
11 Jul 2011 2:31 PM
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Nope, ur right! Thanks for the reality check.. As soon as I hit send I thought I was underestimating ivf cycles at 10k a pop (more like 12k at the clinic I checked with) a friend just did one cycle with donor egg and it was successful and cost her 16k...pgd would have added 2k more.
I was lpoking at russia- latest estimates are 50k. But as others have said, at least you know you will get a dau...
08 Jul 2011 2:52 PM
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Sometimes the thought of the adoption is the only thing that makes me feel better about my all boy family! I think, hhhm... who knows, maybe in 2 or 3 years down the line there'll be a little girl in this family make up.
My DH funny enough is MUCH happier with adoption than PGD/IVF. He thinks there is something too manipulative about PGD (I totally disagree we fight about ...
08 Jul 2011 11:42 AM
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My GD baby is almost 10 months. It gets better. I still want a little girl though now I'm thinking about adoption (international, figure if I put my applicaiton in now, and it takes 2 years, then maybe by that time I won't be as keen... it gives me breathing space, so to speak..). I was sad for most of the pregnancy, some moments of happiness, but in general, sad. And there...
04 Jul 2011 7:49 AM
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[quote user="MyWishCameTrue"]
I don't mean to say that you were vile! Unlike alot of the PP moms I know in real life, all of the ones on IG are awesome!!
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agree with this! I think when people on here villify PP moms, they are speaking about real life experience - the smug comments, the "thank God I got my girl, I wouldn't be able to deal with two boys", the stereotyping ...
24 Jun 2011 11:37 AM
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Yes, it happens all of the time, and one of the reasons I didn't join a baby group/playgroup with this little one, the way I did with my twins. I think with my GD tendencies, any little comment from that group of moms, no matter how innocent it may seem, would send me over the edge. Frankly my baby doesn't need the stimulation - he gets enough with his brothers in the house and with me ...
22 Jun 2011 2:22 PM
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If someone, anyone, had told me about this site when I was blissfully unaware, happy with my twin sons, pined quietly for a daughter (but not in the way I did after DS3!), I think I would have been really really happy. First, to know that not everyone gets PP just as a matter of "luck" (and what does that say for those of us who have single gender families? that we're not lucky?), and second, that...
22 Jun 2011 2:07 PM
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aww thanks! I see GD as having good days and bad days - or good minutes and bad minutes - and just trying to keep it together long enough to get through the bad minutes/days and know that you'll feel better soon. Also I remind myself that having a girl will not guarantee me happiness. If it were that easy, then everyone who wanted a girl and had a girl would always be happy... an...
21 Jun 2011 11:27 AM
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Congratulations! I totally understand how you are feeling - I only had twins, but I still had that feeling, out of 2, you'd think at least one of them might be a girl? I can see how it would feel if all three were boys! That said, my twins were my first children and the GD didn't hit until I had my 3rd son, totally unplanned as we were really supposed to be done with the twins (husband...
20 Jun 2011 11:11 AM
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My friend was on the french gender diet and she ate tons of cheese and yogurt (and had a girl but miscarried a boy first). So I was happily helping myself to the forbidden cheese until I read on another site that cheese is kind of a no-no because of the sodium content (hence the parmesan, or if you can find low salt cheese then that is okay in moderation) and because of the fat content....
15 Jun 2011 11:36 AM
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I'm sorry, I have to agree with Serenity on this - and I'm glad a PP mom said it otherwise it would be a boy mom issue, yet again. AH, I totally get that you want to defend girls and it's good that you do, as with so many boy moms on here, it could get one-sided... Perhaps you don't mean to do it, but your posts tend to read anti-boy, and this particular one, you've upped the drama quotient qu...
13 Jun 2011 11:28 AM
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Having a 3rd boy brought me to this forum, and it has taught me SO much. Before I came here, I assumed everyone in real life who had a girl first would automatically want a boy. My mom had 4 girls in a row, then finally "her boy" and I guess I grew up thinking that boys were valued just as much, if not more, than girls. Your post would have really depressed me a year ago - yet an...
13 Jun 2011 10:35 AM
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HI seahorse - I had a look at your link and yes, it really does look like a classic boy nub. I've been checking out the nub pictures recently for a friend of mine, and it seems as though the boy nubs are really noticeable - they point up, have a rounder shape, etc., whereas girl nubs are much flatter and straight (it also seems that just b/c you have a "girl nub" it may not necessarily be a ...
12 Jun 2011 8:01 AM
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Congratulations! I've been looking to see your results and were hoping you'd get the girl! Did you formally write up your sway, ie, not just O+12, but diet, supplements, etc? Congrats again..
11 Jun 2011 7:56 AM
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Awww. congratulations! I am so happy for you. My GD baby is 9 months old and while I still obsess about a daughter from time to time, he is perfect and I couldn't love him more. Completely different to his brothers and yet some similarities as well... I actually coo over newborns all of the time, and probably GD related, really really adore the baby boys for some reason!
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10 Jun 2011 9:19 AM
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Seriously? You were offended by my paraphrasing? I think it makes girl moms sound better - I'd much rather be told I was skinny and underfed than "healthy and strong"... but that's just me.
From atomic sagebrush's blog:
WHAT IS THE TRIVERS WILLARD HYPOTHESIS? (POST 1)The Trivers Willard hypothesis is a biological theory that has been around for over 30 years. In a n...
09 Jun 2011 11:45 AM
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I wonder this too! I think it's also the lifestyle - that Trevor Willard theory that says better fed, healthier moms are more likely to conceive boys (as boy fetuses and boy babies, boys in general consume more calories) and underfed, less healthy moms are more likely to conceive girls. But Pink kind of blows that theory, because she looks very strong, healthy, muscle-tone, and testosterone-...
08 Jun 2011 7:55 AM
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We have six kids! Well, three are my steps, and my husband and I have three more together.. and if one more person tells my husband 'you better get the snip', I'm going to scream. When I feel compelled to respond, I point out that I came from a family of five children, and my parents have 13 grandkids and are surrounded by family, constantly. They actually bought a summer house to escap...
07 Jun 2011 12:19 PM
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Your children are still young - is the older one in school yet? I have found tons of 2 boy families once my boys started school and in setting up playdates and the like, have made good friends with mostly boy moms (a few PP moms and one 1-girl mom as well!). The gender make up in this year's class is something like 25% of the families have 2 boys (1 mom has 4 boys, I have 3); 25% of th...
07 Jun 2011 12:10 PM
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Welcome! Moms of 3 boys are plentiful here, and wishing you best of luck on your journey ahead. Your story is very similar to mine - I had twin boys and my GD was about 4 hours, the day of the ultrasound, and after that I was absolutely fine and excited. I guess I too had always thought that a 3rd was in the cards, and when that 3rd was an oops, I thought like you, well then this must ...
06 Jun 2011 2:33 PM
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Hmm. this is a tricky one. I have a DH who ALSO wants a little girl, but has three children from his 1st marriage, then our 3 together. six is enough, and 7 to him seems almost obscene (he's financially responsible for all of them but 2 live with their mother and the eldest is 16 and at boarding school...) But he's willing to at least go for a consult because he knows how important thi...
02 Jun 2011 11:15 AM
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Problem withcomments like that, you always have your response AFTER the idiot has walked away. But it does suck. I still remember when I was 34 weeks pregnant with my 3rd son, had the twins out at a play park alone as my DH was away for the week on business, and there was a dad and mom and their precious little pink toddler. (precious to them; I actually am pretty unfazed by other peop...
02 Jun 2011 6:50 AM
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I have three boys and they are great! Granted, the littlest one is still a baby - and all babies are "work", but I could slap that smug woman who said she was so glad she didn't have three boys, as they'd be too much work. AAARGH. Three kids, period, is a lot of work. We didn't become parents so that we'd have it "easy". And I know plenty of women with girls whose girls are a han...
01 Jun 2011 1:24 PM
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YES! I called, I was soooo nervous, but it was really only to make an appointment, so I tried to calm myself down as much as possible, nothing is definite, and my DH is still not totally on board, so this is really just an "information session" (as I assured my DH). My doctor's office said before I even come in for the consultation (scheduled for end of June), that I need to go have all of t...
01 Jun 2011 11:28 AM
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YES! It's totally scary. I am sitting here with the phone next to me trying to get up the courage just to call the local clinic and arrange an initial consultation - this is the only step my DH is willing to take and there's no guarantee we'll even proceed after the initial consult. I feel totally intimidated just picking up the phone. But my best friend and I are meeting f...
31 May 2011 8:27 AM
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