Originally Posted by
Hopefully Pink
This is a pretty old thread, but I just thought I’d add on just in case you might still be grappling with what to do.
I had two boys just over two years apart and I had terrible GD after I found out I was having my younger son. We had only ever planned to have two kids so for me, I had to come to terms with having a third child just to have a daughter. I tried very hard to be okay with my boys and move on, but I often cried in secret and even though I loved my boys desperately I was so sad. I chalked it up to morning the loss of a daughter that I would never have. Then one night my husband came back from a meeting early and caught me sobbing in the shower, and that’s when he and I had an honest conversation about my GD. I told him I thought I could move on eventually but if I could guarantee our third was a girl I would do it in a second. That’s when my Husband decided that we should definitely do IVF for a girl, because the possibility of regrets was too strong and if it didn’t work out then at least we tried. We had enough money for one round and we decided to go all in and went to Dr. Potter. It was a tough process and knowing that it may not work was hard but I felt like I was chasing after what I felt was meant to be. I had had dreams of my daughter so I felt I had to know if they were real.
For us IVF worked and my daughter is 2 years old now and I rarely think about how she was conceived because she completed our family in a way that felt so meant to be. I hope that helps anyone who might read this.