Desire and disappointment

Hey everyone,

So today I went shopping with my step daughter for her birthday present. We got caught like a rabbit in headlights looking at baby clothes (they were in the department store before ladies wear) I've never let myself really look at baby girl clothes before but my SD just went straight in there and started picking up pink clothes and passing me them saying "look, how cute would this be if you are having a girl" it felt so good to touch them and start thinking in that way. The joy was like holding a puppy for me! Little pink booties and pink all in one suits. Some Girls clothes are SO soft!!! I've set myself up for such a fall. My SD is really wishing for a sister (she is 13 this month) and wants a girl in our family probably as much as I do. She is great with her brothers and says if it's another brother she will be happy (but it sounds like something I say to people) so now added pressure to my desire and double the disappointment if it's not a girl. 6 days to go till scan... Wish I was going alone.

I also caught myself longingly feeling baby girl clothes the other day, and I am still TTC!! Am I setting myself up for a fall or just thinking positively! Anyway I also balance it out by "picking" baby boy clothes I love, Next have some gorgeous baby boy sleep suits and cardies on their website to try and help get excited about having a boy possibly too. Good luck in your scan!! I hope you have a beautiful healthy baby girl cooking!! :)

Thank you dove, hope you get your BFP soon! I'm hoping this week will go quickly and the icon deal with either outcome :)

Who is going with you to the scan?

Clothes make it so much harder. If we all wore one simple color palette it would be so much easier. Baby girls clothes are cute and I have loved putting them on my girls...now that i have to find boy clothes, I am completely lost.
I worked so hard for years telling myself I wasn't allowed in those sections of the store that now I feel criminal going in them.

Keep us posted on the scan. Their is no way around it, we were all a bundle of nerves leading up to our scans. At least some type of relief is on its way.

We are here to celebrate the outcome with you!

I think the clothes are a huge factor in my own GD. I feel like the baby girl section is an elusive club I'm not allowed access to and I honestly get a little depressed everytime I must bypass it to go to the boys section. But only baby and toddler clothes, past age 2 and it's just meh. I actually like boys clothes better in the tween years.

But here's how I see it, when I was expecting my second (and last) baby, I did indulge in looking at the girl clothes. I even bought a few pieces on sale. Even though my gut told me it was another boy. Now I'm glad I did because I may never get that chance again. So, maybe just enjoy it without getting to attached (if that's possible.) although I've got my FX for girl for you.

Ügee- I see your sig line says girl due in August! Congrats!!!!!.....is your sway, including your diet, up somewhere?

And I totally understand having a child's desire add to your own weight on your shoulders because for years I was unable to conceive another child and my son kept asking me when he was going to have a brother or sister....it would break my heart...and he would even say things like G-D doesn't answer prayer and when asked what prayer that was his prayer (hopefully even though he was 13 when he finally got a brother, that he realizes G-D does answer prayer, the answer may be yes, no, or wait)

Congrats on a girl! Just when I think I have my GD in the right place, then something knocks it off! Recently, it's been my DH. He keeps asking me about my girl names and what if it's a girl... I reply I haven't thought about girl names...because I can't without getting hope!

Clothes are always a big problem, especially before DD was born.

Congrats again!

Hi sorry I didn't post in this thread before now! Yes I'm thrilled and can't believe I'm carrying a baby girl! I really do feel at peace with all the GD now which is what I was hoping to achieve also. I feel overlying twitchy at anything that could go wrong with this pregnancy like it's too good to be true so still battling with some issues :sigh:

My sway is on the site Skillet04 and diet as LE diet. No breakfast till 12 had 2 coffee's at least a day, no tea, tried not to snack as much as poss and drank white wine every night. I was such a healthy foodie with my boys. Also I cut out meat apart from one night a week of chicken or fish but they were always small portions. My go to lunch for ease was toasted tea cakes with proper butter.

I hope you hear girl soon applesoup!

Congratulations