Originally Posted by
meeks32
I totally agree how annoying the assumption is that you had another 'just' to try for a girl, I have 2 boys and this is my third and that drove me nuts! Because we truly wanted a big family, not just a girl. I was also quite prepared for 3 boys, although I won't deny I wanted a girl like mad. But it had nothing to do with trying for another. If we had a pidgin pair first, I would still have gone again.
The heartrate thing is bulls**t. In my experience (this was told to me by a midwife that had been working 20 years, and I have since watched and believe it) the heart rate has more to do with A) age of foetus, B) How much, how recently and what you just ate or drank (particularly coffee or sugar) C) The babies personality. Especially C. She told me and I was sceptical but then my ds1 was always 150-170 for heartrate and he is super hyperactive in real life, and always has been. My ds2 I thought was around 120-130 but then checked my book and he went down to 110 quite often at checkups, even after coffee! He is the most relaxed calm kid i've met. This one is 130-150 and every time it hits 150 I think NOOOOO not another hyper one!!! GO DOWN GO DOWN! We had a girly nub and were told girl at my last scan, at 15 weeks, waiting to confirm at 19 at the anatomy scan.
