Dreaming Pink Due Date Group: TTC and Beyond

[TTCPink]

GeCon, congratulations on your little boy! I love the little outfit in your profile pic. I promise you having two boys is a blessing. Mine are the best of buddies. They have been sitting here playing LEGOS for the past two hours together! Of course they have their disputes like all siblings, but I absolutely love that they have each other. My husband is one of three boys and they all are still very close as adults. Seeing the future of what my boys will hopefully have with each other makes me appreciate having two boys even more. I always wished I had a sister...I think it is a great thing to have a sibling of the same gender growing up.

[TTCPink]

Sorry I haven't been keeping up on this thread as much as I would like to.

Hope time passes quickly for those in limbo waiting to find out gender and prayers to those having a difficult time with GD right now.

Sorry for the lack of personals at the moment. I'll be back in soon. AFM, we are in the process of investigating why it is taking so long TTC this time and I had blood work done to check hormones Fri. My DH is going in for an SA in a couple weeks. If all comes back well possibly Clomid after that. Time will tell!

[myrainbowgirl]

I can completely relate! I've often thought I'm absolutely crazy for having #3 and now I'm even thinking about #4?? haha I've been driven mad by the GD! The GD has turned me into a bitter woman at times, so you are not alone. It's easy to say "this is meant to be" or "I am choosing to accept this outcome for today" but then in the back of my mind the little voice is whispering nasty things to me ... like "you'll only have another boy, why have 4 children for the sake of MAYBE getting a DD" or "you don't even have the patience for 2 children, why are you having more?".... UGH!

FWIW, 11 weeks is too early for nub shots really. Even the official study had less than a 50% success rate at accurately guessing nubs that early... one week at this gestation makes a world of difference! There is every possibility you could still hear GIRL, but if you don't I promise it will get easier.... the first couple weeks are the hardest

It's soooo nice having people on here who can relate to my feelings. I think what I dread the most about having another boy is silent (or not so silent) pity from people. I even have close friends who have said they couldn't handle 3 boys...they're too loud, rambunctious, into things, pee on everything, they stink, you know. Others have just hinted that they feel sorry for me. And of course, the random comments from strangers that I get literally EVERY time I'm out with all 3. Wow, 3 boys! Wow, you have your hands full! Oh, I bet you really wanted a girl! I'm sure you all have heard it before. The pity. Ugh. I heard someone on this site say that their response was to say, "No, I actually enjoy having all one gender...there's something really special about it!" I said that to someone recently, and they were completely flustered by my response. I think that is going to be my standard response to people. When they see that I'm embracing it, hoping it will shut them up! And maybe I'll really start to believe it and see how special it really is. Of course, my friends know me better than that, so I can't really pull it off with them. But, I can work on my own attitude towards the situation, and I am sure I will truly embrace it in time. Especially when the teenage years hit and all my friends are dealing with periods and revealing girl clothes and girl drama! LOL!

And yes, you are all right about nubs at 11 wks being 50/50. Hard not to assume things, though. FWIW, looking again at the nub pic I posted on the other thread, I think I found the actual nub within the "nub." Not sure if you can see it on the pic I posted here, but on my actual printout, I see a faint outline (not making this up), of a long, flat, skinny forked nub (underneath the pointy part of the huge obvious "nub.") Took me awhile to see it, but no doubt, it is there. Of course, at this gestation, that absolutely does NOT mean girl. It just means there's still a chance.

Hi to everyone else! Hope you all had a fabulous weekend!

[Emily]

Scan in 7 hours our house guest has just said "are you doing a chinese opposite?" Ie keeping going till we get a girl. Hmmmm suddenly don't want him in the waiting room in case i do react badly to what i hear.

[thehappypixi]

Chinese opposite! Never heard of that one! Why don't you ask the sonographer to print a potty shot and write the sex on it, put it in an envelope and take it away with you? If I decide to find out, there's no way on earth I'm doing it in a hospital and this is whati plan to do. Thinking of you! Xxxx

[Emily]

Yeah i think boys are so valued there that if people are rich enough to break the one child rule they literally keep going till they get a boy. My friend used to work there and in Thailand and had a friend who had 11 or twelve children before she got her boy.

That is a really good idea about getting the doc to write it down. I hope all my hours of starring at scans won't mean that i can spot a willy at 100 yards

[GeCon]

Emily, good luck at your scan later. Fingers crossed you'll see pink. I will be out later today, but will check back in as soon as I can. Good idea about having it written down, but just to let you know, don't get too fixed on the idea of having them write it down for you. I have heard a few cases where the techs wouldn't do it, I think in case it comes back to bite them in the bum. Just don't want you to be disappointed if they won't do it.

[thehappypixi]

They will avoid that area if you ask, just s explain what you'd like to do and she will probably say close your eyes now!

[2lovelyboys]

GeCon, love the new profile pic!

Rainbowgirl, love that response to having all boys, think I may adopt it 2!

Emily, good luck for 2day, with be thinking and keeping my fingers crossed for you!

[GeCon]

Ladies, just letting you know that I will probably hang around this thread more than the opposites one as whilst there is lots of support, there is also a lot of talk about more babies, which as you know is not an option for us, so I am trying to keep away from that just now. Hope that makes sense and doesn't offend anyone.