July Chit Chat for Ladies due in Sept/Oct/Nov

[auroara78]

Hobbers I understand how you are worried, but I still think on US DS1 looks more girly than even this girl! You'd be surprised and you've seen pics of my DS1...he is def. a pretty boy...I think you just have a pretty boy in there

Also, the frequency I had was perfect boy frequency but it was all the sex my DH could have, and I worried about it so much, because I didn't think we were loweirng his sperm count enough, but I think his being overweight and drinking heavily at the time really helped my sway, when at the time, I felt doomed that we could do nothing else but make boys because we didn't do FR or abstain. When you think about it, tons of ppl concieve both genders all the time and they do nothing strange or different...I still really believe in the boy for you, but I understand that you're going thru a moment here hope you feel better today....

myloves, it does get me so upset to hear about women / girls being worst than men, and it really, really upsets when I hear stories of Chinese officals going into Chinese villages and doing ultrasounds and aborting even a 8 month old pregnacy because the gender is a girl. I really think China needs to a do a different method to control population rather than single out females and terminate them. I think it's really wrong too when any culture has an emphasis on any gender. I feel in the USA that girls are also at a disadvantage because everyone wants them, but they have that whole Princess pop culture, which is OK, but some of it is very insidious and I worry about the ideas we're giving the girls, that looking pretty, having big tits, and getting a man is all that matters.

It's like the old thing: if a high school sleeps around a lot, he's considered to be a "catch" or "popular", if a girl does the same in high school, there's a good chance she'll be branded with a very ugly name. My thing is: they are both doing it, but one is praised, almost patted on the back, the other is mostly scorned at or laughed at behind her back. It's def. not fair.

[laughinglynxie]

As far as clingy kiddos, my DS1 (he's 2.5) is super lovey and attached. It's fine most of the time but I definitely would like to have alone time in the bathroom!

As far as frequency, etc. for baby-making, I feel it was just all up in the air with my son (and at that point I didn't have any idea what swaying was). I had a very girl-ish diet, we only DTD once (think it was right at O time), and we maybe only had sex one other time before that. With this one, my diet was WAY different - I am a very paleo-style eater because of gluten issues and I didn't really change it that much towards the benefit of girl (other than artificial sweeteners, I love Diet Coke). We did abstain until attempt and only tried once with a little cutt-off... but I was pretty laid back about it because my hubby wanted another boy and I didn't want him to think I was back-stabbing him or something, LOL.

So I dunno! Everyone's body is so different and every baby is so different...it's hard to just nail it down to any certain thing. Many hugs to you, Hobber!!

[dloui128]

My u/s was okay. It was pretty short--they just measured the baby and said it was growing on track. I was hoping to get some good 3D pictures, but the baby is already head down, and really far down in my pelvis, so the tech had to tilt the chair upside down so I was almost on my head, practically, to get any sort of picture. You can see the face pretty well, and I swear it looks like a girl. I saw no gender clues, though. After the tech had looked in that region, though, I did ask if the butt was on my left/middle because I keep feeling something hard right there when I press on my stomach. She said, "Yes, do you want to see?" and started moving the wand there, and i closed my eyes and said, "No, don't show me, I don't want to see anything by accident!" and she said, "I can show you without giving anything away." which made feel like it must be a girl, right? I mean, a boy would be easy to see from any angle, wouldn't it?

I just wanted to jump on here and say I had a u/s today and the tech gave me a butt shot and you can't tell that he is a boy, the only way you could see he is a boy is when she looked right between the legs, if you want me to post so you can see I will, let me know

[Hobbermittens]

I just wanted to jump on here and say I had a u/s today and the tech gave me a butt shot and you can't tell that he is a boy, the only way you could see he is a boy is when she looked right between the legs, if you want me to post so you can see I will, let me know

YES! Please post it if you don't mind! Thank you!!

[dloui128]

YES! Please post it if you don't mind! Thank you!!

Ok I'm on my way to take the kids to the zoo right now so I will post it on here as soon as I get home

[dloui128]

Ok here they are, the first one is the cord between his legs

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[nuthinbutpink]

Hobber, you cannot tell without seeing what you are carrying...every chance in the world that you are pregnant with another boy. Don't be so hard on yourself.

[auroara78]

I am crushed right now.

Our kitchen, ulility room and 1/2 bath got flooded with 2 inches of water and while we got all the obvious water out, my Dad won't help me pay the 500 dollar deductible to get it fixed through our homeowner's insurance. (I am just worried about damage that we 'can't' see), he just said to use towels and clean it best we can. Then he went on a huge rant that was very hurtful because we just found out our newest car (2007 honda fit) cannot hold 3 car seats, and a few days ago, I hinted to my mom and she asked him if they could just buy us a new car to replace our oldest car (96 nissan sentra) so when i talked to him today about the 500 dollar deductible, he went on this huge and very mean rant, my Dad is very quiet, but he said my husband and I were idiots who didnt think ahead, and that I shouldn't be pregnant right now having a 3rd child when we cannot afford anything, and he's not a one stop shop, and he went on and on, really really mean about my DH and our lifestyle.

Between this and some other really bad things lately (our newest car is having issues after getting it looked at last week at the dealership), and some other help that got taken away from us, I am just feeling stunned and hurt about money. I have NO IDEA how we are going to get some of our bills paid, I don't know how this is going to work....for some reason, I just thought my Dad wold take it better about the possibliby about helping us get a newer, bigger car but his mean words today...was just a huge wakeup call.

Seriously, I just want to crawl under a rock and stay there....why does life have to be so hard? I know there are good things obviously: i'm still looking forward to meeting new baby, my two sons give me lots of joy, my DH and I have a good relationship, but money is just crushing my soul.

You cannot live without money...I'm just now figuring that out.

[Hobbermittens]

Dloui, thanks for posting those pictures! I was thinking more of a butt shot from behind/underneath, but I guess I hadn't considered the baby might be laying on its side.

[Hobbermittens]

Hobber, you cannot tell without seeing what you are carrying...every chance in the world that you are pregnant with another boy. Don't be so hard on yourself.

Thank you, NBP. I just have a feeling it's a girl. I hope with all that I have that I am wrong, though!!