Ladies due in Sept/Oct/Nov 2012, gather here!

[auroara78]

Sad story about the baby, PP, but at least you can go in for an earlier U/S! How excting...you'll have to let us know the date of it.

[Mochagirl]

PP - I'm glad you're getting an earlier scan!

auroara - your scan's getting closer - I just know you're going to hear girl!

As for distracting yourself from thinking about gender, I have no solutions. I literally drove myself crazy while waiting - once the kids were in bed I did nothing but look at nub shots and compare them to mine. Sad, I know.

I'm still obsessive now as I wait for my 20 week scan. I'm still worried they're going to find a penis! I have just over 2 weeks to go.

[purplepoet20]

Ok the time for my ultrasound has been set for May 7th! They were booked the week before so that is the soonest I can be seen.

[auroara78]

Whooo hoo,...that will be here before you know it! Excited PP, nervous? Do you feel calm about what you will hear?

I was stressed about what I'd hear for the last few weeks but I'm feeling very calm about that I will hear girl. I keep tryin to tell myself to stop thinking like that (I dont want to be so confident abouit it and get GD worst), but its' an unshakeable thought, belief I have.

[purplepoet20]

I am not calm at all. I stress out easy these days. I mostly just want a healthy baby. But I also want to hear girl so bad that I could cry and I am not a crier. I know I would love a boy and be happy with 3 boys but I don't want to hear DH or MIL talk about trying again for a girl... DH gets to carry the next one!

I started going through the baby clothing that we have and had to look at the girly stuff. Since I am having a Winter baby I had to make sure that I have enough warm sleepers but I also need light ones for when we travel. Most of the NB and 0-3mths stuff was given to me when I was 3mths along with DS2 and they are so sweet and cute. Lots of purple and strawberry stuff. Little dresses I picked out for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Church, Birthday Parties, and other family get togethers. I have about a 4-6wk supply for NB to 2t and a few weeks worth for 3t-6. When DH wanted to try for a girl he was so into the "We are having a girl and nothing else" he even bought a cute little light purple sun dress with flowers on it (I will get leggings and shirt since Oct baby) he said he wanted the baby to wear for her 1st birthday. DH has good taste because the dress is so cute I can't pack it away with the other 12mth clothing. If we have a boy and I had to get rid of everything I would die because I want so badly to use all the cute dresses and onies with sweet sayings.

[Mochagirl]

Pp - I have a few things I bought when I thought my twins were girls that I was never able to get rid of. I guess I'll get to use them now, and I hope you'll get to use yours too.

My big dilemma is what to do with my HEAPS of boy clothes. There's a big used clothing sale in town this weekend that I can sell stuff at for free as a member and get to keep 70 percent of the sale price. I'd really like to get rid of some stuff now, both to free up much needed space and to make a little money. This sale is only held twice a year and the next one is right around my due date so if I miss this one it might be a whole year before I can sell the stuff.

But...my 20 week scan is still 2 weeks away and I can't shake the worry that this baby could still be a boy. WWYD? I was thinking of selling only things that were never favorites of mine and holding onto a box of each size of stuff for now just in case.

[purplepoet20]

I have planned to sell the "Nice" clothing before the seasons they are for. We have Craigslist and where I live it is very easy to make a buck on kids and baby stuff. So I will wait until a mth before Summer and sell all O-6mth Summer B&G stuff, later the 6-12mth Winter B&G stuff, and so on. A lot of the boys pants, shoes, and jackets are ok for a girl too. Whatever I sell will buy the 6+ sizes in clothing for school and church. Also doing the same for toys, changing table, jumpers and other baby stuff as it is no longer used. I have no problem holding onto stuff just to make sure I don't to dress a boy in pink!

Can you hold onto the boy stuff for a year? Some boy stuff makes great play clothing.

[Mochagirl]

It's just that I have SO much. Because I had boy twins, I have basically two entire boy wardrobes. My basement is full to capacity with bins full of clothes and I'm desperate to get rid of some of them because I can't even move around down there anymore. I like selling them at this sale because it's 0 effort - they do the selling for you, and it's a captive audience - thousands of people come to every sale. I'm definitely hanging onto lots of stuff that can work for both genders - like jeans, plain t-shirts, etc. - I'm just talking about reducing the 3 giant Rubbermaid bins I have of size 2T clothes, for example, down to one giant bin.

[purplepoet20]

I wish we had an event like that here... I know Las Vages and Phoenix do it a few times a year. But the money would only pay for 1/2 the cost to get there and lunch.

[Mochagirl]

This is a sale run by the local twin association, POMBA. Ever city that has a POMBA group here in Canada has sales twice a year. They ARE fantastic. I'm planning on stocking up on some baby girl clothes there too.