OMG are you f*cking kidding me?!?!?!?!

[tinksmagic]

I thought each of my first 4 pregnancies were boys. (well, the boy I kept saying was girl so I wouldn't be disappointed, even when the jerk Dr. said "fast heartbeat, another girl ~ wanted to punch him!). I was lucky to get a G then B (though I always saw myself with 2 B and 1 G in that order), but they were from my first marriage. I was arrogant enough to believe that when I remarried I would have a B then G then be done. Hubby had always told me since the time I met him he was never getting married and having kids, but then his next breathe was "I need a son". He even had the name picked out (guess who's getting to name this one??)
When we got DD #1, I was like, OK, I'm not happy but I still get 1 more shot (hubby was adamant on only having 2). So after years of trying and swaying we gave up then got DD #2. Yes, I was devastated! I couldn't talk about it for weeks, he wouldn't talk of having another. It was like living in a nightmare! I'm a very spoiled person; I have always gotten what I wanted and to be told NO MORE did not fly with me!!!

7 years, 2 cycles, and countless talks of having my 2 boys, here we are. I can totally relate to everyone on this board when it comes to wanting a specific gender! I'm amused that most of us already have 4+ kids and still want more

Hubby was funny yesterday, we're getting our house ready to sell and I'm not feeling so great in the tummy, but I've been trying to be optimistic and enjoy this pregnancy and he cracks a comment that for someone who wanted to this, I complain a lot! And I've waited a long time to get our son... Well, Hell yeah! I've waited a long time! LOL, I'm just glad he's on board to the point where if "echo" isn't twin boy, he is all set to have Irish twins next year to get boy #2.

We haven't told anyone officially yet except close friends and my DS (who we didn't mention IVF, sore subject with DD #1) so we're telling him we "hope" it's a boy, and since he was also disappointed last time to have yet sister #3, he confided back then he really wanted a little brother (even now even if he's 20 years younger, lol), but he's great with his youngest sister and she thinks the world of him.

When we found out about DD #3, my friend sent me to a webpage from a classmate who's DD #2 had a rare disease and sadly passed right before her 9th birthday and scolded me to never complain about having a healthy child no matter the gender when our friend would have done anything (and did try) to keep her little girl with her as long as possible. So that put a lot into perspective for me even if I was sulking.

Then there's those who I want to hit for saying "well, if you'd stopped at 2, you'd be all set". WTF? Yeah, cuz hubby only married me to raise my kids, not ours....
Here's to hoping we all get the gender we want!

[auroara78]

tinksmagic, I absoutely HATE when my DH makes comments like 'you wanted to be pregnant again...' if I minutely complain or have a comment about anything....GRRR....I wanna say, "I know I wnated to be pregnant again, but not every second is a perfect walk in the park!" Sometimes men drive me nuts!

On a happier note, I really hope the "echo" is your twin boys, so they can have each other and grow up together...twin boys are so darling!