JUNE/JULY/AUGUST 2014 DUE DATE CLUB

[Little Lunasa]

Chinese also says boy for me btw.

Me too, but I really don't believe in it

[from2to3]

Hi Ladies! Can I join?
I am 6 weeks pregger's...due 8/25 -- my birthday!
I have been on and off the boards for a few years now trying to have a girl and failing over and over with ht. Tried swaying then gave that up and became pregger's only to find out I had a c-section scar/cervical ectopic at 9 weeks.
It's been a long road...
I bought atomic's personal sway plan in November fully ready to start swaying once af arrived....but it never did! I found out I was pregnant and had only been on the LE diet for 2 weeks! Turns out when I o'd, I had only been on the diet for 2-3 days so clearly that couldn't have been a help.
I just could not believe it, we only dtd once on cd20 so I thought I was safe. Turns out I o'd around cd 21-23. Go figure.
So I pray this baby is pink because there was little to no swaying involved here. To be honest I am kinda scared.
I have however had a u/s already just to make sure everything looked ok so far and thankfully the pregnancy is high in my uterus so that's good.
I;m dreadfully nauseous already and have no energy at all -- I'm just in such a bad mood all the time and can't wait to get through this first trimester.
Been reading some of your stories -- good luck to all ladies!!

Welcome! God bless your heart, sorry for your struggles and losses! It's crazy...I'm 6 weeks as well and could be due on my birthday (Aug 23) too The past year and a half I have seen 8.23 everywhere and we've also been back and forth and struggled with the decision to stay at two or go for three. Finally let go and prayed for God's will and only afterwards realized it could be born on this day. Probably just silly coincidence and very unlikely but it gives me a little peace anyways

I didn't find this website until about a week before we decided to try, and it was over the Thanksgiving holiday where we had multiple family meals so my sway isn't great either I didn't think it would bother me so much, but honestly I've been freaking out a little the past few days. Probably mainly just my crazy dreams, but with my boys my two biggest symptoms were terrible fatigue and unsatisfied hunger! Well...my appetite has picked up the past few days. I'm not quite as tired (though has terrible insomnia like with DS2) but I'm not working this time and it's still early. I know everyone's symptoms can be different and every pregnancy is different...but oh how I long to get a little morning sickness or sore boobs! Everyone of my friends that has kids has at least one girl and they all got some degree of MS. I know this is our last child and I don't want to always have a deep yearning to know what it would be like to have a little girl.

As for Chinese Gender Chart - it was wrong once and right once. Be sure to change your age to your Chinese age when checking, I know some girls that didn't know that.

Anyways...I'm praying for all of us that we get our girls, and whoever wants my blue dust....take it please!!

[gafan]

From 2 to 3, I didn't know that- thanks! With my Chinese age it predicts girl! It's funny, my conscious mind doesn't see any reason to believe the chart emotionally it feels a lot better to see my hoped for gender there.

[gafan]

Aidansmum, was your 6th sense right with all your kids?

[prayforprincess]

Thanks for the warm welcome!
from2to3- I am scared too. This is most likely our last baby because I have had a pretty rough road with surgeries and my c-sections that my ob is not psyched about me having #4 but is ok with it. Chances are she'll cut me off after this one though. My head keeps telling me not to kid myself and without swaying, what are the chances of a girl after 3 boys! Of course its a boy. But my heart keep telling me that if there is any higher power out there that life wouldn't be so cruel not to give me a girl after all I've been through to have this baby. Its not like I don't want to have a boy, its the thought of my dream for a daughter never coming true that tortures me. I just don't want to live always desperately wanting something I'll never have, and always wondering what she would have looked like and what kind of relationship we could have had etc. I just can't even think about it cause it only upsets me.
I almost just don't want to know, I'm too scared that hearing "boy" will throw me off into having to face my fear of never having a dd. In the past with my boys, of course I was upset, but I always knew that there would be one more, I would have another chance. But this time is so final - I don't have another chance after this one and I'd finally have to accept never having a dd and I'm not sure how to do that yet. I think its something I would struggle with for a very long time.
I too had a dream the other night. A fortune teller told me I was having a boy and that I would have another baby and that would be a boy too. All boys she said. I was like "Nooooo!" I hope its not a sign.

Not sure I believe in chinese calendar, lets face it -- its 50/50. Wish I could think it was true cause it says girl for me, but I'm not buying stock in it.

[bunnywabbit]

So as I'm getting closer to my gender scan, I've decided to make a list of all the benefits of having my 4th boy and I figured I'd share some!

1. My older two boys entertain each other so well and because of the age gap (they are 10 & 7 and my youngest is 1), it would be nice for DS 3 to have a brother to be close to as well
2. Since DS 3 is so young, the only thing we will need to buy is a car seat since we gave ours away to a friend. That would help us out a lot financially!
3. Boys are my comfort zone! I've already had 3, I'm so used to them and love the bond I have with them!
4. We have a boys name picked out that I love!
5. I won't have to deal with the teenage girl drama that I went through as a teenager! Girls can be brutal!

What are some of your pros to not getting you dream gender?

My pros are that:
I won't be passing on the curse of my horribly painful, sickening period pains on.
There won't be the horrible bad hair days (I *hated* getting my hair done every morning - so tangled and frizzy and painful to brush). Hoping LO gets daddy's hair.
And yes, the thought of teenage girl hormones makes me twitch...

[bunnywabbit]

Welcome, prayforprincess! I really do hope this is your little girl - shame the sway didn't go as planned! That's one determined little baby. FX for a H&H 9 months x

[bunnywabbit]

Welcome Prayforprincess, and good luck!
I swayed pink with Atomic's help, but at the moment I'm feeling rather pessimistic about the outcome because the Chinese gender chart said boy. That's probably ridiculous... I don't believe in such things. But we'll see. It will be at least a few more weeks.

I don't put much trust in these things. Had a go for fun though and mine came out with boy, too. I honestly think it'll be a boy. DH thinks girl, my 5 year old niece thinks girl and DH's aunt has decreed she thinks it's a girl, therefore it must be a girl. At 15 weeks, there's a fair chance I can find out once and for all, but worried about being told one thing now and and something else after on. Will have to wait for a little longer and see...

[GT77]

my heart rate at 16 weeks was 135, so I think the theory high heart beat isn't true, otherwise mine should of been very high! I heard its a lot later on that it matters too! I had the amnio yesterday, and it was not painful at all. It was so easy and I got to hear the heartbeat afterwards. I been taking it easy now!!

[snipsnsnails]

Welcome to the new moms! Prayforprincess I also have 3 boys as many of the other ladies. I also did ht twice with no success and decided to sway. I found out I am having a little girl so it's very possible after ht.
I also think the Chinese chart said boy for me so dont put much stock into that. It's never been right for me.