Everybody I know is positive I am having a girl....

[Magoo.2006]

So, my husband and his family gift (not that I buy into this).... tells me I am having a girl..he says he knew from the moment we conceived.

Everyone else is telling me I am having a girl as well. So I have found myself starting to believe it.

The other day, my husband and I were shopping and we saw cute little girl outfits at a huge bargain price. I found myself buying 3 outfits (very adorable) for less than 10 dollars.

I tought to myself that if I am not having a girl, I can always send these outfits to my friend who just gave birth to an adorable little girl. They are worth a lot more than what I paid for them and they will make a great gift.

I won't find out until my 5th March ultrasound what gender my LO is. Right now I feel like I just set myself up for serious disapointment and regret buying the outfits. I started telling myself that these outfits are an extra gift for my friend instead of seeing my baby wearing them. I am trying to keep myself from being disapointed when the ultrasound comes. But its hard sometimes since I would love to have a little girl.

Don't get me wrong, having another boy would also be awsome. I would be super happy as well.

I guess what I am trying to say is that I am upset that I let myself believe what everyone is telling me instead of sticking to my rule of waiting for the ultrasound and see then. As well, to not buy anything until then. In fact, I am furious with myself.

Did any of you get caught in believing what people were telling them? Or even buying outfits that are for a specific gender before knowing what they are having? Anyone feeling so sure that they are having a specific gender that they can hardly resist buying for that gender?

 

[kaaty]

i didn't buy any outfits but all the "old wives tales" were pointing towards girl and also the fact that we started BDing 4 days before ovulation! So i was convinced i am having a girl and the scan confirmed that

 

[bbyno1]

everyone thinks im having a boy but fob seems to think a girl for sure .
my gut instinct is a girl.
i would a tinsy bit prefer a girl even tho id be happy with both so im trying to make myself believe im having a boyX

 

[kc1980]

Everyone including myself was convinced i was having a boy. I was quite shocked when i found out girl a couple of weeks ago!! But as it's my first i dont care. There is no way of knowing. It is totally random

 

[kissikiss]

Do not listen to what others say!

EVERYONE was CONVINCED that I was having a girl - I mean everyone (except my dad, and he only said boy because "everyone else is saying girl". I had myself convinced that I was having a girl. I imagined braiding her hair, going shopping with her when she was older, having girl days etc. My husband and I had a name picked. Everything was sorted. Even a psychic told me it was a girl. The chinese gender predictor told me it was a girl. 70% of the old wives tales said girl.

Then I had my scan a week and a half ago and found out she was really a he!!

I was shaking, and a bit freaked out to be honest. Then I had a bit of a cry cause I thought 'I'm not going to be doing all of those things that I had planned'. Then the rational side of me said it's 50-50 chance of being a boy or a girl - you were really stupid to get so emotionally caught up in something that wasn't even certain!

So my advice would be to try and resist until you know. It just may be a girl! But it may also be a boy!!

xx

 

[myfirst]

everyone though, including me, that i was going to have a girl. my family was completely positive on it.
turns out i'm having a boy lol.
before i found out, i told myself that i wasn't going to buy anything until i was sure.
well, i'm sure i'm having a boy now, but i still won't buy anything cause the sonogram could be wrong lol

 

[Magoo.2006]

I know I shouldn't have. I didn't allow myself to do it during my first pregnancy. I am just so upset that I have let myself believe what they are saying when it is not like me to do so.

I have put away the outfits for now and restored my "we'll see at the ultrasound" attitude. I am not allowing myself to expect a gender more than the other. I will see at the ultrasound and be just as happy whatever they tell me I am having!

 

[3boys]

on my last pregnancy every one was convinced i was having a girl and so was i! I didnt even have a gender scan because i was so sure and it was a boy! this time i was convinced it was a boy and so was my husband and it was a girl. Thats not to say your not having a girl i'm just saying that people can be sure and be wrong. Good luck hun!

 

[kissikiss]

uh......I just realised that when I said 'you were being really stupid' that you probably thought I was talking ABOUT you...

I was talking to myself.....as in 'Gosh kissikiss, you were really stupid to think that'

Sorry if you thought I was having a go at you! x

 

[K1mberley]

everyone though i was having a girl no way did they think i was having a boy they just couldnt see me with one, and im having a boy everyone was in utter shock, so i wouldnt get ur hopes up for a girl, i did and was a little dissapointed - for about ten seconds lol xxx

 

[venusrockstar]

Everyone told me I was having a boy.....our ultrasound said it's a girl

 

[Tashry]

First pregnancy everyone including me thought I was having a boy and we were right. This time everyone I know thinks it is a girl, they are all positive of it. But my hubby and I already know it is another boy. It's so hit and miss - maybe your family is right, maybe they wont be. I'm sure no matter how much you plan for the possibility of a boy you will still feel a bit disappointed ( I did - I really wanted a girl this time around). But within a couple minutes of finding out I started thinking how cool it is that my son gets to have a brother which is such a fantastic thing! All the good things came to mind, and the sadness I felt over not having a girl was long gone.
As for the outfits you bought - I bought a bunch of girl stuff 10 years ago for the future. I was only 15 but I knew I wanted kids and I worked selling baby clothes and couldn't help but buy the cute stuff on sale and using my discount. It's all sitting in a trunk upstairs, along with a journal I started about 10 years ago "from a mother to her daughter". I thought it would be really great to start it young so that when (and if) I had a baby girl and I gave her the journal when she turned 18, she would be reading words that I started writing so young, she could kind of see how I grew up over the years. I know I will be sad if I don't get to pass these things on, but the outfits can always go to a friend or goodwill and the journal will always be my life story, whether it is passed on or not.

 

[nicholatmn]

Everyone (in real life AND here) was convinced I was having a boy, but nope, I'm having a proud little girl! lol

So even mommy's gut instincts can be wrong!

 

[Magoo.2006]

uh......I just realised that when I said 'you were being really stupid' that you probably thought I was talking ABOUT you...

I was talking to myself.....as in 'Gosh kissikiss, you were really stupid to think that'

Sorry if you thought I was having a go at you! x

Didn't really think so... No worries!

 

[xxEMZxx]

Everyone including me was absoloutely convinced that I was having a girl (even though I've always secretely wanted a boy first).. I would walk around shops only looking at the girl clothes and picking out girl names I was that sure, was very shocked when we went to have the scan but the sonographer was pretty certain that its a boy due to his "bits" lol. So I guess you never can really be sure until you know for certain!

 

[crossroads]

First pregnancy everyone including me thought I was having a boy and we were right. This time everyone I know thinks it is a girl, they are all positive of it. But my hubby and I already know it is another boy. It's so hit and miss - maybe your family is right, maybe they wont be. I'm sure no matter how much you plan for the possibility of a boy you will still feel a bit disappointed ( I did - I really wanted a girl this time around). But within a couple minutes of finding out I started thinking how cool it is that my son gets to have a brother which is such a fantastic thing! All the good things came to mind, and the sadness I felt over not having a girl was long gone.
As for the outfits you bought - I bought a bunch of girl stuff 10 years ago for the future. I was only 15 but I knew I wanted kids and I worked selling baby clothes and couldn't help but buy the cute stuff on sale and using my discount. It's all sitting in a trunk upstairs, along with a journal I started about 10 years ago "from a mother to her daughter". I thought it would be really great to start it young so that when (and if) I had a baby girl and I gave her the journal when she turned 18, she would be reading words that I started writing so young, she could kind of see how I grew up over the years. I know I will be sad if I don't get to pass these things on, but the outfits can always go to a friend or goodwill and the journal will always be my life story, whether it is passed on or not.

Your story is so touching

 

[Magoo.2006]

First pregnancy everyone including me thought I was having a boy and we were right. This time everyone I know thinks it is a girl, they are all positive of it. But my hubby and I already know it is another boy. It's so hit and miss - maybe your family is right, maybe they wont be. I'm sure no matter how much you plan for the possibility of a boy you will still feel a bit disappointed ( I did - I really wanted a girl this time around). But within a couple minutes of finding out I started thinking how cool it is that my son gets to have a brother which is such a fantastic thing! All the good things came to mind, and the sadness I felt over not having a girl was long gone.
As for the outfits you bought - I bought a bunch of girl stuff 10 years ago for the future. I was only 15 but I knew I wanted kids and I worked selling baby clothes and couldn't help but buy the cute stuff on sale and using my discount. It's all sitting in a trunk upstairs, along with a journal I started about 10 years ago "from a mother to her daughter". I thought it would be really great to start it young so that when (and if) I had a baby girl and I gave her the journal when she turned 18, she would be reading words that I started writing so young, she could kind of see how I grew up over the years. I know I will be sad if I don't get to pass these things on, but the outfits can always go to a friend or goodwill and the journal will always be my life story, whether it is passed on or not.

Your story is so touching

I have to admit that I have been really touched by your story as well.

I always wanted my boy...and I got him almost four years ago. Couldnt be more blessed.

I like that idea of a journal to a child. Passing it on would be something very special indeed.

 

[Shining Star]

I'd say don't listen but I have to say, there was only one person who said she thought I was having a boy. EVERYONE else said it was a girl (and they were all adament!!!) ~ at our scan last week we found out that they are right!

 

[chrissypm]

Its funny I saw this post tonight, I was out shopping earlier and saw some of the cutest girl clothes and wanted to buy them. Problem is I don't know the sex yet either lol. Im so convinced its a girl though (by my own thinking) I don't think ill make it to the birth without buying some pink! Even though the chinese calender says boy!!!

 

[nicholatmn]

Its funny I saw this post tonight, I was out shopping earlier and saw some of the cutest girl clothes and wanted to buy them. Problem is I don't know the sex yet either lol. Im so convinced its a girl though (by my own thinking) I don't think ill make it to the birth without buying some pink! Even though the chinese calender says boy!!!

lol The chinese calendar said boy for me all the way up until last month when all of them started saying girl! It's weird that they all changed like that!