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With my first born I truly wanted a healthy baby, I got a healthy daughter. With my second born I admit to wanting a son, and had a 'feeling' it was a boy, and my son was born. My third child, I was back to wanting a healthy baby, I had a daughter and a son and loved them both more than anything, so I really was going to be happy either way, my third child was also a son.
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Originally Posted by jimboburnsy
With a son, you only have to worry about one penis. With daughters, you have to worry about the rest of them.
...and now that I have a teenage daughter that I'm getting ready to start pulling hair out over I wonder why I wasn't crossing my fingers for my third child to be a healthy son
It's a girl!! Well, at least the Dr. thinks so. He said we can start decorating in pink.
I hope my SO feels that he can bond with her as much as he could with a boy. Honestly, I don't see why not. I was just talking with him about how much fun it will be to take her fishing when she gets a little older! I have some great memories of fishing with my dad and my uncle when I was little, and I wasn't even a tomboy.
I have 2 girls and a boy on the way. I can assure you that your new baby girl will have your SO tightly wrapped around her finger almost instantly.
As an expecting mom, I truly have no gender preference that I hoped for, praying only to have a healthy baby.
My SO has agreed with me, that it doesn't matter if our child is a boy or a girl, all that matters to him is good health. But... I have a sneaking suspicion he wants a son. If a boy, he would be his namesake, and he has also said he has a "feeling" that the gender is male.
Any and all fathers or future dads out there, did you or would you hope for a son? Knowing that, of course, you would love your child whether boy or girl, would you feel a twinge of disappointment if you found out that the gender is not what you suspected and/or hoped for?
wife and I are expecting our first and probably only (due to our age). And because my family is predominately Female I am hoping for a boy.
Plus all the postings I have read in this forum and hearing this from men as well as women "girls are so much more drama and higher maintenance", not to mention dating when there teens .
But even after saying all this, If I have a girl, I know she will probably steal my heart and I will be just as proud to have her as a boy.
As an expecting mom, I truly have no gender preference that I hoped for, praying only to have a healthy baby.
My SO has agreed with me, that it doesn't matter if our child is a boy or a girl, all that matters to him is good health. But... I have a sneaking suspicion he wants a son. If a boy, he would be his namesake, and he has also said he has a "feeling" that the gender is male.
Any and all fathers or future dads out there, did you or would you hope for a son? Knowing that, of course, you would love your child whether boy or girl, would you feel a twinge of disappointment if you found out that the gender is not what you suspected and/or hoped for?
I think for the first baby the usual hope is for a healthy child! With the second child there is definately some desire for a child of the opposite gender,....but no matter what, all children are as loved as the previous ones, and that "twinge of dissapointment" wouldn't last long.
It's a girl!! Well, at least the Dr. thinks so. He said we can start decorating in pink.
I hope my SO feels that he can bond with her as much as he could with a boy. Honestly, I don't see why not. I was just talking with him about how much fun it will be to take her fishing when she gets a little older! I have some great memories of fishing with my dad and my uncle when I was little, and I wasn't even a tomboy.
Oh believe me....he will, she'll be daddys little girl for sure......I agree with you that gender doesn't have to be the deciding factor on what the father can do with his child...girls fish and hunt too, and they can be great mechanics and truck drivers if they're so inclined....I had a daughter first,and she was adored by her uncles and her dad...then I was fortunate to have a son( I admit, we were hoping for a boy), then another son, followed by our last daughter....so I got the best of both worlds, and am very thankfull....though health was always our number ONE wish, and I lucked out on that too.....congradulations to you, great joy is about to come your way.
I think for the first baby the usual hope is for a healthy child! With the second child there is definately some desire for a child of the opposite gender,....but no matter what, all children are as loved as the previous ones, and that "twinge of dissapointment" wouldn't last long.
My DH admitted to hoping for a boy for our first. (Although I know he would have loved a little girl just as much.) He got his wish, it was a boy. When I was pregnant with our second, DH was hoping for a girl. He really wanted to be done with 2 kids, and I think the main reason he really wanted a girl was he was afraid I would want to try again for a girl if we had 2 boys. Our second was a girl, so I *think* we are done.
I do know one guy who wanted a boy. When I asked why, he said so he could take him hunting and fishing and dirt-biking. I have no idea why he thought he couldn't do those things with a daughter. Weird, considering his doctor wife is the primary breadwinner in the house.
Hi Stan - While I agree with what you say above, I'm curious if you would think/feel the same if say a woman told you that she wanted a girl coz she wanted to play with dolls, have tea parties, play dress up and makeup...why she couldn't do that with a son?
My husband said he wanted a boy because he knew that a little girl would wrap him around her little finger! Well - from the begining, he said I was having a boy. We just found out he was right!
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Well, at least the Dr. thinks so. He said we can start decorating in pink. 
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