Gender disappointment… again

Our last baby is going to be a boy and I’m so upset. My oldest is a girl and my middle is a boy. I just really wanted to go through that pink phase again…. I saved all my daughter’s clothes. I wanted pink onesies and that soft baby girl features again. I’ll never have another little girl again. It’s hard to realize that that chapter of my life is closed. I just wanted to experience a girl one more time and I feel robbed. Am I the asshole? I feel lost.

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Mama, your feelings are completely valid!!

My husband & i are wanting to have a second baby soon & are hoping for a little girl this time since we already have a son and i've already told him that if we have another boy, im still going to be happy of course, but that i'm going to be a little disappointed and sad as well. Having the best of both worlds is my dream, and i want to experience what it's like to have a daughter. After going through my emergency c section and how traumatic the recovery was, i don't want too many kids myself so the thought of only having boys saddens me. As mothers, we have a vision and it's okay to feel sad and feel those emotions when our vision isn't like what we imagined. It takes some getting used to and adjusting and it can be difficult. Your feelings are valid and you're not an asshole for feeling the way you do, and it doesn't make you a bad parent or mean that you'll love your son any less. Those feelings are natural🤍.

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When my first child was born they said girl turns out we were all wrong at 7 he said he was a boy my husband had dreams of walking them down the isle and and the things you do with a daughter and turns out our child had their own vision of their own life, now does that mean your feelings are not valid hell no they absolutely are but sometimes life has its way of giving us exactly what we need and what we can handle, I am sorry you feel this way and I hope with time it fades. 😊 please know this came from a place of kindness in no way I’m I trying to be an asshole

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My baby boy wear pink all the time. He just chose a very pink bike. Colors are for everyone

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I dont want to say that youre an asshole because your feelings are yours and therefore valid. I personally cant relate to the gender disappointment...after having a miscarriage I just wanted to have one healthy baby and didnt care what sex baby would be.

All babies have soft features and can have different temperaments...I wouldn't feel disappointed because you dont get another girl experience...you'll just love that baby and the experience you have with him

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Have another 💖🫶

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Who’s voted ‘asshole’ please? The woman is totally valid for how she feels. When I was pregnant I desperately wanted a girl and not a boy, it doesn’t mean I’m an asshole that’s just my preference 🤣🤣🤣

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I can see both sides on this one! I had major gender disappointment with my first so I can understand and empathize. On the other side though there are women who have multiple boys and gender disappointment that they will never have a girl so it’s like, ‘well you already have a girl, get over it’. So I guess 1. Yes your feelings are valid 2. Could definitely still come off as a bit AH ish especially if you’re saying it in front of someone who ‘had it worse’ in that way

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Have another 😁 Why not? Everyone says 3s the hardest anyway, and that 4 is easier.
Apparently you can greatly increase chances for a girl by trying in the days leading up to ovulation. Boy swimmers are fast but die quick, so you want those outlasting girl swimmers hanging out and ready when the egg makes her appearance lol
We never really track and have a very active sex life, and I think that’s how we ended up with two girls so far 😅 Kind of want to try restraint for a boy next time

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You are blessed! I understand the gender disappointment, I had it with every gender scan lol BUT you already have both genders and I personally think you are blessed to have another boy because my only son was killed by the midwives and now I keep having girls and it’s disappointing that I don’t have a son on Earth. I’d do anything for another boy 😭

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