The Sarcastic Journalist is a freelance writer and mother of two living near Houston, Texas. She has a degree in journalism and an addiction to magazines. She is hoping never to experience the "joy" of pregnancy again. You can find much more of her home-grown snark at: shenuts.com
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Week 16 : Flip a coin, hope for heads, get tails, cry.
When I was pregnant with my daughter, I decided to ask everyone in our family whether they thought I was having a boy or girl. I thought it might be fun to write down in her baby book that everyone related to us hoped she’d be a boy!
Ha!
There were some family members that made it well-known that they wanted a certain gender. Girl. Boy. Twins! (Yes, for some reason, there were people that were sure I was having twins at 16 weeks.)
Then there were the people that couldn’t decide. They’d stand there, much like an annoying person at a fast-food restaurant that can’t make up his mind (It is a hamburger! Get the freaking hamburger!) going back and forth, back and forth.
Come on, buddy. Boy or girl, you have a fifty/fifty chance of getting it right.
If someone, by chance, decided to ask me my preference, they made a big deal when I told them I hoped to have a girl.
“What if you have a boy,” they’d ask. I’m not sure what they expected me to say. I’d give the baby back? Refuse to go into labor?
Figuring I’d give them what they came for, I’d fire off my snarky comeback: “I’d cry.”
For some reason, nobody ever liked that answer.
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Everyone has had their opinion on whether it was a boy or a girl, I am the only one that hasn't had a guess, oddly enough, even though it's growing inside of me! At my last ultrasound I was 11 weeks, they couldn't find the baby's heartbeat with the heart monitor. It looked like a baby this time and not an alien! I cried, not at the fact it wasn't an alien, but more because I saw my baby! They couldn't find the heartbeat because the baby Looked like it was running on a treadmill or something, I attributed my nausea to the baby not being able to be still, and then blamed my husband because he can't! After seeing this last ultrasound, I have this feeling it's a boy. But who knows? It's a 50/50 chance.
I am going through that cause I want a girl more. It's funny they all say that oh if you have a boy you won't be happy? Of course I would love it just the same. But I want a girl to look just like me and one I can dress in dresses. Having a boy would I love it any less? No, just hopefully, it looks like me. My mom prayed I was a boy and so did everyone else but they are glad they had a girl first and I'm glad I was born first.
Oh that is so true!! I dont know how many people (mainly family members) have said "Aww, so do you want a boy or girl? and when I say "I'd prefer a boy" I get these disgusted look and they say things like "You shouldn't have a preference" or "Well if its a girl I hope you can still be happy" Yeesh. Did I forget to mention that my family is a little differant...?? lol. What I have never been able to figure out is why ask the question if you wont like the answer!
lmao that is way to funny....sounds like fun though....i'm hoping for a little boy i'd be happy with a girl as well, but i think my soon to be husband might be a little disapointed
I agree with those people that crying might not be a good idea and the appropriate reaction at all... I wish to have a completely healthy baby, but if possible a girl:)
for my first pregnancy i wanted a boy so0o0o bad. when i found out i was going 2 have a little girl, i cried. I'm happy now that i had her she the best thing in my life. now she's praying for a little boy in my belly...........
my mom actually cried when she found out i was a girl. and they weren't tears of joy.
Hilarious! I want a boy, everyone wants me to have a girl, since we already have a boy. Who knows.....
To Elizabeth (#26)- What's so wrong with having a preference? It doesn't mean you're going to give the baby up or sell it on E-bay if you get the other gender- it just means you have a preference. Your logic is like saying all people who have a job should be thankful and shouldn't say- well I'm a pediatric nurse maybe I'd prefer to an ER nurse. It doesn't mean you're not thankful for the miracle of a child, it just means, for whatever reason, you would prefer one gender. I am fed up with women who can't conceive passing judgment on everyone else. You inability to have children doesn't give you carte blanche to criticise though who have been blessed.
You go Nicole Rose! I know how you feel. It's crazy that some people will say something like that to you. You're already pregnant and dealing with enough without having to answer questions like that. I wish you luck.
I am 15 weeks preg and this is a "surprise" pregnancy after having 2 boys 9 and 11 years ago. I desperately want a girl and when people ask I tell them that. And when they say "what if it's a boy?" I say "Well that is why I am finding out. Because I do want a girl. It is something I hold dear to me for my own personal reasons. I have a right to want a girl. If it is a boy I will cry and feel disappointed and no doubt depressed. But it is very normal and healthy to feel this way and I have a right to my feelings. I do not feel I have to justify to others why a girl is important to me just as I do not begrudge others their dreams in life. Rest assured, that by the time the baby comes, I will have dealt with my grief of the opportunity I have lost and will be ready to love and fully welcome the gift that has been given. I find they have nothing further to add when I am done.
I think the journal entry is hilarious!
Nice Site!!!
I'm hoping for a boy but if it's a girl that would be great too. I wanted a boy first and then a girl and that's what I got. Now I would like a boy so that the boys wouldn't be too far apart.
I'm getting really annoyed when people ask me if I want a boy or girl. I just tell them I want a healthy baby. But they keep asking!! I have no doubt in my mind its a little boy there hasn't been a girl born into my husbands family in over 50 years!!! Geez I just want a HEALTHY baby!!
I'm 16 weeks and people have been asking me the sex for weeks, so funny. When they ask which I want I tell them I don't have a preference but I think it's a girl. My husband says he wants a human.
its been a long road getting pregnant...i just want a baby. lol.
I've had 4 babies 3 girls and 1 boy i wanted 2 boys an 2 girls but im very happy with the ones i have because no matter what you want they come as they are and you'll love them no matter what!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'd like to have 4 kids, 2 little boys, and 2 little girls, but whatever I end up with would still be exciting even if I wind up with all boys or all girls. I careless about the sex of the little one. GENDER is the important issue here people, be at least happy that you have a healthy baby to love care and nurture for forever.
I've been doing that as well! I say that I'll cry, if I have a boy. And I'm sure I would if he peed on me. D:
That's funny, and so true. On my husbands side of the family I have 6 nieces, my daughter and our first nephew on the way...... and then there is me pregnant and I have no idea what I am having yet but Every one is pulling for that 2nd boy. except for me I have a 4year old daughter, I Really want to reuse some of all of that glorious princess stuff!!!!!!
I have already done the same thing. I have asked our friends and family not only about the sex, but about weight, length, hair color, and eye color. Everybody wants to participate and loves the idea. I am 15 weeks and can not wait to find out what it is. We are going to do a point system and add up the points for the most correct answers and make a game of it. I am not sure what the winner gets, but I can't wait to find out the actual answers to the questions!!!!!
Three weeks til I find out! So, let's hope its a girl so I don't leave it there.
I am 15 weeks and of course people ask me but I am honest when I say "I don't care what I'm having." Because you're all right they will always have something to come back with. I have dreamdt of a girl and a boy and then my most recent dream you couldn't tell. The baby was so tiny all bundle up in swaddling, I was happy to finally have my baby that it didn't matter to me, but I wished you had said "then I won't go into labor" lol. Be sarcastic you're prego not them!
lol...i tell ppl all the time that ill cry if i dont get a girl when they ask me that...but the truth is thats just a preference as long as the baby is healthy of course i am going to love it no matter boy or girl...what a silly question for people to ask anyways...we should be looking at them dumb when they ask it not then looking at us dumb when we say we'll cry. haha
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I am 16 weeks pregnant and have been calling my baby a boy from day 1, I have had no morning sickness, and very little nausea, I even had a dream that I was delivering a baby boy. My fiance has a 5 year old little girl who I look at as my own, She is more than a handful, I really would like a boy for myself and my fiance, But if I have a girl, I will love her just the same.
I am 16 weeks Due January 20th, 2008 i have two little girls, and on my third, but my boyfriends family says its a boy by the way i carry. they and we all want a boy. there is literally only one boy my boyfriends nephfew. 9 girls an 1 boy..
I agree completely when they make a big deal out of weather it will be a boy or a girl.. im 15 weeks.. and ppl always ask me which I would rather have I think im gonna come back with one of you great comebacks..
This is so funny, I would probably react the same way, "i'd just send it back", lol. People ask me what I want, i have a daughter already and everyone thinks I should have a boy, well i think we'll know what I am supposed to have when it gets here. I don't know if parents really do have preferences other than wanting a healthy baby. Although I am partial to girls, they shop better. lol
I can relate! I am 15 weeks and everyone keeps asking me if I want a boy or girl. Of course when I tell them I want a boy they all look at me cross eyed "Why would you want a boy?" just because I happen to be a feminine girl doesn't mean I hope I have a daughter just like me. If I am having a girl, I'll be happy too but I'm not ashamed to say I hope I'm having a boy. I think I might have to use the "I'd cry" response and she how people react!
i am 4 months pregnant and i have gained 10 pounds i feel so fat
I dont know about you guys but everyone keeps looking at my scan pic that i had at 15weeks and saying "awww it looks like a boy" is it just me or do ALL babies look the same in the early scan photos? i hope its a girl to spite them lol In response to the "u wanting a boy or girl?" question i have several answers the main one being "whats the point in wanting one or the other? i cant chose!" or if its a polite stranger on the bus/train i look at them strangly and say "im not pregnant" that gets the best response! lol
My entire pregnancy I've wanted a girl, and not been shy about telling so to whomever asked. Always the same thing, "Well, what if it's a boy?" and I always replied, "Well, then why did you ask?" Of course, we recently found out I was indeed having a boy and I had the meltdown right in the OB's waiting room. So, yes, If you want one and find out you're getting the other, you won't be the only who cried for 2 hours before wading through adorable boy clothes in Babies R Us to feel better.
When my friend went on Yahoo answers, just out of boredom, to find out what people thought I might be having, she told them as plainly as she's told me: she wants a niece.
She was called a horrible person, she was ridiculed. Someone even told her, they hope she never has children because she'd be a terrible mother! I was ticked off! Just because she "wants" a girl, doesn't mean she won't love a boy just the same. When I aksed her why she wanted a girl, she told me, "I like the girls' clothes better." It's not a big deal to hope for one or the other, so long as you love whatever gender does come out!
I can't stand when people "want" a boy or a girl. When they find out that they are not getting what they want they get upset, and then work on accepting the news. Everyone should just read some websites of women and men who are struggling just to get pregnant. They would be grateful for either a boy or a girl baby. You hear the term "she is expecting" when referring to a pregnant woman. Then you hear about these parents that are expecting to have a certain gender. Get over it! Don't be EXPECTING anything . . . just hope for a healthy child.
Everytime someone asks me 'Is it a boy or girl?' I get a little irritated, and remind them i dont know yet. and then open my mouth and say i want a girl and then they ask 'oh what if you have a boy?' then i look at them and say 'what do you think ill do? give them to the stork or something?' its amusing most of the time.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HAVING A PREFERENCE,I NAMED MY DAUGHTER AT 8 WEEKS PREGNANT BECAUSE I KNEW SHE WOULD BE A GIRL. IM PREGNANT NOW AND I'M 16 WEEKS. HIS NAME IS ANTONIO. IT HASN'T FAILED YET.
ha... After i'd told everyone i wanted a girl then found out its a boy, a few acted as if my dog died, yea i wanted a girl but i was just glad to know the sex, i certainly don't plan on giving away b/c its not the sex i preferred.
I'm exactly 16 weeks, too, and I also want a girl. People look at me like I'm a horrible person when I say that, and I also get the question "What will you do if it's a boy?" It just strikes me as stupid. What am I gonna do? send him back?!
Truth is, as fun as it is, most people don't care what you're having. Nobody is ever as excited as the actual mom and dad.
haha, I am 16 weeks pregnant and we are in the same position. Both me and my husband want a girl, so people ask what if it is a boy...I like your answer that you'd cry, I think I'll use it if you don't care... :) Anyway we will find out for sure (well, hopefuly) in two weeks...
LOL...This just about summed up exactly everything. We have 12 more days til we know what the gender is (assuming baby cooperates), and my husband and I both want this one to be a girl (it's our first)...and everyone is all...What if it's not...They don't leave room for you to say...BUT we'll be happy as long as the baby is healthy...lol
I am 16 weeks pregnant right now and I find out what I am having this week. I really want a girl myself and everyone keeps asking me what I would do if I had a boy and my answer was I have no idea! People are not to happy with my answer either but it is good to know I am not the only one feeling like this! Good luck!
I already have twins...a boy and a girl...I hit the jackpot the first time around. So this time it doesnt matter to us either way, but everyone still has their comments and opinions! Most people ask what if its triplets this time! Thankfully no multiples here, just one sweet baby. We're not going to find out this time...I did with the twins b/c there was so much to buy to get ready for two babies, I didnt want to mess it up. This time I have decided I am buying boy and girl outfits to bring to the hospital...that way the little one will have something cute to wear for the pictures and the trip home. I am sure I'll find someone to give the other outfit to!
Maybe it's because of the cultural make-up of my community, mostly Mexican-American, but strangers and co-workers never asked -- they would take one look at me, and say, "So, you're having a boy." I'm not kidding, 100% correct every time, men and women guessing! So this time around, I'm going to ask around before the test to see if this was just a freak coincidence or not.
Try "oh...if it's X I'll just sell it on e-bay." :))
I feel exactly the same way. I want a boy, and if the doctor says that I'm having a girl, I'll have to go into immediate therapy. People who don't know me, they look at me and forecast a boy. But people who know me, out of spite, say that I'm having a girl. (I think that's the meanest thing ever.) But like I said, if I find out I'm having a girl, I maybe depressed for a while, and have to seek counselling.
i ended up giving in and said i just want a healthy baby when it came to this conversation...cause if i said i wanted a girl they would say i hope you have a boy....and if i said boy they would say "oh its def a girl then" i just wanted to smack them......why ask if you know that you are going to dissagree...
LOL@ that reply! People ask all types of questions....i am 16 weeks and for some strange reason I think i am having a boy..that would explain the extra hair growing all over my body...lol
your story is kind of like me..idont yet know what i am having yet though..but my whole family wants it to be a boy because all girls are basically in my family but me and my boyfriend both want a girl and we sort of have a feeling that we are having a girl but we arent sure...im 16 weeks...wont i be able to find out what i am having SOOON??
When people ask "so do you know what is it yet?" I just tell them that although we haven't had the official test, we're pretty certain that the baby will be African-American. It's hilarious! The look on their faces is classic! Who knew pregnancy could be so much fun!
Oh my gosh that's hilarious. I went through the EXACT same thing! Everyone in my family thought I was having a boy-even me! But then come to find out it was girl, which was what I wanted anyway. But then everyone felt inclined to ask me "But what if it was a boy?" and my response was something like you said here "I dont know...give it back?" haha
I'm going through the same thing. I'm 16 weeks pregnant and I know that no matter what anyone says when they are pregnant they have in their mind what they want. Anytime anyone asks me and I say "I want a girl" I get in trouble. Everyone says you're suppose to say you want a healthy baby. I do want a healthy baby but I also would like to have a girl. My husband wants a boy. Everyone wants me to have a girl, but I'll be happy either way. I'm not going to lie though when someone asks me what I want. Some people say I'm going to have a girl and some say I'm going to have a boy. I think I'm going to do what you did. I'm going to ask everyone what they think I'm going to have and make a list of it and put it in my child's baby book. Thanks for the idea!!!
People say that to me when i say I want a girl.. "What if it's a boy?" it's the same response to it. But either way, I'd love my baby.
I think people always say that same silly remark after you say what you think/want. I know my family always says "what if the next one is another girl". I always laugh and say then I guess I'll have to go again! As if it would make you love them any less!
I have 3 daughters I am due for a son but what ever I get I will love...
But that was a CUTE story....
so when ya due.....i want a little girl first but will b happy wit either.
I wanted a girl with my first, turned out to be a boy. Wanted a girl with my second (and last), another boy! Horrible morning sickness with both, although I had heard about the morning sickness being a girl thing...it wasn't true for me.
find out ** sorry lol not found out haha. byes
lol. yeah i really want a girl im 16 weeks and my boyfriend wants a boy lol i told him if we have a boy he can name it and everyone gets mad when i say imma be upset if they say its a boy lol but in the end ill love the little boy .. i found out what im havin october 31st. can i ask a question? did u have nausea or morning sickness because i heard that most woman who do .. have little girls. soo i was wonderin heh well write back =) thanks.