Once your baby is happy and healthy, that’s all that matters.
A mum has spoken out after she received comments on her having a second boy. In the online forum, she says that she’s pregnant and already has one son, however when she tells friends and family that she’s having another boy, they “search” for disappointment in her face.
She wrote:
“I have one son already and another one on the way. Every time I tell people my second child will also be a boy, people seem to be disappointed. And seem to be searching for my disappointment in my voice when I speak.
“For the record, as nice as I’m sure as it would have been to have a girl, I truly don’t mind I’m having a boy – just want a healthy baby who will hopefully grow up to have a close bond with his brother. And I have no plans to have any more children (don’t love the whole pregnancy malarkey, though the end result is great), so no chance of me “trying” again.
“Anyhoo, is this a thing anyone else has experienced? Am I just being over-sensitive? I’m fully prepared to blame it on my hormones.
“How do I get people to believe that I really am happy/don’t care that my baby is a boy – without sounding like I’m protesting too much?”
Many mothers wrote back to the original poster and said that she’s not being over-sensitive, and people probably don’t realise what they’re saying.
One said:
“I think many people are of the impression that one boy and one girl is ideal. Madness. I’d ignore it. Not worth the thought process.”
While another wrote:
“I think this is v common when people have all boys OR all girls. For some reason you can only be happy with at least one of each. Weirdly though, when it’s the first, myself and others have experienced the ‘bet you’re glad it’s a boy’ which is odd. People are stupid.”
What would your advice be to this mum?
