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@MaryM: I get that but then at the same time people make such a big deal about announcing the sex of their baby (just in general not saying you!) that it seems like a lot of people just expect and enjoy the stereotypical comments.. like dads wanting boys (and moms wanting girls even.)

I'd say all 3 of our announcements went as we thought. Our 3rd we never really kept a secret so it wasn't really an announcement, so much as putting it out there so I don't get the "is she or isn't she pregnant" stares from people who may not have heard. For some reason it seems like I get more IRL questions with the 3rd pregnancy than the 2nd lately, which is interesting because it was really seeming like nbd for awhile. Overall we've gotten a combination of the above comments from "was it planned" with my first (we were early 20s) to "you can have a boy next time" to "oh so if you're having a third you have to even it out and have a 4th!" (Nope!!)

@MaryM: yeah if they knew about your loss/es that's a little odd.. but I think sometimes people just are searching for SOMETHING happy to say. And for a lot of dads in our circle/s they really do get excited for boys too. But the whole idea of being excited for one gender over the other is kind of weird.