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I was really nervous about this with #2 but I was scared that I'd be disappointed no matter which way it came out! I REALLY wanted to have a daughter someday. I can just picture myself as a mom to a girl. But I LOVE having a boy and I wanted him to have a brother who he could be close with so badly. So I was really torn. I was/am super excited that #2 is a girl and I know that I'll have a little girl but, at the same time, I'm more worried about E adjusting to a little sister (partly how everyone is going to be ALL over her) than I would be if I was having a boy. What makes it easier I think is that we're planning on having more children so there will be more chances for me to have another boy.

We really didn't care if LO#1 was a boy or girl. We truly just wanted a healthy baby. When we found out he was a HE, we were both thrilled (we would've been either way). With LO#2, I sorta wanted a girl but I wouldn't have minded having another boy. My DH actually wanted another boy but he was very very happy when he found it was a girl. So basically, no.... we didn't experience gender disappointment because we didn't put any expectations on it.

I'm already scared of this, and we don't have our little girl yet! I really only want 2, and we both really wanted at least one boy. Now that we know i'm having a girl, we are both SO excited, but both of us were kinda leaning boy, and i know we'll be really nervous next time around (DH is ok with having 3, but he doesn't have to carry them!)

2 boy mama here. With my first I didn't have a preference because it was our first, but DH wanted a boy. We were team green for our second because everybody {including DH} wanted a girl, but my oldest wanted a baby brother. I truly didn't have a preference, and suspected a boy all along because I've have always envisioned myself with all boys. The baby factory is now closed, so it turned out to be true.

With our LO, I was more concerned about DH and my dad being disappointed than me! He was so convinced that C was a boy that he only referred to him as a boy, talked about all the "guy" things they'd do, etc. Additionally, my dad had two daughters so he was really invested in C being a boy and bought him boy clothes before the ultrasound and everything! Obviously, it worked out and they are thrilled to have a guy in the family. In the future I don't think anyone (myself included) will care. I being a mama to my boy and would love another son but I also think having a daughter would be a sweet experience -- and I can't walk by the baby/toddler clothing section of stores without looking at the girl clothes a bit wistfully.

Nope, I got my boy the first time around, so I was good. I totally wanted a little brother for C, but wouldn't have minded one of each. Since #2 is a boy, we're thrilled! We are going for one more after this, and would love to cap it off with a little girl, but I would be entirely happy with all boys (for my husband's sake, I really hopes he gets his princess).

As my husband said- just another wedding I don't have to pay for when we found out about #2 I am super jealous of all of the fun girl clothes though

I don't think there's anything wrong with initial disappointment, but once the baby arrives it becomes impossible to imagine having it any other way.

I experienced a small dose of gender disappointment when I found out this baby was a boy honestly. I've always wanted all girls. Even though I was really super excited when I found out it was a boy, it still took me a while to warm up to the idea. I have quite a few friends pregnant and due around the same time as me and I got super jealous to see them planning for a baby girl or announce they were expecting a baby girl. I have no boys in my immediate family so I honestly didn't know how (still don't) to handle raising a boy. I was going to miss out con helping my daughter get ready for her wedding day, or pick out a dress for prom, or be there when she gave birth one day...that's the only side of big events I had ever seen.

But I bonded with my son pretty quickly, especially after naming him. I'm getting excited for all the mother-son events I get to experience and seeing DH teach him how to be a man. Now I can't wait for him to get here!

I always said if I was going to have a boy instead of all girls, I would want him to be my first born so he could be the big brother. Now honestly, even though I'm still hoping for a little girl one day, I really don't think I'll care either way for future LO's.

Before I found out the gender I wasn't afraid of gender disappointment. I couldn't believe people actually got disappointed! I thought I would still be in love with my baby even if he was a boy. I was shocked to find myself feeling disappointment after finding out and that it took me a while to warm up to the idea.

Not at all. I have no expectations for our overall family plan. Just raising (probably 2) happy kids!

Not afraid but since we and two and though there will be a small part of me that is disappointed no matter what. If it is another girl that means I will never have a boy and if it is a boy it means LO will never have a sister.

I will be happy no matter what gender but it will be the finality of it.