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Once you have your baby it won't matter. You will find ways to connect because you are his parent. Little babies are pretty gender neutral anyway, so by the time he turns into a boy you will already have connected with him by being his mom.

And I was a little girl who was never interested in most of the stuff you listed. Barbie made me cringe, and I never understood why anyone would want to be a cheerleader. I wound up getting a masters degree in applied math and working in financial technology. If you were having a girl, there is no guarantee that she would be as girly as you are.

And boys are usually nicer to their moms than girls are!

You'll be fine! When he's born, he's a baby just like any other baby and it won't matter what his sex is! By the time he's old enough to be interested in things like little league or soccer, you will be so in love with him and will have bonded over so many things, that those things won't affect your relationship!

I felt the EXACT same when I found out I was having a boy. Then I had him and while i still want a girl for #2, I find more thoughts creeping in my head about how having 2 boys would be so fun and I might handle a boy better than a girl after all because we have such a special bond. Basically I am utterly in love with my son.

I didn't know what to do with a boy! I didn't have disappointment -- we were team green and I had a feeling he'd be a boy, but I did feel nervous about the whole idea. But he's so wonderful and I can't imagine him being anyone else. I have learned a lot about superheroes, that's for sure! And now I have my little girl, too, so it's been perfect all around. Boys love love love their mamas and I have loved being a boy's mama. It gives you so much insight into males. And extra appreciation for them!

I was a super girly girl who grew up with sisters so I was just as surprised to find out I was having a boy. But as soon as he was born I was super in love and like others have said, I enjoy doing things he likes just to see him happy. This pregnancy I am also hoping for a girl but I know that if the twins are both boys I'll love them just the same way.

Honestly, little boys are so amazing!!! I love my son so much. I was team green and didn't really have a preference, except I always wanted one of each - now that I have a boy I hope hope hope I have another one! Whether or not you have a boy that is in to girly stuff, you'll love him to absolute bits. No question in my mind!!

My sister could totally relate. Now, she wouldnt change having two boys for anything! You will love and bond with him over all the crazy boy things, I promise! Congrats!

I could have totally written the same thing. I was excited when I found out I was having a boy, but secretly somewhat disappointed and worried I wouldn't know how to parent a boy. I grew up with only sisters and girl cousins.

I warmed up to it pretty quickly. And now I am so so so so in love with this little boy. I actually have a hard time picturing having a girl!!!

I grew up around girls as well and know nothing about boys! I now have 2 boys and am absolutely in love! Boys are still a mystery to me and they definitely have way more energy than I'm used to but you will most certainly bond with them and love them like you never could imagine.

Within a day of LO's arrival, all my apprehensions about being a boy's mom completed melted away and I couldn't imagine him having been a girl or even wanting that! He was instantly my perfect child - promise he will steal your heart!

I have 2 boys. In the middle, I lost a girl. When I found out M was a boy, I had these same feelings.

But, now I think I'm glad I don't have a girl, and I'm as girly as you are. If I had a girl, I'd be flat broke, buying anything she bats her eyelashes for.

I love my boys so much, and they're tons of fun in their own way. Mostly, though, they're alive and healthy and that matters the most.

Commenting to follow because I have this same worry. Not TTC via IUI quite yet and although we will of course be happy with any baby, we are only having one, and DW and I will be a two mom family so ... we really will have a learning curve/adjustment if we get a little boy!!

I have two boys! I was kind of disappointed that #2 was a boy mainly because I wanted to buy cute dresses. But now if we have a third I kind of want a boy again!

It helps me to picture what I am excited about with little boys. Some things I love: (not exclusive to boys of course, just things I associate with them/mine)

Overalls
Baseball hats
The age when they get really obsessed with dinosaurs or bugs and can name them all
Dressing them in matching flannel shirts with daddy
Bow ties
Teaching them how to be a gentleman. I feel like there is so much awareness now of how important it is to have men respect women in order to stop violence against women, and I am excited to get to teach my boys about equality.
When DH will take them fly fishing and I get the afternoon to myself (one day!!)
Calling them all "my boys"
Jumping in big piles of leaves
Seeing how excited DH is to teach them about his interests, like superheroes!
Splashing in puddles
Teaching them how to bake. I sewed an apron for lo1 that had sports balls all over it
More interesting toys. Most of our toys are gifts, and it's kind of nice not having a million pink dolls and having blocks and boats and train sets. (Again, not that girls can't have those, but it seems people but less of it for girls!)
Jumpers. Chubby baby boy knees in shortalls are my very favorite part of summer.
Boys using your arms as a race track for their cars.
Being the "queen" of the house.
Fall and winter clothes for boys are so cute. I love all the flannel and foxes and bears.
Seeing how much DH loves his mother.

The bottom line is, I don't think of my kids as boys. They are just my babies and I love them. You will too! And you will be surprised how quickly bugs and trucks and balls seem SO FUN, just because you love the look on your little boy's face when he is playing with them. And you can still share your interests. LO looooves to bake with me. And DH still keeps his reel for his rod in a little bag he sewed as a boy because he is so proud of it. A toddler boy would love a gymnastics or tumbling class!

Boys are wonderful. You'll do great! And at the very least, you'll save a ton of money on clothes!

I definitely felt dissapointed when I found out LO #1 was a boy...and I immediately felt guilty for feeling that way. I have a sister and she had 3 girls at the time, so I had just assumed I would have a girl as well. Now that he's here, DS is the sweetest, most loving "mamas boy" there is, and his snuggles and "I love you's" to me are just the best. I can't imagine anything else. It's also been fun to learn about the cars, trucks, trains and things that he's naturally draw to, as those were things I had no knowledge of before!

@hellobeeboston: I felt the same way, like everyone else said, once he's hear you can't even imagine anything different.

I don't like the traditional "boy" clothes either. It's like they take something that otherwise would be a cute print/color and slap a dump truck on the front of it...

I've had the best luck at Baby Gap, Old Navy, and H&M and like Stargal said, don't be afraid of the girl's section. We totally buy our jeans there too. They're so much softer!