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Luckily I haven't had to deal with it because my parents and in-laws just want a healthy baby (or at least if they have a preference they are keeping it to themselves). But, my best friend is also pregnant, and her in-laws talk non-stop about how the baby has to be a boy. It drives her nuts. She's always wanted to be Team Green, but they will be finding out now because she is worried her in-laws will ruin the birth if it's a girl. (She also used to want a boy but now she's hoping it's a girl just to piss them off.) I feel bad for her!! Like you said, it's not something you can control!

Oh yes...my DH was the youngest of 3 boys so his parents really wanted LO to be a girl. His dad begged for a girl to break the unlucky streak...lol!

How will they feel themselves if he ends up being a he? Maybe you should ask them that... I'm sure once they think about it they know they won't love him any less, and saying the girl preference out loud only makes them look bad... maybe they'll bite their tongue

That is really crummy. I'm team green and MIL keeps asking me what I think I'm having and how she thinks a boy first would be so good. It doesn't matter how many times I tell her I have no feeling either way and who says we are having more than one.

I completely understand. It seems everyone we know is constantly harassing us to have another and make it a girl next time. Umm, if I can place an order I actually want another boy so I can recycle 100% of what I've acquired, lol!

Oh man, there hasn't been a girl born into my husband's family in 75 years...just boy after boy after boy...talk about pressure! And it'll be worse if we decide to have a second baby because we're the last ones to have kids (my BsIL are both fixed), and we're only planning on two max, so it'll be the family's last shot at getting a girl.

The good news is, once he was born everyone was gaga over him, even though he wasn't the girl everyone wanted (seriously, on vacation a BIL knelt down to my belly and chanted "girl girl girl..." for like 5 minutes).

ETA: We were Team Green

OMG! YES!!!!! Everyone on BOTH sides of our family now has voiced their opinion that they hope we're having a girl. However, at our NT scan (and even my maternal instincts before the NT scan) revealed we're having a boy. I feel like we're disappointing them, and they won't be as excited for him, but for me and the hubby, we're just extremely happy we have a healthy baby after our loss recently. They just don't know we did so it hurts a lil more.