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[quote=Anonymous]This is my first and most likely only pregnancy as I'm AMA and I'm wondering how you get past the disappointment of knowing you'll never have a daughter? I'm so excited to be having a baby at my age at all, so this feeling has surprised me. So before DCUM jumps on me about being ungrateful, believe me I'm so grateful to be here at my age. But yet I still have this nagging feeling. My mom is deceased, so maybe that has something to do with the fact of just missing that mother-daughter connection. I have two brothers and I'm the only girl, and throughout my parents' health problems, both my brothers have been worthless and unreliable. They generally do their own thing and are self-serving, which is the opposite of me, I took care of my mom before she passed and am doing the same for my Dad now. I just can't help feeling that I would have had a lifelong friend in a daughter, and someone to look out for me, whereas with a boy, I feel like you can't baby them as much, we won't share the same interests (shopping, spa, etc) and that when they leave the house at 18, they'll be gone (at least that's how my brothers were). I imagined shopping with a girl, baking, etc, just having a pal. I can't imagine life with a little boy and it makes me sad to think they'll grow up and that closeness will be gone. I know part of this must be anxiety, but can anyone offer insight into this? Thanks-[/quote]

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