Comments on: You finally got your girl!

By: Rach

Rach — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:54:37 +0000

I have 3 older brothers and people said that to my parents all the time. They say, “No, we were actually expecting to have 4 boys!” That usually shut them up. Of course I told them they didn’t quit until they reached perfection!

By: erratic blogmatic

erratic blogmatic — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’m lost for words. Thank you or sharing this, even if it did make me cry into my lunch. What a precious child she is.

By: holly

holly — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Yeah, I completely know where you are coming from. I cant wait to hear all the comments once this little girl makes her entrance into the world. I have a boy, then a girl, then 4 more boys. This one is a girl. She is coming almost 12 years after the first girl, and I know how people are….They comment enough about the 6 children already. But each child is a gift, not a competition or an effort to make the other sex. I dont know how anyone could be that shallow. Sure, I wanted another little girl someday, but it wasnt my goal. My goal was to make a baby to love and cherish, be it male or female. Love the blog!!!

By: Paula

Paula — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

My first 4 are boy, girl, boy, girl, and we got comments when we had our 3rd, and then again when we had our 5th. Why on earth would we want more when we already had 1 of each or 2 of each. I used to say, “They’re not matched sets, like salt and pepper shakers!” (not to the commenters, but to anyone I told the story to). Then I had 3 of each, and if I had a nickel for every time someone said, “Just like the Brady Bunch!” UGH. Then I had one more. Now people are waiting to see what will happen. Most people expect we will have another, and some say they are betting on it. Most people have finally figured out that we wouldn’t be doing it to get one more boy!

By: Kari

Kari — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Your post really touched me.

You see, I too have a daughter. She is 5 months old and is my first baby. However, what a lot of strangers don’t know is that I lost 2 babies before her. I nearly died with the 2nd baby. I fought with everything I had to get her here, to become a mother.

People really do have no idea.

By: SAndy

SAndy — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Oh, that was so beautiful and sad.

By: Misti

Misti — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hugs to you. I get comments like that all the time *rolleyes* though i gave birth to my daughter first followed by 3 sons. I get comments like “at least you got your girl”"good thing the girl came first” UGH! Sometimes i wish people would just keep their mouths shut!!
More hugs to you!

By: Alison

Alison — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I have only suffered one miscarriage and that was wretched enough. I cannot fathom what you have endured.

While I was pregnant with our third child a stranger at church told me that perhaps someone should talk to us about birth control. I was shaken and when the pastor asked what was wrong and I told him he suggested that I should have told the guy to go to hell! I couldn’t believe it.

My point in that little diddy is that people don’t know our stories and whether they are tragic or not they have no right to pass judgement of any sort!

Cheers to you for sharing yours….

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

{{{{ Jody}}}}

I so recognize those emotions, the ‘I can’t believe she’s really here’ feelings and the knowledge that something still has to go wrong.

Karen

By: Jenifer

Jenifer — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

they will never realy no the painthat you for the 4 children you lost …i dont know how you fill and i realy hope i never fill the pain of losing a child….i just have to say this after reading this to all the people who said those words like they only stoped cause they got a girl come to my house and let me show them ….see my mom had a good brith with my big brother and then a year later she was pregant she didn’t lose the baby put she was just20 years old and a single parent at the time cause my dad left her all on her own with my big brother who is now 24 yrs old … but yea my mom was pregant again and this time it was not a good time for my mom cause Brit came early realy she was only 24wks pregant with brit but Brit made it but my mom could not take care of all the problems and had to given Brtitany up of Adopen…Which was the hardest thang a mother could my mom told me this story when i was 11yrs old and from then on i new if i ever had a child that child who be love 4 who it was not the gender or how cute it was but because it was a child and i know that not everyone and can have babys bur i hope and prey i can …because i could only wish iam half as good as MY MOMA she is a mother of 4 1son And 3 daughters and that will never change EVER and trust me jodi if i know you would have a nother child if the time was right and all