by Melissa Willets posted in Pregnancy

As a mom of all girls, I'm used to seeing this expression when I announce I'm pregnant with yet another girl:

It's the underwhelmed, slightly sympathetic look of someone who assumes I was heart-set on having a boy. Since I have girls. And obviously, if I'm not pregnant with a boy, I must be brutally disappointed.
My husband and I never felt that way. We always wanted a large family, and were excited to find out we were expecting again, no matter the baby's gender. In fact, after a while, it became easier to have more girls. We already had all the stuff, and knew what to expect. Society never agreed with us. I became accustomed to the questions of strangers about our family, such as, "You don't have any boys"" Or "All girls"" I often thought, "Master of the obvious much""
My husband got "Are you going to try for a boy"" He would also be at the receiving end of seemingly-concerned randoms who consoled him for having to live with his daughters...and no boys! The horror, I know.
Well, people who were traumatized by us not having a boy, can rest easy now. Because I am currently pregnant with a boy. And when I tell folks, this is the expression I see:
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