I could've written that word for word!
I too convinced myself that our "sway" worked and I often referred to him as "she" while I was pregnant. I sooooo wanted him to be a girl, and so did everyone else around us. I used to imagine the moment that "she" would be born and we'd be sending our "its a girl" text announcement etc, so when they said "its a boy" it took a few moments to digest it and actually accept that its final now, there's no uncertainty, it really is a boy.
Not that I don't adore him and love him to bits - he's a gorgeous child, and has so far been much easier than my first DS. But I still dream about what it must be like to have a daughter...
I had several friends who all had their 2nd child around the same time as me - they ALL had girls, I was the only one who had a boy. They all had boys for their first children, so for me that hit me even harder.
BUT.....here we are, 12 months down the track, and the possibility TTC#3 is back on the agenda. Although I don't know if this swaying is really going to work for us, I'll never forgive myself if we don't at least try. If we try all the theories and stick to the current advice, and still have a 3rd beautiful son, at least I wont have any regrets and spend the rest of my life wishing we'd given it a go.
Good luck - I hope you get your girl, I really do!! I honestly, 100% understand exactly what you must be feeling and contemplating at the moment.
ETA - sorry Diamond Girl, if I'd bothered to read back further I would've seen you're trying the O+12 method!! Good luck with it - I don't trust myself enough to get that one right!! I'd stuff it up for sure!
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