I have 2 boys and 1 girl.

I pretty much expected to have a boy when pregnant with DS1 as boys were so dominant in our family. Then when i was pregnant with DS2 i was unsure whether or not to expect another boy or if we'd be lucky enough (i really do consider those to have one of each really lucky) to have one of each. However i think deep down both DH and I were hoping for another boy, which at the 20 week scan we found out we were having.

For me personaly my reasoning was that i'd had such a rocky relationship with my mother growing up i was very nervous about having my own daughter and i think for DH it was just that he was worried about having a daughter and protecting her.

So having two boys DH and i were extremely happy and when the talk of having anymore children came about we had pretty much agreed that we were more happy than we could ever hope for with 2 boys. To a certain extent it wasn't even about the genders it was the fact that we were blessed with two healthy children.

So when we unexpectedly fell preganant with DD we had mixed emotions.

But jump to where we are now and i am thrilled to have a daughter, she is so precious and absolutely completes our family more than we could have ever hoped for. We thought we were happy before but now i know we are really really happy.

I know for some there are other factors to take into account but for me children are blessing full stop.