I think I might be having a girl...

I'm not exactly sure why I'm posting, but I've been reading the threads in here and just "felt" like I wanted to.

We started our TTC journey almost 3 years ago (when we got married) knowing that it would be hard (I have PCOS) and I went to the Conscious Living Expo a few months later, just as we were starting to see specialists. The lady who gave me a reading gave me a four leaf clover and also a smaller one for my daughter who she told me she was sure she was coming soon. Well after a lot of time and treatments being unsuccessful I held onto the four leaf clover for my daughter, but was becoming sceptical of this lady as I didn't feel like my daughter (or any baby was coming any time soon). IVF finally worked for us in August last year (just shy of two years from this reading).

I have always felt that I was a spritual person (no "gift" per se) but have been quite upset at time during my pg that I have had no dreams about my baby or his/her gender. It was only recently that I even started dreaming that I was pregnant. However earlier on, maybe 2 months in to my pg, my DH's niece (4) who at that stage hadn't been told I was pg asked my SIL why she was packing away some baby stuff that was in their shed (they had had water in there and she was putting it back after washing) and was told they didn't need it. She said to my SIL what about Aunty Mel's baby? When they asked her what she meant she said that I had told her. Both my SIL and MIL swear that whenever they had spoken about our pg they hadn't used names as they weren't going to tell the kids so early and that they were also pretty sure that she wasn't around when they did. Apparently she also has said/done a few other things that make them think she "knows" things. So next time we saw them I asked her about it and she was adamant I told her and then said it was a girl. When I asked if she knew or just wanted a little girl she went all giggly and said she knew, but it made some of the others think she was just being silly and wanted a girl. DH has another little niece from his brother, so they just thought she liked having a little girl around to play with.

That was so long ago and coupled with me not having any sense of if I am having a girl or boy (which as I said really upsets me - like I have no maternal instinct) I hadn't really given it much thought. BUT a week or so ago I went and visited a friend who I hadn't seen in ages who has a little girl. I have seen her only a handful of times since she was born (she's 2 1/2) and when I got there she was a bit shy for the first cpl of minutes then she pointed at my belly and said you have a baby in there (my friend's sister had recently had a baby so she obviously knew what my fat belly was). When I said yes, she said "it's a girl". This kind of made me think because she doesn't really know me very well and her aunty had a boy so it wasn't just a "that baby was a girl so this one is too" kind of thing.

So thinking back right to before we were properly TTC (I had no chance without treatment) I have had three people telling me I am having a girl. (Of course I have also had every woman in my office telling me what they think I'm having but it's just "different" IYKWIM?).

So like I said I don't know why I'm posting and I'm sorry it's so long, so anyone who thought they'd have a read, thanks for getting all the way through! I just feel really kind of out of sync because I haven't had any sense of who this little person will be. I am so ready to welcome this baby.

I have only just seen your post and noticed in the birth announcements that you had a boy (congratulations again!). Prior to reading your birth announcement, I would have thought your niece would have been fairly intuitive that it was a girl....