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12476639 tn?1427030691

Pregnancy with a girl vs. Boy

Was it harder on your body to carry a boy or a girl? Our baby is a surprise but this pregnancy is kicking my butt! I wake up and am already exhausted, back pain, and heartburn like crazy! High blood pressure too! 34 weeks along...  What's your experience?
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I stayed sick from week 4 until birth with my daughter. I was put on iv fluids due to dehydration with her and couldn't eat anything without getting sick. Now I am pregnant with a boy and it's been great besides my veracose veins that I will have to have surgery on after he is born.
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Girls seem to take the cake! I'm dealing with constant hunger/nausea/heartburn. I just want to eat normally and drink a wine cooler! 6 more weeks til a new normal begins! Good luck mamas
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I'm having a girl and I've been experiencing every symptom since day one I'm exhausted!!
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Pregnant with a girl and been sick the whole time. Can't eat certain foods or ill throw up can't smell any foods or I'm gonna throw up..have had back pain and headaches, everything. Its bad
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My girls where harder than my boys to me
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Boys are worse for me! My daughter's pregnancy was easy. I'm so much worse with boys, so many food aversions, morning sickness for longer, faint, fatigued, dizzy, put on stacks of weight, fluid and swelling - had none of these with my daughter!
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The girls did it for me! I never got sick with my 3 boys. Good luck
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My 1st pregnancy with my son wasnt as hard as with my 2nd which is a girl i had morning sickness until 17 weeks
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Thanks for your responses. It's so interesting how different each pregnancy is and how our bodies respond! I am always amazed by the capabilities of a woman's body in a mere 10 months!
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I have 3 boys super easy I have one girl at home and just found out this one is a girl to and I've had every symptom possible I swear it's bad.
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I'm a ftm and the worst part of my pregnancy was like week 12 to 15ish I had a migraine every day. The rest of the time it's been fine still get the obvious aches and pains and what not....it's a boy btw a friend of mine who also had a boy threw up everyday and was constantly complaining ...I kinda think a lot of it has to do with what kind of person you are...as in I've never really let my hormones get the best of me I'm pretty level headed but some of my friends practically killed their partners over small things.
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I'm a ftm with a boy and my pregnancy is really easy so far except for my gestational diabetes but it is under control.
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I have two boys and now i am having a girl i am 28 weeks and i been sick the entire pregnancy so i have to say this has been the hardest carrying my daughter but i cant wait until she arrives
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