Clueless Parents-to-be have Secret Gender Preferences – Usually for Girls

Apparently, parents-to-be secretly have a gender preference whilst they are pregnant, according to a study by ChannelMum.com.

More than 2000 mums were polled by the site, with more than a third saying they did not admit to anyone about their personal gender preference.

Four in five of the website’s demographic thought it was perfectly normal to prefer one sex over another.

Most wanted a girl, with two in five mums yearning for one compared to 18 per cent who wanted a son.

Proving the Pregnant Pound is a burgeoning business, 35 per cent of mums-to-be said they wanted a ‘gender reveal’ party, exposing friends and family to the never-ending tedium of politely pretending to be interested in somebody else’s fetal gestation.

When the baby finally arrived, a quarter of mums said they felt very disappointed if they didn’t get the gender they wished for, with some saying this affected their bond and relationship with their child.

A 41 per cent of these mums tried again for better gender luck in the next conception, with 26 carrying on for a third correctly gendered child and 10 per cent having four or more children simply to get the boy or girl they craved.

The selfless reasons mums-to-be preferred a baby girl to a baby boy were because girls stay closer to their parents after growing up, girls are more fun to dress up and in third place, girls are better behaved.