I CRIED AFTER LEARNING MY BABY'S GENDER
With VID AND PIX
By Todd Sasin
A woman has opened up about the unexpected emotions she felt after learning the gender of her baby.
The mother-to-be had always envisioned herself welcoming a daughter, eventually convinced she was having a girl before later learning she was having a boy, an event she didn't foresee.
After finding out the news she would be having a boy, Molli Sébrier felt a growing sense of disappointment and unsettled emotions.
Residing in Narragansett, Rhode Island, USA, Molli told: "There was no fibre in my being that thought it was going to be a boy.
“I was deeply, deeply convinced that I was having a girl. The amount of shock I felt when I saw ‘it’s a boy’ — I can’t even explain it.”
The feeling she experienced soon after led to the 34-year-old crying uncontrollably as she described she was grieving over a future she always saw herself living.
In an effort to learn more about the gender disappointment she was experiencing, Molli took to social media where she learned that a handful of mothers across the globe had also been through the emotions.
While the feelings didn't promptly fade away, Molli has now eventually warmed to the idea of having a boy and has begun to grow an element of excitement towards becoming a boy-mum.
Speaking about her gender disappointment, the content creator explained: "I know once the baby is born, I’m going to love him with my whole entire heart — but that doesn’t change the way I felt when I first found out.
"As the day went on, I could feel the disappointment growing inside of me. I didn’t even know gender disappointment was a thing.
"It felt like I was grieving something that had never even existed.
“I had built this big story in my mind, and having that ripped away was traumatising.
“I was dealing with so much shame — thinking, ‘What kind of person feels this way?'
“Two things can be true at once. I know I’m going to be obsessed with him"
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