What Were You Declared Pre-Birth?

[Devyn]

I was born really early too.

As well, my mom thought I was going to be a boy. She was going to name me Alexander, and always called me "Alex" while pregnant with me.

Then, when I came out officially to her as transgender, she said "My mom always told me that if I had a daughter, she would be worse than me." (She was really bad, growing up; always snuck out, got drunk, you know?)

To answer the question: Everybody thought I was going to be a boy. Apparently, the doctors couldn't tell if I was a boy or a girl while my mom was pregnant because I wouldn't open my legs (even in the womb, I was dysphoric, it seems. XD No, I'm just joking. Apparently, that means you're a girl if you're legs are crossed or closed.)

[insideontheoutside]

Boy. My mom had blue birth announcements picked out but ended up doing my room in just white with a bunch of decor that wasn't too male or female. That totally fit actually lol. When I first popped out, they said boy, then I guess about an hour later they determined female to put in the birth certificate. I found out years later that the doctor wanted to do "corrective" surgery on my junk but my parents wouldn't have it (thank god!) - they just wanted to be assured that I was otherwise healthy and functioning, so when they knew I was they put their foot down on any kind of surgery.

[Yakshini]

As far as I know, my mom always thought I was a girl.

[xxUltraModLadyxx]

this is really interesting. my mom said the same from my birth stories. she said they thought i was going to be a girl, but i ended up coming out as a 10 pound male baby withe facial edema and knotted umbilical cord. apparently, i was a very difficult pregnancy. she was sick everyday with me, and i only wonder now if that pregnancy reflects all the hardships in my life. asperger's, gender identity disorder, expressive receptive language disorder, mathematics disorder. nature's ways can be interesting.

[BrandonJames]

My mom had a few miscareges and still births before she got me. she had a midwife and everything done at home. she said she knew from the start that i was a girl. I know its weird and all but I sometimes wounder if one of her miscareges or still borns was a boy and if it was ment to be me.

I have two younger brothers and Sean my eldest bro was supposed to be a girl then on a later ultrasound they found out he was a he. just another little side note my mom was told she would never have kids when she was in her late teens. she was 26 when she finnaly got me.

[Brent123]

My parents were told they were having one boy. A couple months later, they were told that they were having two; one was a boy and the other was undetermined. Then they found out later it was a boy and a girl.

[Espenoah]

My birth was unremarkable as I was known to be a girl the whole time. Darn.

[Suzy]

Oh my mom was completely sure I was gonna be a girl, lots of girl clothes, girl name, the works.  She was amazingly surprised.  I always loved my girl name, even growing up.  Hopefully it will be legal soon.

[Sharky]

My grandmother said that they thought I was going to be a boy, my mom denied it. Later on I overheard her telling her friends that she was told she was going to have a boy and that she didn't even have a girls name picked out. I was also premature, 3 months I think.

[some ftm guy]

i think i was determined half way through pregnancy as a girl from an ultrasound. my mom always said she never knew why people had a hard time figuring what things were from those since my brother and i were really easy to tell and they could apparently could see hair and everything, then i was born 2 months early and spent 9 months in pediatric intensive care because of my underdeveloped lungs.

[JohnAlex]

It seems like most people posting in this thread were born premature.  I wonder if that's odd or just a coincidence. 

I wasn't born premature, though.  My parents didn't know what gender I was until I was born.  I don't know what they thought I was, but after I was born, female, they took a few weeks still trying to decide what my name would be.  I hate that name so much I'm not even going to say it, lol.

[Robert Scott]

I was premature

[Shang]

When your mom was pregnant with you, what did the doctor tell her she was going to have?

They told her they were having a girl. 

With my sister, they told her that my sister might be a boy until later on in the pregnancy.

[Ryno]

My parents didn't have sex tests done on my brother or I. But I found out after she passed away that the whole time she was pregnant with me she had a "feeling" I was going to be a boy. I would have been named Sean if I was, but I didn't choose that to be my trans name because I'm already acquainted with a transgendered Sean and I don't want to look like I'm stealing his name, haha. Besides, the name doesn't fit me anymore.

I dunno, I just find it an interesting coincidence that these mix-ups happen so often. A friend told me when I came out that her Psych text book has a section on gender identity, that basically says a transgendered person is no different than a blue-eyed person. That it's as much a part of our genetics as the rest of the things that make us individuals...

[piers816]

My parents were told that they were having twin boys, but ended up having one girl. Of course, that girl is now a guy... Before I was born, my parents didn't even have a name picked out yet. They had boys' names, but not girls' names. I was premature, too, which is odd because it seems like a lot of who has posted was premature.

[Devlyn]

I was premature too, not sure what my Mom was expecting, though.

[PixieBoy]

My parents made a point of not checking my sex before I was born, because they didn't find that very important. I think I may have been raised quite gender-neutrally, apart from ballet class and long hair (my mother seemed to want me to be more feminine, and luckily my little sister is very feminine and girlish). They let me play with toy cars and dinosaurs and such.

[lightvi]

I was late, so late actually that they decided I was overdo and basically had to come out. I guess I didn't want to deal with life yet hehe. Anyway, as far as I know my mom always thought I would be a boy.. I can't really get close enough to ask her about these things though.

[harlee]

Im pretty sure I was declared as a girl from the beginning Well, thats what my mum said. Before me there was a miscarriaged boy tho 

[Cindy]

I've now managed to retrieve my medical records and  the first note is:

Ahh not one of them.

Then I think it went downhill

Cindy