Gender Disappointment

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33894375/ns/health-kids_and_parenting/

Gender disappointment is a heartbreaking issue that affects many mothers and pregnant women. Many women don't talk about it because they are afraid that people will think they are a bad mother or ungrateful. The problems mainly involves women who wanted a daughter.

Joyce Venis, a psychiatric nurse said, "Just because a woman has a preference does not mean she is a bad mother or doesn't want the child". Venis suggests that women find out the sex of the baby during pregnancy so they can deal with disappointment before the birth.

Venis suggests that women dealing with this issue should find someone to talk to. If they are depressed, they should talk to a therapist. Venis wants mothers dealing with gender disappointment to remember, "It is normal and they shouldn't feel like a freak. It is a normal process when a dream has changed. You just have to relearn a different dream".