We maintain a website, choose-sex-of-baby.com, and to keep track of what people are interested in and looking for on this topic, we have been visiting forums and sites to browse the latest posts and comments. This time we were specifically looking for the reasons why anyone wishes to conceive a baby boy. Here is what we found (but don't read too much into the comments because they are probably "off the cuff"):

To start off with the "craziest"":

1. I'm 19 years old and 20 weeks pregnant with a son. I always hoped it would be a son, a male, even prayed for a boy, a son. I could never handle a girl. There's no way they are easier, especially if she's related to me! Girls are insane and possibly evil so I'm glad I'm having a boy, most awful thing that happens with a boy is he's a little stupid!!!"

2. "Our girl is now 14 months, and we're due with our second child. We're wishing for a boy, just so we can have one of each, love to have a son to keep things even and balanced but hubby is still lacking that father-son relationship."

3. "I always wanted to conceive a boy first, just for that 'Big Brother' feeling. I had 3 older brothers growing up, and it was nice knowing there was always someone to protect me and watch over me."

4. "My husband also, I think, wanted to have a male to carry on his name, since he is the only one to carry on the family name. His father died when he was very small, and he has only female cousins on his father's side."

5." I would like to know how to conceive a boy, so I can see how it is to raise both, and it will give more excitement, to see how they are different"

5." I always wanted 2 children, a son and then a daughter. Because I am the oldest in my family and didn't have a big brother growing up. I want my daughter to experience that."

And this comment, which was rather sad and touching:

6. If I can choose the sex of my baby, I really want a son. I have always preferred a girl, but this altered recently, when I thought about all the troubles I brought on my parents and I wouldn't want my baby girl to turn out like me, and I would be worried to death that she would. If I was told that I was going to have a baby girl, I would love her just as much as a baby boy, and wouldn't be disappointed at all, I would just be a little afraid that she would turn out like her mommy.

I have been in a lot of trouble (with men) these past few years, and I wouldn't want my baby to be doing the things I did/do."

7. I'd want a son because I've always been a tom boy

We were quite surprised about the reasons why people would like to choose the sex of their baby, and had kind of guessed that people may want to conceive a male only to "balance the sexes" or to "carry on the family name".

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