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'The doctor told me it was a boy. I cried for days': Middle class mothers with 'gender disappointment' will baffle anyone who has longed for a healthy baby - but they insist you shouldn't judge their 'grief' over having sons ⊖

found 2025 › Oct › 03 (Fri) @ 07:05 UTC

One mother all too familiar with gender disappointment is Chloe, from South London, who runs a parenting blog and has four sons.