So I called my FIL

[ste_noni]

because 1) it's why Joe asked me to do and 2) I figured I may as well confront this issue head on.

Here's the conversation in relevant part:

S: {with much enthusiasm} so I found out today we are having a baby girl!
FIL: Oh, brother!
S: Well, we are pretty happy about it.
FIL: Oh I'm sure. And you still have a long way to go. (not sure if he meant in the pregnancy or in life, as in plenty of time to try again)
S: Well, yeah, a few more months, but now we know and we are excited.

I wasn't as blunt as I could have been, but he wasn't that blunt either. I guess it went okay. My SIL, who was at home, was really excited and that made me happy.

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Congratulations. It's a baby woman!