I can't believe I am even THINKING of child number two (very far in the future I hope) but I have been considering next time not finding out the gender ahead of time. I really wanted to know for this baby so we could get prepared but now that we know what is in store and we already have a lot of gender neutral clothes from DS, I think it might be fun and exciting to not know until the birth. My husband thinks I am crazy. If you are considering more kids would you find out and did you find out the first time?
Re: Would you be team green next time?
I know, neither do I, as a kid I would always secretly slide open then reseal my presents so I could see what they were and I really haven't gained that much patience in 29 years. I think I have "oh my it's a **insert gender**" envy of those who waited.
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I am not sure... I would like to know so I could be prepared, but truly being surprised is kind of tempting too. Hopefully the tech can't tell and that will force me to go team green. lol With this LO we found out but didn't tell anyone his name. That way there was still that surprise element once everyone got to the hospital.
Definitely! We were team green with our DD. We really went back and forth about whether or not we should find out, but we didn't. We both kinda suspected a boy, so DD was a wonderful surprise! It was so awesome to not know.
I knew that I wanted to experience not finding out at least once, and it made since for us this time, I think. We live in a one-bedroom apartment, so we didn't have a nursery to set up/plan for. We wanted all the big stuff (carseat, swing, etc.) to be gender neutral anyway, so clothes were the only issue for us. And, it turned out to be a complete non-issue. My SIL would have shared my nephew's clothes with us, and it turned out that her sister shared her baby girl's things with us. So, DD has always had plenty of girl clothes.
Before she was born, I thought I'd want to find out with future children. But, now I think I never will want to I have a family friend who has 7 children and hasn't found out with any of them. It's really special for them; and, as an aside, they have alternated boy girl with each kiddo!
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We arn't going to wait, but we won't be telling anyone we know, or what the gender is.
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I LOVED being team green for Lena
My favorite part of her birthday was hearing my husband yell "It's a girl!!!!" in the operating room. We'll totally be team green again next time.
Sorry, I'm being judgey today. I apologize. I'm pretty crabby with hardly any sleep and family coming in this weekend.
So yes, I'm all aboard Team Green. For us, it's more fun to let it be a surprise on the big day. Plus I'd really like the chance to find out in one big moment unlike it was for me this time. I don't even remember how I found out because I was so groggy. I can't remember if DH told me or the nurse. I just remember wanting to claw the nurses' eyes out because my morphine wasn't coming and I was awake .. Ah, I'm not ready to think about having another one!
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I'm sure we'll find out again for the next one. I could barely wait 20 weeks to find out that we were having a girl, so I doubt I'd be any more patient the next time.
Plus, it annoys me when other people don't find out what they're having. It seems like everyone I know who's having a baby is Team Green, and I'm tired of buying neutral gifts for baby showers.