Who is not finding out the gender of their baby?!?

HollisterL88

My husband was set on not finding out. I have decided to trust him on this one! What are some of the positives about not finding out gender?!

ChristyM87

I am not finding out the sex of my baby until it is born. The gender I won't know until it is older

GHStarfish

I don't think I am going to find out the sex. We will see how far I make it with this mindset. I figure that most of the stuff we will register for will be neutral anyway.

jennykayt89

Nope, since we got together we both said we wouldn't find out the sex of our first. Family are over the moon with our decision

ashiscute

We were team green with DS and are planning to be team green this time as well. We did find out with DD.

I preferred not knowing. I didn't feel it was any easier to bond with the baby knowing. There is really nothing differently you prepare except names. I enjoyed having DH say "it's a boy!" When DS was born versus an ultrasound tech saying "based on what I'm seeing I feel confident it's a girl" at the anatomy scan.

wineandcake

We won't find out what we're having. DH wanted to with DS and I didn't have a birthday present for him so I agreed to find out as his gift. This time I have no desire to find out and we're waiting until the little one gets here. I'm excited for the surprise.

law&order

We are still undecided. We didn't find out the sex until DS was born. It was wonderful. I really loved the surprise and the finding out moment.  However, this time I'm a little torn and kind of want to know to prepare. With our first we weren't prepared for anything  Now we're prepared for a boy. 

0ashley

team green here

krweil

We're not finding out with this one (our third). We have one of each already, so we're prepared for either. I can't really vouch for any pros, but we wanted to experience the surprise in the delivery room this time:)

jenwalker1978

We're not finding out.  It is going to be harder to hold out with twins, but we both do want to be surprised.

valigrl21

As of right now, our plan is to be Team Green. I am pretty sure we won't change our minds, but we still have about 10 weeks before anatomy scan, so we could still change our minds.

ccarrozza1

We just found out yesterday from the blood tests. It's a girl! I was very surprised to know that because I was convinced it was a boy. Personal choice. Maybe next time I will wait and see but I want to be prepared this time since it's my first.

amandachristine518

This is our first and we always said we wouldn't find out. I think it will be the best surprise!

BadgerTwins+1

We have 3 girls. Didn't want to know with the first but we had some scares and wanted to know everything after that. With the twins we wanted to know in order to prepare if they were boys. With this one we are team green and i CANT WAIT to hear my doc say " its a ....! At delivery

islandwaddle

Team green as well
Only so many surprises in life

sschwege

We were Team Green with our first two and will be with this one as well.  It's so fun!  I love hearing everyone's predictions and trying to guess myself.  I remember being in labor with both my kiddos and thinking, "Today we find out if it's a boy or girl!"  We asked our MWs not to announce and instead DH did.  It was really special to hear it from him and I think he really enjoyed being the one to call it out. 

Other positives?  No chance of being told wrong.  It's unusual, but it does happen.  My Aunt's sister was told she was having a girl and low and behold it ended up being a boy.  Also everything you have will be gender neutral in the beginning.

HollisterL88

I love the idea of having my husband announce!!!!!

jgrace82

We're not finding out the sex. I'll let my child decide their gender.

traceyos

Team green!!

ashleyhozey

I really want to be suprised when the baby is born but my husband wants to know. Kinda torn. Has anyone had there husband know and themselves not know?

mhuang1

I want to know the sex since it's my first and I want to be prepared, but I can't wait to find out what gender they decide to be later on.

amichael89

We will find out the sex with this one but didn't with DD. I loved not knowing and although it was hard buying gender neutral things only I wouldn't have done it any other way. DH wanted to find out but when all was said and done and our daughter was here he admitted it was fun not knowing.

Gw3nny

We found out the gender with my first two during pregnancy. We are waiting this time and I kind of wish we had waited with the other two. Registering for gender neutral supplies didn't stop anyone from buying pink everything for my first. You really do get the most "stuff" for the first, and a pink car seat, baby bath tub, and about a million blankets were a little awkward on my baby boy next time around. But I felt silly buying all new things when they were still perfectly good.

bosco213

We found out. We were on the same page that we both wanted to know. Maybe next time will be different!

ahsile10

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tashala107

Another team green! I love surprises!

guentnel

ashleyhozey said:

I really want to be suprised when the baby is born but my husband wants to know. Kinda torn. Has anyone had there husband know and themselves not know?

My good friends recently did this!! I was surprised at how well he kept it a secret from everyone!! He just bought girl things and kept them in his car trunk it would be too hard for me to keep that secret though!

allcampb

We are not finding out. We have one of each and this is our third and final so we thought it would be fun to wait and be surprised.

TriciaLH58

We aren't finding out! Most of our friends and family who we've told are shocked because I have a very classic Type A personality, but for some reason with this...I just want it to be the surprise of a lifetime. Team Green!

Marinewife81

Team Green here, too. We already have one girl and one boy so we don't need to worry about shopping. It just doesn't matter that much whether its a boy or a girl.

knkmomof2

I'm not finding out. And now I'm worried the ultrasound tech or dr may give it away.. I would be pissed.

mehlaknee

I have no desire to find out the sex. I always thought when I got pregnant the anticipation would kill me and I'd cave but I'm so excited to be surprised. I would love for my husband to be able to announce right when I give birth. Everyone is shocked because I am a HUGE planner with lists and such but I'm actually finding it rather easy to plan a nursery and stuff. Everything will be neutral then after the baby is born we will buy a big rug for the room since it's all hardwood. That will bring in some boy or girl colors. I also plan on buying 3 or 4 boy and girl outfits shortly before my due date and then return the ones I don't need. I've never been a pink and blue kind of person so it's not hard for me at all!

acpm4683

Not finding out. Major reason: what's the last thing in life that you had to wait for so long to find out?? It's exciting.
Another major reason: team green! Seriously gender specific gifts/items don't do well if you plan to have more than this one.

katertots83

Oh geesh. Some people have to read to far into a simple question.

pinktorridora

Team Green!!

kaylacrain

We are not finding out. My husband has a 5 yo and he found out with him. I don't want to know and I think it'll be much more exciting to find out when baby is born!

BabyShaps

I am a planner so my husband and I want to know but we have had so many premature "do you know what you're having" (since 6 weeks) from experienced family mom's that we may keep the secret to ourselves and let them all be surprised.

ChristyM87

BabyShaps said:

I am a planner so my husband and I want to know but we have had so many premature "do you know what you're having" (since 6 weeks) from experienced family mom's that we may keep the secret to ourselves and let them all be surprised.

The question we are getting from those we have told is when do you find out the sex. People are surprised and disappointed when we tell them when the baby is born

linconn

For all the reasons that have already been mentioned we are waiting until birth too. We waited with our daughter and my husband loved making the announcement. All of our big items were gender nuetral anyway because we knew we wanted two and didn't want to have to buy new stuff the second go round. We have tons of pink before we ever even left the hospital. On a side note, I felt like we got many more useful gifts at our shower because people didn't know whether they should buy that cute pink outfit or not. For me the hardest part was deciding on bedding for the nursery but once that decision was made it was pretty easy from that point on.

jteix1

For our first two children we wanted to know what sex the baby was. I actually couldn't wait at all. This is baby number three and since this whole pregnancy was a awesome surprise we decided that the sex will be to :-)

HollisterL88

Agree. Certainly didn't mean to get anyone riled up by saying gender versus sex.