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epphd
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I am a runner, knitter, scientist, DE-IVF veteran, and stage III colon cancer survivor.
Confession: I do not "get" gender-reveals or announcements
epphd
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I don't see why you need special cakes or signs or mementos. To be fair, I also think the big pregnancy "announcement" things are silly. I guess I feel like the news itself is special enough - the rest just seems like overkill.
Don't get me wrong - I am not saying people shouldn't do them; I get that it reflects your excitment and enthusiasm. It just never occured to me to do either of these things. When we told our parents we were expecting, we got on the phone and told them. When we found out it was a boy, we did the same thing.
Maybe we're just uncreative or heartless 
Anyone else a hard-hearted hannah like me?
I am a runner, knitter, scientist, DE-IVF veteran, and stage III colon cancer survivor.
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Re: Confession: I do not "get" gender-reveals or announcements
To each their own.
When I found out we were having a girl I posted something on here but as for telling everyone I just texted my friends/family and then posted something on facebook for everyone else if they gave a crap.
I think big gender reveals are silly, especially if the couple also did a to-do for the announcement. It really gets pretty AW-ish.
We announced the pregnancy in kind of a cute way, but primarily because we did it on mother's day.
I'm pretty much only interested in cake reveals...as it's a good excuse for cake
I don't think I could hold in the results long enough to bake my own cake though, so I'll probably do celebratory cupcakes for work, but just tell everyone in my family immediately.
Yep, to each his own. Since it's only going to take me 5 minutes to create the announcement, it's not a big deal. This is our family's first grandchild and everyone is chomping at the bit to find out what we're having. Call it silly, but this is the most exciting thing that has happened in awhile for our families. If we want to be cutesy so be it.
I think they are cute ideas, and I prolly never would have known about them if I had never found out about thebump. LOL My husband just texted all the important people(such as parents and what not) during the 3D ultrasound before he left for school in Okinawa. I posted stuff on facebook later for friends. I did however, colorized one of LO's ultrasound pictures blue because he is a boy. LOL
I am a runner, knitter, scientist, DE-IVF veteran, and stage III colon cancer survivor.
Ha, I am so pumped for my cake reveal. DH won't let me bake cakes (I eat more batter than anything, and raw eggs = no bueno). But really, I am doing it b/c the baker is a friend, who is getting her "Ace of Cakes" style cake shop off the ground... Helping a friend + announcing gender + CAKE = happy me
Don't feel bad, I too lack the cutesie gene
Definitely understandable. We did do something to tell our parents both that I am pregnant and the gender this time. But it is the first grandchild. And as for the gender, IL's were in town (had they not been we would have just called) and we figured it would be more fun for everyone to cut into a colored cake than to just say "It's a boy!". But for future children we will most likely not do anything big.
I am a runner, knitter, scientist, DE-IVF veteran, and stage III colon cancer survivor.
To each thier own... I really wanted to experience things WITH my family. The cake was an easier solution that having everyone take off work and pile into the u/s room.
I certainly don't think it was necessary, but it's great memory.
Hey, cool... that's how I feel too! I don't know ANYONE who doesn't have a name on the wall. Is that the trend now and I just missed it?
Me too!! I don't know why it bugs me, but it's just not something we'll do. So relieved I'm not the only one
I am a runner, knitter, scientist, DE-IVF veteran, and stage III colon cancer survivor.
I think the big gender reveals are a little overboard. I also don't care about the gender that much, and no one in my family has really asked if we're finding out.
I did get a cake so we could reveal my pregnancy for our whole family, but it's because we wanted to tell them all at once. I'm not nostalgic or sentimental normally, but that reveal was pretty memorable and felt like a great celebration. And then we had cake and cake is always good.
I was married in 2008...the day before open rifle season for deer...bad idea in Michigan
Do I still have 2009 somewhere..because I messed that up once...I got a little ahead of myself 