Anyone NOT finding out sex of baby 'til birth?

alaflam1@mac.com · October 2010

Is anyone not finding out the sex of the baby until birth? My husband and I want to, but everyone keeps telling us how hard it will be to buy things, and for them to buy things at the shower..... (I don't think it sounds too difficult, but that's just me!)

Just curious what your thoughts are on this!

TIA! )

(Sorry if this is repetitive, I thought I asked this a few days ago, but I can't find it now.)

Ber16 · October 2010

I'm waiting to find out and it shouldn't be difficult at all to buy stuff. Most stores have gender nuetral colors for their products. I think that people have just gotten used to the mom finding out early. My mom waited to find out with me and both of my sisters, and she did just fine with that.

stahlop · October 2010

I'm team green. My mother isn't happy, but I don't think it will be a problem.

K&D3 · October 2010

I had to know since this is our first, but we are thinking about waiting to find out if we have a second baby later on. I think it's an awesome surprise if you have the patience to wait to find out.

Ladybug&Snail · October 2010

We are not finding out....yes it is hard and I am dying to know, but I am truly looking forward to the surprise. Everything we registered for (car seat, highchair etc) was gender neutral and even if I did know the sex I would have still picked neutral for big items because we will most likely have another baby and I don't want to have to rebuy everything. Also, and this is just me, I find it very annoying when for some reason a girl needs all pink and a boy needs everything blue (although to be fair I also hate pink).

My MIL and DH's aunts are very annoyed and tried to tell us how hard it is to shop when they don't know the sex, but I figure if they want to buy clothes/gender specific items etc. they can when the baby is born.

chibride04 · October 2010

We did find out with DS, mostly because we had a few baby boys in the family already and had people wanting to give us boy clothes and other stuff.

This time around, we are going to be surprised. We figure that we already have all of the major baby stuff (and most of it was in pretty neutral colors), and it won't be a big deal to buy girl stuff if we need to.

brittm87 · October 2010

Its not difficult!! We didnt find out with our first one.. And everything he got was just gender neutral colors! Which is FINE with me because I didnt have to go out this time around and by a certain color.. My car seat will work for a boy or a girl and the room will as well.. Its not hard at all

misskelliecmu · October 2010

We are not! My family and friends really think we are crazy for not finding out but we love the neutral colors anyways and are going that route.

buboo · October 2010

We are not finding out. I didn't with DS either. I dont really think its that hard, it seems like its harder for some family members than for me an DH!

paulaDPT · October 2010

We're not finding out either, though I did obsess over the u/s picture at something i thought was a boy-part

I could care less for shopping, then I won't end up with 50 pink dresses. I prefer gender-neutral stuff anyways, our nursery was always going to be yellow and green. I hate that people complain about it- IT'S NOT THEIR BABY!

FemmeNat01 · October 2010

We might not find out. Last time, we told everyone we were team green and only Nate and I (and TB) knew. They weren't happy but they survived.

craftytype · October 2010

We are not finding out. I haven't found it too difficult finding gear that is gender neutral, but I have found the clothes part to be a bit tricky.

I think it might just be because we live in a rural area that selection is a bit more limited than it probably is in bigger cities.

I am so looking forward to finding out at birth!!

vflipo · October 2010

We didn't wait, but there's plenty of gender neutral stuff out there.

BBColt78 · October 2010

We aren't finding out and truly haven't even though about it since the decision. My mom said that rubbish about making it difficult for everyone to shop. If they want to shop, they can have their own baby! There is lots of cute stuff that's neutral

jteneback · October 2010

We're waiting, no one has said anything. We are registering for gender-neutral items (I like those colors anyway) and if people really want to buy clothes they can suck it up and do so after the baby is here.

erbear · October 2010

We didn't find out with Kate and we're Team Green again this time. It was actually really fun not to know...the surprise in the delivery room was awesome!

nunchkin · October 2010

We are not finding out - much to the chagrin of both of our Mom's. I think the whole "it's a boy, it's a girl" moment in the delivery room is too classic to get rid of by finding out early.

SkiesOfBlue · October 2010

We are not finding out until birth. Yes sometimes it's hard but we feel it will be worth it in the end. It really annoys me when people ask me how we will plan things. Our nursery theme is gender neutral (woodland theme with lots of browns, greens, yellows). Even if I knew that we were having a boy or girl I wouldn't do the nursery with cars or tons of pink - just not our style. The baby does not need a complete wadrobe before birth and there are plenty of neutral clothing. Don't let anyone else affect your decision - it's a very personal one.

bre87 · October 2010

for everyone who complains about me not finding out the sex i remind them that they can just wait to buy things for the baby when it gets here. they'll get over it.

smiling76 · October 2010

Ladybug&Snail:

We are not finding out....yes it is hard and I am dying to know, but I am truly looking forward to the surprise. Everything we registered for (car seat, highchair etc) was gender neutral and even if I did know the sex I would have still picked neutral for big items because we will most likely have another baby and I don't want to have to rebuy everything. Also, and this is just me, I find it very annoying when for some reason a girl needs all pink and a boy needs everything blue (although to be fair I also hate pink).

My MIL and DH's aunts are very annoyed and tried to tell us how hard it is to shop when they don't know the sex, but I figure if they want to buy clothes/gender specific items etc. they can when the baby is born.

Totally agree! You want gender neutral "large" stuff anyways---and it's so annoying when you get ALL blue/pink at the shower. ugh. We went green with our first and glad we did----a great surprise at the end of a scary experience and we had NO problem getting all the stuff we needed for the nursery and beyond at the shower.

tapcat63 · October 2010

We are Team Green with this baby, but we did find out with our first two. All of our major items we registered for were in gender neutral colors since we planned on having more kids. There are tons of cute, gender neutral clothes out there and honestly, a bunch of green and yellow sleepers are more practical than tons of frilly dresses or sweater vests.

mom2case · October 2010

DH and I chose not to find out, but I'm not even curious at this point. Since we truly don't care what we're having, it really doesn't matter. As far as the big items, even if I DID know, I'd still get everything gender neutral. I fell like I shouldn't have to buy anything new for baby #2 when that day comes. All of that aside, I have bought girl bedding and boy bedding for a bassinet and the crib. Maybe one set will never be used, but I don't care. They were bought used so they're really cheap anyway.

I am a big thrift shopper and have been buying baby clothes for years and years. No matter what we have, I have an entire wardrobe ready for a boy or a girl (until about 6 months old). I think that helped me be strong in not finding out

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