May 2012 Moms
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Who is going to peek?
I know this is way early but work is sluggish so I want to know who is going to find out the gender of their baby? Also if you find out are you going to annouce it or keep it a secret?
We were team green for DD but H told me last night after the initial shock of being pregnant sank in he wants to know since he will be deploying in Dec. I'm fine with finding out but we are not going to tell anyone else.
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Re: Who is going to peek?
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This will be our third child and we have done it both ways. We did not find out the first time with our DD, but I wanted a boy so bad the second time, I had to find out and sure enough it was a boy! This time around, I don't think we are going to find out. We had more fun the first time not knowing and being able to surprise everyone including ourselves!
A piece of advice if you do find out, watch out about telling everyone. I had three girlfriends that all found out they were having girls and all they got at their baby showers were pink clothes! They had regretted telling the gender. Since we didn't find out with our first, we got all the necessities we really needed and in gender neutral colors (which means no buying different car seats, strollers, play cribs, etc when you have another baby).
We will find out as soon as we can as well!!!!
But I do like the idea of keeping it a secret... or perhaps doing a gender reveal at a shower....
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With DS, my DH wanted to know. I would like to be team green this time around, but I would guess DH will want to know again. We haven't discussed it yet. I guess it doesn't really matter to me.
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I don't think I can stand to wait. It's our first and if there was an option to know today, I'd take it.
I toyed with the idea of going team green this time (we found out with DD). However, the practical side of me is pretty sure we'll find out. We have totes and totes of outgrown clothes from DD, and I'd rather be able to go through them to see what we can or can't use when I only have one "helper."
One thing we might do differently this time is keep our name under wraps. It sounds like a fun idea and would minimize unwanted feedback.
talk to me about this. we were green for #1, and i'd like to be for this one too, but dh wants to know so we can tell our kiddo.
can you explain the rationale for not telling others? help me build a case!
love the name gabe. that's my kiddo, too.
tell me what was so fun about keeping it a secret! how did you avoid using gendered pronouns??
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Going team green, we rather be surprised at birth. I'm such a detailed planner and hate surprises - I think going old school on this will be something fresh.
I think this is the one thing that we want to keep a surprise. It will keep us on our toes, and everyone else, too.
Me too!!! This is probably the ONLY thing in my life that I'm not going to know EVERY little detail about. My husband doesn't understand why this is the one thing I want to be a surprise!
This! We found out with our son, and we will with this one too. I don't know how people wait 40 weeks to find out when I can barely wait 20! I kind of envy those who wait, because that must be the ultimate rush when they first announce it!