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July 2012 Moms
yogi1012
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to find out or not to find out
yogi1012
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What did you ladies decide about finding out the gender? I am pretty sure that we are not going to find out, but was interested in hearing what you are doing and why.
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Re: to find out or not to find out
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We're definitely team green (for now).
I want to form an attachment to the baby that is gender neutral before he/she arrives. I'd also rather have gender neutral things for a baby shower anyway-- I'm not big into anything overly girl-ish or boy-ish... plus I can reuse the stuff for baby #2 more easily. I think wanting to find out the gender will give me a little extra energy in the delivery room too.
I definitely respect the other team too! Both have pro's and con's.
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Once we have a boy we will not find out about future kids, but until then we will find out. I want to make sure we have stuff for each gender!
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It was an easy choice for us. We both want to know because we are planners. I want a gender neutral nursery, so it doesn't matter that much, but I still really want to know. I think the surprise will be just as big at the ultrasound as the birth, and there will be plenty of other surprises at delivery. I cannot wait to see who our little one looks like.
My sister is due 3 weeks before me, and she's not finding out. It will be interesting to compare our two stories in the end.
This!
I really want to be surprised at brith! My husband really wants to find out sooner, so we'll see....
However, we walked through the baby section the other day and found almost no outfits that were gender neutral! That will be tricky! I really want to be surprised, and i think the fact that most people find out anymore makes me want to wait even more!
These were our reasonings as well. I think that I want to do a beach themed nursery b/c we have a lot of special memories in a beach town where my husband spent his summers. We only have 2 bedrooms, and if we have a second LO while still living in our condo, they will have to share. I plan on picking up a few things that are gender specific at Kohls since they have an indefinite return policy. I will wash a few things for the hospital bag and pack away items we don't use for the future.
We also both would like a boy first, and I recently was talking to someone that found out she was having a girl and was all disappointed. I fear that might be me, but I know that in the delivery room, I will not dwell so much on the gender, but just the fact that I get to finally meet our LO!
I also think that it prevents an overload of gender specific things (from both me shopping and gifts). My SIL got so many clothes at her shower and then after, but lacked essentials, like sheets!
For those that want to find out, make sure you eat something sugary when you go t for that u/s, so that he/she is awake and active!
Team green first go round and mostly because the old school way of finding out what you are getting sounded so much more fun to me. My H was a little hard to convince. This time aroudn we talked about finding out -- just to do something different -- but now we're on the fence. I wanted to find out (I guess) and now H is not sure he does. Total flip from the first time!
Also, we decided no matter what we did the first time we were going to buy gender neutral stuff (nursery, toys, 0-6mos clothes) so that we could avoid having to buy everything new for the 2nd baby. This way we can use all the same stuff for baby #2. This is just a bit of advice for those cost cutting Moms out there.
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