team green

Lovee+2 · February 2012

So DH and I are going to start TTC in the fall and we were talking about possibly not finding out the gender of the next baby.

#3 will be our last one, and I think the idea of being suprised at the end is kind of exciting.

What do you ladies think? Pros? Cons?

TIA!

SweetHurricane · February 2012

I'm not against other people being team green. but I could never do it. I'm way too much of a control freak. I need to have the closet/clothes ready to go, the room decorated, etc. There are only so many gender neutral things with ducks on them that one person can buy. Though, you already have two kids so you probably don't need much new stuff so it probably wouldn't be too big of a deal.

MarSamWhitney · February 2012

I think it was one of the best decisions I ever made. When they held her up, I cried with joy. The nurses were yelling "Its a girl!!" Both sides of the family trickled in and I got to tell everyone at once. It was beautiful.

I get the clothes argument, and I was a bit panicked with all of the yellow and green stuff..but... Everyone who came to visit brought clothes, and before I knew it, we were overwhelmed with pink. Since its not your first, I wouldn't worry so much about it. Be surprised once, you won't regret it. It didnt make me as crazy as much as I thought, and it made the labor so much more exciting.

MonaLS · February 2012

did it ..would do it again...and again..and again!

of course i am not having 3 more.

i'd be happy with 1 but i'm not counting on it.

ffejsGirl · February 2012

Since we have a boy and girl and #3 falls between their birthdays. I figure we'll be able to use their clothes either way. The nursery will be our current guest room which is already painted green so I can add violets, aquas and pinks to it for a girl.

With all that reasoning I feel comfortable going team green. I want to see what it's like. With the first 2 I just had to know because I had a lot to plan etc. I think I can keep my cool but we'll see

If I was you I'd want to know if it was a boy in advance, but that's just me. I think it would be just as fun for you to wait and find out. Good luck TTC!

Mom2Mack1 · February 2012

For us there were no cons. My sister gave me boy & girl clothes from her kids so I had both. I saved the boys clothes so I'll have them this time around too. The gender neutral clothes didn't bother me for the first few weeks until I could buy some clothes. Now she has more girlie clothes than I know what to do with.

If you are team green, I think you need to be 100% confident in your choice. We had alot of people try to convince us to find out.

Doodle2011 · February 2012

If we have another I want to be team green sooo bad. But my H just can't NOT know. He is also horrible at keeping anything from me (loves to drop hints and just can't keep anything to himself), so him knowing while me not is not an option.

bethyla · February 2012

I think being team green would be so exciting. I kind of wanted to with DS, but DH really wanted to know. Maybe I can convince him next time around if there is one.

broccolitree · February 2012

The con is how I found out. Coming out of anesthesia and barely knowing who I was orwhy I was there, the nurse told me, "she was in distress and theyntook her to the NICU, but she'll be okay," and I slurred, "I have a girl?" Had I known what was going on or had control of my limbs I would've choked her out. My H came in like 10 minutes after that, beaming proud papa, 'did they tell you?!' Uh, yeah dude, they did. B*tch. He got the moment though.

Honestly, part of why we didn't find out was because you can only buy so much ducky sh*t. Both our moms are notorious, let's say,.overshoppers. H once mentioned that we were looking forward to picking out a dress for a wedding and the next time we saw his mom she had 3 dresses in the size she'd need for those weddings. So I knew the second we found out we'd either be draped in tulle or dump trucks. I'm an ungrateful wretch, what can I say. Nd H's dad still asks us every time we see him, 'so, tell me te truth... did you know?' Sigh.

All that said if we have another and I have my druthers we'll gongreen again.

MarSamWhitney · February 2012

broccolitree:
The con is how I found out. Coming out of anesthesia and barely knowing who I was orwhy I was there, the nurse told me, "she was in distress and theyntook her to the NICU, but she'll be okay," and I slurred, "I have a girl?" Had I known what was going on or had control of my limbs I would've choked her out. My H came in like 10 minutes after that, beaming proud papa, 'did they tell you?!' Uh, yeah dude, they did. B*tch. He got the moment though.

Honestly, part of why we didn't find out was because you can only buy so much ducky sh*t. Both our moms are notorious, let's say,.overshoppers. H once mentioned that we were looking forward to picking out a dress for a wedding and the next time we saw his mom she had 3 dresses in the size she'd need for those weddings. So I knew the second we found out we'd either be draped in tulle or dump trucks. I'm an ungrateful wretch, what can I say. Nd H's dad still asks us every time we see him, 'so, tell me te truth... did you know?' Sigh.

All that said if we have another and I have my druthers we'll gongreen again.

Everyone thought I knew too. Is if I could keep that a secret, come on. When I registered I had lots of blue stuff on there, as a gender neutral color and everyone assumed it was a boy. I still some how got tons of boy clothes and all that jazz.

I dont get people hassling that they HAVE to know, and why dont we find out. Its a personal decision, back off. lol

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