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How We Want to Find Out the Gender...

AutumnLeaves2AutumnLeaves2 member
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So, the hubby and I aren't scheduled for our gender ultra sound yet...but we really want to have the u/s tech write it on an envelope and then take it to Babies R' Us, pick out a boy outfit and a girl outfit and have the cashier ring whichever outfit matches what's in the envelope and bag it up so that we can be surprised (I actually think I got that idea from someone on here!!)

My biggest fear is that the cashier will somehow mess it up and like...bag the one outfit but leave the other outfit out in the open so that the surprise is ruined. Maybe I'm just not having enough faith, haha. But I really want to take the shopping bag home and open it just the two of us so I really hope no one slips! 

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  • LeanneOfHonourLeanneOfHonour member

    I'd feel so nervous as the cashier, I'd hate to mess that one up for an expecting family!  But TOTALLY cute idea.  I'd imagine that the cashier would double check with a coworker, as its kind of an honour to be included in such a special thing for a mum to be.  

     

     

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  • ashS10309ashS10309
    I am going to have my sister make cupcakes with either blue or pink filling in the middle :) At least thats the plan at the moment! I tend to change my mind a lot these days!
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  • CourtneySueCourtneySue member
    Could be fun, but a lot to chance & the prices must be the same or you will know when you check out.
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  • julisatjulisat member

    I think it's a cute idea in theory.  But it could go so wrong, leading to a lot of disappointment.  Like you said, what if the cashier screws up, what if you accidentally peak in the bag, what if the bag is see through.  And in the end, you are opening a plastic bag.  That's a heck of a lot of work to just open up a plastic bag in the end.

    I am going to the u/s alone, so I just plan on asking them to write it down or put the picture in an envelope.  Then DH and I will either go out to our favorite restaurant or make one of our favorite meals at home.  Have a nice romantic dinner together, then open the envelope together.  Nothing gimmicky...just us being together and finding out together.

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  • TryingforBaby1TryingforBaby1

    What about having a friend going with to BRU and checking out for you? Or maybe ask someone in the registry department to do it with you- pick out the two outfits and one gift bag, then have the registry employee ring it up and package it. Usually I think the registry people are more helpful, especially with pregnant mamas. If you have a registry there and you try to go during the week or at a less busy time, I bet they would work with you.

    I think trying to explain it to a cashier while in line might be a challenge.

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  • LMB1231LMB1231 member
    Are you ok with the idea of including a friend or family member and having them help out? I know that I would trust someone I know more then a stranger in a store who might be feeling like a joker that day. Go to the store with your friend/family member and have them go to the counter and look at what the card says and actually do the ringing up and then give you the bag. Yea it means someone else knows before you do but to me its worth eliminating the risk that is involved with just asking a stranger to set up this important moment for you.
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  • CoreysGalCoreysGal

    That is a fun idea!  Worst case, you look at the envelope after the outfit and you have a good laugh, IMO. 

    With my first, we created a card that on the outside said really cute stuff like, "Will you be a Wyatt? Will you be a Josie?", etc. and then my husband included some cute little drawings. On the inside we had just wrote BOY and GIRL and at the ultrasound asked the tech to tape a pic on the top and circle boy or girl. Later that night we opened the envelope with our family and the tech had circled GIRL with a heart shape and the pic she attached was the "money shot" and she had typed "I'm a girl!" on it.  It was sooooo perfect and fun!

    I am all for anything like this because even though I am dying to know the sex, I feel like it is very impersonal and anticlimactic to find out just by the tech telling you in the ultrasound room.  You have jelly all over your belly so it is hard to hug SO good and I would just feel like I had to contain myself a little bit, ya know?

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  • AutumnLeaves2AutumnLeaves2 member
    Those are all really good points and ideas. I think I need to think about it a bit more!! I like the cake thing too! The balloons are cute as well. 
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  • DysonBaby2DysonBaby2
    There is a gender reveal video on the board and they did this too.
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    I am all for anything like this because even though I am dying to know the sex, I feel like it is very impersonal and anticlimactic to find out just by the tech telling you in the ultrasound room.  You have jelly all over your belly so it is hard to hug SO good and I would just feel like I had to contain myself a little bit, ya know?

    It's great if you want to do something fun to find out, but this isn't really true.

    The tech told us it was a girl, and DH took my hand and kissed it with tears running down his face and the tech took time to say "here is your daughter's heart, here is your daughter's hand..." And DH kept saying "look at her, there she is!"

    It was a beautiful and very special moment to find out while we were watching her jump and waive on the screen. We felt so connected to her in that moment; It was the opposite of impersonal and anticlimactic. 

    It's all personal preference, obviously. There is nothing appealing about that to me, but I am glad it was special for the two of you!

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