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hugzenkisses982
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POLL: Did/Will you find out...
hugzenkisses982
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the sex of your babies?
When did you find out the sexes?
How did/will you tell your loved ones you were/are having multiples and their sexes??
DH and I struggled with IF (in my siggy) and throughout it all we felt like everything was completely out of our control. DH wants to find out b/c he feels that getting ready is the one thing we can control. I was still up in the air.
We found out Monday we are having twins. We will now definitely find out what we are having. I think it will make it a lot easier getting ready if we know what we are having.
Looking forward to reading your posts!
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Re: POLL: Did/Will you find out...
Definitely. I've never had an interest in being Team Green. I figured I've waited my whole life to find out about any kids I would have--if/how many/what sexes/what they'd look like and be like, etc., so I didn't want to wait any longer than I had to. But yeah, I do think with multiples it's even nicer to be able to prepare more. Especially if you're like me and not wild about a lot of gender-neutral clothing.
At my 16w u/s they said they were pretty sure Baby A was a boy and they thought B was too but weren't sure since his cord was between his legs. At 20w they said they were definitely both boys.
we did not find out. and I would be team green in a second again. we were planning on team green all the way, and waivered briefly when we found out we were having twins...but I am so glad we waited. It was amazing to hear from dh during the c-section (which sucked) that we had two girls.
but then, I am not big into pink for girls and blue for boys, so no matter what we were planning a gender neutral room for them...and to be honest, we still somehow ended up with a sh!tton of pink somehow immediately after their birth...
Dx DOR (AMH .49), Stage 3/4 Endo, Septate Uterus
After 2 years, numerous tests, abdonimal surgery, and 2 IVF cycles, we are so grateful to be expecting.
Transferred 2 "perfect" 8-cell embies 6/12. Beta 1 6/25: 472! Beta 2 6/27: 1055!
First u/s shows TRIPLETS! WHAT?!?! Both embies stuck and one split. OMG
Levi, Henry, and Amelia were born healthy at 34w3d.
And to tell I got onesies that said little brother and little sister I just took a photo of those and put on Facebook. For the parents I called and just told them. Hubby was deployed so I had the tech write down sexes and I opened the envelope when on phone with him. We just called and told parents when found out about the trio cause we were shock.
Before we found out we were having twins I had somewhat toyed with the idea of remaining Team Green. But once we found out there were two, there was no way I could wait or did I want to wait. I wanted to have everything set up ready to go. It's easy to shop with 1 new born baby, but 2 I have no idea and didn't want to not have boy or girl related items.
We found out they were boys at 17 weeks 1 day, and it's been confirmed at every ultrasound we've had since. They are very proud to show it off LOL.
Telling them we were having twins? Well we had told our parents we were pregnant before we knew there were twins. I found out in an ER visit due to a horrible migraine/7 hours of puking. I was in no way going to find something creative to tell them, because frankly I was still trying to think about what the heck I was going to do with two babies. We just called and told them. I think it was something along the lines of "uh... you know how we're pregnant.. well... theres twins in there" I actually had DH do it because he was the excited one.
For the sexes - we got them a cake (each family lives in a different state) and had the outside decorated in green and yellow and the inside had blue frosting in between the layers. We had "Two little boys or two little girls? Open me to find out" written on top. It was a complete surprise for my family and was supposed to of been for DH's family, but they found out about the gender reveal cake. Either way - thats how they both found out they were boys. We found out in the u/s room.
We had an emergency u/s after a bleeding scare at 16w. At that time, we were told B/G. We called our families (all out of town) that day. At 20w, they told us B/B, so we just called them again! We always wanted to know genders, as we figured there are enough surprises on delivery day! But, that's just us!
Our families knew we were doing IF treatments. My parents knew the timing of my IVF cycle, so I told them I was pregnant immediately. I called my parents on the day of the first ultrasound to tell them it was twins. We told all other family members after my OB appointment toward the end of first tri. The thing about IF is that everyone is so excited about the news that you are pregnant. My friends and family would be crying and yelling about that news and then i'd just drop them twin thing in there. Their reactions were priceless.
12dp5dt: 765; 15dp5dt: 1979; 17dp5dt: 3379...TWINS!!!!!
Our perfect baby boys were born at 36w1d!!
We will find out. I'm too much of a planner.
We called our mom's in the parking lot of the clinic right after our 1st u/s. Both of them said, "are you serious?" when we said it was triplets. We'll be sharing the sexes with everyone as soon as we find that out too. My grandma wants to know so that she can knit/crochet jackets, booties, and bonnets for each of the babies.
PAIFW/SAIFW
DS1 born July 2002 (previous marriage).
TTC since Oct 08. DH Dx w/testicular cancer March 09.
MFI due to retrograde ejaculation/azoospermia.
5/2 IVF #1 cancelled due to large follie.
6/14 start Lupron for IVF #1.2. 6/22 start stims.
7/4 ER and Biopsy.
7/9 Transferred 2 (1-4BB and 1-3BB) embryos. 4 frosties.
7/15 +HPT 6dp5dt. 7/18 Beta #1: 193. 7/20 Beta #2: 415.
8/10 1st u/s - It's triplets!
Right ovary removed 09.04.2012 via vertical laparotomy
Essure implant placed on remaining tube 06.13.2013; successful followup scan 09.30.2013
We wanted to find out the sexes. We saw Baby A was a boy at an u/s I had at 16w (he put his little bum in the air and flashed us!). They guessed girl on Baby B but she wasn't in a very good position and it was an u/s to check the babies and my cervix due to contractions so they couldn't spend much time looking at anatomy. We confirmed Baby B was a girl at my A/S at 18w.
My babies are the result of IVF so my family and close friends knew it was a possibility - we told them after our first u/s at the RE's.
Get ready for the "are they natural" questions from people - you're going to get them
My favorite answer is, "No, they're stainless steel, they'll be easier to clean that way."
Me: 32 - Stage II Endo / DH: 36 - Low count and morphology (1%)
IUIs 1-3 BFN, lap Dec. 2010, IUIs 4-6 BFN
IVF w/ICSI #1 - ER 2/8: 24R 19M 9F ET 2/13 2-5 day blasts (no frosties) = BFP - b/g twins!
E & C Born 10/19/2012
We were undecided, when the OB blurted it out! He was looking at baby B and just said "you know that's a boy right?" It was 13 weeks, and I had no idea they could tell that soon so I hadn't said anything. Then with A we found out later, sometime around 18 weeks. He'd been hiding up until that point.
With DD we were team green and it was SO cool! Other people would get annoyed, but we were really glad we waited. ETA having done both, looking back if I had to pick I'd go with being team green again.
I was undecided when I found out I was pregnant. We decided to find out after learning we were having twins. That was enough surprise for a lifetime. We found out the sexes at about 18 weeks.
We had initially told close family that we were expecting around 6 weeks. We found out it was twins at 11 weeks, so we just sent the family that knew we were pregnant a picture of the ultrasound via text. It was fun to see who realized what they were looking at - not who I expected! Everyone else we told we were pregnant with twins around 12-13 weeks.
I told my work I was pregnant at 12 weeks, but waited to tell them it was twins until around 20.
Boy/girl twins born at 37w1d and 37w2d
At 14 w they assumed girls, at 16w they couldn't see one fo them but figured girls, and at 18 weeks one was hiding again but got a pretty good view of baby b and said gil, considering they were mo/di they other ofcoarse was a girl! We weren't going to find out but then they said 2 babies so ofcoarse we had to!
And to reveal we took pictures of DD1 in fornt of our xmas tree holding signs that said: (Big Sister) (Twin) (Girls) And the girls picture she had a shocked face and held her hand over her mouth. It was hard to wait until the xmas cards came in the mail and sent them out to everyone but it was also fun to hear from everyone! GL
I've always known I didn't want to know the sex of my first child. Having two just made it more exciting. If I ever get pregnant again we will not be team green (DH's decision because he wanted to know this go around but played along with me), but having the experience of my husband telling me the sexes of our babies in the delivery room is one I will never forget.
Everyone we knew knew we were pregnant before the pee on the stick was dry. We could've found out their sexes at our elective at 15 weeks but said no. That was the earliest it was offered to us.
We found out we were having triplets at 6 weeks. We called and told everyone right away...couldn't keep that big of news to ourselves LOL.
We found out they were BGG at 15 weeks. We picked names and announed the sexes and names right away again. We are big on sharing the good news, not dragging it out like some secret game that no one else really cares about or appreciates LOL.
If we ever have to do it all over again we will do the same.
We decided to find out because we have three girls and really wanted to know what we were in for! The shock of having twins was surprise enough for us! We were Team Green with #3 and it was super fun, but mentally I just needed to feel closer to the babies. With the risk, I wanted to bond early and name them and really feel like I knew them, should NICU time be an issue. With all the risks involved, I felt like time was too precious to waste on wondering.
We announced it on FB with a picture of 5 playing cards - a 1, 2 and 3 of hearts and a 4 and 5 of spades - a full house, three of a kind and a pair!
::Butting in (excited b/c BFF is finding out her twins sex today hopefully!)
Your FB announcement sounds like the cutest thing EVER!!
We found out at 16 weeks, but had it verified at 20 (we didn't tell anyone until 20, when we were sure).
We told everyone we were having twins and that they were girls. We also told everyone the names we had picked.
Love this...heh.
Our ultrasound tech guessed that we were having boy and a girl at 16ish weeks, and that was confirmed at 19 weeks (and again at 23 weeks). I knew that there was a good chance we'd have boy/girl twins because that is the most common scenario with fraternals. DH and I definitely wanted to know because we are planners, and we figured that there will be enough exciting stuff going on the day they are born. Once we knew, we called our parents and told them, since they all live out of state.
If we end up having a third child in a few years, we may not opt to find out the sex ahead of time...we'll see!
We had planned on being Team Green, because "there aren't enough surprises in the world!" SURPRISE! Spontaneous identical twins. We decided we were surprised enough for one pregnancy and found out the sexes around 17 weeks. We told our parents soon thereafter, asking them not to tell. We live far away from family, and I was really looking forward to telling everyone at the baby shower. But my MIL blabbed to everyone in DH's family, who all bought us boy clothes. Everyone in my family felt slighted that they weren't told.
My advice - don't tell anyone unless you want everyone to know.
(Sorry - this turned into a bit of a vent. I'm still pretty pissed at MIL about this one!)
I did not find out. It was absolutely worth it, I would do it again if I had more babies.
It was so great having the doctor call out girl and boy and DHs face as he said "we have a daughter"
When we told our parents I put a picture of the ultrasound with the 2 babies in a frame and wrapped it up. They were in complete shock for like 5 minutes.
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We are not finding out. I told my dad the day I found out I was pregnant and waited impatiently for the first month to be over so I could tell everyone else. When I told my mom's family, they joked I was having twins (runs in the family but I didn't realize that since both had been born as singles). When the ultrasound tech announced there were two heart beats I couldn't stop laughing. We called everyone right after the appointment and everyone thought we were joking with them, especially my mom's family. The grandparent's all want to know what they will be so tease us about not finding out, but it will be special to share that moment in the OR with my husband and his mom when the gender is announced.
Can't wait to hold my kiddos, until then impatiently waiting and enjoying their movements. I am 23 weeks and hoping they make it another 13 weeks, but wanting those 13 weeks to go by fast...