Gender reveal parties

mandilou221 · September 2013

I used to think these were lame, but now I kind of want to have one...

Who's had a gender reveal party?
How soon after finding out did you have it?
And how did you do it?

I'm impatient. I think I want to know, then reveal to everyone else at the party. I think I can keep a secret...
I want to do white cupcakes with white frosting and pink or blue frosting in the middle.

Thoughts or ideas?

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ELauren88 · September 2013

I had one with my parents and IL's in attendance. It was not a big "party" by any means. More like an excuse to have cake, because, let's be honest, nobody cares as much as you do about the sex of your baby.

MH and I also didn't find out before everyone else. That's kinda the point, to find out with everyone else. We waited 6 days between our a/s and the cake. Also, be aware, that you may not get to know the sex at your a/s. What happens if you plan this big party and then your baby doesn't cooperate?

We had a good time, but we probably will not be doing it again. In the end it was pretty pointless, but we did get some good pictures!

Shobb414 · September 2013

I am having one!!!
We have our appt oct 14 and then the party is oct 19. We are going to send our envelope to my mom who will bring it to the baker to make a cake with the inside the color of the gender.

Let us know what you end up doing!
I thought they were a little over the top but a subtle one is fun! Plus it's our shower the same day not just a reveal

princessthecat22 · September 2013

Most gender reveal parties the parents to be DO NOT know what they are having until the reveal. That's what makes it such a special time to share with your friends and family.

Jbosarge85 · September 2013

I had one, it was fun. My family lives on the other side of the country and we had them on skype. It was so much fun. And afterward my BIL thanked us again for involving them through skype and said it was fun. Not going to do it with any of our other kids. It was more of a first baby excitement. I hate when people say nobody cares what the sex of your baby is. My whole family and all our friends were excited and cared or else they wouldn't have come. I'm always excited to find out what my pregnant friends are having. If you want one, have one!

beezwax2005 · September 2013

I am planning on have a gender reveal party after I find out the gender of the baby, but I am limiting it to immediate family and friends. I plan on it being less of a "party" and more of a small gathering. I also plan to already know the sex of the baby. I bought scratch off gender reveal cards, so my family can guess the gender... I might do small prizes if they get it right. I think the whole idea of a gender reveal party is great, but I don't think it should be as big or blown up as a baby shower would be, but that's just my opinion

JennyCupcakes01 · September 2013

Trust me, SO many people will roll their eyes at you BUT if it's something you want to do, do it.

We had a "gender reveal party". And I put that in quotes because it was really revealed to some family and close friends and it wasn't necessarily a party, it was a small group of us hanging out and eating cupcakes. No gifts, no extravagant planning, just fun. This is also our first child so we thought it would be cute to do a gender reveal. But if we have more, the gender reveal will be just a phone call to those that want to know.

Keep it fun and simple and it will be just that.

HFrizzle · September 2013

We did things a little different. We have no family in our state, so no point of a party. We found out on a Monday, kept the secret from our girls till Tuesday evening and we did reveal pictures for them and the posted them on FB for all our family and friends to see. Our girls are 12, 10, & 3 and we found out we are having a boy. So we were all so excited!

I don't think they have to be the typical gender reveal big too do's. Make it fun and put your personal spin on them.

WashingtonQueen · September 2013

I had a reveal. I wouldn't really call it a party because it was only myself, my DH, our 3 boys, my mom and my brother there.

We did the ultrasound in the morning and had the cake ready a few hours later. It had to be done very quickly do to traveling and schedules.

I think reveals are really fun but only if done the "right" way. Only family and friends that you are super close with, they are the only ones that will care as much as you do. DO NOT find out before the party, it makes the party 100% pointless and dumb.

As a tip, have 1 or 2 people there to take pictures and video. I had my mom take a video and a photographer friend take pictures. I cherish the memories captured.

paigeandjeremy · September 2013

My sister just had one yesterday (9/22). It was amazing. They had the ultra sound done on 9/16 but had their ob or whoever did the ultra sound seal the gender picture in an envelope and she dropped it off at the bakery. My sister had a white 10'' cake with a white question mark on it and we had a great time. they found out at the same time the rest of our family did! it was amazing. turns out shes having a GIRL!!

Soap1 · September 2013

If it's just very close family (your parents, his parents, maybe your siblings), I'm okay with a casual get together for a gender reveal. Anything involving invitations and decorations is AWish and ridiculous.

PrimRoseMama · September 2013

AFwifelife said:
If you really want to do one, don't find out the sex ahead of time.

I agree. Not my style to do a reveal of the sex. I might send an email or something, but holding an event/party/dinner is over the top for me.

BuckeyeWife07 · September 2013

I want to do something, but I'm not sure what at this point. We didn't find out what we were having for our first two and plan to this time - only because we need to prepare ourselves if we are going to have three girls (more my husband actually because he soo badly wants a son - not that he doesn't adore his girls). I feel like this baby has sort of gotten the shaft as far as excitement and such. We didn't make a big deal out of announcing the pregnancy at all because I just felt horrible and told people as needed. There was so much excitement from everyone on both sides about the other two and I'd like to have that for this one as well.

I'm a photographer, so I've though about just doing a fun gender reveal session with our whole family - but that's super hard to do myself so I need to decide if I want to hire someone for that. The other side would be to just have a gathering with our family - but DH is out of 5 kids and has two step-siblings and two sets of parents, so a "small" family gathering ends up being huge... so, needless to say I have no clue what to do but I do want to do SOMETHING!

mrsjenni · September 2013

While I think they are lame, I was somewhat "forced" into having one this time. We are on baby #4 and after being on team green with #3 and this pregnancy being a complete surprise, we decided we wanted to just find out this time. However my BFF, a professional photographer, asked if I'd be willing to do a reveal photo shoot for her portfolio (free of charge). After lots of convincing, I finally gave in. We decided to do it the evening of my anatomy scan (as in, I'd go to my ultrasound, NOT find out what we're having, and then find out with my husband/kids during a reveal photo shoot that night.)

Well once our parents and my 2 sisters found out, they immediately wanted to be there for the shoot (not be IN the photos, but watch them.) So after even more convincing, I decided to have a dinner (IT WASN'T A PARTY) with just our immediate family that wanted to come and NO ONE ELSE.

Here is the result: https://www.jennifromtheblog.com/2013/09/the-reveal.html

I will say that, while I was totally against it from the start and almost cancelled it a dozen times, I was so glad I did it. It was different from the other 3 kids and it was nice finding out as a family.

monkeybutt61612 · September 2013

These parties are bad enough, but it is soo much worse if you do one where you already know the sex of the baby. At least be surprised with everyone else.

msronzio · September 2013

@mrsjenni Awww, the pictures are beautiful! Love them!

I think a "party" for a close group of family is a fantastic idea. The cake and a guessing game is always really sweet. I'm more of a balloons in a box type of person but I freaking love cake, so there's that.

My only question is, sex reveal instead of a shower? That's always nice.

hlb622 · September 2013

We had a simple lunch with just our parents and siblings a few days after our a/s and revealed the sex with a delicious, blue cake. My best friend had gone with me to the ultrasound, took the results to the bakery and brought it to the lunch. We all found out together, which was a really special memory. Easy-peasy, no gifts, no formal invites, just food and family. There are definitely non-AW ways to do it if you want to.

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