Are you going to find out the sex?

TexWisJen · April 2014

Are you and your partner going to find out the gender of your baby?

missnacholover · April 2014

I want to, DH does not. However we have compromised that if we do find out we won't tell anyone!

jf198400 · April 2014

Team green for the 3rd time, we have one of each already

jaminjeff · April 2014

DH insisted on finding out last time, I put my foot down already, I want to be surprised.

mander82 · April 2014

I want to know NOW! ha ha.....this LO will be sharing a bedroom with DH's daughter that spends every other weekend with us, her room is blue with stars, so we won't be decorating a nursery. We could totally get ready for a baby without knowing, but I WANT TO KNOW! I am a planner, I plan everything, I want to be prepared for whatever sex specific ordeals may be awaiting us!

AnnieRoo13 · April 2014

I love the idea of it being a surprise, but I also know my controlling planner self can't. not. know. I want to be able to decorate the nursery and buy appropriate clothing etc. I had a look for gender neutral stuff as a friend of mine isn't finding out and there was very little selection and when I asked the store why, they replied that most people find out...hm!

missnacholover · April 2014

AnnieRoo13 said:

I love the idea of it being a surprise, but I also know my controlling planner self can't. not. know. I want to be able to decorate the nursery and buy appropriate clothing etc. I had a look for gender neutral stuff as a friend of mine isn't finding out and there was very little selection and when I asked the store why, they replied that most people find out...hm!

This was one of my arguments with DH. Stuff like stroller and carseat will be gender neutral anyway, but I said if we find out than we can dress our kid in cute boy or girl things! Gender neutral clothes are hard to find!!!

Allisonville · April 2014

I hate surprises. And not knowing stuff. If there's a thing I could know, I want to know it.

icaughtfire · April 2014

I can't NOT know, the anticipation would kill me!

abbyful · April 2014

I don't care if it's a boy or girl, but I want to find out so picking a name is easier. Choosing DS's name, it was hard finding names DH & I agreed on; if we didn't know the sex it would have been twice as hard!

CTri17 · April 2014

We didn't find out with DD1 because I didn't want to find out (but DH did) , DD2 I said that he could find out if he wanted to, he didn't want to.

This time I want to find out for preparedness reasons, 3rd girl vs boy stuff

marajay6 · April 2014

I am impatient and DH is a planner so we are definitely going to find out.

jf198400 · April 2014

I have to say I had no problem getting gender neutral stuff for my first baby and then I didn't have to buy anything for my 2nd baby. Also I got way more useful stuff at my shower instead of 1000 pink outfits. And people still bought me cute pink outfits after DD was born.
This is my UO: I think people go way overboard with the pink and blue.

CTri17 · April 2014

jf198400 said:

I have to say I had no problem getting gender neutral stuff for my first baby and then I didn't have to buy anything for my 2nd baby. Also I got way more useful stuff at my shower instead of 1000 pink outfits. And people still bought me cute pink outfits after DD was born. This is my UO: I think people go way overboard with the pink and blue.

agreed, I was at a shower recently and she got so little that was super useful because everyone bought outfits and headbands.

LadyBird9 · April 2014

We haven't decided yet. For years we were absolutely team green... I feel like the pregnancy is totally "my" thing - I tell him when it happens, when the baby kicks, when the baby has hiccups, etc etc etc... and this is something HE could tell ME. Plus it would be amazing for him to leave the delivery room and say "it's a ___!!"

Then I found out that waiting is a "trendy" thing to do and now I hate trendy stuff so I don't care as much now. Also? Now it's real and I want to know!

I told my husband because it was "his moment" that it would be up to him. He hasn't decided so who knows what we will do!

suzyrenee · April 2014

Last time my husband wanted to be surprised and I did not. I did, however, end up getting into it and loved the excitement. I would say the hardest part of not knowing was coming up with two sets of names.

This time we both are leaning towards finding out. I think the first time around the idea of becoming parents, period, was a huge change, regardless of the sex. But this time we want to know who this new person is going to be and how they'll fit into our family.

DoubleUp8 · April 2014

We are finding out because I want to know, and DH is happy either way. We had been disagreeing on names before we got pregnant, but now I think we are kind of decided.

We are going to tell people the sex of the baby, but we are keeping our names a secret because we want there to be some surprise factor for people when the baby is born. Also, people can be so rude and opinionated about names, and I just don't want to hear it.

tlc35 · April 2014

Allisonville said:

I hate surprises. And not knowing stuff. If there's a thing I could know, I want to know it.

This, and

abbyful said:

I don't care if it's a boy or girl, but I want to find out so picking a name is easier. Choosing DS's name, it was hard finding names DH & I agreed on; if we didn't know the sex it would have been twice as hard!

This.
Too lazy to pick 2 names so we will probably wait till we know to pick a name.

SweetMelissa5 · April 2014

We want to find out; we always pick a boys name and a girls name and then once we have the anatomy scan, we find out the sex and start calling the baby by his/her name. I think it helps us bond with the baby (and helps make it more real to our older kids).

suzyrenee · April 2014

SweetMelissa5 said:
We want to find out; we always pick a boys name and a girls name and then once we have the anatomy scan, we find out the sex and start calling the baby by his/her name. I think it helps us bond with the baby (and helps make it more real to our older kids).

I love this. All throughout my first pregnancy my DS was just "Baby"

sparklingwhit · April 2014

We are 100% unsure! LOL!

I mean on one hand it would be cool to know and on the other it doesn't matter in any way shape or form. We are doing the nursery jungle themed whether it's a boy or girl. I've made it very clear that I don't want any gender defining "stuff" surrounding my child until they are ready to choose one for their self.

So, ya...100% unsure!

missnacholover · April 2014

CTri17 said:

jf198400 said:

I have to say I had no problem getting gender neutral stuff for my first baby and then I didn't have to buy anything for my 2nd baby. Also I got way more useful stuff at my shower instead of 1000 pink outfits. And people still bought me cute pink outfits after DD was born. This is my UO: I think people go way overboard with the pink and blue.

agreed, I was at a shower recently and she got so little that was super useful because everyone bought outfits and headbands.

Confession - this is one of the reasons why we won't share the sex. That way I can do all the cute outfit buying and get shit we really need at the shower. Selfish manipulator, party of one.

lisaren · April 2014

Yes. We will find out. I'm a planner and a need to know kinda gal. Plus my soon to be 6 yr old little girl is helping name the baby, and so far she has picked "Lindsey loopsie" so we need some time to work on this

pennyandandy · April 2014

We were team green last time, and likely will be this time, but we haven't quite decided yet. We have all of the gender neutral stuff that we need, boy stuff from DS and girl stuff from my nieces, so we don't need anything. I loved our experience last time, it was such an epic moment for my husband to tell me it was a boy, with lots of hair. But we are trying to decide if we should have a different experience this time for a different baby. I am leaning towards not finding out.

AmyC925 · April 2014

We are finding out, but not telling anyone. DH has had this fantasy of going out and announcing the sex to our families at the hospital after birth.

shindylahoe · April 2014

Yup! I have no desire to be surprised.

atok · April 2014

We will find out. Sometimes I wish I was patient but I'm not lol and we would never be able to pick two names. I can't wait to find out. We found out with ds at 16 weeks

wallygirl · April 2014

I didn't want to with DD and the hubs did. Ended up we didn't have a choice because she was spread eagle and you could obviously tell she was a girl. It would be nice to be surprised but my hubs wants to know and it would probably be better to know this time around anyway. If it's another girl we need nothing except furniture, double stroller and diapers, but if it's a boy we need all that plus clothes.

strujillo84 · April 2014

I want to know. I'll ready have 2 boys, hoping for that girl but will be happy either way. Just want to keep it a secret for awhile.

mrsodonnell12 · April 2014

We found out with our first two so we are team green this time.

momtojad · April 2014

We found out with our first and it was nice because he was a boy and I got maybe 4 outfits which was fantastic. Before I found out the sex I wanted a super neutral nursery and then we changed it to a monsters theme. Boy or girl this time, they won't have a nursery right away and will be sleeping in a crib sidecarred to our bed. All of our big items were bought brown. The only reason I would want to know if it was a girl would be to buy new newborn dipes. I deliver in a birth center and DH can catch the baby so I think it would be pretty cool for him to deliver the baby and be the first to know the sex. I am clearly very undecided.

meeshybee · April 2014

I couldn't in good conscience vote for "can't hardly" wait. The Grammar Nazi in me just outright refuses to acknowledge that option.

We'll be finding out because we have mostly girl clothes left, so I'd have to shop for a boy. Plus Dh says that if it's a 3rd girl, he'd want to get his drinking done before baby gets here.

I'm not really that excited for it at this point, though. Yeah, it'll be nice to know, but it's not like I'm counting down to 20 weeks or anything.

TexWisJen · April 2014

@meeshybee Sorry about the can't hardly...but I cannot change it

sunflwra · April 2014

I'm WAY too much of a planner not to know. And honestly- most neutral clothes are pretty boring

moroccojade · April 2014

We would LOVE to, but the newest rules are that they aren't supposed to tell here.

(Many people abort babies that aren't the gender they want. So they are trying to avoid that... Can't really blame them.)

momtojad · April 2014

moroccojade said:

We would LOVE to, but the newest rules are that they aren't supposed to tell here.

(Many people abort babies that aren't the gender they want. So they are trying to avoid that... Can't really blame them.)

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sweetfacebaby · April 2014

I'm not waiting. We are both very curious and want to know as soon as they can determine the gender. I have one of each; a girl and a boy. I want another son. This is his first child at age 40.

Becwalker27 · April 2014

We've agreed I can find out, but will keep it to myself as DH doesn't want to know. In any case I think it's a girl :-)

hdall0807 · April 2014

I did an elective gender ultrasound at a place that does 4d ultrasounds. (It wasn't 4d though). You can go at 16 weeks. That's how bad I can't wait lol

miissperez · April 2014

I really don't want to but my DH wants to. I'm trying to convince him to agree with me! I'd love to experience the anticipation & surprise when I give birth. With our previous pregnancies we found out the gender. I want this time to be different...special! He seems to be giving in to the idea

Nfranco973 · April 2014

I like to be prepared. I will find out and that will help us to be prepared by starting to stock up on all the baby necessities and the other irresistibly cute stuff lol

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