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No Early Gender Reveal?

Michi1382Michi1382 member
in April 2015 Moms
Hi everyone! I've been reading a ton of articles about waiting until the birth of the baby to know the gender. Is anyone here thinking of doing that? I've heard it adds to the excitement of the day (not that the day needs more excitement-it's already full of joy!) and gives it a little something extra. Thank you!
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  • chrissyR78chrissyR78 member
    I wish I could wait because I think that would be so exciting, but I HAVE to find out! Lol
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  • dana1047dana1047 member
    There's a google doc attached to a thread and shows everyone's due dates & what team they're on (finding out or team green)
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  • CTolley86CTolley86 member
    Don't find out!! I did with my first and it was a total let down! I wish I was surprised!! This time were not finding out our babes gender! Honestly...labour is painful and hard and not knowing the gender would make it way better to get through I think!! More encouragement to push and see what you have been rubbing and loving for 9 months!! Also...I know 2 people who were told gender...and the opposite came out! What a bummer!!
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  • crazychickenladycrazychickenlady member
    We will be finding out the sex. As cool as it sounds to be surprised, I know me and my OCD planner brain and there is no way I could not know. I am already wondering how early we will be able to find out. We are going do the whole, have the tech keep it a secret and do a big gender reveal party.

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  • lindsayanne14lindsayanne14 member
    We didn't find out with DS and I loved not knowing. I know everyone says "I'm too much of a planner not to know". But aside from having pink or blue clothing (if you go that route) there isn't all that much you can't do. I have all neutral baby items and a neutral nursery. Although I would love to be surprised again, we are thinking of finding out this time. We are building a house soon and if this LO is a girl I'd like to get rid of all of the boy clothes DS has outgrown. I think generally it's a personal choice...you find out one way or another no matter what ;)

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  • inawe07inawe07 member
    Whether you know what sex the baby is on delivery day or not, it will still be exciting and full of surprises. Sex is just one thing about the baby really in the scheme of things. Both have their merits and it's just about what works best for you and your significant other. 

    We have found out and not and both were just as exciting. No idea yet if we will wait or not this time. 
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    PetraStonegirl said:
    I'm going to take this in a direction that may be unsettling, but is is open and honest, and important to me. I hope you will read with an open heart.

    Before becoming pregnant with Pebbles in 2012, I had lost 4 children. A singleton whe I was much younger, and then a singleton and a set of twins with my DH. I never knew the sex of the first, and we never learned the sex of the second.  That was painful, not knowing. However, I had no idea how painful until we found out through genetic testing that the twins were healthy baby girls. The connection we gained through that knowledge with our little girls was immediate and profound. 

    When we went to our A/S with Pebbles we knew we wanted to know. Yes, it is a great surprise to find out at the moment of their birth, but it is also a very great surprise when the sonographer announces the sex to you. It was a joyous moment for us as a family and the extra few months bonding with our little girl while she was still in my uterus was special and i will never forget it. I will take getting to know our daughter over a stereotypical dramatic flourish in the delivery room any day. 

    Whichever decision you choose will be the right one for you, as long as you choose what your heart tells you and not what looks neat in a book or because you are bowing to outside pressure.
    Oh Petra my heart hurts for you. You worded that beautifully. We have never known our losses and what you said puts a whole different spin on it. 
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  • AggieDanerAggieDaner member
    Team Green here, but not smug about it, haha.

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  • DosChicas1417 DosChicas1417 member
    Team green for the 3rd time. 
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    mrsberg9282013 said:
    We will be finding out the sex. As cool as it sounds to be surprised, I know me and my OCD planner brain and there is no way I could not know. I am already wondering how early we will be able to find out. We are going do the whole, have the tech keep it a secret and do a big gender reveal party.

    This times a thousand...I look forward to planning and finalizing things. It also will give DH and I a chance to start using the name we pick.. and try to let it sink in that he or she is coming soon! :)

    Oh, and not that I need another excuse for a party besides the standard baby shower, but I'm looking forward to the reveal being with really close friends and family. What a special time!

     


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  • upstatemamaupstatemama member
    We will be finding out too. 
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  • purple_2012purple_2012 member
    I want to be Team Green, H doesn't. Knowing me I'll cave around our 20 week appointment and want to find out. So for now I'm saying were team finding out what this baby is.
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  • bowman958bowman958 member
    We will be finding out. For me, like Petra, knowing the sex helps me to create a bond. I think the idea of Team Green is fun, but I could probably never do it.
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  • jennmejennme member
    We are team green this time but we found out with DS.
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    We are definitely finding out. I've already been trying to shop for neutral clothing, and I'm just not seeing much. I could not imagine having to only have neutral choices until the birth. I would feel so unprepared.
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  • boxermamax2boxermamax2 member
    Petra thank you so much for sharing. I did not find out with my mmc but I certainly want to know. I had the harmony test & we opted to find out the sex if our baby but we never had the opportunity. After I found out our baby stopped growing I received a call saying our baby tested positive for trisomy 13 - it did not occur to me at that moment to ask about the sex. I am going to see if those test results are in my medical record so we can find out once & for all. I want to give the baby we lost a name & not knowing has been so hard.
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  • LRL131LRL131 member
    We will be finding out.

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  • SimplyRosieSimplyRosie member
    I found out with all 3 of my boys. I wanted to go team green this time but since this will most likely be my last child, I am positive I'll be ditching all the gender neutral anything so I'm going to cave & find out lol
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  • Babykells3Babykells3 member
    We didn't find out for either boy and won't be finding out this time either. With our first we knew we wanted more then 1 kid and didn't want to buy everything revolving around the 1 sex. If I knew I was having a girl I would be buying everything in pink, then what do you do if the next time it's a boy? Sell everything and start over? I thought that would be a waste so decided just to keep it a surprise (so that I didn't go broke shopping) and have my husband be the one to tell me in the delivery room.
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  • topaz7777topaz7777 member
    I'm going to find out but not tell anyone...  :) 

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  • awodashawodash member
    We are planning to find out as it's one thing my boyfriend will get to experience before he deploys in January for a year+ so he'll be missing out on the birth and almost the whole first year! Plus it'll be hard to have contact and he doesn't want to be left completely in the dark!
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  • jobotrobotjobotrobot member
    I've said that is what I'd like to do (years before I ever got pregnant) and still feel that way now but I don't know, once the tech asks me if I want to know and it's all right there...
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  • jewelzy11jewelzy11 member
    I plan on finding out. I hear if you expect to have more than one baby, it might be smart to get neutral things. But, we are only having one. (He already has children, my first) so, I am ok w/ having all blue or pink. We plan to do a big sex reveal party, so that will be just as fun!

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  • cameronsamuraicameronsamurai member
    I want to find out so bad because I want to plan ahead but my husband is currently deployed and is (hopefully) home a few weeks before we're due!
    I'm going to wait until he is home and then find out when he gets to come to an ultra sound. I don't want him to feel like he hasn't been apart of this journey! I found out I was three weeks pregnant when he had been gone only one week and we are now at the end of out sixth week :) So I guess you can say I will find out before but only by a few weeks! Ahhhhh
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