Who is not going to find the sex out?

texasmama15 · September 2014

DH is completely team green but I would like to find out because I think it will help with getting things put together before the baby comes. I'm perfectly fine with a gender neutral room, it's the clothes and other little things I know I'm not going to have energy to go get after the baby comes. Can any successful team green moms chime in on their experience with this? @nlp1990‌ @nnjj‌ @la79al‌ @jmmacdonald‌

loubert · September 2014

Team green here. We were team green with DD and even though I'm the most impatient person ever, it was amazing to find out at birth. And my DH is the one who told me that she was a girl. Best experience ever. :x

marym94 · September 2014

texasmama15 said:

DH is completely team green but I would like to find out because I think it will help with getting things put together before the baby comes. I'm perfectly fine with a gender neutral room, it's the clothes and other little things I know I'm not going to have energy to go get after the baby comes. Can any successful team green moms chime in on their experience with this? @nlp1990‌ @nnjj‌ @la79al‌ @jmmacdonald‌

Absolutely! Long post so here we go!

first of all, let me tell you the best part about the whole experience and then I will chime in with my 2 cents based on your comment. When we arrived to the hospital we told our Dr that the most important thing next to keeping baby and I healthy and safe was that we wanted to be sure that my husband told me whether or not we had a boy or a girl. So when I heard that first cry, I will never forget looking at my husband's face - his eyes filled with tears and he looked down at me and said "we have a son" - hands down best memory ever. I can't wait to experience it again! Worth every second of our wait!

When we were pregnant a lot of our friends and family wanted to know bc they wanted to buy gifts. So we did two things:

1) what we did for items we DID need: we stocked up on a small number of white and grey (i happen to love grey) onesies, blankets, etc -and we did the nursery that way too (we added navy and aqua accents after he was born through picture frames and pillows)

2) we recognized (through friends who told us) that you really don't need too many clothes, blankets, etc RIGHT away so having "just a few" is totally fine, and THEN you will get loads of gifts that are specific to the baby, after he/she arrives. We actually didn't have a baby shower bc we decided we would do a "sip and see" after he was born, so we received all sorts of clothes, toys, items just for boys when people came to a party and got to meet him, two months after he was born. Leading up to that, we had a handful of neutral items to get us through, of course I ordered a few things online that were delivered pretty quickly and we also USED THE ONESIES AND BLANKETS FROM THE HOSPITAL - which is key! our nurse packed up a goodie bag with shirts and onesies and blankets from the hospital and the first few days/weeks at home we used them all of the time.

phew

chavez2685 · September 2014

I'm too excited and already would love to know! I've got one of each right now so I kind of want to know ahead of time to be able to pre-wash and get things ready. Both other kids were winter babies and this is due May so I think most clothes will start new anyway.

DawnLilly · September 2014

jmmacdonald said:

texasmama15 said:

DH is completely team green but I would like to find out because I think it will help with getting things put together before the baby comes. I'm perfectly fine with a gender neutral room, it's the clothes and other little things I know I'm not going to have energy to go get after the baby comes. Can any successful team green moms chime in on their experience with this? @nlp1990‌ @nnjj‌ @la79al‌ @jmmacdonald‌

Absolutely! Long post so here we go!

first of all, let me tell you the best part about the whole experience and then I will chime in with my 2 cents based on your comment. When we arrived to the hospital we told our Dr that the most important thing next to keeping baby and I healthy and safe was that we wanted to be sure that my husband told me whether or not we had a boy or a girl. So when I heard that first cry, I will never forget looking at my husband's face - his eyes filled with tears and he looked down at me and said "we have a son" - hands down best memory ever. I can't wait to experience it again! Worth every second of our wait!

When we were pregnant a lot of our friends and family wanted to know bc they wanted to buy gifts. So we did two things:

1) what we did for items we DID need: we stocked up on a small number of white and grey (i happen to love grey) onesies, blankets, etc -and we did the nursery that way too (we added navy and aqua accents after he was born through picture frames and pillows)

2) we recognized (through friends who told us) that you really don't need too many clothes, blankets, etc RIGHT away so having "just a few" is totally fine, and THEN you will get loads of gifts that are specific to the baby, after he/she arrives. We actually didn't have a baby shower bc we decided we would do a "sip and see" after he was born, so we received all sorts of clothes, toys, items just for boys when people came to a party and got to meet him, two months after he was born. Leading up to that, we had a handful of neutral items to get us through, of course I ordered a few things online that were delivered pretty quickly and we also USED THE ONESIES AND BLANKETS FROM THE HOSPITAL - which is key! our nurse packed up a goodie bag with shirts and onesies and blankets from the hospital and the first few days/weeks at home we used them all of the time.

phew

This lol. Verbatim.

Erin10408 · September 2014

We will not find out. We didn't with my daughter, and I loved it.

mommyofaei · September 2014

We are about 80/20 on not finding out the sex. We have 2 girls and one boy already

texasmama15 · September 2014

jmmacdonald said:

texasmama15 said:

DH is completely team green but I would like to find out because I think it will help with getting things put together before the baby comes. I'm perfectly fine with a gender neutral room, it's the clothes and other little things I know I'm not going to have energy to go get after the baby comes. Can any successful team green moms chime in on their experience with this? @nlp1990‌ @nnjj‌ @la79al‌ @jmmacdonald‌

Absolutely! Long post so here we go!

first of all, let me tell you the best part about the whole experience and then I will chime in with my 2 cents based on your comment. When we arrived to the hospital we told our Dr that the most important thing next to keeping baby and I healthy and safe was that we wanted to be sure that my husband told me whether or not we had a boy or a girl. So when I heard that first cry, I will never forget looking at my husband's face - his eyes filled with tears and he looked down at me and said "we have a son" - hands down best memory ever. I can't wait to experience it again! Worth every second of our wait!

When we were pregnant a lot of our friends and family wanted to know bc they wanted to buy gifts. So we did two things:

1) what we did for items we DID need: we stocked up on a small number of white and grey (i happen to love grey) onesies, blankets, etc -and we did the nursery that way too (we added navy and aqua accents after he was born through picture frames and pillows)

2) we recognized (through friends who told us) that you really don't need too many clothes, blankets, etc RIGHT away so having "just a few" is totally fine, and THEN you will get loads of gifts that are specific to the baby, after he/she arrives. We actually didn't have a baby shower bc we decided we would do a "sip and see" after he was born, so we received all sorts of clothes, toys, items just for boys when people came to a party and got to meet him, two months after he was born. Leading up to that, we had a handful of neutral items to get us through, of course I ordered a few things online that were delivered pretty quickly and we also USED THE ONESIES AND BLANKETS FROM THE HOSPITAL - which is key! our nurse packed up a goodie bag with shirts and onesies and blankets from the hospital and the first few days/weeks at home we used them all of the time.

phew

Thank you for that--I needed to hear a personal encounter. I think your story of DH telling you it's a boy is amazing--made my eyes water! I would love that experience and I think I can wait. Like I said, I'm perfectly fine with a gender neutral room and I like your idea of adding in a few things later. I just didn't want to stress ourselves out with having to get things after the baby is born but it sounds like we will be just fine.

tinyjoys · September 2014

We don't plan on finding out. I've been slowly picking things up when they've caught my eye, both for either sex or gender neutral. Like someone else mentioned, a lot of greys, whites and creams, but also some navy blue things tossed in, too, just because I really like navy blue on little girls.

Our current plan is a repeat csection. My doctor starts to perform them around 7am on Fridays. We would have my mom bring our son up to the hospital around noon and he would get to meet his sibling and find out whether he got a brother or sister {he really wants a sister}, and then spend some time just us. The rest of the families would be invited in later in the afternoon, around 3 or 4, to meet the new member and find out the sex then.

queencaro · November 2014

I'm currently pregnant with my 3rd. I have a 16 and a 6 year old... Both girls. Honestly I want that surprise feeling! I have no clue what I'm carrying. With the girls, I KNEW I was having girls! Mothers intuition? I hate that everyone assumes we are trying for a boy. In reality we have always wanted 3 kids. We were both 20 when I had my first and we waited to have our second to make sure were stabled, bought our first home, and when we noticed we had a spoiled 8 year old we knew it was time. After my second I miscarried twice. It freaked me out. So here I am 6 years later... I just want a healthy baby!

Pintobean39 · November 2014

We're team green and I'm loving how it's driving everyone crazy that I won't find out. I have 2 boys 21 and will be 16. This will be my husbands first and one and only. It will also be the one and only grandchild. It's going to e spoiled by it's grandparents regardless.

AutumnReccius · November 2014

Team Green but I feel myself getting weaker! Reading all these posts has me wanting to wait again! Thanks ladies!

claudizzleriffic · November 2014

Yah, I'm in the want to be Team Green but hubby really wants to find out category! I keep hearing how special it is for your partner to be the one to announce the sex...and I would love that too.
He keeps saying that he could just find out and not tell me, but I am pretty certain that he would let it slip at some point!! Not sure how we're going to figure this one out.....

:-SS

SeventyThree · November 2014

Team green here, and at this point I honestly have no real curiosity/desire to find out!

annarach · November 2014

I really don't want to know but DH is set on finding out, and mil "needs" to know. I enjoy annoying mil way too much so I could wait until the birth, but I've lost the battle and we will be finding out on Dec 10. That being said, I get naming rights to this baby now, so maybe it's worth it? I'll have to find another way to annoy mil.

nutterswifey88 · November 2014

We're not finding out. This is our 3rd kiddo; we have two boys; hoping for a girl.

suszbaker · November 2014

This is most likely going to be my only pregnancy. DS is adopted....BD and I have talked about not finding out and being surprised. I totally understand why people want to find out though. I think it's exciting not knowing, but I also think it would be wonderful to plan for a boy or a girl.

tinyjoys · November 2014

veenie2009, I apologize for the delay in response. I'm just not seeing this.

Anyway, my mom and grandparents live 3.2 miles away {literally two right turns & boom, drive ways}. We have it planned that he'll either stay with one of them the night before my scheduled csection or we can drop him off at any time needed if my water breaks before then. Then, they'll bring him up once they get the call. They're planning fun things to do with him while we're at the hospital, on top of bringing him up to visit, so that being away from me is okay. He's stayed away before, but whenever we talk about mommy going to the hospital to have the baby, he tears up and says "but I'm going to miss you".

crarnberg · November 2014

We planned on being team green until we found out we are expecting twins. My husband is convinced that we need to find out now.

Snapdragon750 · November 2014

We were team green with our two girls, and will be again with our third. I love the surprise at delivery.

And I've said it before, and I'll say it again: disappointment at the ultrasound is always possible, but disappointment when you're holding your newborn isn't.

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