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Gender being a surprise?

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in October 2015 Moms
This is my first pregnancy and I am so excited to be pregnant that I'm not concerned about finding out gender. Is anyone else considering not knowing the gender?
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  • erinboehmeerinboehme member
    I asked my husband if he wanted to wait ang not find out. He said, "That's stupid." Haha. I guess he has an opinion!
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  • kaweegarkaweegar member
    FTM here and my husband and I have decided to be surprised. Unfortunately, this decision has been met with a lot of disdain from my parents. #standingstrong
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  • cahalescahales member
    This is my first as well and we plan to be surprised too! We have no preference of gender so it really does not matter.. And I really want to have the experience of the doctor announcing it at birth! It will be hard not to find out at the ultrasound but I am going to try to stay strong and not find out! :)
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  • at4goodat4good member
    I'm feeling the same way about being surprised and being able to announce it. Most of my family is supportive... Not everyone is on board. Thanks for the support... I was starting to feel like the only one not finding out.
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  • on_the_moveon_the_move member
    This is my third and we plan to be surprised at birth. We already have a girl and a boy and DH kind of wanted to be surprised each time so this time I'm giving in.

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  • leah665leah665 member
    This is my first and I want it to be a surprise. Mainly because everyone wants me to find out. I'm stubborn!
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  • ClaireBear90ClaireBear90 member
    We always wait. :) I wouldn't miss hearing my husband tell me "it's a ...." for the world! It's seriously one of my favorite parts of having a baby. One of the most common arguments against waiting I hear is "but how will you get ready? I'm a planner, I need to know!" Don't let it sway you, it's absolute nonsense because in reality you're planning farther ahead than they are, haha. After your first you will be ready for ALL of your future babies, while the other "plan ahead" mamas must redecorate every time it's the opposite gender. ;)
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  • ChippercjmChippercjm member
    We aren't finding out either!
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  • demeekademeeka member
    Family is so annoying right now cause they keep asking I'm like its my kid and my choice
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  • alz88alz88 member
    We have a son and daughter already but we really want to know what this baby is at the anatomy scan. My mum is pressuring me to not find out. I'm a planner and I need to know- we have an almost 7 year age gap with our last child and this will be our last baby. I think there is enough going on in the delivery room at the time!
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  • pinkj4182pinkj4182 member
    Props to you ladies! I HATE suprises! This Xmas I gave my hubby all his gifts 2 weeks early because I had them and couldn't wait. I'm so excited to find out what we are having! I can't imagine waiting, I would drive myself nuts!! I wish I was better at suprises
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  • Amazing450Amazing450 member
    Gender will always be a surprise regardless if you find out the sex of your child. This is my third (and final) pregnancy. I have always been team green. It's always a wonderful surprise in which you cannot be disappointed. I'm looking forward to a surprise again.
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  • hmp82hmp82 member
    This is my third and last pregnancy and we are finding out the sex on thus one. With my first child, the tech told me I was pregnant with a girl and gave birth to a boy. My second pregnancy was a surprise at birth with a little girl.
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  • twogirlsandagreentwogirlsandagreen member
    We didn't find out with our second and are considering staying on team green this time too. We will see!
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  • Knottie56505827Knottie56505827 member
    Yes! I am just like you, wayy to excited to care even the slightest bit. Plus I think it's fun! I get to try to figure it out with old wives tales until the big day. My DH doesn't get it but he's ok with waiting
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  • mel379mel379 member
    We aren't finding out either :)
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  • ajhellmuthajhellmuth member
    I don't want to find out either. I found out with all 3 of my kiddos & I would love to be surprised this time with our last babies on the way! It's amazing how opinionated other people can be about you finding out the gender of YOUR baby!!! People get pissed when I say we don't want to find out this time!
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  • allessandra511allessandra511 member
    Props to all you team green moms. I have to find out though, I just need to know. I don't want to buy or receive a bunch of gender neutral stuff. This will probably be my last baby and I like buying for a specific sex.
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  • alinic916alinic916 member
    One of my friends who was pregnant last year waited to find out. She said, 'There are so few surprises in life, I want this to one of them'. Good for her! I couldn't do it! I need to know asap! I can't wait to find out! I'm to Impatient and type A to wait!
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  • mandy+kevinmandy+kevin member
    We are not finding out the sex or telling the name. I'm only 11 weeks and it's already driving some people in our family crazy!
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  • McRadMcRad member
    We decided to wait until the birth to find out. We decided that since I get to have all the firsts (finding out we were pregnant before my hubby knew, feel the kicks first, etc.) announcing it's a boy or a girl would be an excellent first for him. I would like for him to be the one to let me know we have a boy or a girl. It's definitely starting to get a bit nerve racking, not going to lie, but the moment is so much more anticipated than if we have blue or pink clothes hanging the the baby's room. I love the idea of our first moment as mama and daddy together, hearing my husband announce our baby's sex.
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  • NYEmommyNYEmommy member
    We are waiting as well. It was so fun and exciting for my husband to call out "it's a boy" in the delivery room last time. He was literally glowing. Wouldn't give up that moment for anything.
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  • ClaireBear90ClaireBear90 member
    NYEmommy said:

    We are waiting as well. It was so fun and exciting for my husband to call out "it's a boy" in the delivery room last time. He was literally glowing. Wouldn't give up that moment for anything.

    Yes yes yes!! :) Dads don't really get much of the glory in pregnancy/childbirth, but that is their moment! And it's awesome to see. And now I'm getting all choked up just thinking about it lol.
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  • csy2947csy2947 member
    Definitely finding out...I want to decorate accordingly. Also I have to admit I'm really hoping for a girl so I want to know well in advance. I don't want even the slightest moment of disappointment when the baby is born so I'd rather get out out of the way early lol. Obviously what we really want is a healthy baby but I'm hoping so badly for a girl I want to face reality as soon as possible hahaha.
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  • BBairesBBaires member
    Waiting to find out and getting unexpected negativity from the family. They all want to go shopping for pinks or blues.  8-|
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  • syounkersyounker member
    FTM here and we are waiting to find out. I really want that experience of having my husband tell me what the sex of the baby is!
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  • abbythebigdiehlabbythebigdiehl member
    We are waiting to find out the sex also. I don't want gender specific anything. We are planning on having several kids so the more neutral the better. And there are decades after their first moments when you can go gender crazy if you want. But I want to know my baby a little before I decide if she's a pink girl or he's a blue boy. Maybe my boy likes pink and she hates it. I don't know and I'm not deciding for them. So basically my baby will be wearing white onsies for a while and they'll look just as cute as in some matchy matchy outfit.
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  • crbpjbcrbpjb member
    My husband wanted to wait and I was leaning toward that/didn't care so we are waiting. I agree with PPs that it is sort of fun to annoy everyone, but it can also be frustrating. Whenever anyone asks me "when do you find out?" I say "Late October or early November." Lol. Our families are mostly very supportive (MIL would prob be super pissed if we did find out), but others are frustrated and want to know. I want to have gender neutral stuff for future babies anyway. And I think it will push me in delivery I'll be so excited to find out - I'm very impatient.
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  • csy2947csy2947 member
    edited April 2015

    Ooops, double responded

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  • clbailey5clbailey5 member
    I found out already that I'm having a boy, but we waited with our first and it was seriously the best surprise ever! I almost wish I would have waited with this one but oh well.
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  • double2roubledouble2rouble member
    We didn't find out with my daughter, and we won't with this baby.  I especially liked it the first time around because we got all neutral stuff (car seats etc).  I will see the grand reveal moment wasn't what I wanted as my daughter got stuck and I had to have a c-section.  I'm hoping this time to look down and see for myself!

      
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  • zaclinazaclina member
    FTM and we are waiting to be surprised!!! Mostly due to life not having many big surprises. Some people love that we aren't finding out, others are frustrated or bummed. Luckily it's my uterus, end of story. My best friend is also pregnant and finding out next week, we are so excited! I feel like I get the best of both worlds, surprise for me and get to find out and plan with her!
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  • ashleyturner0808ashleyturner0808 member
    I'm pregnant with baby #3 and we're anxiously waiting to be surprised at delivery. We already have a girl and a boy. The hardest part about waiting is everyone telling us we shouldn't wait. Stand strong to all whose waiting.
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  • SoashwifeySoashwifey member
    We are waiting to find out too! This is our first one... But there's not much in life we can be surprised by anymore so we thought this would be a good thing to wait on! My husband is a little anxious because he wants to have a boy because he is scared of having a girl! But we will really just to be excited to have a healthy baby. Praying every day! And prayers for all of you too!
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  • pocogirl89pocogirl89 member
    We are not finding out the sex of the baby, I can't wait to experience the moment of learning whether I have a son or a daughter at birth! We aren't really concerned with having a boy or a girl, as it is our first baby we will be thrilled either way! I also can't stand all the insanely gendered baby stuff, and I am finding it pretty hard to find things that aren't overtly PINK or BLUE!
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  • allispamallispam member
    edited May 2015
    We are not finding out but DH had this ridiculous/cute (?) notion that he "only makes boys". It will be amazing to see his face in the delivery room if we have a girl :)>-
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  • Elite32AllStarElite32AllStar member
    We are keeping it a surprise. I think it is driving other people more nuts than it is to us. Both my husband and I just want a healthy baby. Gender doesn't really matter especially for the first one.
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