Team Green Anyone?

blams05 · April 2015

I was team green with my first, and my DH wants to do it again. So I guess we are not going to find out the sex for this LO. Anyone else?

hmf0245 · April 2015

This is my 1st pregnancy and I was thinking about not finding out...I thought it would be super fun and a little different...everyone around my hometown is doing the gender reveal party these days and I'm just not into that. Hubby really wanted to find out so were compromising...we will find out, keep it between ourselves and our immediates and absolutely no gender reveal

poprockS17 · April 2015

We aren't either! It's more exciting that way!

LydianG · April 2015

I don't know how you can stand it! I'm so impatient though. I don't care about what sex the baby is, I just want to know for the sake of knowing.

I wish I could be a team green person! I admire your patience!

MayBeSomeDay16 · April 2015

I wish i wasn't so impatient! I would love to wait and be suprised but i know its just not in me to hold out

Joyou5 · April 2015

We aren't going to find out. Maybe for baby number two. But I don't want a bunch of gender specific gifts since I'm planning to reuse everything possible.

blams05 · April 2015

Joyou5 said:
We aren't going to find out. Maybe for baby number two. But I don't want a bunch of gender specific gifts since I'm planning to reuse everything possible.

That's one of the reasons we chose to do it last time. My husband just liked it so much he wants to wait agin

Crickettt · April 2015

We found out with our first- I couldn't imagine not back then! Definitely aren't going to find out this time though

mamab111315 · April 2015

I can't decide. My husband doesn't want to find out, but we have two boys already and as much as I love gender neutral stuff, I'd really like to stock up on glitter and lace if this one is a girl.

Bettytteb · April 2015

I think hubby and I are going to find out...but we are not going to tell anyone.

That way we avoid the trap of gender-specific baby gifts and we get to have our own little secret.

Ceridwen77 · April 2015

Team green! And to think I could find out the sex at 10wks, but I don't care. I want this to be a surprise. DH doesn't agree but I told him too bad

boojonay · April 2015

We're planning to go Team Green! First appointment is only 24 April, at 10 weeks. Not sure if our resolve will hold up when we have the 16+ week scan but for now we're wanting to be surprised. It's my first and my partner's third.

lulamagoo · April 2015

Team green over here. Found out for our first, want to be surprised this time.

LauraK33 · April 2015

Team green here!

LinMmmm · April 2015

I so wish I could be on Team Green, but I don't have the ability to keep from finding out.

rwillet0607 · April 2015

The anticipation is too much. What's the perks of not knowing? Fill me in... I am clueless why you wouldn't want to know.

Pontot31 · April 2015

The way we got around getting too much girly stuff at our shower last time was by not letting our moms put the sex on the invite. Our parents and close friends knew she was a girl but we didn't spread that out to everyone.
We only got the neutral items we registered for.

Ceridwen77 · April 2015

rwillet0607 said:
The anticipation is too much. What's the perks of not knowing? Fill me in... I am clueless why you wouldn't want to know.

I can't think of any greater surprise that my husband and I will get to share in. Also it will prevent people from buying gender specific items that I don't want.

lopezalonso · April 2015

I really wanted to know with #1 and it was really nice stocking up ok girly things for DD. I really think I want this one to be a surprise. DH and I have discussed it and we are planning on being Team Green this year. I don't know if I will be able to hold out but that is the plan.

aproulx725 · April 2015

We also aren't going to find out. I think it will be so exciting to find out after all that hard work. And it will be exciting to finally let everyone know what it is!

rwillet0607 · April 2015

Ceridwen77 said:

rwillet0607 said:
The anticipation is too much. What's the perks of not knowing? Fill me in... I am clueless why you wouldn't want to know.
I can't think of any greater surprise that my husband and I will get to share in. Also it will prevent people from buying gender specific items that I don't want.

I see. I like two-twos though. And suspenders. Idk - it's a surprise when they tell us! I guess delaying the whole process of finding out is too much for my mental state. I'm a wimp.

I do like the idea of not telling friends and family the sex of my bean. That seems like a good middle ground.

BooBerry137 · April 2015

I like knowing. I love to decorate the nursery and have everything set up. Everything we have now is super girly and if we have a boy, I'll want something more for a boy.

RNmommy13 · April 2015

We found out with the first but this time being team green. Was it hard during ultrasounds for them not to mess it up

Falchas · April 2015

We're onboard! We waited with our first and I loved that it was my husband that got to tell me we had a little boy. From Le Divorce:

"Is it a boy? Did you have one of those tests?

No, l'd never do that.

It's like peeking at your present before Christmas."

I love that line, I was never a kid who peeked, I liked the anticipation! But I appreciate the people out there who do peek, I love hearing about friends ultrasound results!

Emma&Shayne · April 2015

I found out with my first had a beautiful lil girl, since I met my husband I now have 2 step daughters aswell.... This will be our first and last baby together so we are hoping like mad for a boy and are going to wait for a suprise

jessilee15 · April 2015

Oddly enough I was the kid who peeked at Christmas presents, but my husband convinced me to be team green. It was so cool having him tell me the baby's gender in the delivery room that I'm not arguing this time - team green again! And I have gender neutral stuff from last time, so it's no big deal if I need to spend my maternity leave shopping for pink!

kclilkim · April 2015

Team green!

oxley09 · April 2015

This our 4th and likely last, and we're not going to find out gender! We knew with our older children, but we're holding out this time. We figure so few things in life are a true surprise and we're actually really excited for the experience. I cannot wait to hear our doctor say, "It's a .....!"

flufy82 · April 2015

rwillet0607 said:
The anticipation is too much. What's the perks of not knowing? Fill me in... I am clueless why you wouldn't want to know.

1) The best surprise of your life. I heard this quote when I was pregnant and team green with my first: "If you were meant to know, your belly would be see-through." Sure, it's a bit granola, but I like it.
2) People will buy you what you actually register for, rather than going out and buying all the girl/boy baby clothes they can get their hands on...can't even blame them...baby clothes shopping is the best...but trust me, after spending your entire second trimester researching and obsessing over your registry, you'll want what you register for.
3) You will have neutral "big" items to use on future children, no matter the sex.

In response to people saying they want to know the sex so they can decorate the nursery before the baby arrives: I had a blast decorating my gender neutral nursery well before my baby was due. Went with a Lion King theme. My son is 14 months old now and I still love it. Pretty sure he does too

. Obviously if you are set on a PINK ON PINK PRINCESS nursery for a girl, or a BLUE ON BLUE FOOTBALL theme for a boy, then this option doesn't work for you.

As far as clothes go, despite being team green, I'm not onboard with the idea of raising my children all gender neutral all the time. So I bought 5 newborn outfits (sleep and plays) for each sex, kept the tags on them in the bags with receipts (Carters has an awesome return policy). When my little boy arrived I called my mom and asked her to wash the boy clothes and bring them to the hospital when she came to meet him. That's actually how I told her it was a boy. :x I returned the girl outfits when I got around to it.

An example of Team Pink back firing: My best friend knew she was having a girl with her first. Registered for and bought absolutely EVERYTHING in pink pink pink. We're talking stroller, high chair, swing, bouncy seat, pack n play, car seat, bassinet, boppy, feeding supplies...you name it, it was pink. Not sure if she did that because she wasn't planning on more kids at the time...wasn't my place to ask. But she is now pregnant with baby #2 and.......BOY! Will the baby know the difference using all pink stuff? Of course not...but if she was so set on PINK PINK PINK for her girl, you better believe she's not going to want that for a boy. So she's stuck re-buying everything because "no second showers".

Of course that is the extreme...you can obviously know the sex and still get neutral stuff. I'd say besides the surprise, the "people will actually buy what you register for" perk was the best for me...and it's something I didn't expect. OH! And all those same people (and more) went out and bought boy clothes (on top of what they gave me at my shower) for my little guy as soon as they heard the news. People just can't resist baby clothes shopping

Of course it's not for everyone and the option to know is there, so do what works for you. But those are the perks for me. Sorry didn't mean to write a novel! ;;)

flufy82 · April 2015

oxley09 said:
We figure so few things in life are a true surprise and we're actually really excited for the experience. I cannot wait to hear our doctor say, "It's a .....!"

Yes! We actually had my husband announce the sex at delivery. He loved it

AnnamariauDoris · April 2015

Idk if I can wait it ouT. I used to turn the house upside down before christmas.....and no matter in what deep or high closet were my present allways found them. But you girls made me thinl about team green.

blams05 · April 2015

RNmommy13 said:
We found out with the first but this time being team green. Was it hard during ultrasounds for them not to mess it up

Nope. They just had us look away when they measured the femur bone length at the anatomy scan

jsawicki · April 2015

I don't think I want to find out. I just feel like it's one of the biggest surprises that you can give yourself plus, my sister said that it added a lot of excitement and encouragement to get to the end of the delivery while you're in a lot of pain. I do also really want to avoid gender specific gifts at my shower. My mother-in-law is heavily into everything pink and fluffy and lacey with my niece. I know that little girls may find themselves naturally drawn to these things but I really don't want to put these gender stereotypes onto my child before they are even in this world.Can't wait to decorate I gender-neutral nursery and have a wider variety of colors in their wardrobe as an infant. Hopefully will be able to hold on to our patience for the next six months :-)

roxyboard8889 · April 2015

We're team green

I want it to be a surprise. And we want gender neutral things. Not to mention we couldn't find out ourselves and only keep it to ourselves to avoid gender specific gifts, both my husband and I are huge blabber mouths when it comes to this type of news!

Elyse1384 · April 2015

Team green! We didn't find out for our first and we won't find out for this and future pregnancies. It really pays off on delivery day!

olga1311 · April 2015

Team green here too!

We found out with DD and since we have everything already (most baby gear is gender neutral) we decided to not find out. DH really wants that ultimate surprise and first time I overruled him, since I was so obsessed with decorating the nursery and stuff and wanted certain things gender specific. This time I let him decide. We have few gender neutral clothing, I'll just take them to the hospital or buy few boy outfits with tags and will return them if its a girl.

All our friends say that we are crazy for not finding out, but its more fun for us that way!

BbyB3 · April 2015

Team Green here!!

mrskelly731 · April 2015

Another on team green!

Emma&Shayne · April 2015

I'm excited for the suprise in the delivery room but I don't trust myself to wait... plus I'm pushing for the suprise and hubby wouldn't mind finding out so I'm hoping I can stick to it and not cave in

MammaMac15 · April 2015

I hadn't thought I wanted it to be a surprise, but all of you are making some good points. I might find out for myself and DH, but not tell anyone else. I want a Dr Seuss themed nursery, and there is plenty of that in neutral themes.