Anyone hoping to be Team Green?

crispy11 · January 2016

Team Green = not finding out the sex until birth.

I was Team Pink my first two times around but my husband has always wanted to be surprised. I told him I'll do my best this time and I think I can do it. Obviously, i's a win-win either way.

PS -I already feel defensive for my possible 3rd girl. The first person who asks if DH will be disappointed if we have a 3rd girl gets cut.

noelani42 · January 2016

We will be Team Green this time around! My husband is determined!

Alyeena · January 2016

Haha I get what you mean about the third girl, too many times do men get said things like "I am sorry you don't have a son yet" Since this is our first it won't happen with us I am sure, but I support you! You cut them!!

I am definitely team we find out, I could never be team green. I am just too curious. Plus me and my husband both know how to read an ultrasound so that alone settles the matter lol.

But I still wanted to come in here and show support to team green members! You guys have my admiration!

JennM205 · January 2016

Team green here! We were team green with DD and I loved it! I'm a HUGE planner and usually don't like any question left unanswered...but I guess my love of surprises outweighed all of that!

crispy11 · January 2016

@Alyeena, my husband and I can read basic ultrasounds too so it will be quite the challenge!! I don't even want to see the profile 12 week one. I don't want to be tempted by the angle of the dangle!

JennM205 · January 2016

@crispy11 We had the same problem with DD - if you really want to be Team Green, just ask your u/s tech to tell you when to turn away and to try to get photos that don't reveal anything. We only had 3 u/s with DD - the first way too early to tell and the last way too late to get visibility (the fetal position hides everything). So we only had the one instance where we had to "try" not to see. And it worked out great.

letyourheartbeyourguide · January 2016

I really want to be Team Green. My SO is.... not convinced yet. If we find out, though, we're not telling anyone.

Sarafuss · January 2016

***TW: loss mentioned***

We found out with our first two. And after having a boy and a girl we decided to be team green with #3. It was so hard with all of my appointments (I'm high risk) and ended up with an amnio. We asked them not to tell us the gender but one of the MFMs slipped at one of my appointments as said it was a girl. She tried to recover and she was kind of convincing so we didn't know for sure. But I wasn't shocked when she came out a girl. But it was a lot easier than I thought it would be for me since I thought I would be dying to know. Once I was committed I was fine with it! We will be finding out this time. After losing baby #3 due to a chromosomal disorder we will be having a lot of testing and probably an amnio. I'm sure I would be stressed that someone would ruin the surprise for me again so I'm not going to attempt it!

mom2adoodle · January 2016

crispy11 said:

Team Green = not finding out the sex until birth.

I was Team Pink my first two times around but my husband has always wanted to be surprised. I told him I'll do my best this time and I think I can do it. Obviously, i's a win-win either way.

PS -I already feel defensive for my possible 3rd girl. The first person who asks if DH will be disappointed if we have a 3rd girl gets cut.

Girls rock!! Congrats

People can be so rude.

I admire all you team green people! I'm like itching to know NOW at almost 5 weeks. Fail.

hkb1988 · January 2016

We're definitely planning on being team green! My husband really wants it to be a surprise and I think I'm going to need something to be excited to find out about to make it through labour.

qtpierae · January 2016

We were team green for my son and will be for this pregnancy as well! There were many moments of weakness when I wanted to know the sex of the baby while pregnant. I'm a planner so the unknown was difficult for me. It was the best suprise when we found out after months of waiting !

elizabethgee · January 2016

Love the idea of Team green.. not sure if I'll have the willpower to resist! lol!

estellegetty · January 2016

Team green here too! My husband wants to find out desperately because he's a HUGE planner, but I've always wanted it to be a surprise. I told him maybe the next baby...

FireInWonderland · January 2016

I have thought about being team green soooo many times. I am way too inquisitive to be team green, I think, plus DH and I both can read an u/s and although we could look away I feel like I'd look back and know anyway. Lol. But DH is not on the team green train, he wants to know.

LizC216 · January 2016

That's our plan. We'll see if we can stick to it. We found out with our two girls. I'm impatient and like to plan so I thought there was no way I could wait.

My best friend was team green for both her girls and it was so exciting to hear the news when the baby was born. I want to be able to experience that surprise and this is likely our last, so now's the time!

0SeaMonkey0 · January 2016

I thought I'd try and keep it a surprise this time but of course now that it's happened I want to j ow right now so I can start shopping etc. So I will probably be finding out

Smallangel · January 2016

Im hoping we'll be Team Green... I really love the idea of surprises but on the otherhand end up asking too many questions which ends up spoiling it. This will be our first so unsure whether we should find out or not??

JessicaC0203 · January 2016

I would love to be Team Green but DH is very against it. I plan to have most things gender neutral anyways because I like that look better so I would be fine either way. There is also not any other surprise that could be greater. All the power to those who are going to do it!

sareej521 · January 2016

Definitely team green! We did it with our first and never had a desire to ruin the surprise, there are just so few surprises left these days so I wanted that something extra special to push for! Also, I have a niece who was supposed to be a nephew...

RedMar · January 2016

@Smallinetta - that's exactly what I told my husband last time around (that we would find out for the second one). As soon as I told him the good news we're expecting again, he almost instantaneously said "we are finding out this time, right?!" I reassured him we would, but now I'm slightly regretting the decision as it was so much fun being Team Green

RedMar · January 2016

Also another thing, ladies...be sure you remind your OB as the due date approaches that you are team green. My Dr slipped up and said "it's a boy" as these balls were flying in the air. DH was super disappointed he couldn't be the one to announce it

. (Considering he didn't want the sex to be a surprise, this was a bummer!)

KayJDT3 · January 2016

I was team green with both my kids and loved it!! For this pregnancy I'm undecided. I half want to find out because it's something we haven't done before. But I adore being team green and DH would prefer it. Hopefully I will make up my mind soon.

homebird · January 2016

Considering it. We were team green with our first pregnancy, and we found out for the second. I personally enjoyed the first experience more (there was a TON of built-up anticipation which made an already highly emotional event even more emotional ... if that's possible, haha). H is back and forth this time, so we'll see.

Katieryan13 · January 2016

I was team green last time and I honestly didn't think about it much during my pregnancy. So, we will probably be team green this time around again!

UnwritteN12 · January 2016

DH and I are determined to be strong this time around!!

We have 6-year-old twins. It made sense for us to find out the sexes then. We were completely surprised by having two and figured we could at least make it easier on ourselves by knowing the sexes.

Even if we find out we're having multiples tomorrow (first U/S....yay!!), I think we'll try to wait. We've already got clothes and different things for a boy and a girl anyway.

PSUBecky23 · January 2016

I wanted (i.e. had) to know with my first. I'm horrible with surprises. But there's something to be said for how cool it is to be told after baby is born. I don't think my husband is on board. And I'm not sure I can wait that long to find out. So we'll see.

PSUBecky23 · January 2016

crispy11 said:
Team Green = not finding out the sex until birth.

I was Team Pink my first two times around but my husband has always wanted to be surprised. I told him I'll do my best this time and I think I can do it. Obviously, i's a win-win either way.

PS -I already feel defensive for my possible 3rd girl. The first person who asks if DH will be disappointed if we have a 3rd girl gets cut.

We've got to come up with some good quality snarky comebacks for people who say that to either of you. Not cool.

FireInWonderland · January 2016

@JessicaC0203 I was considering it but last night DH was pretty adamantly against it. He wants to know and is planning on knowing whether I do or not. Which, isn't bad because he wouldn't tell me. But there's something about the solidarity I think will make me find out, too, so we can share the excitement. We aren't, however, revealing baby's sex to anyone else until birth. Everyone else can be surprised. Except this board I will probably share here. Lol.

zrain · January 2016

I've always been pretty certain that I'd want to find out, but when I saw those BFPs I suddenly felt so strongly that I really don't care what it is and like the idea of it being a surprise. Granted, that was two days ago and I still might change my mind. @Alyeena and @crispy11 my DH and I can read some basic ultrasounds too, but I hadn't even thought about that in regards to baby stuff. Thank you for the heads up!

AnnaS930 · January 2016

We found out as soon as we could last time (20 weeks US) and will do so again. I think the surprise/excitement at 20 weeks is fantastic and I really like to be prepared (personally not a huge fan of most gender-neutral stuff). So we will definitely be finding out again!

Alyeena · January 2016

@zrain Yes if can read an ultrasound even a little bit then it can be obvious, but someone else mentioned in this thread that you could ask for pictures that don't show anything. If that can work, then you can be team green if you wish, I had not even tought of that.

But I still want to find out lol, still way too curious!

marajay6 · January 2016

I hope you don't mind me bumping a thread from last week. I am new and wanted to talk about this same topic. DH and I are debating whether or not we want to be team green. We found out last time, with the excuse that we wanted to be prepared. This time around, I don't find the preparation near as daunting and I think it would be fun to wait until delivery. My husband kinda agrees with me, but he also is a bit of a planner and preparer so he isn't content with the decision to be team green. We will also have incredible pressure from family (mostly mine) to find out as soon as possible.

I think one of the biggest concerns we have about being team green is decorating the nursery. We put a lot of time and effort in preparing and decorating DS's room and we feel obligated to do the same for this baby. If we go team green, we will either have to plan a neutral nursery or wait until after delivery to decorate. I really want a girly nursery if it's a girl, but DH doesn't want the hassle of decorating a nursery with a newborn. Hmm...we will spend a lot of time over the next 3-4 months debating this...

LakeR2014 · January 2016

We'll be team green - solely because I've always wanted to be. DH is trying to convince me to find out, but I'm so looking forward to the surprise after the labor.

lindseyjane03 · January 2016

I have always said if we have another baby, I wanted to be team green. We have two girls so, the not wanting to plan in case it's a boy, part will be really hard for me. Plus my step-mom is an ultrasound tech so I can change my mind at any time. Well at least until baby gets too big to be able to see it all on the screen.

blondie080300 · January 2016

I have always said I wanted to be team green. But ever since I found out I was pregnant, the idea of waiting seems agonizing. Lol. I like the idea of not knowing to help me get through the labor though so we shall see!

KimmySchmidt · January 2016

We did team green last time and it was awesome. It was not hard for me once we made the choice. You can have them leave the sex section off the paperwork, so even our doctor didn't know.

I hate how gendered everything for babies is. I didn't want a bunch of pink and animal print stuff if we had a girl or trucks and sports equipment clothes for a boy. Staying team green helped mitigate that a bit.

JennM205 · January 2016

KimmySchmidt said:
We did team green last time and it was awesome. It was not hard for me once we made the choice. You can have them leave the sex section off the paperwork, so even our doctor didn't know.

I hate how gendered everything for babies is. I didn't want a bunch of pink and animal print stuff if we had a girl or trucks and sports equipment clothes for a boy. Staying team green helped mitigate that a bit.

I second this exactly. Especially as a FTM. We got a ton of gender neutral stuff at our showers which was great then, and even more so now if we have a boy this time!

crispy11 · January 2016

@marajay6 if you would like to decorate the nursery based on the sex, you may have a hard time being team green. I'm "lucky" because we don't have a nursery so there's nothing to decorate. My bedroom walls are blue but I doubt a baby girl would mind!

If I decorated anything, I would take the uber boyish wallpaper off the room my girls have been sleeping in since we moved a year ago! My H and I keep saying we'll do it next month. Maybe next month will be the month, ha... Yeah right.

crispy11 · January 2016

Also, I only got gender neutral baby gear even though we were team pink for my baby shower. It was easy!

ejmo68 · January 2016

@crispy11 I so feel you on the whole three girls and cutting thing!!! My friend has three boys 1 4yo and a set of 1 yo twins and the other day someone was like "ugh 3 boys" right to her face and she was so offended. People do not think before they speak.

We will probably find out. I would love the surprise but my husband couldn't stand not knowing!

Themaritimemama · January 2016

I love the IDEA of being team green, but I think it might kill me. We have 2 girls and a boy, and I think I just need to know! I'll let DH decide maybe.

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