Baby Gender Reveal Shower

tylender17 · October 2016

Hi Ladies,

I'm 19 weeks and can't wait to found out what I'm having. My boyfriend and I came to the conclusion of that we the only ones will know but not our immediate families until the shower. I want some ideas for the shower. This is my first child. I have no clue what to do. I have look online for ideas but haven't really made a decision. Any ideas will be helpful.

Thanks

PerraSucia · October 2016

You could shoot colored ping pong balls out of your vagina like you were in Thailand

Patience7150 · October 2016

tylender17 said:

Hi Ladies,

I'm 19 weeks and can't wait to found out what I'm having. My boyfriend and I came to the conclusion of that we the only ones will know but not our immediate families until the shower. I want some ideas for the shower. This is my first child. I have no clue what to do. I have look online for ideas but haven't really made a decision. Any ideas will be helpful.

Thanks

SITB, QFP.

expandcontract · October 2016

@PerraSucia..... I have no words....

i LOL'd so hard, my husband ran over thinking I was crying.

LivingLaVidaGinger · October 2016

Okay, I don't want you all to feel intimidated by how I went all out to reveal my baby's sex. I know not everyone can be as extravagant, but I threw together the whole thing myself. I called my relatives on the phone and said "it's a girl!" and that was it. I know, I know. You're all jealous of my creativity.

Srsly OP, Pinterest is an amazing thing. And it comes with pictures!

fourPsinapod · October 2016

joyful08 · October 2016

fourPsinapod said:

@fourPsinapod this is pure perfection. Well done.

Xstatic3333 · October 2016

Hi! You should check out our "Read This First" thread if you'd like to hang out on the board.

That said....

I would expect a lot of backlash about your plan. Sex reveals (the correct term) are unpopular with many. To the extent that anybody enjoys them, the fun part is watching the parents to be find out what they are having. If you already know, and deny your doting aunts the ability to either see the surprise or buy you little pink or blue onesies, people are going to be pissed. They may not tell you to your face, but they will be.

I'd either:

1) Do a simple cake cutting reveal only with VERY close family right after your AS, where you are surprised too, or
2) Just call/text/whatever and allow your host to plan a regular old shower.

As always I will end with begging you not to release balloons. So destructive to wildlife and the environment.

Gretchypoo · October 2016

@LivingLaVidaGinger That was our sex reveal! We called our parents and siblings. Then just told anyone who asked. It was super thought out and Pinterest-worthy.

Seriously, OP. Use the search bar. If you did, you'd know what kind of reception this question would get.

Also, +1 to @Xstatic3333. When you do your sex reveal, please don't use balloons.

LivingLaVidaGinger · October 2016

@Gretchypoo well shit. I thought I was the only one on here who planned something so detailed.

I truly don't get the hype around the whole "gender reveal" thing. Your kid has a Y chromosome or two Xs. So let's throw a party as if everyone cares what's between his/her legs?

I also don't get posting ultrasound pics of your baby's genitals on fb. We'll believe you if you just tell us. You don't have to show us...

leprechaunlady · October 2016

LivingLaVidaGinger said:

@Gretchypoo well shit. I thought I was the only one on here who planned something so detailed.

I truly don't get the hype around the whole "gender reveal" thing. Your kid has a Y chromosome or two Xs. So let's throw a party as if everyone cares what's between his/her legs?

I also don't get posting ultrasound pics of your baby's genitals on fb. We'll believe you if you just tell us. You don't have to show us...

Count me in the detailed reveal, i went as far as to text some people who asked, didnt even bother ringing them!

Gretchypoo · October 2016

LivingLaVidaGinger said:

@Gretchypoo well shit. I thought I was the only one on here who planned something so detailed.

I truly don't get the hype around the whole "gender reveal" thing. Your kid has a Y chromosome or two Xs. So let's throw a party as if everyone cares what's between his/her legs?

I also don't get posting ultrasound pics of your baby's genitals on fb. We'll believe you if you just tell us. You don't have to show us...

YES. Omg don't put pics of your kids junk on Facebook-- ever. That's just a rule for life.

Aussie45 · October 2016

LivingLaVidaGinger said:

@Gretchypoo well shit. I thought I was the only one on here who planned something so detailed.

I truly don't get the hype around the whole "gender reveal" thing. Your kid has a Y chromosome or two Xs. So let's throw a party as if everyone cares what's between his/her legs?

I also don't get posting ultrasound pics of your baby's genitals on fb. We'll believe you if you just tell us. You don't have to show us...

*TW*

For us, gender reveal was a nice way to celebrate me making it to 20w with this baby. I know I'm not having a baby shower as this is hopefully going to be our second child. I've had a very hard time connecting with this baby, because I keep assuming the worst is going to happen. It was fun to have immediate family there to celebrate and find out all at the same time what was happening. Less about what we were having (although I think it's fun to find out), and more so about celebrating the fact this this baby is still with us at this point.

expandcontract · October 2016

For our sex reveal, it was my cousin who actually wanted to surprise everybody. I was just keeping it secret cuz I don't want people's comments. So, when my cousin got all excited and asked if she could have me cut a cake during the shower, I was like sure. She's way more excited about it than I am. Lol.

ETA: I remember when I used to get excited about things like that.....I'm just old and tired now.

varimama · October 2016

@Aussie45 your party sounds like the kind of sex reveal parties I can get behind. I personally think if the party is more about celebrating with close family and friends I'm fine with it. Who doesn't like another excuse for cake?

That being said we won't be having one. Mostly bc I want to find out at the US and I find them kind of weird if the parents already know.

expandcontract · October 2016

^^^ haha ya, there was no way I was keeping the sex a secret from myself

Gretchypoo · October 2016

@Aussie45 that sounds like an awesome sex reveal :-) I'm opposed to AW sex reveals or gift grabs, not genuine celebrations with close friends/family.

Patience7150 · October 2016

Speaking of this...a girl I went to high school with just posted her sex reveal party photos and released balloons. I kind of cringed.

Team green makes it very easy to avoid even being asked if I want a sex reveal party! But @Aussie45, that's totally a party I could get behind. I blasted a bunch of friends/family with bump photos to celebrate hitting such an important milestone!

birdiejo · October 2016

I took a picture of my daughter holding a pink lollipop and a blue one and then another one of her holding just the blue. It went over most people's heads.

LivingLaVidaGinger · October 2016

@Aussie45 I totally get that and it's so nice to have close family and friends to reveal the sex. We had two losses before this baby and struggled with fertility. This is our first successful (so far) pregnancy. I just didn't want the attention. Lol we called relatives and posted it on fb but I didn't want to make everyone come out to a party just to find out what was between our baby's legs especially since someone is throwing us a shower because first baby and we don't have anything haha

Aussie45 · October 2016

LivingLaVidaGinger said:

@Aussie45 I totally get that and it's so nice to have close family and friends to reveal the sex. We had two losses before this baby and struggled with fertility. This is our first successful (so far) pregnancy. I just didn't want the attention. Lol we called relatives and posted it on fb but I didn't want to make everyone come out to a party just to find out what was between our baby's legs especially since someone is throwing us a shower because first baby and we don't have anything haha

This is me too! Honestly, I'm not a huge fan of parties in general, to the point where I am so excited that I won't be getting a baby shower for this baby. This party was just important to me more so because I can't believe we've made it this far. I don't think it'll truly sink in until this baby is in my arms.

scifichick09 · October 2016

+1 to the I just called and texted people the sex.

cinderin · October 2016

we knew the sex at 10 weeks so when we told people we were PG, we told them the sex.

LaurenAshley04 · October 2016

We just texted this time...I still haven't put anything on Social Media. We're doing a family photo /2nd birthday photos this week. So eventually I'll post the family photos with new baby clues in them online.

Last pregnancy we went to dinner with our parents immediately after. DHs aunt had a pink and blue cake ready. We cut the cake right away so both mothers knew at the same time. They were super anxious and they are a bit competitive... and they both wanted to be at the US so that was my compromise!

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