Gender Reveal Ideas

KMD1106 · December 2016

Are you planning on revealing baby's gender in any fun ways? We didn't find out with DD, so this is new territory for me! We don't want to have a party or do anything big, but want to do something fun at Christmas. I'd love to hear your ideas!

ETA: I prefer the term sex over gender, but I've never heard "sex reveal," so think of it as a generic term please.

pshaortao · December 2016

No plans for this one yet. We did something like this with DD.

Image: https://www.ohsweetbabies.com/images/entertainment-photo-booth-announcement-1.jpg

Also, just a friendly reminder, but some mamas here may not take to kindly to the term gender instead of sex!

blissfulberry · December 2016

We were so excited when we found out the sex on Friday that we just drove around to close family and friends to share the news in person (called my family in another state). Our sonographer labeled one of the ultrasounds pics with "boy!" so we generally let everyone discover that for themselves as they looked through the pictures. Not necessarily creative or cute, but it was fun to watch all of our loved ones' reactions.

edited for clarity

nda_roxybabe · December 2016

Whomever is in the room will hear the Dr. say "Its a ____!" and everyone else I think we will have them come into the room and say "This is (baby's name)"

Team green

NotAPlaya-JustCrushAlot · December 2016

How will I know the gender? *sarcasm*

I might be up for a genital announcement.

We were team green with DD and DH got to announce the sex in the delivery room. That was a very cool experience.

nda_roxybabe · December 2016

I've got nothing. I think most reveal ideas are pretty overdone, but I think you could come up with something creative!

ShadeofGreen816 · December 2016

I'm thinking of sneaking a random pink or blue sock into stockings while we're visiting our families at Christmas (provided we are able to find out in time!)I like cute but not over the top.

bacorrea · December 2016

For DD we got a pink stocking and took a picture of all of our stocking together. For this one DD held a blue stocking and we made a video of her saying she was getting a baby brother.

achays11 · December 2016

With DD we did the generic balloons in the box. But we did let her great-grandmothers open the box, so that was special. We are Team Green this time and I really want MH to be able announce it in the delivery room.

KMD1106 · December 2016

@pshaortao, thanks for the reminder. I edited for clarity.

KMD1106 · December 2016

I'm thinking of doing these stockings and then putting a little bag of either pink or blue M&SMS in them. We'd have DD pass them out to immediate family at Christmas and have them all open together.

mcvgal · December 2016

We will be Team Green again but last year my SIL and brother announced by having my nephew light the correct color firework display. I thought it was a bit over the top but I loved seeing their reaction and my niece started crying out of joy as she was no longer the only granddaughter. (Our family has tons of boys)

vrj0522 · December 2016

We revealed at DD's b-day party because only family was invited. The lady that made DD's cake also made us an XL cupcake filled with blue frosting that DH and I cut after we cut and served DD's cake. I would never have a gender reveal party though, they are too AWish for my taste.

hp_momma · December 2016

I've never done a gender reveal. Back when DD1 was born (that sounds old but just 5 years ago) Pinterest wasn't around so no one did them. With DD2 we just took a picture of DD1 with an "it's a girl" balloon.

For this baby since we find out right before Christmas and are traveling home to see our families I think we have decided on wrapping a pink or blue ornament and having the grandparents open it!

OmegaRose3 · December 2016

With DD we had everyone guess and then announced, it was fun with everyone being mostly wrong.

With this one we find out 2 days before Christmas so I'm thinking maybe we'll have our family open a card on Christmas day to find out. Not sure yet...it depends, it may sound bad, but they'd probably be more excited if it's a boy since we already have a girl

BeachMommy2B · December 2016

We love throwing parties, so we had a reveal party with our family and closest friends. We had so much fun, and it was so exciting for everyone (including us) to find out at the same time. **we did an awesome early elective 3d/4d ultrasound at 15 weeks

MrsFox2008 · December 2016

We didn't do any reveal for DD. We called close family. This time though since we find before Christmas we want to make a special ornament for our tree revealing the sex of this LO then send a picture to close friends and family!

Jens_Hoes · December 2016

I'm a FTM, so I have no personal experience, but my SIL suggested this idea for me.
My hubby proposed using round ornament balls, and the last ornament in the scavenger hung was white and I had to break it to find the "last clue" which was a note that said "will you marry me?" So in that same vein she suggested I get a white bulb like before and fill it with either pink or blue sparkles to smash it again to find out.
But who knows. My hubby wants to be the first one to know, and I don't think he'll be able to keep it a secret from me, so Idk if we'll even do anything.

achays11 · December 2016

@Jen_Shoes that is a cute idea. I took MH back to where he proposed to me and even had a hidden photographer to tell him about this LO.

KMD1106 · December 2016

Jen_Shoes, even if you guys don't find out with the other members of your family, that would be cute to do to announce to them!

tammynixx · December 2016

We are team green, I never did anything big for announcing the second before. I'm sure you'll find some great ideas though

inomniaparatus2 · December 2016

Haven't made a for sure yet but we were thinking of putting it in my parents stockings and then they can open a piece of paper when they open their stockings on Christmas morning.

BabyMC517 · December 2016

We are having a friend buy a gift for either a girl or boy. So, it will be a surprise for us too! We're going to open it Christmas Eve with just family.

RainyDays86 · December 2016

@BabyMC517 I love that idea!

Cubslove12 · December 2016

We didn't plan a sex reveal party originally, since we happened to find out the sex right before our housewarming party we announced both that we are pregnant and the sex. My husbands aunt is a fabulous cake designer and she made us a Cubs themed cake!! I feel like cakes are over done, however we couldn't pass up his aunts talent! Since we couldn't wait to find

out, and peeked the day we received the envelope, we had my husbands mom and my dad cut the cake.

nda_roxybabe · December 2016

LOVE the Christmas present idea!

Louise_Belcher · December 2016

We opted to wait until our shower to find out last time at 32 weeks. So us and everyone we loved found out at the exact same time. A friend found out a few days early when she ordered the hand held confetti cannons based on a note we had held unopened since the anatomy scan. My father and father-in-law each set one off at the end of the shower and blue confetti filled the front of the room. Understandably not everyone's cup of tea, but for us it was perfect. We don't know yet when we have our ultrasound so we haven't made a plan for this time. Will be much more low key.

RissaAnnmaria562 · December 2016

We had my son spray DH and I with ether pink or blue silly string in front of close family. It kinda backfired because the blue was super pale and it's not noticeable in the video.

L1C4gal · December 2016

@Louise_Belcher I love that idea! Especially involving the dads like that--what a neat touch. We would really like to find out the sex at our shower, because we live far away from family and the shower will be the only time we'd be able to find out with everyone in person. However, we've already gotten disappointed comments along the lines of "how will we know what to buy if we don't know the sex?!" We prefer gender-neutral stuff anyways (and I don't think we have the willpower to go Team Green) so that's not a drawback to us, but I'm already worried that people will be unhappy about it. Did you get any pushback on waiting until the shower, and if so, how did you get around it?

nda_roxybabe · December 2016

@L1C4gal We're team green. I get people wanting to buy specific stuff, but there is so much cute unisex stuf out there in greys, blues, whites, etc. There's also a whole registry of non sex specific items. People could always wait till afterwards to get something specific. I wouldn't worry about them being unhappy, do what makes you happy in this case

L1C4gal · December 2016

Thanks, @nda_roxybabe! I agree. I guess our families are more "traditional" than we are, but I bet they'll be super happy to be involved in the reveal too. It should be fun!

Louise_Belcher · December 2016

@L1C4gal We got push back a bit. Mainly from the older crowd. People so badly want to purchase clothes and felt they couldn't, but they seemed to adapt and move on. A few people told us flat out we would receive part of our gift at the shower and after they knew what we were having they would get us the rest. Whatever, they can do whatever they please. I think everyone in attendance felt it was worth it, though. Lots of tears were shed.

nda_roxybabe · December 2016

@Louise_Belcher I love your dress!

sarah0985 · December 2016

@l1c4gal we are team green and I've recieved a TON of comments about what they should buy then. I've told them Buy the baby rainbow things. I love bright baby clothes! I hate pastels in general. If they continue to push, I simply tell them it's a good thing it's not their baby nor their pregnancy. It's not my responsibility to make them happy about my pregnancy choices. I have added a ton of clothes to our registry of examples of things I don't deem "boys" clothes to show I really truly don't care if I put a girl in blue

Louise_Belcher · December 2016

@nda_roxybabe Thanks! ASOS. It is made of scuba which is totally comfortable!

L1C4gal · December 2016

@Louise_Belcher What an awesome picture of such a happy moment! I love it! And @sarah0985, that's great advice. Your baby, your decisions!

kat81 · December 2016

I'm so sorry for everyone who has to deal with relatives & friends who badger you about what to buy and who are angry with you for not finding out and telling you XX vs. XY. It's no one's business but your own! As for showers, a) no one is required to give a gift. If they're that mad they can give you no gift; b) they can always get something useful and gender neutral from the registry, like a blanket, bottles, bathtub, etc; c) why is it such a big deal to give clothing or other gendered items after you find out, even if it means your gift is "late"?

I think a gender reveal at a shower is a brilliant idea because you can still find out before birth and you get to involve other people in the surprise, yet you still get the team green advantage of receiving more practical and neutral gifts at your shower.

MollyandD · December 2016

I also say "gender reveal," because "sex reveal" sounds dirty. I understand the difference, and when baby is older, baby can tell me whether or not his/her gender matches the sex he/she was born with. No judgement, just love. For now, I'll continue to say gender when I mean sex in certain contexts, because if I say I want to have a sex reveal for my baby, I'm going to get some weird looks.

That said, I'm not a fan of gender reveal parties. Pictures are cute to me, but I don't know if I'll do it.

WxM941 · December 2016

Going to do a New Year's reveal this time around. We'll have our littles wear party hats and pop poppers with blue or pink confetti and pray we get some cute pictures out of it.

Louise_Belcher · December 2016

kat81 said:

I think a gender reveal at a shower is a brilliant idea because you can still find out before birth and you get to involve other people in the surprise, yet you still get the team green advantage of receiving more practical and neutral gifts at your shower.

This is exactly the reason we found out at the shower. We were going gender neutral with everything anyway because we planned to have more children, but it also gave us a window of opportunity to prepare the few things that would be sex specific before baby's arrival. We also didn't have to deal with anyone being hurt that someone found out before them. Which I think could happen this time.

LuckyAngie · December 2016

With DS we did the whole cupcake thing. I baked cupcakes with blue in the middle and gave to family.

With this LO it was less exciting....I'm AMA so I had the NIPT done. Worked out that my DF's father + my Mom and Dad were around when I got the results email. So I just read them that!! Haha...then text my sister and BFF.

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