Team green

booksunshine · September 2018

anyone here team green?

keighty80 · September 2018

I wish I had that kind of self control! I say I want to be team green but I know deep down that I will crack.

k2k2tog · September 2018

We haven't decided yet. We were team 'yellow' (found out but didn't share) with our first and team pink with our second. Maybe we'll try out team green this time around.

ElleJDubs · September 2018

We were for our first! It was fun annoying everyone we met haha. We found out with our second. I dont think we'll be team green this time around, maybe team yellow but I dont know if I have the control to know but not tell!

mrsdee15 · September 2018

@k2k2tog and @ElleJDubs I've never heard Team Yellow - that's cute! I really wanted to be Team Green, but I also said that with DD, and when the embryologist asked if I wanted to know the sex of our embryo I immediately heard myself say "yes" out loud. So, there went that. We will probably find out with this one, but I'd love the surprise.

vl_16 · September 2018

I wish! I love surprises but I'm terrible at waiting. I also think DH would love to just know either way if we need to keep arguing over boys names.

kvh22 · September 2018

We were with DD and will be again this time.

poshspice · September 2018

I would strongly consider being team green this time, but if we're having a boy I need to know so I can hit people up for hand me downs. DD's clothes are all very girly.

Team yellow sounds amazing. I'll consider that.

psychobutthead · September 2018

@ElleJDubs I've never heard of team yellow before. I'm tempted to do that. My inlaws have a preference for grandsons.

Dh can't afford to take off of work to go to appointments with me so maybe I'll be team yellow and not even tell him what we are having.

ElleJDubs · September 2018

@psychobutthead, I kind of want to do it because I have 2 boys now and know that pretty much everyone will be "hoping for a girl". I already have a comeback to the "trying to get your girl?" line. I'm just going to say actually we always dreamed of having 3 boys

. In reality we are happy either way

thegirlwhowaited_ · September 2018

I really want to be team green, but DH really wants to know. He likes to plan things to a T. I've been trying to explain to him that we can still plan enough and be prepared enough without knowing. His parents aren't too thrilled about not knowing either. I think it's more exciting and I think will help get me though the anxiety of birth. I also imagine how exciting it'll be when the doctor says it's a boy or girl at birth and then DH gets to run and tell everyone after. I think ultimately he'll do what I want, but maybe I'll change my mind when it comes down to being asked if I want to know in the doctor's office like @mrsdee15

Props to you ladies who can do team "yellow". I don't think I could keep something like that a secret.

kipper-2 · September 2018

We were team green for our first. I remember it being easier to prepare for than I expected, because I knew we wanted more than one baby so I wanted to buy gender neutral stuff anyways. This time around...I’m not sure. Maybe? Tbh, learning the sex at delivery was more dramatic for DH than me since I was exhausted by then, haha.

knottie0d8cc4d43bacc09f · September 2018

We’re going to try our hardest to be team green. We found out with DD, so would love to experience the surprise this time around. Talk to me in 2 months though...

psychobutthead · September 2018

@ElleJDubs in that case I would tell them everyone your are team green even if you are really yellow.

k2k2tog · September 2018

We were team yellow for DD1 because I have strong opinions about gendering kids before they're even born. I also felt really weird about people knowing too much about what was going on in my uterus. But, it was surprisingly difficult. I suck at lying, so whenever people asked if we knew I would tell them that we did, but we weren't sharing. It's amazing how upset people would get at that decision, as if they have a right to know if we did.

knottie0d8cc4d43bacc09f · September 2018

@k2k2tog Aren’t people the worst? We had people get upset when we didn’t share DD’s name before her birth. Because we totally would have changed our minds after hearing opinions or negative feedback from Aunt Know it All.... eye roll.

psychobutthead · September 2018

k2k2tog said:

We were team yellow for DD1 because I have strong opinions about gendering kids before they're even born. I also felt really weird about people knowing too much about what was going on in my uterus. But, it was surprisingly difficult. I suck at lying, so whenever people asked if we knew I would tell them that we did, but we weren't sharing. It's amazing how upset people would get at that decision, as if they have a right to know if we did.

Honestly I'm probably one of those people who would get upset if someone didn't want to tell me the sex. But its because I love to celebrate people's babies. But generally I like to just know so I can say he or she and not it or just baby all the time when talking to someone about their pregnancy.

But I get how its annoying. Best way to get people to quit being to personal on how things are going is give them the TMI details.

sagems10 · September 2018

@k2k2tog I love the idea of team yellow! I really want to know, but I don't want my child to be inundated in pink or trucks or what not. My only concern is I suck at lying/ keeping a poker face, so I'm worried someone would pull it out of me. MIL already told me I have to tell her so she can buy baby clothes... sigh.

minnemiska · September 2018

We were team green for our first and it was a pretty special moment in the delivery room when my husband got to announce the sex!

MaggieG183 · September 2018

We’re going to be Team Green all the way. The deal for us has always been that for #1 we’d find out for DH’s sake and for #2 we’d wait until baby came for me. I am so excited about this!! I know it’s going to be so so so hard for DH. He cannot know though because he suuuucks at keeping secrets and I would be so angry if he let the cat out of the bag before delivery.

kels0091 · September 2018

Before I found out I was pregnant, my bf said he would forsure want to know if its a boy or girl. i just love the idea of a surprise.
However, I dont want a baby shower until the baby is born. I want to wait till he/she is 6 weeks and have a big bbq with all of our family and friends. i know that our moms won't like that idea so I'm thinking of a compromise! A gender reveal party (no gifts required, just show up!) And doing all the annoying games our moms will want to put me through lol.

jarethinafrock · September 2018

I was team green with both of my kids and I plan on being team green with this one again.

to me, it really helped motivate me during labour...

vl_16 · September 2018

@thegirlwhowaited_ so happy to see you here! Hope you and DH can align on how you want to handle. Surprises are fun!

The intro post was a bit lengthier after your post but so excited for you!

bpietronicco · September 2018

I wanted to be team green and my DH really wanted to know. Like @mrsdee15 we also did ivf and when I got the call I couldn’t resist finding out! Weird to know before you are even pregnant!!

c1kc1kpol1cn1k · September 2018

We were team green for our DD and it was amazing! It's the most exciting thing when you find out and have waited so long to know.

troystory17 · September 2018

I would love to be team green I don't know if I can do it though I'm already counting down the weeks until NIPT. Team yellow sounds fun though!

dreamingof3 · September 2018

We are staying team green this time! I wanted to be team green with my first 2 (both boys) but hubby really wanted to know because he's a planner.

I finally got him to agree to staying team green this time around, and I'm really excited for the big reveal when baby is born!

kapio2012 · September 2018

We were Team Green with our first two (both boys). Planning on it again with this one! So much fun to annoy people

brie_and_almonds · September 2018

This is the first I've ever heard of "team yellow"... I get the interest in the surprise of team green, but with team yellow, what's the point?

bumbly_b · September 2018

I really want to be team green but when I brought it up to DH he was pretty against it. But then says he doesn't care which it is. This was before I got pregnant though so maybe he will change his mind.

k2k2tog · September 2018

@brie_and_almonds for us it was a compromise. I wanted to be team green - mainly because I don't like gendering children even before they're born - but DH wanted to find out. Team yellow was our solution. But it also allowed us to focus our name selection and do some of our own prep without the influence of other people.

sdavis2189 · September 2018

We are this time! I already have one of each so we’re prepared either way. Excited for the suspense for 9 months.

brie_and_almonds · September 2018

@k2k2tog, thanks for your insight. I have been grappling with the genderization thing myself, especially since I feel my older daughter has been hyper-feminized by clothes and gifts and encouragement from relatives, friends, and school.

My husband and I have been discussing potential names for this baby, and it really feels like it shouldn't matter the sex of the baby, and I should be able to find a gender-neutral name that can work for either... but the reality is that we are struggling to come up with anything that really feels viable.

kvh22 · September 2018

@brie_and_almonds and @k2ktog I wanted it to be a surprise because I love the suspense/excitement of it all. The gender neutral items, especially if it was a girl, was just a side perk. Being a pale, freckly red head, I always look(ed) horrible in pink and hate(d) it. I definitely dress DD in a good amount of pink but it's usually purchased by others. Don't get me wrong, I love all the cute girl clothes, I just usually don't buy pink. When I was pregnant, DH had said he was "raising a son" either way which I think is a great attitude for half of the problem (perhaps not so great for the other half?). Even though she's still super young, he explains sports to DD, we have plenty of truck toys and books (as well as dolls, etc.). Girls as tom boys is a lot more acceptable than feminine boys, at least in the US, so I think we'll both struggle more there if we have a son than if the next one is a girl (which I would be thrilled about either way) as I am somewhat of a tom boy - who likes a good pencil skirt and heels for a work meeting. There's probably some interesting literature on the topic that I'd love to read.

thegirlwhowaited_ · September 2018

I think I may have convinced DH to be team green after I explained that we'd probably have a better chance of getting things off our registry at the shower instead of all blue/pink baby clothes. That struck well with him because when his best friends had their shower all they got were blue/boy clothes. Their parents and us are literally the only people who bought off their registry. She admitted to me later that she returned most of the clothes for things off her registry that they needed or diapers because there's only so many blue onesies you need in 0-3 months.

mrsdee15 · September 2018

@thegirlwhowaited_ That's an excellent point on the registry! DD was barely in outfits in the first few months anyway, just a little button-over shirt that wouldn't irritate her little umbilical stump, and then just bibs that got changed every 30 seconds because of spitup.

ashleaf2018 · September 2018

We’re tentatively planning on being team green. We found out with DS but it’s looking like I’ll be sick again this entire pregnancy and it’ll be nice to have something to look forward to at the end of all this, along with having a new baby and no more HG.

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