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Babies: 9 - 12 Months
If you found out DC's gender before birth...
...would you do that again with your next child(ren)? Why or why not?
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Re: If you found out DC's gender before birth...
Absolutely. My little sister is pregnant and they arent finding out...and it jsut seems really tough to not be able to buy much. She is buying alot of gender neutrals, but I loved buying boy stuff.
I loved calling DS by his name, not "it' or "baby", and I just think I was ready when he was here with knowing I was having a son. I loved knowing. And my sister says she hates not knowing.
so my vote is yes.
Nope. Somehow it was anticlimactic. Next time we're not going to find out. I want that anticipation.
Now I'm excited about anticipating the anticipation.
We found out with Zachary, but the next baby will be a surprise. I know it's a surprise either way - whether you find out at 20 weeks or at birth - but I think it will be so fun to combine that surprise with the absolute joy of meeting your new child
i could totally wait.
my DH not.
we'll probably find out but might not tell anyone
we're evil.
Heck yeah! I am way too curious of a person to not know ... and I don't really like surprises! I like to be prepared for things too! It would kill be if I didn't know!
I didn't find out and I want to answer anyway. I wouldn't find out next time, either. Now that DD is here, I still don't see how I would have done anything differently. I love all her early gender neutral outfits and plan to use them with DC #2. I hate all the frilly, super girly outfits we received as gifts and once DD outgrew them, I passed them on to other friends with babies. And her room decor is perfect, IMO. I still like the color scheme we picked.
I had a very strong connection to DD before she was born despite not knowing she was a she and I never referred to her as "it." DH and I had a nickname we used whenever we talked about the baby.
our next will be a surprise!!!?
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with the first i really wanted to have everything squared away, but intentionally bought a lot of g/n stuff (crib is yellow, bedding is green & white, etc.) in case the next was a boy. i didn't want to have to rebuy all of that stuff the next time. all i would need would be clothes, and i'm sure the grandma's would have no issue running out to pick up a few things if needed!?
LOL @ "it." I knew Jo was a girl and I referred to her as "my parasite."
bahahahha. Little parasite.
I'm so glad we found out with DD, because I really, really thought she was going to be a boy. Everyone did. And it was such a huge shock that she was a girl... I was really happy about it, but it took some adjusting. I had already started calling her "him" and had been picking out more boyish clothing, looking at boyish nurseries, and I don't think I would have been at all prepared for a girl.
For number 2, I plan on finding out again.
We did, but we didn't really intend to. However, I was having a u/s every month, so it was bound to happen.
Much like last time, we'd probably plan on not finding out, but be okay if we did.
Carter Robert 7.18.08 | Brynn Sophia 5.24.10 | Reid Joseph 9.10.12 | Emerson Mae 1.27.14
There si no way I could stand not knowing...dh wants a suprise next time, but i don't think I could take the suspense!
This exactly.
Maybe I'd be able to hold out for a surprise... but probably not.
Yes, I wanted to bond with the baby after seeing the 20 week u/s, I wanted to know if I was carrying a he or a she. Calling the baby 'it' got old fast.
I'm coming in way late, but at least I'll add to my meager post count.
Yes, because I think I was able to better bond with Kate even prior to her birth. She wasn't just "baby" in there, she was my little daughter and she had a name when I talked to her.