Waiting...

jnhroller · June 2015

So, just curious, does anyone wait until the baby is born to find out the gender?

Never was a question in our world.

We found out the gender when each of our babies were born.

I would have been utterly disappointed to know ahead of time. Would have taken something special away from the moment.

Not saying it is wrong. To each his own, but I just don't see ruining such a special, natural moment with that knowledge beforehand.

Flamingo86 · June 2015

Most of the ladies here have not yet had a baby. Personally, waiting would drive me crazy, but to each their own. A few of the ladies on GP Moms are waiting to find out. You might get more responses there.

lifeonthehill · June 2015

I would personally go crazy not knowing. I am big into planning and I would be stressed not knowing or having a finalized name.

I agree with Flamingo about going to GP Moms but just thought I would share!

jnhroller · June 2015

Thanks... I guess I am from an older era (my youngest is about to turn 15), but I was reading someone's post about a "Gender Reveal" and that was like a foreign language to me.

"Gender Reveal? AH..everybody today must not even think about waiting. It's just what you do now, I guess."

I don't know. Just seems wrong to me (again, not judging, just from a personal point of view).

Thanks again...

als1982 · June 2015

If we get pregnant, there is no way I wouldn't find out. It's still a surprise either way, you just know a few months earlier. What's the big deal against that?

GABride2010 · June 2015

Exactly what @alyssa32713 and @als1982 said.

HoneyBee973 · June 2015

This sounds like you are judging.

jnhroller · June 2015

Apologies. I do not mean to sound judgmental. Probably could have picked my words better. It is an honest curiosity about the general mindset of this era. I would suspect it is the general practice now to find out "early."

With my oldest (22) the whole concept of knowing ahead of time was relatively new, certainly not cutting edge, but still relatively new. Haven't really thought about it in years until reading a post about a "gender reveal."

"Whoa...gender reveal? What's that?"

Again, apologies for not wording the post better.

nfp147 · June 2015

Okay, thanks for stopping by and letting us know how you feel.

carcrashheart · June 2015

I waited two years and three miscarriages to become pregnant with my first. I waited one year and one surgery to remove uterine polyps to become pregnant with my second. We started trying as soon as my period returned two months after giving birth.

So, let's just say I had had enough of waiting. For people that didn't really have the option of finding out the SEX (not gender) of their children it seems like an odd thing to place judgment on. I'm sure a lot has changed since you had children. My sisters and I are all older than your children, so my parents didn't have the option to know the sex beforehand, yet they have never found it something to judge that their children have found out the sex of their babies every single time. They just think it's really neat.

That said, I loathe gender reveal parties. Which should really be called sex reveal parties.

seahorse01 · June 2015

If I had carried to term, I wanted to wait to find out.

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