May 2010 Weddings
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Baby Poll....
Since more and more of us ladies are either pregnant, TTC, or at least TALKING about babies, here's a poll...
Are you going to find out the sex of the baby? Why or why not?
It would absolutely KILL me to not find out. I'm too much of a planner and I would want to get cute little gender specific clothes and bedding, etc. I suck at surprises, so that's why I always tore up the house as a kid trying to find my Christmas presents. There is NO WAY I'd be able to not find out the gender.
Re: Baby Poll....
I have to know, I think its so much more fun planning when you know what the baby is going to be. I want to have a cute boy or girl room and clothes and whatnot.
That's really tough. I have always said that I wouldn't want to know, because it is the last true surprise in the world. None of my siblings found out with any of their 7 kids, so I feel like I should be able to wait.
However, now that my friends are all getting pregnant, and finding out the sex, I am realizing that I don't think I'd be able to wait nine whole months. I'm also a planner, and I would really want to be able to buy gender specific nursery things, clothes, etc. I HATE the ugly gender neutral green and yellow colors, and I would absolutely not be able to paint in nursery in them.
But then I think...what would happen if they told me I was having a girl, and I prepared for a girl, but ended up getting a boy? (It HAPPENS!!) Then I'd be screwed. So I dunno.
We are not planning on having babies anytime soon, but as much as it would nag at me to find out...I don't think I will.
That is one of the special gifts that we are given and I think I would want to be surprised!
We are planning to find out.
I could not wait all the way until the end to be suprised!! I'm planning on doing a gender neutral nursery (since we do plan to have a 2nd baby down the road) but I want to know what this little one is while it's still incubating.
I want to be able to think of it as a she or he instead of "it" or just "the baby."
I would not want to find out. I agree with J - it's one of the last truest surprises! But it's easy to say that now, since I'm not actually KTFU! Who knows what will actually happen when we do start TTC how we'll feel about it. Cameron has said he would want to know ahead of time, but I think he'd be excited to wait til the end also. We'll see!
My coworker did not want to know at all but her husband did. So they made a deal he could know what she was going to have but if he told her or anyone else - she would divorce him. He went out and ordered bedding for the nursery and put it away where she wouldn't find it and then didn't say a word. She had a boy - he's adorable. But it was fun at work to have everyone guess the gender/weight/length, etc.
I'd kind of like to not know, but I don't have a strong preference one way or the other. I'll probably leave it up to Matt when the time comes.
As for the gender-neutral thing, maybe we could just get all boy gear. I keep saying that I want three boys, and it's true. I also think that I would barf if I had to live in a sea of Barbie-pink for 10 years. This means that we will have all girls, of course. But I figure that a girl can wear boys' clothes, and we could just put a pink headband on her to signify the sex when we were out in public.
I'm only sort of kidding.
I know someone this happened to. They were really happy when he was born, but it was frustrating because they had so much girl stuff from both the shower and their other daughters.
We are definitely going to find out if we have having a boy or a girl.
I know someone this happened to. They were really happy when he was born, but it was frustrating because they had so much girl stuff from both the shower and their other daughters.
We are definitely going to find out if we have having a boy or a girl.
That is such a cool idea!
That's a really cute idea! When I was working at a kid's clothing store they showed us a propaganda training video and one of the stories was about a lady who chose 2 outfits (one for a boy and one for a girl). She had the salesperson read the note from the doctor/ultrasound tech and then wrapped up whichever one it was.
Awww...I love that idea!
That is really cute.
I helped my cousin tell the rest of the family that she was have a girl. At a holiday dinner gave her a cute little pink onsie. All of our aunts and cousins looked at it, remarked how cute it was, and then did a double take when they realized that it was pink.
Arguably though, it's still a surprise when you find out at the ultrasound, right? Granted, it's not the same as waiting until the baby is born, but you are still surprised finding out the sex of a miracle that the two of you created. You're just waiting an extra 5 months.
That said, I would have to know. Adam wants to know as well. I'd probably just end up looking on the ultrasound machine if Adam didn't want to know, but I'd explode not being able to tell people. I also want to be able to plan my nursery and have lots of pink/purple or blue/yellow stuff!!
You've heard what I've done, not what I've been through.
If you were in my shoes, you'd fall the first step."
I've heard of this and love the idea. So fun!
I have to find out. There's absolutely NO WAY that I could not.
But I do want to tell our families in a cool way. I have multiple friends that have done a few different things, including the cake thing.
Oh and Kevin agrees with the finding out thing.
We are waiting a few years but I would need to know!! There is no way I could go all that time and not find out. I want to get cute boy or girl outfits at my shower!! DH is in agreement with me that he wouldn't be able to wait either.