Anyone else trying to stay Green Team this time? - Page 2

[serenityjewell]

This is baby #4 for us and we haven't found out any time. Our 1st, I would've sworn was a girl....nope. Theo is a boy. Our 2nd pregnancy felt exactly the same as our 1st, so I thought it was another boy....nope. Penny is a girl! Our 3rd was radically different than ever before. I joked that I was growing a hippo, but it couldn't be a son or daughter. I already had one of each and this was sooooo different. Felix is a boy. I don't have an inkling this time. I'm leaning toward boy because I would really like to have a 2nd girl. Better to psych yourself out, right? Really, I don't care either way. I am just so excited to be able to have another baby! Labor & birth are an amazing thrill for me and my husband. Now we just have to decide if we'll let our moms be there for the birth. We've always been just the 2 (3 if you count our MW) of us during our births.

What are your thoughts?

Sarah*

[SuburbanHippie]

We're not finding out either.  We've only found out once.  Everything seemed so finalized to me when I gave birth.  I already knew it was a girl and I had a name picked out.  It just didn't feel right to me.  I'm much better with waiting.  I also enjoy driving people insane.  I only know one other person (in real life) that doesn't find out until the birth.  I'm like an alien.  LOL.

[mrsbernstein]

Growing up, I had never planned on "finding out".  That said, I have such a strong urge that this is a boy...that I'm not really afraid of finding out the gender.  AND, because the urge IS so strong...should this actually be a girl...I need to know that now.

My whole life I've stated that I'm having a house full of girls with pink and frills and all the girly stuff.  Who knew!

As for the U/S, we are having a HB, so we are only planning on doing the one U/S at 20w.

Mrs B

[Charlize]

I've been planning on staying team green, but with our elective ultrasound on Saturday I may very well find out. It all depends on the baby. I'm not opposed to finding out, but I would like to keep it a secret until birth. I've went back and forth on this topic from the beginning.

[Curlyfry7]

We're having our U/S next Tuesday and so far DH is still saying he doesn't want to find out. I'm Ok either way, but I'm not going to avoid looking at the U/S to prevent myself from seeing something. If I see it and can tell, then that's fine too. I am going to have the tech write it down on a card to put in an envelope just in case one of us freaks out later, LOL and HAS to know.

We don't tell names either. Heck, we don't even DISCUSS names with anyone IRL. We also don't decide the name until after the birth, even when we know the gender. It took us longer to decide for DD than for DS, and we knew she was a girl since 16 weeks or so. That reminds me, I have to get DH to start discussing names again as we don't have any that are REALLY striking us this time around for either gender.

[Narleegates]

This is our first baby and we're not finding out.  I have quite a few reasons, but most of our friends are annoyed nonetheless.  My main reason is I don't want gender stuff, because if it's a girl, and I get all this pink crap, and then have a boy, I can't reuse any of it! and vice versa.  Also, I pretty much hate all baby clothes except for onesies, so I figure, if people don't know what to buy, they'll just buy us onesies :)  and even though I really Really REALLY reallyreallyreallyreallyreally want a boy, I'm just going to assume this baby is a girl so that I won't have the gender disappointment issue

[mia's mama]

We found out with DD#1 after my placenta abrupted at 14 weeks. Now, with LO#2, I am determined not to know! It's very hard because EVERYONE asks, "do you know what you're having yet?" and it sort of gets annoying when they look at you sideways when you say your not finding out. I love the friends and family I have that literally get angry because I'm screwing up their right to shop 

Anyway, I think it's wonderful to wait. And or me, it will be SO hard!! But, completely worth the surprise!!!!

[gardenofsimple]

I didn't want to find out, because we already have two boys and I didn't want to deal with other peoples (well meaning but rude) comments either way. However, my husband really wanted to know - and because I didn't feel really strongly about not knowing or knowing - I found out. It's a boy! Which is what we both expected anyway, but I'll admit I had a flash of disappointment. I didn't even realize that I sort of wanted a girl until that moment. So, I'm sort of glad that I found out - so I could deal with those fleeting feelings and get them out of the way NOW instead of after birth.

I'm just glad the kids are so far apart (they'll be almost 13 and 8 when this one is born) so I won't be feeding three teenage boys at once, lol!

[RawMilkMama]

We found out with #1 (boy) and #2 (girl) but not with #3 or #4 (both boys). With #3 I was not surprised, I was sure he was a boy, but with #4 I was really unsure and surprised when DH said it was a boy. With this one #5, we're not finding out, but only b/c we don't get ultrasounds. If we did, I would totally peek. I like knowing ahead of time, and I think it helped me bond with the baby even more.

That being said, I am looking forward to the moment after this one's birth when I discover who it is ... I asked DH not to tell me, this time, but let me see how long it takes before it's even something I'd look to find out.

[momoftworedheads]

We are on Team Green - we will find out at delivery.  I have never wanted to know ahead of time and I can always buy clothes later!!  I have 4 boys so I have some boy NB clothes and I also have bought some yellow and grey/white items.

Good luck to everyone in their decision whether or not to find out their baby's gender.

[Jen286]

We're not finding out this time around (baby #2). With my first child, I felt like I NEEDED to know. It was kind of a let down to find out the gender by some disinterested stranger kind of mentioning as a side note "Oh yeah, it's a girl.." during an ultrasound. I also thought gender would make a huge difference in how we planned and shopped for baby, but it didn't. I'm not expecting to have any ultrasounds with this pregnancy, so that makes it easier (no temptation), but I also attended a birth shortly before conception this time where mom and dad discovered the gender on their own while holding the baby after delivery. It was the most beautiful moment and I really want to have that experience!

[mia's mama]

Just had our 20 week scan yesterday and looked away as she measured femur, bladder, etc. So excited to be on "team green"!!! And she said it isn't listed in my chart, so yay!