Okay, so who's finding out the gender?? - Page 2

[tiffanyrk1786]

We are not finding out this time.. We have a 2 year old son and a 6 month old daughter.. so we have all the baby clothes for both sexes. We figured we already have 1 of each, why find out.. I think it makes it more suspenseful and fun this way.

[dshields]

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3) Dh wants to know and I do think it will help him bond with the bun, since he doesn't feel what I feel. And I can't NOT know something that he knows!
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We're going to find out for this reason as well. At first I was totally against it but he has a great reason. After I saw the tiny babe on the u/s I got pretty excited myself! And we have a bet going...I say girl, and by default dh says boy. The loser has to plan our first romantic evening after the babe arrives...maybe just out to dinner while grands babysit.

[NurseLaurie]

We're finding out... mostly for DH. He says he needs that info to thoroughly connect. I'm a planner, so I gave in pretty easily. My theory is that I will be surprised either way. Sure, the surprise is more fun at birth, but it's still fun at the u/s.

[Mamabeakley]

Didn't find out w/DS and won't with this babe, either, unless there is some medical reason to have an U/S. Homebirth both times, and the midwives won't/don't send me for an U/S unless there's a reason to, and I won't have an amnio. However, I think if I did have an U/S, I would want to be told if it was obvious. I think for me it would feel kinda artificial to deny the knowledge if it was available (not that those of you who choose not to be told are artificial - what feels right to you is fine with me!)

[luckylady]

We will be - at the end of this month as a matter of fact!

[KatSG]

I may have to work on DH, but I don't want to find out this time. I've got a whole thread about this, but we found out there is a tiny chance that I could have placenta previa (complete now, but only 12 weeks, so things likely will change), and if we do end up in a c-section I want there to be some kind of happy climax in the OR. Finding out the gender would do that for me.

I saw A Baby Story on TLC yesterday and this IVF couple had a jillion u/s and were always told that they were having boys, then ended up with 2 girls! They were cute--they actually re-wallpapered the nursery.

[dshields]

Saw that Baby Story too...it was so cool! I couldn't believe they were wrong about both!

[strawberryprincess]

we're going to find out...with dd, we were both so certain that she was a girl, that i felt we needed to know in advance, so that we could prepare/adjust if it were a boy...neither of us are big on surprises.

besides, my really silly reason is that we are going to need new clothes wether its a boy or girl...seasonally most girl clothes won't work for a spring baby. anyway, i would really love to hit those end-of-season clearance sales coming up! and garage sales. we don't have anyone to give us hand-me-downs.

[nitareality]

I would like to find out. I was happy we did with our son. Actually, I could've just dittoed what Guinevere said.

[De-lovely]

I SO cant wait for things like this-we found out with both our other dd's. I was one of those kids that snuck and found Christmas presents under my parents bed and then unwrapped and rewrapped them. No surprises for me!!! I am especially praying for a boy since this will I believe be our last baby but of course will be ecstatic for another precious girl!

[Snowdrift]

I'm not finding out but I really, really want to. Just so many other, better reasons not to do ultrasound (even though I indulged in 10 seconds of us with a doppler). I always wanted a girl first, but am so sure this is a boy that I've started hoping i'm right, if that makes any sense...

[jennlindsey]

Weeeell ... we don't *really* want to know ahead of time, we'd like the fun of being surprised, but if it shows up on an u/s super-obviously, we won't close our eyes.

I really really *really* want a girl, and I'm afraid if I find out and it's a boy, the disappointment will feel very weird. (Plus, I'm a hemophilia carrier, and I would rather just trust the potential outcome than stress all along if it *is* a boy -- why have ammunition to worry when you'll take whatever ya get?) I'd most like to just meet the baby as his/herself at birth, if that makes sense.

But ... it is very frustrating how every freakin' clothing/bedding/ANY-thing baby item is seriously gender segregated into the blue vs. pink dept. Makes it hard for those of us who aren't finding out -- better get used to green and yellow.