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Well, our baby isn't born yet, but we don't know if it's a he or a she, and we don't want to know!
When we tell people we want it to be a surprise, they always look at us as if we had said something terrible! Or tell us things like "but how are you going to decorate the nursery if you don't know"? Believe me, the nursery will be really nice... neutrals exist! And I'm not the "pink for girls, blue for boys" kind of person, anyway...
My husband did not want to find out, and I did, really badly.
So, with the first child, we did not find out, which was extra hard because I had amnio, and every time I had a Dr. appt, they asked me if I wanted to know.
With our second, my husband said he was not sure if he wanted to find out, and I told him he had no say in the matter, and I found out the second I was able to find out (and it was via amnio, so it was accurate!).
It seems to me people either really want to know, or they really don't want to know.
Did not find out with either. No ultrasound back in the dark ages of the 1970s!
No one found out until the obstetrician said. "It's a boy!" or "It's a girl!"
Mine was born in 1991, but my doctor didn't believe in doing automatic ultrasounds unless there was a suspected issue that warranted it.
I didn't want to know, but I was SURE I was having a boy. Then my MIL, who had cancer, died five weeks before I gave birth. My husband said, "It will be a girl, just watch--she had five grandsons and no granddaughters." I had a daughter, and we named her for my MIL. Now I can't even imagine what having a boy would have been like.
Well, our baby isn't born yet, but we don't know if it's a he or a she, and we don't want to know!
When we tell people we want it to be a surprise, they always look at us as if we had said something terrible! Or tell us things like "but how are you going to decorate the nursery if you don't know"? Believe me, the nursery will be really nice... neutrals exist! And I'm not the "pink for girls, blue for boys" kind of person, anyway...
I find that so strange--it's only in recent decades that this was even possible, and now it's expected that you should want to know!
It's not as if it's the Middle Ages and women are going to be beheaded for giving birth to the wrong sex.
We found out with both of ours at the first opportunity. With the first it helped a lot to prepare me mentally since I could say she rather than it - it made it feel more real. With the second we were hoping for another girl but in my mind I knew it was a boy because that's just our luck!
Even though we found out both times, I was still nervous right until they were both born and I knew for sure that the ultrasounds were right!
NOPE! with either-we have never ever wanted to know in advance! But I think DH and I both knew deep down each time what the baby would be and we were both right!
1st one was a boy and 2nd one...I was hoping for a 2nd boy but knew it was going to be a girl. I really wanted a 2nd boy--I could live without GIRL DRAMA! BUT I love her to pieces anyways
I had limited clothes for the first few weeks and we bought 2 diff outfits for the bring home from the hospital. Once the baby was born DH went home, took off the tags and washed the correct color!
It was super easy to go shopping after the baby was born and pick up gender appropriate outfits. Heck the first few weeks you aren't going anywhere or dressing them up much.
I wanted to find out. On my first ultrasound the tech asked me if I wanted to know and I said yes. She immediately said, "its a boy." lol. She said he was in the perfect position when she started the ultrasound. Somehow..I knew I was going to have a boy. My husband and I picked out a name already for a boy. So it worked out.
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