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When the time comes, we would like to find out what we are having

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We found out. Im way to anal about things not to know. And honestly, I hate yellow and greens. So I made sure to tell eveyone it was a

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I know I was def the person who DIDNT want to find out but then I got pg and all that changed.

I think no matter what its still a surprise in a way...once that baby enters the world, you dont know what to expect, like what he/she looks like etc.

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We didn't find out with the first, and we didn't find out with this one either. It is a great surprise. I didn't get too many clothes before the baby was born, but got tons afterwards. Also, at my shower, people were more apt to get us stuff off our registery and not a cute little pink or blue outfit. We wouldn't have registered for any of the big stuff in pink or blue anyway, b/c we knew we wanted more kids.

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With my first I didnt find out....and I loved it. I loved everyone guessign what I was having adnd their reasoning why. I loved the back and forth between me and DH about what the baby was going to be. And that moment in the hospital was the most amazing of my life. When the Dr said Its a Boy, I was in love and I hadnt even seen him.
I am also a traditionalist and love knowing that that was the feeling my mom had when she had me and my brothers etc.

If we ever do have #2 I might find out simply to have had both types of expereince but I am not sure...

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Posted by JennZ

We found out. Im way to anal about things not to know. And honestly, I hate yellow and greens. So I made sure to tell eveyone it was a

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we didnt want to find out the sex ad i am soooooo glad we didnt! it was a HUGE surprise and sooooo worth the wait!
first of all, from the very beginning, i was convinced i was having a boy and everyone told me i was having a boy b.c of the way i carried and well, in the end, we had a !!
i was sooooo shocked and i am so glad we waited.

it truly is one of life's greatest surprises.

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We also don't like yellows and greens. Plus, it was hard enough coming up with ONE name each time, there's no way we could come up with a name AND a name each pregnancy!

We also figured there are nothing but surprises with a newborn. Might as well get this surprise early.....

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We didn't find out with DS and we're not finding out again.
The surprise at the end of it all is just awesome.
DH loved being the one going out and telling everyone "Its A ....."
He also enjoyed making all the phone calls.
As for the nursery we did Teddy Bears.
Simple and adorable for either boy or girl.

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We don't want to know! I can't wait to have that moment when I give birth and find out what the sex is. I have friends that tell me that that moment was the best moment!

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We are team

I have always wanted the surprise of finding out when we meet our little one in person.

Also, I don't want to have a ton of pink or blue stuff - I'm not into having a gender specific nursery because we do want more kids eventually, so I suppose I'm trying to be economical too

We don't do baby showers where I live so I don't have to worry about getting a lot of yellow or green clothing, the tradition here is to send gifts after the baby is born, so I'm not worried about that side of it.

I can definitely see the argument for finding out, but it's just not what we want.

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I honestly cannot wait to find out the sex. Neither can DH. I think I might be able to find out at my next appointment on the 27th when I'll be almost 15 weeks....

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We want a total surprise

This will be the biggest surprise of both our lives!

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I was dead set against it originally.....DH was dead set FOR it. It really pizzed me off. But the more I talked to girls who did find out....and once I started looking at bedding, I started to get really excited about knowing and now I just can't wait! I want Feb 6th to be here already!

The problem I have is- do we keep it a secret or tell?

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Dh and I did not find out. We did IVF and felt that there was no element of surprise really. I actually saw the embryos put back in, etc.,etc. We thought this would be a fun surprise and we are just so thankful and excited to be pregnant!!!!!!!!!!!

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We found out and I couldn't wait either!! I think DH would have preferred not to find out but there was no way I could!
I am so happy we did too.

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I go down in LIF history as the person who named this guy Pat. Now I am not sure if everyone remembers his name. The funny part is that we did find out via amnio, but I do love the green guy .

The surprise the day we found out was still a lot of fun. I always say that I had the physical ability to jump up and down when I found out, but I would not have if it was on the day he was born. As it turns out, he was whisked off to the NICU so fast that I would not have had a lot of time to enjoy my surprise. We did not even get to see his boy parts live until much later, so I am glad we saw them on many a sonogram!!!

Finding out for us was not really about planning. I would have enjoyed doing a gender neutral room just as much. It was about me always wanting as much information as I can get my hands on.

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TTCer crashing because I had this conversation last night.

I am definitely finding out, because at our prenatal consult, we learned that due to my health issues I will have a C section with general, so I will not be alert during delivery.

But we might not tell anyone and play it off as

I guess we have to conceive first!

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I LOVED keeping it a suprise... it was something I thought about the whole pregnancy, and also helped to distract me during the pains of labor, knowing I had a HUGE suprise coming.

There are plenty of really cute neutral clothing, and rest assured, once my daughter was born, we were sent more pink clothes than we knew what to do with.

I plan on doing the same with this little latke