Thanks for your responses ladies!

Caro - Good points! However, we've recently moved a couple of states away from our families so we don't expect too many family visits pre-baby (other than this one!). Also, being new to town we don't have too many pop-in type friends as yet. Most of the larger baby items we'll buy in neutrals (in case we later have another baby of the other gender), so it'll just be clothes and blankets, etc, that we should be able to store out-of-site if need be. I also hate yellows too - well I hate green more, but anyway! Most of the stuff we've received as gifts so far is white, so that should be okay!

Netty - I think you're right and I'll go with that excuse. However, I've already told them about how we'll be having the 3D type scan, and they already know we'll get a video as we did last time! So it's sort of a good thing our VCR isn't working at the moment!

I feel a bit mean excluding mum from what would no doubt be a huge experience for her. However, I also want to keep the scan as a special "just DH and me" moment (and bubs of course!). Also, heaven forbid, if a problem was revealed at the scan, I'd prefer time for DH and I to get our heads around it before having my entire family know (which they would if Mum were there).

I just know I'm also going to have a similar problem at the birth. I'll definitely want it to be just DH and I, but Mum and Dad are planning to arrive in town a couple weeks before my due date so that they'll be here, and I know that she'll be hoping for an invite!