Oh this is such a personal decision - and it can be quite a tough one at that! One thing I did hear recently which I thought was a really good point is regardless of when you find out (ie at the scan or after you deliver), you really do get a suprise either way but you just find out a bit earlier with one of the options!
We easily decided on a suprise at the end of the labour though. My sister found out with both her boys and it took the fun out of it in a way - that is just my personal opinion though.
I'm a super organised person but I don't believe that I need to know to be organised for our baby's arrival. The nursery is neutral (but that is what we wanted anyway) and we're buying neutral clothing to get us by in the beginning as I know we'll get heaps of little clothes when bubs arrives and my mum will be most happy to hit the shops and buy up big once her grandchild is here.
Another thing that made my decision easy is if I knew the sex, I'd go OVERBOARD on buying clothes so it was the safest option for our credit cards if I didn't know.
We also love all the guessing that is going on (and all the old wives tales I hear about my skin, my hair growth, the size of my belly, my eating habbits, etc) and most of all, I will love to hear those precious words, hopefully from my husbands mouth, when our baby finally arrives: 'it's a......'
With our first, I didn't mind if we found out or not but DP was so keen to find out so we did. We only told a couple of close people so it was still a surprise for the rest. I'm actually glad we found out though. Then with DS2 we were both dying to find out.
Congrats on your pregnancy. Good luck with whatever you decide.
xox
For our 4th we swayed for a boy so we just had to find out if all the tricks worked. Swaying didnt work for us .We were ecstatic to find out we were having another healthy princess though.
congrats and Good luck with you pregnancy
One thing I did hear recently which I thought was a really good point is regardless of when you find out (ie at the scan or after you deliver), you really do get a suprise either way but you just find out a bit earlier with one of the options!
I agree with that totally - of course it will be a surprise just at diff times! My reason for not finding out with either is more beacuse of others. I want people to be surprised too and not expect a particular baby. Now I know of course that you don't have to tell people but once I know I would find it hard not to let it slip.
I actually dislike knowing when other sare having a particular sex and then what they are going to name it. And then if they are having planned C/S then NOTHIGN is a surprise!
I also like the anticipation of the whole pregnancy and not knowing. Good luck with your decision!
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