I found out because I can't handle waiting that long, lol. We will be finding out for this one too, just in case it's a girl then we have to do some major shopping after having 5 boys.
I would have been happy to wait for a surprise, but we found out because DH was absolutely set on having a boy, and I knew if bubs turned out to be a girl he would have been disappointed and needed as much time as possible to come to terms with it. But bubs is a boy, so for a few weeks I had to listen to "I KNEW it! I TOLD you he was a boy! Gee I'm good!"
And I dont regret finding out at all. Its been so much more fun being able to plan his room, and its really helped us bond with him.
We havent told anyone IRL though what his sex is, we're keeping it a surprise from everybody. Its so awesome having this secret that nobody knows lol
We found out with DD1 because im a control freak and like to be organised for everything We found out with this one for same reasons but also if it was a boy i would've been on to selling all DD's clothes so i could start buying boy stuff. but its another a little princess so all good here
we had always planned on finding out with Katy but the world had other plans for us
with Jack I needed to know I dont think I could have handled if he had been a girl I was scared he was going to be a girl even though all along I felt he was aboy, Jase left the room and I found out, told no-one
with Luke we didn't find out, and I knew he was aboy gut instinct we were still discussing names as I as being prepped for c-sect I said why are we discussing its a boy LOL
We found out at the 20 week scan with DD and we loved knowing we were expecting a baby girl and noone else knew!!!! We kept it a secret but it was hard keeping it a secret at times!! but we did well.
DH really wanted to know so he could get his head around it all, just knowing what it was would help him bond in 'his' way.....so I let him.
I must say, knowing the sex, definitely helped me with bonding with the baby too!!! It really did.
But this time around I said I didn't want to know, want a surprise this time and he agreed that was fair. So yeah, we are waiting til the birth!!
I am glad we will have experienced it both ways....
I didn't find out for the first two...I was quite happy for it to be a surprise.
But I found out for the other 5...for several reasons:
- So we could name bub and the other kids would know them by name and maybe bond a bit before birth.
- So I could get organised rooms, clothing, bedding etc.
- Because the older I got the more impatient I got
i had to find out with all of mine, there is no way i could last the full 40 weeks not knowing!
we have enough trouble deciding on one name, let alone one for a boy and one for a girl. i did have recurrent dreams with dd tho that they told me the wrong thing at the scan, i panicked and spent the last 2 weeks running arround getting green, yellow and white clothes as in my dream we had a beautifull little boy, and nothing but girls clothes for him! i never ended up using any of them tho!
DH and I have always said we wouldnt find out and have a surprise. it doesnt bother us either way, and i'm so easy going and laid back i'd prob just dress my boy in pink and vise versa if thats how it happened and it wouldn't bother me. DH didn't findout out with his last 3 children, and they even picked names that could be unisex, (which strangly worked out perfect that the more boy name was a boy and for the next kid the more girl name was a girl..)
I think if i had twins, i would want to know if they were the same or different...but still wouldnt want to know what, itms.
well i had it both ways without a choice with DS he had his legs wide open so we could see the lot we were so happy coz we wanted a boy with DD we couldnt see coz she had the cord in between her legs and i was so annoyed that i couldnt find out i had a feeling she was a girl but i couldnt say it out loud but everyone else said girl but when she was born DH almost had a heart attack he thought she was a boy but the cord was still around her leg cheeky girl lol the reason i wanted to know is coz i like to be organised
with my 1st two Ds's i never found out and my x MIL wanted to know but hahhaha he had his back turned and would never let her see LMAO (sucked in) anyways i knew they were boys somehpow i found myself buying all blue without realising it till i set up the room and same with my 2nd ds..
with ds3 i knew he was a boy cause with all pregnancies i would eat ot of ice so i knew but dh wanted to know cause he actually wanted a girl..
and with dd i found out cause i was over suprises and thyis time dh didnt want to know lol
with dd i had the same as you boobaloo!! she was always sitting down in that position and would take ages for any scan till the nurse jiggled her lol
We had alot of pressure NOT to find out, mainly from DHs side. We didn't find out with DS, and despite all the anticipation and surprise, it really wasn't much of a surprise for me (like, it was going to be a boy or a girl right? There are not that many other options )
So this time I was definite that I wanted to know. I was a little bit disappointed at first, but then I would have been disappointed (slightly) either way, as whatever we got meant we wouldn't have the other (does that make sense?). Now I am so happy we found out, it really does help me bond with him and prepare DS for a baby brother as he is adament he is having a sister.
All the best with whatever you decide. Either way it is a surprise, one you just get earlier, and the other you get when you have the baby!
I found out for all three of my pregnany's and DH didn't know for any of them. I like to know what is going on and curiosity gets the better of me, I also read the last few pages of a book before I finish one. I am impatient
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We found out with this one for same reasons but also if it was a boy i would've been on to selling all DD's clothes so i could start buying boy stuff. but its another a little princess so all good here
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