For my first 2 babies I chose to have the surprise. I was certain with my first he was a boy (still didn't buy clothes or anything) and he was. When pregnant for the second time I didn't have that same strong sense of what I was having, I was hoping for a little girl. But honestly when my son was born it didn't matter you just fall in love with your baby.

The last 2 pregnancies I have found out because I was concerned about possible gender dissapointment (i'm having my 4th son) but honestly I just love my kids boys or girls.

Re the buying things, I find that you get giving a lot of small outfits when they are small, and you can soon start buying the sale items.

Good luck with everything