did you find out the sex of your baby?

[PianoMama]

Just curious to know if you found out the sex of your baby before he or she was born and why or why not!

We found out with Trevor because my hubby wanted too. When we have our next one, I would like it to be a surprise. [preggostorkgirl] ??? [preggostorkboy]

[AmyB]

Both my dh and I wanted to be surprised each time.

[luvmy4sons]

Became routine procedure to do a mid way US to look for genetic defects. I didn't want to know on the third so I looked away. But hubby said, " I want to make a guess" and wrote down his guess. Well, being a L& D nurse I knew there was no way he could have guessed a girl as they are harder to see if you don't know what you are looking at. So I knew it was our third boy. I made it a week then got the pick out of his wallet! And with the fourth I wanted to know so I could prepare family for another boy ( I knew it would be) as I didn't want to hear any disappointment in their voices the day of delivery. We are very happy with our 4 boys! :D

[stephwhiz]

I found out with both of my babies but always thought if I would have had another one I would want to be surprised. But it would be hard to not just have to find out when they would do the ultrasound to check to make sure everything is okay. Stephanie :D

[momto3j*s]

We found out with ours but they were wrong about our last one! We were expecting a girl and were suprised with a lil' boy!!

[Madre]

Surprised each time. :)

[SpiritFilledMomof2]

No on both. Although we tried during the ultra sound but both were being stubborn and the tech could not the them to the right positions to tell.

DH and I wanted to know with both ds's.

[ChamomileFriend]

i wanted to know but dh did not - we both had a feeling it was a boy even before the ultrasound confirmed it, i just made sure i was alone in the room before the tech told me it was def. a boy. I hid any blue clothes we got at my parents' house and only brought home neutral colored clothes so that it was still a surprise for dh at the end :D

[PianoMama]

i wanted to know but dh did not

Was this really hard for you?? I have a feeling the next time we get pg, my dh will want to know, but as of right now, I want to be surprised! I think it would be weird to have something that one of us knows and the other doesn't know. hmmm....

[luvmy4sons]

i wanted to know but dh did not

Was this really hard for you?? I have a feeling the next time we get pg, my dh will want to know, but as of right now, I want to be surprised! I think it would be weird to have something that one of us knows and the other doesn't know. hmmm....

It was weird. I didn't want to know and he did. I made it only a week! Then I found the picture and looked for myself! I couldn't do it! :P

[ChamomileFriend]

It was a little weird and difficult at times, but I wanted to respect his decision not to know since he respected my desire to find out (i really just wanted to know if our "feeling" about the baby's sex was correct and didn't want to have to wait 9 mos to know - how impatient am i?).

i used gender-neutral terms to refer to the baby to avoid spilling the beans - he was flipper, peanut, and pumpkin until he was born - each time he got alot bigger he got a new nickname - i just tried to forget that i knew and keep in mind that no matter what the tech says, you might still end up with the opposite gender so no matter what you think you know, you really don't know until after the baby is born. i would use both he and she when talking about the baby if i used a pronoun instead of a cutsey nickname.
at the end of my pg when i had to make alex's first post-natal appt i said "i'd like to make an appt for my son" to the receptionist on the phone - it was the first time i'd ever said those words out loud - thank goodness dh was not there to hear it!!!! it really worked out better than i thought it would - sometimes i thought i wouldn't make it until the end but i did!

[justmeNmine]

Yes, I found out with my boy and my girl- I chose to find out so I could better prepare for their births...

[love2bmom]

DIDDO .. WANTED TO KNOW ON BOTH

[meg]

Yes, we found out with both boys :D

The night before my u/s with ds #1, I had a really clear dream that I was having an ultrasound, and they told us it was a boy. When I woke up, I told dh straight away that I knew it was a boy because of my dream. He kinda rolled his eyes, "yeah, OK, pregnant woman, let's humour her" :lol:

Well, he was surprised later that day when the u/s tech confirmed it was a boy! Before I was even pregnant with our second son, I told dh that I just knew our next child would be a boy.

We both really wanted to know both times, just so that we knew who was in there! :lol: It was especially good 2nd time around, because then we could talk to ds#1 about his brother who was growing in mummy's tummy etc. :D

[Rach]

yes, we found out all 3 times.

1. I'm nosy :lol:
2. I wanted to prepare names, clothes, the nursery, even diaper bag choices were dependant on the baby's sex for me.
3. DH wanted to know as well. He says it's a surprise whether you find out at the u/s or at delivery.

[mama4ever]

25 years ago when my oldest was born, ultrasounds were only done when there was problem. Because I had surgery on both my overies when I was 18, the Dr. was afraid the scar tissue might be a problem. I had one. But htey were not allowed to tell you back then. The one male tech kept saying he really can't stay still. Every time we go to measure his head he moves!! The other tech told him to be quiet. Of course we knew it was a boy.
My daughter is 13 and was born after I had a second surgery and only had 1/4 of my left overy left. I was a high risk so I had many ultrasounds and it was clear she was a girl.
My third child is now 10 and was even a higher risk, many utrasounds with him too!! but the techs could never get him in the right postion to see. I knew from the begining in my heart it was a boy. He was.


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[paulab]

We tried to wait on our first but chamged our minds. With the second, we were starting over completely so I knew I would have to plan it out with having to share a room with big sister. Plus I shopped clearance sales and yard sales. We found out as soon as we could.

[BlessedMommy]

No, we don't know what we're having, but we're hoping to find out in about two weeks. :) (Yes, I'm 38 weeks pregnant) I'm doing a homebirth with a midwife and she doesn't send you for an ultrasound unless there's a problem. Praise God my pregnancy has been healthy and there's been no need for an ultrasound.

I'm really curious to see if my intuitions about the sex have been correct!

[PATTIPEANUT]

We found out the first time because I wanted to make sure I didn't end up with 20 diaper bags for my baby shower (its the favorite gift of my husband's family when the sex is not known).

The second and third time we found out because if it was going to be a girl we were going to need alot more different colored stuff.

The fourth time was for the same reason, which is a good thing because we had a little girl.

My husband agreed with me all four times which made life easier.

[Crissyanna]

I'm due in 27 days. Part of me wanted the surprise, the other part couldn't wait to find out. Peter wanted to know so we could get the right kind of clothes and stuff. And so that he could call his baby by name. It took the tech five minutes of poking and proding Snookie after the mandatory measuring and checking the heart and everything to get her to flash us. Then, after going spread eagle for us, she did two flips and she didn't have any exterior plumbing. I still freak out that she may be a boy. However, my DH told me the day I told him I thought I was pregnant that we were having a girl. It was so funny. We had gotten back from apartment hunting and had narrowed the choices to two. He got in from getting the mail and I make him sit with me on the bed and I told him I was very sure I was pregnant (no test at that point). Later that evening, he was doing homework in the study and I was in the living room looking at baby bedding. He comes out into the living room and announces that I am carrying a girl. As soon as Dainyah flashed us a good one during the u/s, and the tech said she was positive it was a girl, he exclaimed "I knew it!!!" and kissed me right there.

Just a few more weeks to see for sure. While I'll be surprised if Dainyah is a Caedmon instead, I'll still love him. And then panic because we don't have any boy clothes!

[2xBlest]

Yes, I did for DD. But no, I didn't for DS.

[harmony5]

DD-no
DS1-yes
DS2-no
Baby on the way-No (I haven't has my US yet, but I'm not going to find out when I do)

It literally drives my husbands family nuts that we don't find out. [goodorbad] I do mean literally. They call me and tell me to let the dr write it down in my file so they can call and find out and they just won't tell us. Umm, no. :lol: They whine about not being able to plan and not knowing what name to call the baby. Well, back in the day, (I love that phrase :wink: ) people didn't find out until their babies were born and they all did just fine. Plus, I had one that wasn't a surprise and it wasn't as exciting to me. I love hearing "It's a ______" and being surprised!!

[~Tara~]

We didn't find out for any of ours. I only had one u/s with each of the first two. That very early on one to confirm due date. Whatever.
I wouldn't have done the second but I already felt so pressured with everything. Ugh! I was happily seeing a midwife but was on WIC at the time and when I went in they wanted to know who my dr was, couldn't lie, said I was seeing a midwife. Wasn't sufficient. They directed me to a dr who dealt with homebirths. As in, he did the prenatals for those choosing a homebirth, he didn't deliver. Anywho, went to him 2 or 3 times, one u/s, then we moved :) So I happily went back to just midwife prenatals. NO u/s!! :D Didn't go for the doppler to check the heartbeat either. Not my thing, nope, don't dig that stuff one bit.

So, uh, no, never found out before delivery, never wanted to, either of us. We figure, if God wanted us to know He would have given a window instead of a belly button :wink:

[BlessedMommy]

DD-no
DS1-yes
DS2-no
Baby on the way-No (I haven't has my US yet, but I'm not going to find out when I do)

It literally drives my husbands family nuts that we don't find out. [goodorbad] I do mean literally. They call me and tell me to let the dr write it down in my file so they can call and find out and they just won't tell us. Umm, no. :lol: They whine about not being able to plan and not knowing what name to call the baby. Well, back in the day, (I love that phrase :wink: ) people didn't find out until their babies were born and they all did just fine. Plus, I had one that wasn't a surprise and it wasn't as exciting to me. I love hearing "It's a ______" and being surprised!!

Isn't that just crazy how other people find it harder to wait than you do?

And isn't that surprise at delivery so much fun? When we had DD, I instinctively looked at her when she was coming out but didn't say anything. Then my husband, my midwife and I were all sittting around and I blurted out, "Oh by the way, it's a girl." My midwife said, "Of course she's a girl, she's too pretty to be a boy." LOL.

And of course, everybody, when they heard we had had the baby all wanted to know what it was. If we found out ahead of time we wouldn't have kept them in suspense. :)

[Melissa]

When I was pregnant with Brendan, I was single, and wanted to know so I could decorate and not waste any money, by buying for the wrong sex.

With Bishop, we wanted a girl so bad, so we found out so we would have time to adjust if we were having a boy. Good thing, because we needed the adjustment time. :D

I thank God for both of my boys!

[stephwhiz]

I found out with both of my babies what they were. With ds I found out at 16 weeks and with dd I found out at 20 weeks. Stephanie :D

[jessgr]

We found out both times. I really am not a fan of suprises and I really loved being able to call the baby by name. I felt it was easier to bond when I knew who I was carrying.

[Mommy37]

:o We wanted to be surprised with both our kid's!!! :o

[Nati]

I'ts so funny because I always said when I would get pregnant I would'nt want to know. But then I got pregnant and I could'nt wait I had to know. I knew it was a boy... the US just confirmed what I already new.

[toni]

yep i did, i am horrible on waiting for surprises, I like to be planned as much as possible LOL

[PBJ]

I for some reason knew with my first and the second I just HAD to know! The third and forth I asked because I wanted to know if the girl streak was going to hold or not. And it did!!

[4Angelz]

i sure did with all three of my kids. some people were reallly upset with me and said i should have let it be a surprise. but i figured it was dh and i's child and it should be our decision! :)

[SupermansLady]

With my son I didn't find out. Only had the money for one ultrasound and that was done too early to tell (was having lots of cramping/bleeding it was just a check up u/s).
This one or two well, I can't wait to find out. Still don't have the money, but found a local clinic that only charges $75 if you pay cash up front, so I will be having one as soon as the doctor thinks we will be able to tell. Of course, I may have one sooner if she still thinks it may be twins.
I knew the whole time with my son. From day 1 I just knew he was a boy. This time, the day I found out for sure I was pregnant I truly felt like it is a girl, but also have this big premonition of twins. Maybe I'm right, maybe I'm wrong. We'll see soon enough!

[TXMommy]

No we didn't find out.

[HesAlive]

Both my dh and I wanted to be surprised each time.

ditto....its so fun for us that way

[mumsheart]

We found out with our fourth (thought he was our last-lol)
Have found out with most of the others, but I don't really believe them until I see for myself. I would prefer not to broadcast it either but dh tells everyone :lol:

[lovemykids]

I had to find out on both of them!! I could not stand it!! But I know how to tell what it is if there is ever another one. Whatever I think it is, it is the opposite! I thought my girl was a boy and my boy was a girl! LOL

[mumof2boyz]

We didn't find out with Blake... we kinda had talked of it, but when we got in the u/s office, it just didn't feel like the thing to do right then, and I don't regret it. We both kinda "knew" it was a boy though... I actually never considered that we would have a girl... But with Nick we found out, and I was a little worried that there would be NO surprises cuz he was a scheduled C-section; we knew the date, approximate time, sex & name all ahead of time. But somehow when it comes right down to it, it's still a new little person no one has met before & it's so exciting!!! I think we would definitely both want to find out again (if there's any more LOL)!

[Phoebe]

Yes,

I found out for both of my children and if we have the 3rd I want to find out also!

[PianoMama]

I started this thread soooo long ago! It was funny to read back through everyone responses! Now that I AM in fact preggers, DH does want to find out...just a few more weeks. I could hold out for a surprise, but guess that's not what we're doin'...

Oh well! :-D

[Phoebe]

Do you have a preference?

[Godzgirl]

Me and dh wanted to find out with both of our babies. Although i just knew what we were having before having the U/S done.:-D

[Mom4life]

I found out with all my children before they were born. If I was to get pregnant again I think I would like to leave it as a surprise but I don't think dh can wait that long.

[PianoMama]

Do you have a preference?

Do I have a preference as to whether or not to find out? Initially, I didn't want to find out, but now I'm getting excited!

Maybe you mean do I have a gender preference...I really would like a girl. But, OF COURSE I'll be ecstatic with either!