Friends and Family Excitement over Gender Reveal

[vtdiamond]

Not sure if this is a twin thing or just my family and friends, but everyone is chomping at the bit to find out the sexes of the babies.  We have our a/s tomorrow and everyone is making sure to put in their request to be notified ASAP after we find out.

Was anybody else's family/friends like this?

[MrsDarcy]

They were excited, but I'll admit that I'm excited to find out about your babies, and all the twin mamas! I guess it just because it's different!

[Odonata]

Yep. H couldn't make it to the A/S and a family member told us at a family gathering about a place down the road that does sex determination for about $25 and is open on the weekends. So H and I went online right then and there and booked an appointment for the next day. EVERYONE at the party made sure to be on the "to know "list and they started an informal "phone tree" for whoever got the message from us first.

My SIL was like "tomorrow? Don't they have an opening today? Go find out!" Then they wanted to know what time it was and I was told "if your appointment is 1:00 and I don't hear anything by 1:30 I'm calling you!"

[vtdiamond]

Glad my family isn't the only one! I just wasn't expecting so much excitement from everyone else, guess it just makes it more real for everyone.

[FoxInFiji]

Yes it is the #1 question I get from everyone! "Are you going to find out the gender?" "Do you know already?"

Our A/S is on Friday and I'm trying to think of a cute way to tell our parents. I also need to FaceTime with my sisters because they want to find out right away as well. A lot of the ideas I've seen are for gender reveal parties. We're not doing that though. Anyone have a fun way of telling their families?

[linz]

I think it's common for people to ask and get excited. It's one of the first questions everyone says to us and I don't think it's just because we have twins, although I'm sure some assumed we'd find out with it being two. 

When we've told people No we aren't finding out, most were actually super supportive of it.

[aqualuv]

Yes, I had my shower this weekend and so many people they were upset we did not find out the gender. They said they couldn't shop because of this. Whatever, go off of the registry or buy gender nuetral clothes.

But it seems a lot of people are really excited to find out the gender of babies.

[bluelikejazz]

My family is so mad we plan to stay team green. My brother even asked if he could see the u/s picture so he could figure it out "if he promised not to tell us". My mom keeps asking if we've changed our minds, and "how will she ever be able to buy clothes if she doesn't know!?!?!"

[MrsDarcy]

Jun 24, 2014 14:17:53 GMT -5 aqualuv said:

Yes, I had my shower this weekend and so many people they were upset we did not find out the gender. They said they couldn't shop because of this. Whatever, go off of the registry or buy gender nuetral clothes.

But it seems a lot of people are really excited to find out the gender of babies.

We were team green last time, and it was nice because we actually got everything we needed, versus just a bunch of clothes. Most people were excited to wait, and it was fun for us as well. Plus, all of our gear is gender neutral, so we don't have to buy anything new.

[MrsDarcy]

Jun 24, 2014 14:24:50 GMT -5 bluelikejazz said:

My family is so mad we plan to stay team green. My brother even asked if he could see the u/s picture so he could figure it out "if he promised not to tell us". My mom keeps asking if we've changed our minds, and "how will she ever be able to buy clothes if she doesn't know!?!?!"

Ha, my mom had a big blue bag full of boy clothes and a big pink bag full of girl clothes ready for us last time (as we were team green). She just returned the pink stuff last time, though, we kept a few of the really cute things and are fortunate to be able to use them this time.

[aqualuv]

Jun 24, 2014 14:24:58 GMT -5 MrsDarcy said:

Jun 24, 2014 14:17:53 GMT -5 aqualuv said:

Yes, I had my shower this weekend and so many people they were upset we did not find out the gender. They said they couldn't shop because of this. Whatever, go off of the registry or buy gender nuetral clothes.

But it seems a lot of people are really excited to find out the gender of babies.

We were team green last time, and it was nice because we actually got everything we needed, versus just a bunch of clothes. Most people were excited to wait, and it was fun for us as well. Plus, all of our gear is gender neutral, so we don't have to buy anything new.

We did get a good amount off of the registry so I was happy about that. I'm pretty picky about clothes and honestly things in general. So I was happy to not get any hideous clothing. I've always been the type of person to get a friend a item off of their registry for the shower, then a actual outfit or two once the baby is born.

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Jun 24, 2014 14:00:25 GMT -5 FoxInFiji said:

Yes it is the #1 question I get from everyone! "Are you going to find out the gender?" "Do you know already?"

Our A/S is on Friday and I'm trying to think of a cute way to tell our parents. I also need to FaceTime with my sisters because they want to find out right away as well. A lot of the ideas I've seen are for gender reveal parties. We're not doing that though. Anyone have a fun way of telling their families?

We found out 3 days before Easter. We had our parents and ILs over for "Easter" on Saturday b/c we had plans on Sunday. I made a cake that was colored on the inside and frosted white. When I cut into it, everyone got to see pink which = girl (duh).
We then sent cake home with both sets of parents to take to the rest of our family the next day.

[MrsDarcy]

Jun 24, 2014 14:27:27 GMT -5 aqualuv said:

Jun 24, 2014 14:24:58 GMT -5 MrsDarcy said:

We were team green last time, and it was nice because we actually got everything we needed, versus just a bunch of clothes. Most people were excited to wait, and it was fun for us as well. Plus, all of our gear is gender neutral, so we don't have to buy anything new.

We did get a good amount off of the registry so I was happy about that. I'm pretty picky about clothes and honestly things in general. So I was happy to not get any hideous clothing. I've always been the type of person to get a friend a item off of their registry for the shower, then a actual outfit or two once the baby is born.

Oh yeah, I always shop off the registry. I was so worried if get tons of "princess" clothes (like with sayings) this time since we knew it was a girl, but thankfully, we didn't get any of that! Maybe people know me.

[linz]

Jun 24, 2014 14:17:53 GMT -5 aqualuv said:

Yes, I had my shower this weekend and so many people they were upset we did not find out the gender. They said they couldn't shop because of this. Whatever, go off of the registry or buy gender nuetral clothes.

But it seems a lot of people are really excited to find out the gender of babies.

See thats what is annoying...people assume you cant buy anything! There is plenty of neutral clothes and I would much rather buy my own clothes and get registry items instead.

[ewall]

We are Team Green. My mom was disappointed at first, but everyone else has been totally cool with it.

[tacocat]

We've just started telling people about the pregnancy in the last week or so. Pretty much everyone has asked if we're going to find out the sex, and at least three people have asked if we're doing a reveal party.

I hadn't planned on doing a reveal, but I might do something small with our families since they seem so excited about it.

[linz]

We've also had people say "we cant make a blanket". Ummmm ok I didnt realize blue and pink were the only colors in the rainbow.

[flamingeaux]

Jun 24, 2014 14:49:27 GMT -5 linz said:

We've also had people say "we cant make a blanket". Ummmm ok I didnt realize blue and pink were the only colors in the rainbow.

I'm actually making a "traditional "baby colors blanket right now.  And SMIL and I did in fact meet up for yarn picking, and she's making one that's grey, lavender, blue, and green.  I'm so excited for both of them.

[azurely]

Yes, everyone wanted a text or phone call immediately. I made the mistake of telling people our appt was at 1:00, and it lasted until 2:30 (including blood draw). I called my mom, then my dad, then my brother, then my gparents, so by the time I text everyone else it was 3:30. A few of my friends were texting me at 2:45 wanting to know why they hadn't heard anything yet.

It didn't bother me, it was sweet and I love that everyone was so excited for us.

[rachelgreen]

Everyone wants to know including DH BUT me. I was emailing with my mom today and was telling her about the NT scan. She asked if we found out the gender. I replied, "No. Even if I had caved, the tech said that because of the baby's activity her guess would have been 51% at best anyway." A couple more emails pass back and forth and I mention that I think the baby has my nose. The next email from her is, "So should I start buying pink??"
^o)

Huh?? No mom, I wouldn't just yet, lol.

[mrspost08]

Yep my family & friends couldn't wait. The minute I told my mom the packages started arriving & haven't stopped. I had to ask her to stop sending stuff because we are getting too much & we haven't had the shower yet.

[jorja]

Yes! My friends more so than my family. Maybe because my mom didn't find out with any of us, so she just isn't as into it. Also, I know they don't care one way or another.

I'm going home the weekend after my anatomy scan, so I think I'm going to make cupcakes or something for my parents. I always wanted to do something cute to tell them they were going to be grandparents, but since that was more of an "oh shit" moment for me, I think I'll do this instead.

[pennylane]

I've been getting texts/calls from people for the past week wanting to know if we know yet, and I keep having to say it's scheduled for 2 weeks from now and that we'll let everyone know. I've also started getting lots of guesses!