When you get pregnant - team green or find out?

[countthestars]

Vote for what you would do if you found out you were pregnant tomorrow.

If you and your H/SO are split (one team green, one find out), vote for your own personal preference.

[sunflower22]

I would never ever have the patience for team green!! I really like gender neutral nurseries, but I still want to know just for the sake of knowing.

[rex]

I don't really understand the need for the "surprise" and being team green. I know, flame me.

I am team find out.

[Cheesecake]

I voted team green, but I'm actually team 'don't know, will decide when we get there'.
I know 1 person who stayed team green because the sheer fact that "after this pain is done I'll know whether it's a boy or a girl", actually kept her going through labor and delivery without any meds.
Not sure if that'd work for me, but it's an idea.

I do think that if we turn out to be team find out, we probably won't tell anyone what we know and keep it a surprise for the rest of the world.

[countthestars]

Oct 9, 2012 9:59:28 GMT -5 rex said:

I don't really understand the need for the "surprise" and being team green. I know, flame me.

I am team find out.

There's no reason to flame you, but I don't really understand "not understanding". It's just preference - some people want chicken for dinner, some want steak. There's nothing to "get" about wanting steak.

[horseoutside]

We won't find out. I think it's one of the last great surprises in life.

[ladygrey]

Oct 9, 2012 10:11:15 GMT -5 swizzlestx said:

Oct 9, 2012 9:59:28 GMT -5 rex said:

I don't really understand the need for the "surprise" and being team green. I know, flame me.

I am team find out.

I go to extreme lengths to ruin surprises for myself, even though I LOVE them.

This is the kind of surprise I can't ruin.

Additionally, my family is BSC and per my other post, are still mourning my SIL's second boy. Like they all cried and tossed ultrasound pics in the backseat of the car and my SIL is all, I don't even want to be pregnant anymore...

FUCKING CRAZY. If I DID find out, there's no fucking way I'd tell anyone, lol.

OMG, that's awful. I can't imagine being that disappointed over not having a girl - it's a baby for goodness sakes - be thankful that you're even having one!

[winecheery]

I would want to know. But, at the same time the baby room is going to be pretty gender neutral no matter what we're having, and I hate when people buy a ton of sports/blue shit fro boys, and pink frilly crap for girls. So I might find out, and not tell anyone else. I'm good with secrets. I voted find out tho, for the sake of our polls.

[HoneySpider]

Team find out. Way too impatient not to! I like the idea of team green, just know I won't be able to do it.

Works well since DH is team find out also.

[littlemisschatty]

I am not a fan of surprises... I would def find out!

However, I would keep the name secret. I don't want to hear people's opinions as we are trying to decide (or once we have decided)

[Cheesecake]

Oct 9, 2012 10:37:57 GMT -5 swizzlestx said:

Oct 9, 2012 10:29:15 GMT -5 ladygrey said:

OMG, that's awful. I can't imagine being that disappointed over not having a girl - it's a baby for goodness sakes - be thankful that you're even having one!

It sucks too because no one knows we're trying.

My mom keeps telling me we have to do our best to cheer her up and I just want to shake her! She's one of those that gets pregnant just by thinking about it.

I now officially hate your SIL!!!

[HoneySpider]

Oct 9, 2012 10:53:17 GMT -5 littlemisschatty said:

I am not a fan of surprises... I would def find out!

However, I would keep the name secret. I don't want to hear people's opinions as we are trying to decide (or once we have decided)

Same...I doubt I'll share the name until the baby is born.

[berbles]

Oct 9, 2012 10:33:44 GMT -5 winecheery said:

I would want to know. But, at the same time the baby room is going to be pretty gender neutral no matter what we're having, and I hate when people buy a ton of sports/blue shit fro boys, and pink frilly crap for girls. So I might find out, and not tell anyone else. I'm good with secrets. I voted find out tho, for the sake of our polls.

Pretty much this, exactly. Pink is my favorite color, so I know that if we do end up with a girl and we tell people, it will look like my baby is sponsored by Pepto. No thanks. I'd rather have an abundance of green and yellow.

[tarheels]

I'm a total Type A planner and I'm a D&R girl through and through, so I have to know to decorate

[blindyswife]

We were team green before, and we'll do it again. All of those months of anticipation, leading up to my H in the delivery room telling me we had a boy... Absolutely amazing.

Plus (and call me a wet blanket or something) I find it really boring and anticlimactic when a baby is born to a friend and I already knew the sex and name ahead of time.

Eta: I know that someone else's birth experience isn't about me and how exciting the announcement is for me.

[Deleted]

I want it to be a surprise but I don't know if I can hold out an entire 9 months. I'm incredibly impatient. I thin I'll tell H to not let the doctors tell me no matter how much I beg. He's got a hell of a lot more patience than I do and is able to say no to me.

[statlerwaldorf]

We found out with DD and will find out again. I figure it's a surprise whether it's at 20 weeks or at the birth. We actually paid for an early u/s to find out the sex before the a/s.

[kat]

Oct 9, 2012 9:59:28 GMT -5 rex said:

I don't really understand the need for the "surprise" and being team green. I know, flame me.

I am team find out.

No flames, its all personal preference like a PP stated above. For us, it reminds us of the old days when nobody could find out. It's like an added rush of emotions to enjoy during a time that is already so emotional. Since it isn't our first, the excitement will not be quite the same so this could add something unique just to this pregnancy.

ETA:
I did not vote as we are currently undecided. If we do find out, we will most likely disclose the name as soon as we decide.If we are team green then I guess we would present both choices. I feel like it gives the baby an identity and also prevents family and friends from using the name.

[tarheels]

Oct 9, 2012 12:25:20 GMT -5 statlerwaldorf said:

We actually paid for an early u/s to find out the sex before the a/s.

That's a thing? Tell me more!

[awick14]

I can't see the poll. (On phone)

Team green all the way! (DH doesn't care either way)

[KaraOrNot]

I am team green, which is odd, because I hate surprises.

[countthestars]

I didn't answer yet, but we will be team green!

[FastHands]

Oct 9, 2012 12:03:48 GMT -5 blindyswife said:

Plus (and call me a wet blanket or something) I find it really boring and anticlimactic when a baby is born to a friend and I already knew the sex and name ahead of time.

This made me LOL for some reason. "What's that, you brought a human being into this world? Pffffft *yawn* Oh wait, don't tell me -- it's still a boy and you're still naming it Jason? *yawn*"

[Deleted]

Oct 9, 2012 12:20:29 GMT -5 @utahlove13 said:

I want it to be a surprise but I don't know if I can hold out an entire 9 months. I'm incredibly impatient. I thin I'll tell H to not let the doctors tell me no matter how much I beg. He's got a hell of a lot more patience than I do and is able to say no to me.

This is me. 110%

[blindyswife]

Oct 10, 2012 10:41:53 GMT -5 FastHands said:

Oct 9, 2012 12:03:48 GMT -5 blindyswife said:

Plus (and call me a wet blanket or something) I find it really boring and anticlimactic when a baby is born to a friend and I already knew the sex and name ahead of time.

This made me LOL for some reason. "What's that, you brought a human being into this world? Pffffft *yawn* Oh wait, don't tell me -- it's still a boy and you're still naming it Jason? *yawn*"

;D hahaha EXACTLY!

[SallySparrow]

There's no way I'll be able to wait 9 months to find out. I wish I could. I saw a birth in nursing school where the parents waited to find out and it was so sweet and extra wonderful.

[TemperanceBrennan]

My H is firmly on team green. I would kind of like to know, but I know if I ever would find out I would accidentally spill it. So, when the time comes I think I will be team green. Plus, team green allows for not getting all "girl" or all "boy" things. I think that would be nice.

[Deleted]

I want to be surprised. At least for the first one. The bonus is that it will drive my MIL crazy. ;D