Did you find out the gender of your baby before its was born

@kati16 (764)
United States
October 22, 2006 12:47pm CST
Just crurious hoy everyone feel about it. I found out the gender of both of mine.
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@Rosy001 (363)
• South Africa
3 Jan 07
I didn''t. Only have one so far but wanted that element of surprise. When i have more (God willing) don't think i'd want to find out either.......kinda like it that way, not knowing
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@kati16 (764)
• United States
3 Jan 07
Thanks for responding
• United States
14 Dec 06
Yes I did find out the gender! He was our first child, and I was having complications with the pregnancy. We had an ultrasound done and saw his "manhood" right there on the screen! I think my husband saw it first. It was a proud day for him, and I was happy I was getting the son I secretly wanted. After that, I wished and wished for him to have red hair (for some reason, I wanted a red-headed child!) and as it turns out, he has red hair! It was a lot of fun picking out things for him after we knew - we bought a lot of the John Lennon stuff, and my Dad was thrilled to buy Harley Davidson stuff for him. He was SHOWERED with gifts when he came and I loved that we were prepared. If we had a second child, I think I would have to know that one as well. I have a hard time with suspense and surprises.
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@kati16 (764)
• United States
2 Jan 07
Thanks for responding. It is nice to be able to be more organized and ready.
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@jaypee2k6 (302)
• Philippines
27 Oct 06
Yes i found out also the gender of my baby before it was born.
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@kati16 (764)
• United States
27 Oct 06
Thanks for responding
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@angelface23 (2494)
• United States
27 Oct 06
No. I had an ultrasound at like 12 weeks and they couldn't tell. We really wanted to know and we tried and tried to get another u/s but they wouldn't do it. We wanted a girl though and that's what we got!
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@kati16 (764)
• United States
27 Oct 06
Thats a bummer. I am suprised you were not able to get another ultrasound at 20 weeks.
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• Canada
27 Oct 06
Our baby girl
Originally my husband and I agreed that we didn't want to know the gender of our baby but as time went along I noticed just how badly my husband wanted a son. He kept talking to my belly as if the baby were a boy. I became really nervous and sad because I hated the idea of having a girl and having to see the disappointment on my husband's face when she was born...I would have hated him for that, to be completely honest. So, I decided that I wanted to know the gender of the baby and if he still didn't want to know I wouldn't tell him. At the last minute he sadi he wanted to know and it turned out that I was, infact, pregnant with a girl. I was happy that I had found out first because that gave my husband some time to adjust his head to the idea of having another girl (he has a daughter from a previous relationship). In the end I was even far more grateful for finding out because my family collected a bunch of baby girl clothes for us. We love our little girl and were very happy to see her when sh efinally came out.
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@kati16 (764)
• United States
27 Oct 06
Thanks for responding. thats awesome thata everything worked out in the end.
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@anna11292 (564)
• United States
14 Dec 06
I will next month. I am having twins and just can't wait to find out the genders. I want to get things ready for them.
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@kati16 (764)
• United States
2 Jan 07
How fun, you will have to let me know what they are. good luck!
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@DeenaD (2684)
• United States
25 Oct 06
I had four children - the first three were girls and the fourth was a boy - and I never once knew the gender of the child before birth. The last time was so hard not to resist asking (the ultrasound technician knew!), but the thrill in the delivery room made it all worth it!
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@kati16 (764)
• United States
25 Oct 06
Thanks for responding
• United States
24 Oct 06
With my first son I did know he was a boy until the day I had him. I was hoping for a boy but never could find out. With my second I was hoping for a girl but found out a few months into the pregnancy I was having another boy. His dad was wanting a boy and already had the name picked out.
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• United States
25 Oct 06
No we decided not have any more, I got my tubes tied. I have epilepsy and had a really hard pregnancy with my last one. And they have gotten worse since then. I wanted a girl but I am happy with my boys. We thought about maybe adopting a girl one day.
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@kati16 (764)
• United States
24 Oct 06
Are you going to try for a girl?
@kati16 (764)
• United States
25 Oct 06
I don't blame you for not wanting to go through another pregnancy. Good luck if you decide to adopt. There are lots a kids that need homes.
@cyberfluf (4996)
• Netherlands
23 Oct 06
I don't have kids yet but I know my mom didn't and one of my close friends didn't either. They wanted it to be a surprise.
@cyberfluf (4996)
• Netherlands
24 Oct 06
I guess I don't, but to be honest I am not thinking about having kids, period. But you never know :)
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@kati16 (764)
• United States
24 Oct 06
At least you know what you want. Good luck in the future when you do have kids.
@kati16 (764)
• United States
23 Oct 06
Do you want to find out yourself?
• United States
24 Oct 06
I found out with my son (first baby), but if I have another baby, I'll probably wait for the surprise. It was nice to know to be able to plan ahead, but I'd like to see how it feels to wait and hear "it's a boy" or "it's a girl" while hearing the baby cry for the first time.
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@chileman (967)
• Australia
24 Oct 06
No with both our boys we left it as a surprsie.
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• United States
24 Oct 06
kati, I'm not keeping any of my son's clothes because we don't plan on having more kids for at least 4 years and don't have space for the clothes. The only things I'm keeping are the gender neutral clothes. They really don't need much in the beginning, just onesies and sleepers. So I'll have plenty of time after the birth to buy gender specific clothes.
@kati16 (764)
• United States
24 Oct 06
Don't you weant to know if you need to buy girl clothes or if you can use your sons old clothes?
@Cortney (3980)
• United States
23 Oct 06
I knew that i was having a girl even before we found out on the sonogram. I had the name all picked out and even started buying clothes for her. People thought I was crazy, but I was right.. LOL
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@Cortney (3980)
• United States
24 Oct 06
I just knew. When I first found out I was pregnant, I would have dreams of her being born. Over and over again. After that I just knew it was a sign. And some how I just knew she was a girl.
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@kati16 (764)
• United States
25 Oct 06
Interesting. My dreams were always opposite. Boy dreams with my girl and girl dreams with my boy.
@kati16 (764)
• United States
23 Oct 06
Wow, did you just have a feeling? I have heard that some women have that.
@Alloy42 (372)
• United States
23 Oct 06
Well we THOUGHT we had! When we had the last sonigram not long before birth was to be induced, the doctor was like "Um, you might want to start thinking of different names..." Apparently, up until that time, our son had been rather shy and was hiding the... details.
@kati16 (764)
• United States
23 Oct 06
Oh, that sucks. Did you have tons of pink and purple?
@Alloy42 (372)
• United States
23 Oct 06
Neither my wife nor I are much of a fan of pink, but there was a fair amount of yellow. Fortunately, he likes duckies :-) The hardest part was coming up with a name on short notice! He was the first boy born into the family in several generation, so we figured genetics was against us (as seemingly proven by previous ultrasounds) so we had just never really considered boy names.
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@kati16 (764)
• United States
23 Oct 06
I bet that was hard to come up with a name. What did you pick? I bet everyone had an opinion for you.
@kcbabez14 (967)
• United States
24 Oct 06
Well i thought i found out.. every time i went into the doctors they told mei was having a girl.. even my ultra sound said that i was having a girl.. well when my baby popped out HE had a couple of extra parts! lol and it really sucked because i had a bunch of girl clothes and toys for him!
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@kati16 (764)
• United States
24 Oct 06
Oh man, that sucks. Were you able to return them? Did you already have a girls name ready?
@kati16 (764)
• United States
25 Oct 06
At least it worked out in the end. Me andd my sister have swapped the same clothes for 4 kids. 2 boys 2 girls.
• United States
24 Oct 06
no i wasn't able to return anything because i didn't have any recipets and i plan on haveing more so i just saved all my girls stuff..
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@lizabeth (666)
• United States
27 Oct 06
I have 3 kids. I found out with my first and last, and they were both boys. My middle child I decided to wait and see and she was a girl.
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@kati16 (764)
• United States
27 Oct 06
Thanks for responding
@kati16 (764)
• United States
27 Oct 06
did you prefer one way over the other?
@lizabeth (666)
• United States
27 Oct 06
Well when you find out for sure its okay and you get to plan and have everything ready when the baby comes home. I think when I didn't know it was exciting and I was surprised when she was born. I would have to say not knowing if you have the patience. LOL
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@nishdan01 (3051)
• Singapore
25 Oct 06
I knew it .At 20 week scan The technician tols us that it is a boy.But i felt ,it could be a boy when I became pregnant itself.
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@nishdan01 (3051)
• Singapore
25 Oct 06
Praises be to ALMIGHTY.
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@kati16 (764)
• United States
25 Oct 06
thanks for responding
@srhelmer (7029)
• Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
23 Oct 06
We tried to find out but our daughter kept the cord draped over the front of her body so we couldn't tell. We didn't know what she was until she was born.
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@srhelmer (7029)
• Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
24 Oct 06
I was actually kind of glad. It was more fun being surprised.
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@kati16 (764)
• United States
24 Oct 06
Good. I am glad it worked out.
@kati16 (764)
• United States
24 Oct 06
I do ultrasounds. That happens sometimes. Very frustrating.
@sbeauty (5865)
• United States
23 Oct 06
I didn't want to know. I like being surprised.
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@sbeauty (5865)
• United States
23 Oct 06
I had a girl the first time and a boy the second. It wouldn't have mattered to me what I had. I just love kids.
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@kati16 (764)
• United States
23 Oct 06
Well if you like suprises that is a pretty good one. What did you end up having?
@kati16 (764)
• United States
23 Oct 06
I agree. It is nice to have one of each though.
• United States
23 Oct 06
I found out with all three of mine. I was going nuts not knowing. I wanted to start shopping for the new baby the minute I found out about them. My husband had to make me promise not to shop till we found out what the baby was.
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• United States
23 Oct 06
I went nuts when i found out about my little girl. My husband surprised me when we wwent shoping I was picking out dresses and tights and all that kind of stuff. Well my husband walks over to me with a hand ful of pink baby blankets. He said the blue ones we have at home will not do. I did not even think about that i was to drown to the clothes.
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@kati16 (764)
• United States
23 Oct 06
Its hard. The minute I found out I was having a girl I had to go buy a dress.
@kati16 (764)
• United States
23 Oct 06
Little girl dresses are so cute. I went crazy buying hair bows and ribbens (my son had alot of hair when he was born) and my poor girl was bald as can be. She is ond still bald.
• Nigeria
25 Oct 06
No i am still a bachelor
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@kati16 (764)
• United States
25 Oct 06
thanks for responding
• Nigeria
25 Oct 06
you are welcome....................................................................
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• United States
26 Oct 06
I have two little boys and 18 month old and a 6 week old, with my oldest i found out at the first sonogram. With my new baby they told us he was a she, so we went and bought a few pink things, then a few months later we had another sonogram and they told us that she was a he. Needless to say it left us very confused and made it hard to buy anything until after he was born.
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@kati16 (764)
• United States
27 Oct 06
Thanks for responding. I hope it all worked out in the end.
• United States
27 Oct 06
thanks...it did,all I care about is that they're healthy
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