Gender reveal

We found out because I love the planning stage of things with clothes and nursery etc, (I know you can make it neutral) two of my friends had surprise gender pregnancies this year so I was bored of buying the unisex stuff 😅 I also struggle with baby names so being able to focus on one gender and find the name I love with out a doubt and have it set in my mind helps me too 😊

I’m finding out on Wednesday what my second baby will be. We have always stuck to gender neutral clothes anyway as I personally don’t like a girl being in pink or a boy in blue so that wasn’t a factor for us. We just bought everything that was colourful. For me I like knowing mainly for the name. My first child was a girl and we really struggled with names we liked. If we didn’t find out her gender, I don’t think she would have had a name for weeks after being born as we would have put it off. I also found it more exciting during my pregnancy as I could picture her fitting into our family more knowing her gender. I could call her by her name before she was born and for me, it just felt more real knowing what I was preparing for rather than it being a surprise x

Thank you both! Honestly at the moment I’m buying clothes and I am finding even the gender neutral stuff can still look like it’s more for one gender if that makes sense! It’s so difficult, I like the idea of a surprise but I’m also impatient and want to know 😂

I’ve literally just had my 20 week scan and they couldn’t tell me gender haha. Baby was so, so awkward and just wouldn’t move and obviously with the NHS scans it’s not really their priority. Honestly can’t believe it 😂 Feels like the universes way of telling me to just have a surprise! X

@Khevlinn I have found this too with clothes! Going through my sons stuff I stored as we are having a girl this time and my brothers having a boy in February so he’s having the rest! But I am so tempted to go on a big vinted spree 😆

I prefer to know because I hate surprises, it feels more real to me, definitely helps with names (there was no way I was in a state to decide names after birth so very glad we had decided in advance), and yes, helps with buying clothes if you want to. But it is very much a matter of personal preference. Other people prefer not to know and are very happy with that too.

I like to know as feels closer to the baby saying he/she. I also find it easier buying clothes. Plus I find choosing one name hard enough, let alone two for both genders 😂

@Gemma sounds like it definitely was 😂 x

@Megan honestly so frustrating! Yes do a Vinted spree 😂

I am too impatient so I will be finding out again this time with my 3rd baby. I feel it helps me bind if I know the gender and especially once we decide on a name. I also like knowing for practical reasons, we've always got some gender neutral said but I also like to have some outfits and other bits ready.

We are having a surprise and so excited for it, buying neutral clothes which is so easy now-a-days as everything seems pretty unisex… and we were going for a safari animal theme for the nursery anyway which is great for both genders. For names we’re having a ‘long list’ of about 5-10 options for each gender and then just waiting to meet them to see what they ‘feel’ like. My friend had names picked out then had to change it as the baby just didn’t suit the name. I think you have to wait and meet them and fit their name to their little personality and traits and features. My husband also wants to be the one to tell me what the gender is at the birth which I think will be really special!