I agree with you on this being the best surprise in the world! And I was determined all along, in conversations while we were trying to get pregnant that I wanted to wait to find out the gender.

That all changed about a week after we found out we are expecting! LOL! For us, it is our first child.

We have 6 nephews already and there is immense pressure from both sides of the family for a baby girl (like we have much say in it ... but I am sure you all know what I'm talking about!)

I think planning and preparing for baby will be much easier once we learn the gender, and that is the main reason that I finally agree with my husband, and we will find out the gender.

It's such a personal thing isn't it?! I think for us, in my first pregnancy, the sex really had no bearing on anything. I love dressing newborns in white regardless and I wanted to get "gender neutral" baby stuff anyway, so that it could all be used again for future babies whatever they turned out to be.

I was lucky that my husband didn't want to know either, neither of us had any desire to find out all. In fact we would have been fuming if we had found out! But this time around I'm already feeling tempted. We had a little girl last time, and despite my best efforts to steer away from the pink and purple-ness, it's been a bit inevitable! I always thought I'd be desperate for a boy next, so we could have one of each, a boy for Daddy etc., but now that I have a daughter I would love for her to have a sister too. So anything goes!! As long as it sticks in there and is healthy.

So we won't find out. Even though I am v tempted, I still think like you IndianMuslim, there are so few real surprises left in life.... and we wouldn't do or buy anything differently even if we did know. But how much fun would it be to be able to decorate and go shopping with a certain little person in mind!

I plan to find out. Because I am too curious. That's the only reason. To know that someone else knows more about my baby than I do would drive me nuts.

I plan to find out. Because I am too curious. That's the only reason. To know that someone else knows more about my baby than I do would drive me nuts.

I totally understand that! We'll find out. For us it's a joyful surprise whether I know at 20 weeks or at 40.

I agree with it being a surprise whether you find out during or at the end, plus finding out during gives you time to prepare.
I might would wait until delivery if I were financially stable enough to buy everything I need at spot price after the birth. But, I am nowhere close to that. I need as much time as possible to bargain, clearance and sale shop.

I plan on finding out the gender as soon as we have the chance! I'd like to do something cute to tell the families what the sex is, but there is no way we would be able to wait until birth to find out! I am such a planner. It'd drive me insane to not know. I'm hoping for a girl, but i'll be happy either way!

Until I was pregnant I was sure I would wait til delivery day to find out if I was going to have a boy or girl but then I was pregnant and my husband did a little convincing. Granted he didn't have to do a lot, it's our first little one and we're both really excited so we're getting an early peak at munchkin. Plus, I want to go full boy or girl with the nursery and have that all ready. I've seen some nice gender neutral nurseries but if we have a little girl, we're going full princess (hubby's idea actually).

I was expecting my parents to be disappointed that I wouldn't wait (my mom was always big on the delivery room surprise) but even they keep asking when our 20wk ultrasound is. Funny how first grandbaby changes things I'm just happy everyone's so excited.

Did you cave? What is it? I want to know! :