Sex of the baby, straw poll

[pixie_woo]

Very simply. Do you want to know?

I think I do but my mother in-law doesn't. In case you're wondering about hubby; he's working abroad at the moment & we haven't properly discussed the issue. Wouldn't do anything without his full support.

[devilwoman]

no i would like it to be a surprise, anyway would love the baby whichever sex it was.

[redcrx]

i certainly wouldnt let my mother-in-law sway and decision my partner and i made.

And no, we didnt want to know the sex of baby, we wanted the surprise and the end of the journey

[B00]

I found out the sex of Mini Boo and I wanted to plan ahead with regards to colour of clothes, bedding etc to get (In my case- pink) and it also narrowed down the baby name list. We squabbled over girls names instead of both boys AND girls.

I personally believe that it doesn't distract from the 'surprise' element when they arrived- you're still gobsmacked and in awe of the little bundle.

[nickynoonoo]

Im on my 4th but never new the sex ov the 1st 3 but with this 1 i wanted 2 no .Some family and friends didnt want 2 no and told me not 2 find out i asked my partner and he wanted 2 no so we found out we r havin a boy .My mum tried taking me out ov it but at the end ov the day it was mine an my partners desion if we wanted 2 find out .

[Goodsoulette]

on my first i didnt but on my second we werent sure but both of us spotted it straight away. I asked Brad if he could see it too and he said yeah. So we didnt really have a choice. Its up to you, doesnt matter what your mother in law thinks. If you want to know let your husband know that somehow.

[Pippa68]

I agree with BOO ~ I found out the sex of my first baby, didn't with the second, did with the third, and didn't with the fourth (although I instinctively knew what she was;o) and that 'surprise' element was unaffected.

I was still in total awe of the fact that this baby had come out of me..and even though I knew the sex of the baby there was always the 'is it really a girl'? surprise factor after the event!

Each to their own ~ but I agree that mother in law shouldn't be involved in the decision.

[helliebobs]

I was half and half about finding out whereas my hubbie desperately wanted (and still does) to know - we had our 20 week scan last week and they couldn't tell for definite.

[WaldoMcFroog]

How much of a surprise can it be to not find out, anyway?

"You'll never guess what it is...?"
"Er... is it a boy or a girl?"
"Yes. Damn. What were the chances of that happening..?"

[alicekrige]

With our last I did not want to know. My other half did.

I said well if you regret finding out in advance then you cannot "unfind out" as it were but if you don't find out and regret it, you will find out soon enough!!

Guess who got their own way ;o)