do you think it is better to know the sex of your baby, or wait until your child is born?

Answer 1

Wait

Answer 2

I am the kind who doesnt stick to just blue for boys and pink for girls when i buy stuff for the baby. All colors are good for me, same goes with the baby gear.

But the reason I didnt want to be surprised was that :1) I wanted to be able to find out whether my instincts are right, call the baby with its gender and the pride associated with my baby being a girl or a boy and
2) I dont care what gender it is and I can wait until the baby "decides" but as I put it to my doctor.. Once the baby has made his or her decision, I think it is ok that the parents know about it before we inform the whole world. I want that special phase of few months where nobody but my husband & I know the answer. Made us happy the first time..and we are keeping a secret this time too. However this time, our older kid is in it too and it is so much fun!!

Answer 3

Depends on how much you want to be surprised and how much the baby's sex matters to you and your spouse. I have two kids (a boy and a girl), and I knew both of their sexes before birth. However, if I were to have another child, I'd wait to know the baby's sex until its birth. Maybe that's because I have one of each sex and so am not pining for one or the other!

Answer 4

I think it's a matter of personal choice. I found out with my first child but didn't tell anyone until the babyshower. I think I want to wait until the baby is born when I get pregnant with my 2nd child. I think the element of suprise is great!! Before ultrsound machines were invented no one knew the sex of their baby.. it was the way they did it for years and years...
I think it's something you should discuss with your significant other.
Good Luck

Answer 5

I don't think either way is necessarily 'better'. I personally chose to wait to find out mine. I wanted it to be a surprise, since most people find out nowadays. Then they ask about names, and nothing is a surprise anymore! I think it's just a personal preference, for some people it helps to find out if they are really into planning things, like sharing rooms, or wanting to have a name, or wanting to get all boy or all girl stuff ahead of time. I'm not sure if I'd want to find out in the future if I had more kids, but I probably wouldn't.

Answer 6

It's a personal choice. People are hot on both sides of the debate. It is silly to argue as it is ultimately a personal decision. I wanted to know with all three of mine. Glad I did. We were harassed by a couple who were adament that we were "ruining our birthing experience" by finding out. Um, ok. It was still an amazing experience even though we knew what the sexes were. There is still the surprise of what the baby looked like, how it acted, etc. Oh, and it was like Christmas when we found out at the ultrasounds too. That was always their defense, that we "ruined Christmas" by finding out. Too silly! Best of luck.

Answer 7

when I was pregnant with my first baby, me & my husband decided that we would find out with this one & on the next baby, we would wait until our child was born. We now are on our second pregnancy & he absolutley wants to know know the gender of our baby. I would like to be suprised, but I guess it's better to know if you can, like in our case, we have a bunch of girl things but no boy stuff & if we don't find out our son may end up wearing a lot of pink Barbie & Dora the Explorer out fits.

Answer 8

hubby wanted to wait and i wanted to know. We found out all three times the first was on purpose. (need to know if i had to get boy gear) The second time the tech told when we didn't want to know. and for number three there was no missing it.

I think its a personal choice it still a surprise finding out at 20 weeks instead of 40 because till then your going trough names for both genders. I found it made it easier because even finding out that little fellow was a boy we didn't have the name full picked out till i filled out the birth paper work 2 days after he was born. Could you imagine if i had to mull over 2 sets of names.

Answer 9

I think it is better to know cause then you can plan and have everything ready and be raedy for the new little baby. You can feel more of a connection when you are pregnant and know the sex cause you can already have a name and rub your belly and talk to your little baby with a name.And be like " I can't wait till i meet you little girl" I feel it is more personal to know the sex.

Answer 10

I knew the sex of all 4 of mine because when the ultrasound was performed I could tell without the Doctor telling me. The element of surpise is priceless!! I wish I wouldn't have known but I just couldn't keep my eyes off the ultrasound screen and 3 of mine were boys so it was VERY obvious!!! If I could take it back, I wouldn't look. Decorating the nursery and all that can come later, all mine spent most of their time where I was and not in the nursery when they were newborn. Either way, you should just go with your heart....it knows better than all of us!!!!!! :-)