To Know or Not To Know

[rainbow trout]

Cotton, congrats on the new child....did she tell you what it is??? Boy or Girl it will be a joy!!!

[agvet2004]

We wanted to find out on the first so that we could prepare properly. I had just started vet school and money was tight, so we needed to make sure we made the proper choices. We were just impatient with the second.

I have a few friends that waited till the birth, seems like more are waiting now.

Congrats to ya, RdRdrFan and Cotton!

[Nova]

We let out three year old boy be a surprise. When it comes time to add another we will probably find out for the sake of planning. We already have a lot of boy stuff we saved. If it turns out to be a girl we will have to gather up some new stuff.

[rainbow trout]

Lots of babys being born this week. Future TBHers! Congrats to all!!!!

[florissant]

We didn't find out on either of our girls. Lots and lots of greens and yellows.

[hillcountryhunter]

We found out we are having a girl last week. I think like others have said that finding out early is more fun because u can associate a name with the baby and start buying stuff. Between us and the grandparents, this kid is going to have more than she will ever know what to do with.

[Marooned]

First of all, Congrats Cotton and RdRdrFan!!

We went traditional and chose the surprise route with the first one. Had a couple of false starts before the second one took and we decided to find out in advance. I agree with what others have said about going thru the miscarriages, I think it helped my wife emotionally to know.

[2050z]

My first kid was a total surprise. I did not want to know, but I think Christy knew and just wouldn't tell me. We looked on the last two.

[ladiehood79]

At first I didn't want to know until the lady told me it was twins! Then I needed to know so I could make sure to have all the right stuff. Also with an ultrasound a month it wasn't hard to find out!!

[TxTroop]

My wife and I found out the sex on the first one who just turned 1 on Tuesday, and the second one is due in Feburary and we will find out the sex again. Cant wait to know....

[Pablo]

Daughter who's an RN and her husband specifically told the doc not to let them know the gender of the kid . . . I asked why? She said that it's one of the few things in this world that can be a surprise. I thought, nice. They have a healthy baby boy named Thomas that is now 2 months old.

Our first kiddoe was a surprise and the baby turned out to be a boy who is now 30. Not sure if we found out on #2 (the RN daughter) and #3.

I think that it's just personal preferance.