Question by California Boy: 1st child in 6 weeks- anyone else waiting to find out the sex?
My wife and I are expecting in late May. We have decided to wait until delivery to find out the sex.
No one our age understands- they think we are insane and never stop with the ‘but what color do we buy?’ as if the only two colors in the world are blue and pink.
People over 40 understand and would choose to wait also.
Anyone else going through the same thing, or are we just old fashioned for wanting to wait for the last mystery in life?
Best answer:
Answer by JOANNE
im due in 2 weeks and we don’t know the sex of our baby. im 27 and yes people keep asking us what colour are we buying its so frustrating. but we didn’t find out with our first child and it was amazing when we found out he was a boy it was well worth the wait and so we decided to do it again so hang in there its well worth the wait and you have the rest of their lives to buy pink or blue stuff
congrats and good luck xx
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I was one of those crazy excitable mom’s that just couldn’t wait to find out anything. I hate to say I am not the most patient person in the world. LOL. I hope my daughter doesn’t inherit that trait.
I don’t see why people are so bent out of shape over this sort of thing. I mean its your child and your surprise that you want to share with each other after he/she is born. Thats perfectly okay. People now are just insane really lol.
I didn’t get to find out I was having a girl until I was 26 weeks. But it drove me INSANE when people were always constantly asking,
“BLUE OR PINK?” Like you said…the world doesn’t revolve around those two colors. And I HATED it when people were always saying stuff like,”Well thats crazy you don’t already know what your having. I found out when I was 18 weeks…blah blah blah.”
I can understand where you are coming from. Just don’t let people bring you down during this special time in your life. 🙂
Congratulations and best of wishes for you and your baby 🙂 Whatever sex he/she may be 🙂
i couldn’t wait due to health problems and needing to set up tests but my big brother, who’s baby is due may 15th 09 didn’t find out they love the surprise they did the same for their daughter as well the only thing he said that he wish that he hadn’t done was buy tons of white and creams as once their daughter was born they wanted to put her in pinks, purple, pastels very bright colours so a lot of the stuff never got worn, i think wanting if you have to option is special, you and your partner have a bond and its nice to see that. i’m only 20 but on the other had if your short on cash then finding out is a cheaper way because then you only need to buy one sex clothes, i wish you all the best x
I couldn’t wait. I was too excited to not know.
But it would just add to the delivery excitement.
I had my baby before finding out the sex before birth became an option.
Believe me, having to wait for the birth to find out what sex the baby was was no major sacrifice. We all managed to live with it and bought baby’s first clothes in yellow or green–that is if it mattered what color the baby wore when it was a newborn.
Also you have every other color imaginable to design a room around so who needs pink and blue? Newborn clothing looks the same regardless of sex so waiting is hardly a huge trauma.
The thrill of having a new person put into your arms that is the product of your love for another human being is beyond words. Finding out the sex is just another wonderful surprise that comes with the adventure.
Being willing to wait just means that you are willing to wait for the whole event to arrive and you don’t need it prepackaged and preplanned.
Enjoy the experience! There will never be another like it.