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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We did not find out prior to birth with either child (two girls!).   Of course it is a surprise no matter when you find out, but I loved the announcement at the births and also enjoyed holding the possibility of a boy or a girl in my mind throughout the pregnancies.   Downsides are not being able to stockpile gender-specific clothes or decorate nursery in an overly gender-themed way.   But as you know, they grow so quickly that you don't need too many newborn clothes, and we just had a sunny nursery with pale yellow walls and some rabbit bedding that I loved for a boy or a girl.   You do need to come up with names you like for a boy or a girl, which can be more difficult/time consuming if spouse has different taste in names.  I also thought that if I anticipated gender disappointment, I probably would have found out in advance to try to process those feelings before the baby was born.   Could go the other way as well, though -- [b]if you know you will be disappointed if baby is a boy (or girl), maybe wait to be surprised at birth as you are far less likely to be disappointed in the beautiful baby in your arms vs the imagined one[/b].[/quote]

this was me (I mean I didn't have strong feelings but I did have a preference and rather than be disappointed a little in my kid before even meeting them it was nice to just be excited).  Also for us, when we were having problems agreeing on names it was nice to just switch to the other gender for a while.[/quote]

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