Wednesday, 07 January 2009
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The Sex of the Baby- Should I Wait or Tell?
by Mama Monkey 
With each of my previous 3 children I knew from the day I found out I was pregnant that I did not want to find out the sex of the baby until it was born. There was never any question in my mind - I like the surprise at the end. Maybe it gives me something to look forward to? I really don't know. This time, however, I'm really struggling with the decision... and my ultrasound is tomorrow!
Part of me wants to know what I'm having and part of me still feels like it is spoiling a surprise that should be left for the end. We currently have 3 boys, so I may cry the rest of my pregnancy if I find out that it is another boy... so maybe it would be better for me not to know. (JK - I will be happy with whatever sex we get.) I have turned for help to my husband, who says that he really doesn't care one way or the other. So, I asked my two oldest sons - one of which wants to know and the other doesn't. I know they both want a little sister this time though.
So now I'm turning to all of you for help. What did you do? Did you find out and tell everybody? Or maybe find out and not tell anyone else (I thought about this option, but just don't know if I could handle that). What do you think the advantages/disadvantages are? Please help ... I can't make up my mind!
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- About Me: Hi! I am Mama Monkey - a SAHM of 3 wonderful, energetic boys ages 8, 5, and 22 months. They definitely keep me busy, but I love (almost) every minute of it. I have been married to Papa Monkey (25 year old computer programmer) for 8 years and we have known each other for 10. We started our family life a bit early, but I wouldn't change it for the world. I am a bit of a cleaning and organizing freak and am always looking for new ideas on how to keep things around here organized and unchaotic - as you can imagine, that is not the easiest with 3 rowdy boys. I love to write as it has always been one of the best ways for me to get the myriad of thoughts racing through my head out. I hope you enjoy my little writings, are able to identify and even, at times, maybe get a bit of wisdom from them. I am so excited to have my writings shared with you all.
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My husband didn't want to find out for either one of our two children. I wanted to find out the second we found out we were pregnant. But with our next one whenever we are blessed to get pregnant we are going to wait, I see it is as this now that it is one gift that I have the chance to carry for 9 months and it's the one gift that the Lord gave us that could be a total surprise !!!!
Good Luck and let us know if you find out or not !!!!! :)
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I don't have kids, but the one piece of advice my mom gives everyone is
"When push comes to shove, literately, going through all that work to find out the sex of the baby is more incentive to work harder."
I don't think, if I ever had kids, that I'd like to know, either. I'd like it to be a surprise - for me, for my partner, for my family, etc. There's only so many true surprises in the world...and I think waiting to find out the sex of your child is one of them.