The question I have been asked the most so far whenever I tell people I’m pregnant is, “Are you going to find out the sex of the baby?” After several weeks to seriously ponder this, and talking it through with my husband, the answer is no, because:
1. I would prefer people to purchase gender neutral clothing. Once you know the sex (from what my friends have told me and from my own observations), you tend to get all blue or all pink newborn clothes, and let’s face it…do you want your second child to be wearing the wrong gender onesies?
2. I want to keep it a secret. This totally contrasts my “planning” personality, but what’s another few more months to wait to find out? I like the idea of being surprised on the baby’s birthday. It’s kind of like opening up a package.
3. If I find out, I won’t be able to keep it a secret. I pretty much suck at keeping secrets.
4. I can be a little old fashioned about some things.
5. Once people know the sex, they start asking about names. I know this for a fact, because I have done it myself, thinking it was a completely harmless question, when in fact it really wasn’t any of my business. Now that I am pregnant myself, I don’t really want to share my name choices with the whole world.
6. I’m counter-culture. This really isn’t a good reason, but I do like to be different from the mainstream.
So, for now, our plans are not to find out the sex of our baby.
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