Anyone else finding it so hard to stay team yellow?

[CaptainMummy]

This is number 3 for us as we found out the gender with both of our girls. I want to stay team yellow this time round but each day that goes past, I sort of start to change my mind! I am waaaay too nosy and curious to last another 20+ weeks without knowing if I'm carrying a boy or girl... And I feel like caving in! I know at my 20wk scan that I will be looking for that potty shot to see if I can tell what it is... But I know I shouldn't.

Please help me stay team yellow!!

Not that it matters, but I'm pretty convinced I'm having another girl. I'm super excited either way, but argh!!!

 

[Yo_Yo]

I know how you feel! With dd2 we attempted to stay team yellow...I made it through our 20 week scan without finding out! But then we needed extra weekly scans due to amniotic fluid loss and I caved in at 28/29 weeks!

If you really want to stay team yellow, just keep reminding yourself how nice it will be when you have that special moment finding out

 

[littlelegs91]

Hang on in their Hun. We are staying team yellow for the excitement of it. Xx

 

[MummyToAmberx]

I think being on here doesnt help team yellow women
with my first i never used forums and just go on my day to day life never gave my baby gender a second though and stayed team yellow.

Seeing all the 'gender scan x amount days' or 'we're on team ...' from 20w scan it automatically puts you into that drive.

i just want to see my baby again because this is our last baby only option is to have a gender scan

 

[krystinab]

Im hanging in there...I really think Im having a boy and for some reason thats good enough for me. I do use the all the gender quizzes over and over...LMAO...I keep telling my self: for thousands of years women didnt know the sex of their babies prior to delivery...for some reason that keeps me sane.

 

[zigee]

Im hanging in there...I really think Im having a boy and for some reason thats good enough for me. I do use the all the gender quizzes over and over...LMAO...I keep telling my self: for thousands of years women didnt know the sex of their babies prior to delivery...for some reason that keeps me sane.

This exactly, we didnt find out with our first and the suprise at delivery time was amazing. Id equate it to waiting till Christmas to unwrap that big ol present under the tree. After the hard work of labor, the surprise of the gender was kind of like that (versus knowing what the big ol present is but not getting it till christmas).
Staying strong with #2, just focusing my energy on getting a healthy baby.

 

[Rickles]

It's killing me - we found out with DD but doing it all differently this time...

Still it means I can dream about having a boy for an extra 20 weeks... xx

 

[JessdueJan]

I agree it is definitely worth the wait, we stayed team yellow with DS2 and it was amazing to hear DH tell me when he came out!
That being said I am dying to know!! Luckily we have passed our 20 and 22 week scan and have no more booked in, DH won't let me book any private scans so looks like I'll have to wait now! Only 15 and a half weeks to go

 

[Mushymilkfor2]

I couldn't wait

 

[Elodie]

It is our first and we aren't finding out the sex. I had a scan today and the obstetrician told us when to look away! I wasn't tempted to peek as I want to keep the surprise. OH thinks we're having a girl, I'm convinced I'm having a boy. We have fun teasing each other about it. I think in this day, with so much technology, that it is good to let baby keep a little secret of it's own until birth. My best friend is pregnant with her third and hasn't found out with any - she says it can help give you that little extra 'push' in labour because you know you will soon find out.

So staying team yellow! My only gripe is that the unisex clothing is so grim - all white and grey, no greens or oranges or anything! Never mind, that can wait.

 

[Mrs Eleflump]

Yes! We're staying but at times it's so tempting to find out! I know I'll be so disappointed in myself if I give in and find out, though.

We have our anomaly scan next Thursday morning, and after that will have scans of baby's heart every few weeks until birth, so there will be plenty of opportunities to cave Despite that, we still wont find out - I love the analogy of a Christmas present and waiting til Christmas morning to find out what you've got

 

[Brightxeyes]

Thing is on my private 16 week scan, I knew exactly what I was looking for. And i clocked it probably just as the sonographer did and she confirmed I was having a boy a second later.

So more than likely if you know what you're looking for, you can probably make a pretty good guess yourself.

Just depends if you want it confirmed

I guess knowing makes it easier to shop for. I can barely find any team yellow suitable clothes so I didn't bother buying little bits until I found out!

 

[george83]

I stayed team yellow with both of mine and I loved it! irl I'm such a nosey person that it's pretty weird that I didn't want to find out what we were having. I loved that moment of finding out they were both boys, it's like an extra bunch of emotions after having them.

Also I'm not sure if it was a 'scientific' website but I read that if you have 2 of one gender you have an 80% chance of having the same again, I don't know if that's good or bad for you though

 

[NotNic]

The Christmas present thing is exactly how I described it to people who couldn't understand why I didn't want to find out last time!! There is nothing more exciting than imagining the possibilities, plus I didn't want the opportunity to be disappointed. If I'd found out it was a boy last time I might have had mourned for a girl iykwim (even though I didn't have a preference) and I didn't want to feel anything other than joy for my child. When you are handed your lo for the first time, you're so overwhelmed with love that the sex is irrelevant. No one is ever disappointed with that gift!

This time we are 90% sure we are staying yellow. At 12wks we both had matching views on the gender so we were considering finding out, but the nearer we get the less we want to know.

 

[edthedog]

We stayed yellow both previous times and will with this one too. I know how tempting it is I am the most impatient person in the world so it has killed me each time but my mum said to me when I was pregnant with my first that there are very few genuine surprises in life and this was nature's best one.

I have to say she was right. Haven't ever had a preference on sex but when my daughter arrived she was such a surprise as I was 100% sure she was another boy '(which would have been lovely too) I was so glad I hadn't found out. When they told me I had a daughter it was one of the best but most shocked moments of my life.

I know it's hard but I absolutely guarantee you won't regret staying yellow xxx

 

[Hoping4Four]

Yes, I'm really struggling!! Lol!

I found out with my other three. I even had a private scan at 17 weeks to find out the gender of my son. I really wanted a boy and finding out was one of the best moments.. The scan was wonderful, nothing like an NHS scan.

I have no preference this time so thought I'd find it easy staying team yellow. But then at my 12 week scan I spotted a boyish nub (DH saw it straight away too!) and since then I've been obsessing over it. I've also been picturing this baby as a boy and have his name picked and everything.. I feel like I should find out in case it's actually a girl!

I've told everyone I'm not finding out so I feel a bit silly "giving in" now. I just don't know if finding out at birth would be that much more exciting than finding out at a scan. Plus during labour with my son, my DH encouraged me by saying things like "we're going to meet our little boy!!" and it really helped get me through

Argh, so difficult. Lol!

 

[Krippy]

Team Yellow for the third time here...and I wouldn't have it any other way! You can do it...It is worth the wait!

 

[rachmumtobe]

I was quite adamant a few weeks ago that we weren't going to find out but this week I've been looking at private sexing scans and I think I've talked myself into wanting to find out again.

I won't have my nhs can until I'm 21 weeks and I know if think I see something, it'll bug me so I think we're gonna have a sexing scan done the week before and then hopefully confirm it at the hospital scan I they can.

It's the urge to go shopping that's got to me lol

 

[ljo1984]

Was team yellow with other two, I really enjoy not knowing and the suspense so I find it quite easy to say no when they ask at the scan lol.

 

[Rcx]

I am loving staying team yellow, I cannot wait until the baby's born for the surprise of it!
Sometimes in the shops i pick up quite little girly things and think aww i wish i knew but then if it was a boy i couldn't buy them anyway so its daft lol. I think its just cos I'm a girly girl.
Everyone is so shocked and excited when you tell them you're team yellow too mostly, they're like oh thats the best way lol. i think theres pros and cons to both but we both wanted to stay team yellow so that was much easier, i would've defo caved it my husband wanted to know lol