Why doesn't anyone wait and be surprised anymore?

I am as surprised when I find out at the ultrasound as I would be at the birth. Why not wait? Because I don't want to. Because I have the very simple option of finding out because they are doing the ultrasound anyway. Because finding out helps me, personally, to bond with my babies early by talking to him or her calling it by name and so on. And because it's fun to prepare. But it doesn't mean just because I know it's a girl doesn't mean everything will be pink.

I think its just a personal choice. My parents waited to find out what I was until I was born but I am choosing to find out. Personally I just don't like any of the neutral crib decor or clothes. I would rather have specific things but that is my personal opinion. Some people just don't like surprises I guess. I don't think that there is anything wrong with waiting though and being surprised .. I think its kinda cool I just wouldn't want to do it.

I think we do live in a time and society where instant gratification is all. We can find information at the click of a mouse, pick up dinner without getting out of the car, and never even have to stand up to change the channel. So waiting 9 months to find out the sex of the baby can seem like a lifetime.

But it's also simply a practical issue. Most women DO have ultrasounds (recommended by their doctors, though not usually medicall necessary). And if you have an ultrasound you CAN find out (usually) ... so for many women there is just no reason to NOT find out. I chose to skip the ultrasound, so I couldn't find out in advance. That was my choice.

It's still a surprise when you find out the sex of your baby through the ultrasound. I wanted to know because I knew it would drive me crazy to wait until the baby was born. We wanted to talk about names and get clothes and the nursery set up. And I also hate all the gender neutral stuff. I wanted pink and purple cutesy things for our girl and blue, sporty things for our son. Finding out the sex made the birth exciting because we knew what we were having, but didn't know what our baby would look like. I was so excited to finally meet our babies. Plus, I felt bonded with them both after calling them by their names for the majority of my pregnancies. That being said, there is no reason why you can't choose to be surprised. Why does it matter to you that people like to find out? We have modern technology, why not make use of it?? Everyone can choose for themselves.

I'm gonna wait untill the birth of my baby to find out the sex.. I think it's so cool to be surprise at birth. I agree people don't wait anymore. My husband wants to know the sex but I don't so i don't know how we're going to work that out..

My husband and I had no intention on waiting. We wanted to know as soon as we could and neither of us has ever doubted that decision. It's a personal choice, we wanted not only to be prepared but to be able to talk to our little one in the womb and address him by his name. It really helps out with baby showers too, we've already received personalized items with his name on it. We still have a lot of surprises that come with a baby that's coming our way. For example how much will he weight? What will he look like? Who's eyes will he have? Etc... I can't wait!

lol is it NOT a surprise when you find out at 20 weeks?

i always tell people that waiting until the birth is like asking somebody to keep you from seeing the genitals until the baby is 4 months old.. so it will be a surprise...

its a surprise at 20 weeks as well as at the birth, just depends on if you like living in suspense or want to get the surprise over with.

We waited, and it was a MAJOR surprise! We were convinced that we were having a boy (every time the football was on the baby would go crazy!) but ended up with a beautiful little girl! We hadn't even considered girls names! We had ultrasounds, and the sonographer asked if we wanted to know, because she hadn't seen any obvious signs when doing the measurements and checks, but could look if we wanted to. don't listen to what anyone says about how you are carrying or anything, my friend who was pregnant at the same time knew she was having a girl and we were carrying completely differently!

To be honest thou, part of me did want to know, because my friend did, and I had seen so many cute clothes, and for bedding and things like that!

I agree, but to be honest, my husband and i wanted to wait until the birth, but now we are just really wanting to know. If there was a way we can deal with not knowing we will but right now there is no way to help us. We have a girl already and we are wanting a boy

The reason why I am not going to wait although that was are original plan is my husband is deployed and he wants to find out the gender of the baby while he is gone so he can feel like he is a part of my pregnancy. It is also harder to find baby clothes and car seat etc, in a "gender neutral" color such as tan.