When Courtney found out she was pregnant, she was hesitant to share the news with her family right away. ‘Everyone was so surprised because they were all convinced it was another boy!’ Courtney's One-on-One Conversations ‘As soon as we woke up for presents, my husband and I asked everyone to go outside for a quick surprise.’ They used colored smoke sticks to announce their baby girl, which made for fun pictures. Erica's Christmas Presentįor the gender reveal of her second baby, Erica made her celebration creative-and festive! ‘We decided to keep it small and do it on my immediate family’s Christmas morning,’ Erica says. ‘We didn't find out what we were having, it was a surprise the day he arrived,’ she says. Jenna and her partner opted to wait until their baby’s birth, too. Jade Louise and her partner wanted the gender of their babies to be a surprise-for everyone, including themselves! ‘We were old fashioned, and we waited until birth to find out the sex of both of our babies,’ says Jade Louise. ‘With our second, we found out with early genetic testing and told everyone as soon as we found out.’ Jade Louise's Old-Fashioned Surprise ‘With our first, we found out at the 20-week scan and both sets of our parents were there (or on FaceTime) to see,’ says Amanda. My partner had to do it, and that’s how we found out we were having a girl, obviously Willow! It was pretty amazing we had lots of fun, nice cookies, and goodies with family and friends!’ Amanda's Party-Free ApproachĪmanda wanted to know the sex of her babies (both boys!), but she opted just to share the news with immediate family instead of holding a gender reveal party. ‘It was my job to cut the cake, but I was shaking so much with nerves that I couldn’t. ‘I always knew it was going to be a girl,’ says Sophia. She planned a chill, sunny outdoor party with close friends and family, complete with a gender reveal cake and a cannon with sprinkle confetti. When Sophia had her 17-week scan, she didn’t want to know the gender, so she gave the result to her partner’s sister. To those of you expecting I wish you the best of luck! Motherhood is truly God's greatest gift." Guinevere's Painted Handprints Maybe I knew all along, but either way, I am thrilled beyond measure to have two little boys who will be the closest of friends and brothers. They used confetti poppers to reveal the sex, and the color took (almost) everyone by surprise: "It was another BOY! Somehow deep inside I wasn't surprised. I sort of hoped the baby would be, too, just to spice things up in our growing family, but every time I saw baby clothes or even thought about the new baby, I was drawn to blue and all things boy."īritny and her husband decided to do a small gender reveal just with their family. "Everyone was positive it was going to be a girl because I was so sick. I was so nauseated I needed prescription medication, and have a bit of placenta previa! So far. With this second pregnancy, however, I had no inclination on baby's gender whatsoever. I'd dreamt about him, I had no nausea, no terrible symptoms - it was a relatively easy pregnancy. Here are their stories! 12 Gender Reveal (and Non-Reveal!) Stories from Baby2Body Ambassadors Britny's party poppersĪs Britny was coming closer to finding out the gender of her second baby, she reflected on how this pregnancy was so different from her first, "With my first, I KNEW I was having a boy. We’ve asked some of our gorgeous mamas (and mamas-to-be) how, or if, they decided to find out the gender of their babies. That's the beauty of it, we all get to decide what's best for us. Like any big decision, choosing to find out-and reveal-the gender of your baby is entirely up to you.įor some expecting parents, finding out the gender and sharing it in a big way is a beautiful, celebratory moment to share with family and friends some prefer to reveal the gender through intimate, personal conversations and others want to wait to be fully surprised on the big day. You may even make different choices from one pregnancy to the next - and that's totally OK. Pregnancy is such a personal time and how you choose to experience it might be different from other moms you know. But it is true that the only 'right' answer to any of those questions is the one that's best for you and your family. There are a lot of decisions that come with being pregnant: share the big news as soon as you find out or wait for your 12-week scan? Learn the sex of your baby ahead of time or wait to be surprised? Go for a natural birth or get an epidural? Well, we're going to tell you what to do: you should do pregnancy your way.Īlright, no surprise there, we know.
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