https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 04 May 2026 12:43:31 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/team-green-do-you-regret-it-or-still-love-it#post-106150 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 03:53:50 +0000 looch 106150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cupcakemama: Victoria Beckham bought a pink stroller, but she had a girl after 3 boys. I agree though, it's not that hard to buy stuff, especially big things, in gender neutral colors. </p> <p>I also wanted to comment about bonding with the baby...I was only ever team green, so I can't say if I would have bonded better knowing I was carrying a boy rather than waiting until he was born. My mother's intuition led me to know I was having a boy, I didn't need an ultrasound to tell me, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/team-green-do-you-regret-it-or-still-love-it#post-106136 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:47:25 +0000 googly-eyes 106136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pawprints: I agree with you in principle, actually. I was a girl that had mostly "boy" designated clothes. My mom just said it was really annoying having to constantly correct people who said, "Oh look at the cute baby boy!" Lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/team-green-do-you-regret-it-or-still-love-it#post-106134 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:07:02 +0000 PawPrints 106134@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Say it with me, people... girls can wear blue, and boys can wear pink! :)</p> <p>Seriously, I have a really hard time grasping the desire to blanket a child in gender roles before she's even old enough to know what "being a girl" means. This thread is making me really want to have a boy so I can paint his nursery pink, just because why not! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/team-green-do-you-regret-it-or-still-love-it#post-106131 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:46:14 +0000 googly-eyes 106131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Futuremrsmck: Thanks for the link! Looks like there were lots of responses on there, I'll read through it! </p> <p>@Msmamabear: Good point! It just seems like there are some (little, less important) things that only come in boy/girl. Especially clothes, but I'm starting to see why that would be less important.</p> <p>We still don't know what we'll do yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/team-green-do-you-regret-it-or-still-love-it#post-102478 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:40:42 +0000 cupcakemama 102478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsMamaBear: right on! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/team-green-do-you-regret-it-or-still-love-it#post-102473 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:25:49 +0000 MsMamaBear 102473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I loved being Team Green! I Planned well, just didn't buy pink everything. I loved waiting for the surprise and it took 39wks to find out. LOL!</p> <p> If you are a good planner, you can plan anything! Am I right Team Green mama's!?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/team-green-do-you-regret-it-or-still-love-it#post-102437 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:43:26 +0000 lovehoneybee 102437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm only about 20 weeks along, so I can't say whether or not I'll end up regretting it (although I can't imagine I will) but I started a thread about this on WB...we're Team Green (or Level II U/S, when we could, in theory, find out is on Wednesday). I've been struggling with it, because I both desperately want to know and don't want to know. I got a lot of great feedback both from bees who and who were Team Green, and why they did it. </p> <p><a href="http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/team-green-why" rel="nofollow">http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/team-green-why</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/team-green-do-you-regret-it-or-still-love-it#post-102436 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:20:35 +0000 googly-eyes 102436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sorry I posted and then ended up busy today! But thank you all for the responses- lots to think about! I asked DH today and now he says he's leaning toward finding out, but we still don't know! Sometimes I want to schedule the soonest ultrasound I can get but we're going to think about it a little more! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/team-green-do-you-regret-it-or-still-love-it#post-102360 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:56:54 +0000 mrs. wagon 102360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: hehe... well it helped that I seriously did not prefer a boy or a girl. I thought it would be TORTURE but once we made the decision, I concentrated on team green and was fine. It's a challenge to purchase and set everything up gender neutral. I also had the feeling that it was a boy because he was so active, I was carrying all out front, and I wasn't craving sweets at all. I was actually pretty sure it was a boy and I was right, haha!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/team-green-do-you-regret-it-or-still-love-it#post-102358 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:53:23 +0000 chopsuey 102358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: i &lt;3 pink! i can't believe you guys went team green for rj! we're definitely going to find out the gender when we have #2. maybe i'll go green for #3 if we have a 3rd! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/team-green-do-you-regret-it-or-still-love-it#post-102355 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:48:42 +0000 mrs. wagon 102355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a huge planner but I'm not big on pink and Wagon Sr. is not big on blue, so since Wagon Sr. really wanted to be surprised (he pointed out that it was the only thing he could truly experience with me in terms of the pregnancy/birth) we decided to go team green. It was interesting to see how people reacted (some people actually seemed angry!) but now it seems like all of our friends having babies after us are following suit. Seems like it's becoming the trend to not find out (or it was and I never knew!).</p> <p>We were so excited to find out for this baby!! And now that it's a girl, I'm thinking maybe I will go pink after all ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/team-green-do-you-regret-it-or-still-love-it#post-102354 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:45:20 +0000 MsMini 102354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am team geen, and at 34 weeks, I am starting to get really excited to see if out LO is a boy or girl. I have always known when I had babies, I would be team green, and DH is 110% behind it, so we weren't tempted in the least to find out. I have had several ultrasounds since you could see the sex, and I have been so nervous I would accidentally see, or someone would slip, but so far so good! </p> <p>Planning wise I don't find it to be an issue, I have planned the nursery decor (waiting for stuff to be delivered) and I am extremely happy with my neutral choices, it made it really easy for us to choose gear (we went with black/grey for our stiller/car seat which suits our taste anyways). We have all of the CD's and clothes we need in the beginning, they are just heavy in the grey/brown/denim/green. </p> <p>I assume once baby is born, the gender specific stuff will pour in as well.</p> <p>I am also happy that I will have so much we can re-use for baby #2 regardless of its gender (we would likely be team green again anyways) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/team-green-do-you-regret-it-or-still-love-it#post-102352 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:44:09 +0000 chopsuey 102352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I could never go team green.. I love to plan! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/team-green-do-you-regret-it-or-still-love-it#post-102351 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:43:41 +0000 chopsuey 102351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HabesBabe: wow! Excited to hear what you're having in.. Around 15 weeks! Go you :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/team-green-do-you-regret-it-or-still-love-it#post-102344 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:30:19 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 102344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a planner and being uncertain with our second was really, really hard for me... but the thrill when I saw she was a girl after she was born was a huge rush! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/team-green-do-you-regret-it-or-still-love-it#post-102337 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:17:48 +0000 prettylizy 102337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Go Team Green! We were team green and let me tell you that the moment that you hear "it's a ....." is probably one of the most amazing moments of your life. After all the work growing that baby, and then giving birth, it's such a magical feeling. Prettybaby ended up being a girl, and I was a little worried that the gender neutral clothes weren't girly enough, but within 1 week of her being born, we have more girly clothes than we know what to do with! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/team-green-do-you-regret-it-or-still-love-it#post-102335 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:14:11 +0000 cupcakemama 102335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went team green with LO. I didn't regret it for an instant. I don't get the idea that finding out the gender makes it easier to plan. Plan what? Maybe the nursery but it's not hard to go neutral there. It's also not as if i'm going to buy a pink stroller because I am having a girl... Or do people do that?? Even clothing is not a hassle. You are given so much after the baby is born and it's hard to stock up too much beforehand as you don't know how big bub is going to be. Anyway, this is just me. I always see the 'i have to plan' and it bugs me. I should also point out that team green is common here, no one I know has found out the sex. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/team-green-do-you-regret-it-or-still-love-it#post-102048 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:03:48 +0000 looch 102048@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was team green with my first and I don't regret it at all. I loved the surprise of it, after having been guessing for 41 weeks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/team-green-do-you-regret-it-or-still-love-it#post-102042 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:56:40 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 102042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband wants to be on Team Green when we conceive. I'm finally warming up to the idea and gettin excited about it. I figure I can always buy a couple of pink cloth diapers after the baby is born if I have a girl. I already prefer gender neutral nurseries and clothing, so really cloth diapers were holding me up. It's a bit ridiculous. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/team-green-do-you-regret-it-or-still-love-it#post-102032 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:43:30 +0000 SAHM0811 102032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went Team Green with my 2nd and I love that I did it that way. Of course during the pregnancy there were times I just really, really wanted to know. It was so tempting to find out (my hubby knew, actually). Anyway, he was awesome keeping it ambiguous and a secret from me and I'm very glad I held out til birth to find out :) it was literally the BEST surprise in my life thus far. Actually, I'm not sure anything else can top it! Everyone kept telling me I was having a boy, but she was a girl :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/team-green-do-you-regret-it-or-still-love-it#post-101977 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:51:50 +0000 HabesBabe 101977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're currently Team Green (25 weeks), and we're still loving it! I've always been a planner, so I expected to find out the gender once we were pregnant... but hubs mentioned that there aren't many great surprises in life anymore. So far, so good-- and I think we've been able to bond with baby just was well (we just call him/her "Baby" when talking to/about him/her).</p> <p>Plus, it helps me save money because I know I would be buying every little hair boy/toy truck I'd see if I knew the gender.</p> <p>I would only advise against it if you know that you would be "crushed" if you had a gender you weren't hoping for... better to have 6+ months to prep yourself for a girl/boy if you were hoping for the other rather than finding out on the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/team-green-do-you-regret-it-or-still-love-it#post-101952 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:32:14 +0000 mamimami 101952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were team green for our first babe. We didn't regret it. Like PP said, lots of good gender neutral stuff and it also forces people to buy you useful things instead of frilly skirts or whatever. It's also kind of like a secret club. Other team green people are very funny about it.</p> <p>I am not sure about the bonding question since I have nothing to compare it to... I didn't feel super bonded with my baby until he was born, but I think that was more me than anything else. Also, when it's your first you just don't really know what to expect regardless!</p> <p>We will go team green in the future although it's going to be hard.... For the first, we didn't care as much but now it seems more important to know whether our child will have a brother or sister!</p> <p>FWIW with our boy we had a strong feeling he was a boy. So it wasn't a huge surprise at birth anyway! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/team-green-do-you-regret-it-or-still-love-it#post-101946 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:27:56 +0000 heffalump 101946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't go team green the first time because I love all things pink, and I knew if we went neutral and I had a girl I'd be upset. But now that we have all things pink and I got to make my dream girly nursery and dress her in bows and ruffles, I'm letting my hubby have his way for the next one and go team green. </p> <p>I do think it's smart if you're planning on having more than one child. We have all this pink stuff and if we have a boy next, we'll have to buy everything new. If we went gender neutral we wouldn't have to do that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/team-green-do-you-regret-it-or-still-love-it#post-101941 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:23:18 +0000 MamaMoose 101941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Uh I'm 5 weeks pregnant and hubs and I are already battling about this!! I don't want to find out and he does! Luckily we have plenty of time to sort it out : ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/team-green-do-you-regret-it-or-still-love-it#post-101937 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:17:19 +0000 MrsBrewer 101937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I want to see responses to this as well. When DH and I have children, we are going to be team green for sure! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/team-green-do-you-regret-it-or-still-love-it#post-101919 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:57:48 +0000 googly-eyes 101919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was reading about the reasons for beig team green and it finally hit me that I don't really need or want to know the gender. I don't want to put too much gender expectations on the child, and I do want that surprise at birth. (i know those seem contradictory. Its not so much about the gender itself but that special moment for just the three of us!) BUT it just seems like it would be so much harder to prepare "stuff" wise. </p> <p>So mamas who have gone team green, we're you happy with your decision? Was it worth it? Or was it a hassle? Did others have reactions to it?</p> <p>Eta I forgot to also ask: was it more difficult to bond with your baby before birth not knowing? </p>