https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 31 May 2026 17:34:54 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-your-parents-team-green/page/2#post-873356 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 22:02:09 +0000 Mrs Spoon 873356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. There wasn't really any other option besides TG at the time. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-your-parents-team-green/page/2#post-873250 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 21:20:57 +0000 Vegmama 873250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! For me and my sister. I was 13 when she was born, and in the room when they announced it was a girl. So cool! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-your-parents-team-green/page/2#post-873225 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 21:12:59 +0000 kjpugs 873225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not sure about me (I was adopted- so they got a call to get on a plane, and found out then) or my sister M (not adopted.) But my mom said with the youngest, R, apparently she did. She told us once that the tech asked her if she wanted to know and she said no. The tech said "oh you must want a boy since you have 2 girls!" and my mom said they didn't care either way would be great. And the tech goes "Oh, GOOD!" She never said more clearly that it was a girl but it was pretty obvious by her relief that my mom didn't want a boy, that it was a girl! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-your-parents-team-green/page/2#post-873157 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:58:28 +0000 MrsF 873157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope - they thought I was going to be a boy! That's 1982 ultrasound technology for you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-your-parents-team-green/page/2#post-873147 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:54:41 +0000 jhd 873147@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They were officially team green but doc said all along he thought I would be a boy! He was wrong! :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-your-parents-team-green/page/2#post-873119 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:45:22 +0000 travelgirl1 873119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep - all four times! Girl after girl after girl after girl - my poor dad, lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-your-parents-team-green/page/2#post-873109 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:42:59 +0000 GrapeCrush 873109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yes, for all 3. they didn't do ultrasounds then, unless they thought there was a problem. she had 1 with me, because they thought she was having twins, but that was the only one. she didn't find out what she was having though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-your-parents-team-green/page/2#post-870933 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:13:17 +0000 runsyellowlites 870933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, BUT they were told the wrong sex when it came to my sister! You can imagine the confusion that came when my mom woke from her emergency cesarean (she was put under) to hear "you want to hold your baby girl?" when the scan had said she was a boy! lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-your-parents-team-green/page/2#post-870922 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:11:01 +0000 lioneyes 870922@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my mom was. i don't think there was really an option to find out the sex back then via ultrasound. however, my MIL knew DH was a boy bc she was over 35 and had amnio. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-your-parents-team-green#post-870866 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:01:16 +0000 mrsdoily 870866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom only had an ultrasound with my brother and that was because her stomach had gotten so big that they were concerned that they would have to do a c-section to get him out. His little wee wee was sticking out from his body so it was obvious it was a boy...the rest of us (3) were team green. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-your-parents-team-green#post-870850 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:58:05 +0000 illumina 870850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pepper: Mine pretty much kept the boy name they'd picked out and amended it slightly to make it more feminine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-your-parents-team-green#post-870808 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:49:43 +0000 Pepper 870808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@illumina: My mom was convinced I was going to be a boy! She was shocked when I was born haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-your-parents-team-green#post-870801 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:49:10 +0000 Pepper 870801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For me, yes. They didn't have a choice back then. For my brother, they were able to find out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-your-parents-team-green#post-870799 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:48:35 +0000 illumina 870799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, as I don't think they had the choice. For some reason they thought I was going to be a boy though... maybe just the old wives' tales! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-your-parents-team-green#post-870797 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:47:11 +0000 LaineysMom 870797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, but only for me. They found out for my brother and sister. </p> <p>All of my nursery stuff was yellow.. But my dad thought I was going to be a boy so he bought a bunch of baseball cards that year. I asked if my brother's name (a family name) was going to be used for me and they said no, but I find that really hard to believe.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-your-parents-team-green#post-870787 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:45:10 +0000 lovehoneybee 870787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, for all three pregnancies. They desperately wanted a girl, so I can only imagine the energy in the delivery room when I was finally born (I have 3 older brothers and my mom told me they would have kept going until they got a girl). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-your-parents-team-green#post-870786 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:44:00 +0000 autumnlove 870786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, both times. I don't think they had a choice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-your-parents-team-green#post-870785 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:43:05 +0000 MsMamaBear 870785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, she didn't have a choice. everyone was back then.lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-your-parents-team-green#post-870775 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:40:24 +0000 Turd Ferguson 870775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They were with me (their first), but they wanted to find out for the second. They were hoping for a boy and wanted to "come to terms with things" if it was a girl...and they got my sister! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-your-parents-team-green#post-870769 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:39:51 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 870769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom was with me and my brother. They didn't do ultrasounds then!</p> <p>She had one with my sister, though, because ultrasounds were more common at that point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-your-parents-team-green#post-870764 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:39:02 +0000 Alivoo01 870764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! However, the doctors told them I was a boy and well... Hi! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-your-parents-team-green#post-870687 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:20:19 +0000 BelugaBean 870687@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They were! I didn't know that until I was pregnant and they told me about how they had a boy and girl name ready but my mom changed her mind with the girl name when she saw me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-your-parents-team-green#post-870678 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:19:16 +0000 JessKas 870678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They were for me (the first!) but not for my brother. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-your-parents-team-green#post-870676 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:18:45 +0000 .twist. 870676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, there wasn't an option to find out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-your-parents-team-green#post-870673 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:18:03 +0000 lindseykaye 870673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! Both mine and DH's parents were team green for both of their children but like many of the others here I don't think it was really an option or a standard practice to do ultrasounds.<br /> I know when I sent our parents DVD's of the 20 week ultrasound they were just so amazed. They had all seen photos of ultrasounds before but because they didn't ever have any themselves, had never seen video of a baby like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-your-parents-team-green#post-870662 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:15:06 +0000 purrpletulips 870662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep - didn't have any ultrasounds and only found out she was having twins at 8months because my sister and my heart beats got out of sync </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-your-parents-team-green#post-870660 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:14:38 +0000 keiki_mama 870660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She was! I don't think ultrasounds were common in China in the 80s for poor folks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-your-parents-team-green#post-870658 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:14:23 +0000 MrsCastro 870658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes by force Mexico doesnt really do ultra sounds, so with my four oldest siblings my mom pretty much had no prenatal care and either delievered with a midwife or delivered herself with my dads help...she is my hero...</p> <p>when she was pregnant with me she didnt get prenatal care until she was 8 months pregnants (granted that is how far along she was when she came to the states) and she went to tour the hospital she was going to have me at...Dr.'s decided to do a checkup because she hadnt received any care at that point, well my mother was in the shock of her life when they not only told her she was in labor, which she thought they were crazy, and she was not having one but two babies..she did go into labor that day but just had me...she has always wondered why they said twins when they did the ultrasound... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-your-parents-team-green#post-870656 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:13:18 +0000 sera_87 870656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When did ultrasounds become standard practice?</p> <p>She actually chose one of my brothers name because it would work for either gender. </p> <p>(And I'm fairly sure my birthmom was team green for both of us too). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/were-your-parents-team-green#post-870646 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:11:30 +0000 Smurfette 870646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, there wasn't another option. </p>