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No.

I said yes, but it wasn't a huge deal. I just had DH's family over for dinner (nothing unusual), and brought out pink cupcakes with an 'It's a Girl' sign. It was a fun way to announce it, but I guess it wasn't really a 'party'

ETA: I would totally go to one though! I love all things celebration and party, no matter whatever ridiculous reason.

No

@swurlygurl: That's what we did. It was just family (and a couple of really close friends) and we told them. It felt a little more special. I think it all depends on the person, though. I really couldn't care less about what people do - do what makes you happy. Pregnancy can be rough sometimes, if you want to throw a huge gender blowout, more power to you!

Full disclosure though, the fat kid in me thoroughly enjoys any food related reveals.

we didn't. but we invited my mom and MIL to the anatomy scan. it was a fun day and a good memory.

I would if I lived closer to our immediate families and the "party" was just having everyone over for dinner to announce at the same time rather than making 47 phone calls.

We are going to be team green, so none for us.
They're a little too much pomp-and-circumstance for me, but I don't begrudge anyone that has one.
I think they are generally more appropriate for very close friends and family that really care about the gender. I think it's a fun activity if it is done as a part of a shower.

We didn't have a party but we did make cupcakes with blue frosting inside and give them to our parents to announce.

I don't expect anyone to care that much!!

No. We did have our parents over for dinner and had a blue cake, but I don't really consider that to be a party...it was just dinner with a cute dessert! But in general I'm anti-gender reveal parties.

I think a completely separate gender reveal party is a little unnecessary. But I totally wanted to do a gender reveal at the shower!

If this is a boy though I might do a fun gender reveal at dinner one night with the ILs. It'll be the first boy of this generation!

We were team green, so obviously, our "gender reveal" was also the birth

But, I think a big party for it is kind of weird and self indulgent, though I've never been to one. Having your family over for dinner and announcing it to everyone at once would be nice though, and i guess it's kind of the same thing. But selfishly, if I was to attend a gender reveal party, I would want to see the couple's reaction too, so I'd want it to be a surprise for them as well as the guests-- that would be more fun for me! I would be afraid to do that though because I'd be scared DH would look disappointed if we had another girl-- it's terrible to even think it, but I know he wants a boy, so...

As for the gender reveal at the shower-- personally, I would enjoy that, kind of like, as a thanks for giving us these gifts, we have some fun news for you. But I know at my team green shower, quite a few people were annoyed that we didn't know the sex so they couldn't get us cute little clothes and pink or blue everything. I can only imagine they would be even MORE annoyed to find out that WE knew already but "made" them buy the "boring" gender neutral stuff that we really needed.

I would, but I'm not having one.

I think big parties are too much for me personally. But if a friend or family member had one, I'd totally go and enjoy it. I get so excited for all things baby related and love sharing others excitement!

We didn't have a party, but invited DHs and my immediate families to dinner and had cupcakes filled with pink frosting for desert. It was fun, everyone was really excited to learn the gender and we facetimed with my brother and DHs sister who live out of state.

No but I would do something tiny and fun with close family like my mom and sisters. I went to I've and it was nice, there were about twenty of us and we all had pizza together made bets and they cut into a cake. It was a fun, low key way to celebrate since the shower was pretty big and it's hard to get time chatting with the parents to be.

@Foodnerd81: Yeah, we were initially going to do a gender reveal at the shower but everyone seemed really unhappy about it. Boys were upset, because we were planning a girl-only shower, and people who would be guests were annoyed because it would impact shopping. Everyone seemed much happier about a separate party which really surprised me because it felt a bit attention grabby to me. Oh well, guess everyone likes a party

I love all parties and support them in general but no I'm not together enough for this hahah.

I really wanted to host one but we weren't able to due to our living situation. I think they're great especially for family and it all depends on how you share the news.

I'd have a gender reveal during a baby shower, but not a separate party.