For as long as I can remember, I have always wanted the gender to be a surprise. Now that I'm actually pregnant, I don't think I can do it! We were looking around the baby section tonight, and there was pretty much nothing gender neutral. If we go team green our baby might have to be naked for the first month. Hubs wants to find out, and I think I'm losing my will power.
Anyone else ditch their team green loyalty when pregnant?
GOLD / squash / 13464 posts
Stay strong!!!! There is definitely some good newborn gender neutral stuff if you search. And just think of how much money you'll save because you won't go crazy buying clothes before the babe arrives.
grapefruit / 4056 posts
Stay strong! It is so rewarding to wait, and there is lots of gender neutral stuff if you just look hard enough! Sawyer has an awesome gender neutral wardrobe, and I still buy lots of neutral stuff now because I am actually a fan of it now that we have started with it.
coconut / 8299 posts
You can do it!!!! Just look for white onesies or yellow/green. Blue is perfectly fine for girls too. I plan on dressing my daughter up in lots of blues (my son's hand me downs). Just stick a pink bow on her hair and there... you have a girl! Think about how exciting it'll be at delivery when you find out the gender!
honeydew / 7235 posts
Haha - yes! I caved. At the start I was team green all the way, but as the anatomy scan got closer, and my husband started saying just the right things to persuade me, we found out! It wasn't really about decorating or clothes for me - I'm still buying gender neutral type things (in case the next baby is a girl).... But just really wanting to know who this tiny person inside me was.
I think it would have been great to wait, but I am really glad I found out.... My husband and I have just felt super connected to him. Although, I would admit part of that has to do with feeling him kick so much now.... But I really love knowing 
Go with your gut!
pear / 1769 posts
I could never be team green, I am way too much of a planner. Not that you can plan much with a baby. But, I have noticed that there seem to be too few gender neutral clothing options and those that are out there are certainly not my style.
persimmon / 1035 posts
me neither, i never considered team green for a second. plus i had too much hope that i would have a girl, so if i had a boy (which I am), i wanted to get my past my initial disappointment long before the baby arrived (which i have now!).
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
I want to be team green for Baby 2 but my husband doesn't think I can go it...maybe I can surprise him!
grapefruit / 4049 posts
I didn't think I could do it either, but I did and am sooo glad! So I vote you stick to it if there's a good reason you wanted to be Team Green in the first place. For me, it was very motivating during labor. Also, it was that moment of finding out and then meeting her at the same time... Indescribable... No surprise could ever top it.
What's wrong with a bunch of white onesies in the beginning? 
pomelo / 5073 posts
We are planning to go team green this next time because we just want a healthy baby. Also, when we went in for our anatomy scan that's when we found out we miscarried. It just makes me feel kind paranoid to go in the next time. So, I'm pretty sure I'm going to be team green. Plus, people think I can't do it so that's another motivation to do it.
persimmon / 1453 posts
Being team green is fun! I've really enjoyed joking about names and making bets with people. The gendered clothes and decor are overrated, anyway.
cantaloupe / 6164 posts
thanks everyone! i'm still not 100%, but i think i'll stay team green for now. nothing wrong with a naked baby anyway.
GOLD / papaya / 10206 posts
We were team green and it was so much fun!! For the first 3 weeks, she was basically always in a tshirt and diaper wrapped in her swaddle blanket so it really didn't matter what she wore. And we were gifted SOOOOO many clothes when people came to visit and meet her, I've barely bought her 4 or 5 outfits and she's almost 4 months old. I did what @banana suggested and got some really cute hair clips and headbands to accessorize with her neutral stuff.
GOLD / pomelo / 5737 posts
We went through a similar stage and ended up finding out. I know you don't NEED to know to plan things out (and our big items are still neutral) but it's helped so far... I guess it all just depends on how big a deal the surprise is to you!
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
I didn't, but I have a friend who did. They also wanted to be team green forever .... and then found out they're having a little boy
grapefruit / 4823 posts
i give so much credit to you ladies who were able to not find out! i needed to know, and will need to know when we have our next child. but i do see the appeal of waiting. i think hearing it's a boy/girl when you deliver would be amazing...but i just can't do it. :o)
cantaloupe / 6397 posts
Stay strong!!! It'll be worth it!! We're planning on being team green, I know it'll be hard but I hope we can do it
clementine / 961 posts
We are team green but I went threw a phase where I just wanted to know. Now I am 25 weeks and so glad I didn't find out at the anatomy scan. I do however wish these 15 weeks would hurry up so I can meet my son or daughter. I don't think the fact I don't know our baby's gender makes the wait any harder though. LO's gender is actually not something weighing on me anymore. I just want to hold our child and see what he/she looks like. Gender really isn't as big of a deal now that we made it past the anatomy scan. We are CDing though so I am very excited to customize/get gender specific dips when LO is born now we just have white, brown, and orange ones. As far as clothes go yes it was hard to find stuff but I managed to find enough stuff for the first few weeks (probably longer) then I will go shopping crazy and get gender specific clothing. Our nursery is Dr. Seuss themed so gender didn't really matter.
pear / 1861 posts
Stay strong! Nothing wrong with neutral clothes for a month or so. Heck, you'll be in such a tailspin getting outfits together will be your last thought.LOL
We were Team Green and it was worth it. I LOVED having a surprise to look forward to! I was super connected to her and could tell her personality, although I didn't know if she was a boy or girl.
Just get past the AS and you'll make it.
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