Finding out the sex

Just wondering how many people did/will find out the se of their baby? My husband and I are both unsure if we want to do this, we both see the pro's for both sides...and now I am wondering what others think and why...?

i will be finding out on tuesday if baby will let me!! im really keen to know. i found out in both my last two pregnancies.
i like to prepare myself for whatever it is.... think of names.... and start thinkin of it as its sex not an it!!!
plus i HATE suprises!
everyone is different, at the end of the day its up to you both.

I will also be finding out the sex of the baby as you can plan what you need to buy and also you can choose a name for it more easily.

Yes we are finding out for all of the above reasons! Actually my sister found out last week what she is having and apparently the sonographer said that around 97% of people find out these days    Maybe that was just in that clinic as it seems a little high! Is anyone finding that EVERYONE has an opinion when you say you are going to find out?? it is really starting to pi$$ me off!!!!!!! Its no ones business but mine and DH's!

we found out with both babies and am pleased we did. It helped me bond with Kobe and he became a person to me because I had trouble with the the reality that there was an actual baby inside. Same with this pregnancy, I didnt really think of her or about the pregnancy in a positive way until I knew it was my wee girl. Still trying ot think of names though. If I had the patience I might of waited but when the time came and they asked if we wanted to know I had to say yes.

Me too. I want to find out because of all the above reasons. I have alot of people telling me also that we should wait and be surprised. But nah not us. I think theyre just jealous cos back in their day there wasnt the technology to find out and they had to wait, hehehe.

I didn't find out with Hannah because to be honest, I didn't want an overload of pink clothes if she was a girl
It was a lovely suprise once she was born.
I can see why people find out though. I had a friend who was due the same time as me and I was so jealous she could refer to her baby as "she".

I did, and I will. I am too impatient not to, and I refuse to refer to my baby as 'it' so knowing what bubs is will put and end to referring to bubs as he/she all the time.

We found out due to the kinda bet on if the Coburn could produce a girl lol and also so we could prepare, with the next one we are gonna keep that a surprise hopefully lol

WE kept Paris a surprise although we both really felt like she was a girl all along and only picked a girl name - well, only AGREED on a girls name - boys names mike just would not agree with, i was on the net looking for one the night before i had her.

We found out with Ayja simply because we wanted to know if we needed any new stuff or if we could get away with using Paris's handme downs - i mean we had some blue stuff, but alot of paris's stuff was pink - cos that's all people buy you if you have a girl! (i personally think blues look good on little girls too)

The other big factor that others have mentioned is we found out specifically so i could start to bond with baby as more than just an "it". since i was going back to study quite soon after having her, and also i had trouble bonding with paris the first time round cos of PND, i wanted to be able to name this baby and bond with her as a person before she was even born. IF there was/is ever a next time i would find out again, simply cos we have now gotten rid of our little baby stuff and would have to buy new.

i see pluses and minuses for both sides. - but remember, just cos you find out what baby is - does not mean you have to tell others. me and mike only told my sister and my MIL - so we each had someone to talk to about it and we wouldn't go nuts..(and paris, who surprisingly kept it secret as well as the name we had picked!) we found out FOR US, not for anyone else.. some people got all annoyed with us for keeping it secret, and tried to pry and trick us into giving it away, but hey - if we hadn't found out they wouldn't know anyway.

good luck deciding.