made the sickening descion to not find out the sex....

Only because my husband wants a surprise and there is no way for me to know and not give it away. So this will be my first surprise.... 5 kids... last one... first surprise.... I guess I will just try to think my hardest that its a boy... its so hard to hae that tiny tiny hope that its my dd... oh well. I almost don't even feel like its a surprise since I am pretty sure its a boy....

 Oh I think thats cool, you are getting your first surprise, our last will be our surprise too! I hope you have lote of will power!

I was thinkng the same thing to leave it till the end and have a surprise but  dont thnk i can do it. I have 2 boys and i REALLY want a girl but i jusy no this one is a boy. What makes you think your having another boy?

I did that with my third boy that I have just had we tried finding out at the 36 week scan but they couldnt tell us well it was good and bad for me it was good because if I new it was a girl I would of been so obessesd something was going to happen as I had a miscarriage previously but it was bad cause I really thought this time was a girl and bought some girl clothes and of cause unisex clothes but in my mind I thought it was my precious girl so I have had pretty bad Gd but at least my pregnancy was pretty good and at least I could fantasise about my little girl cheeze that was great ah good luck and you really deserve your little girl cheers tanya

I'm so excited for you.  I've always wanted to do wait, but just could never do it.  There probably isn't any better surprise than that. If I have a fifth I'm totally waiting! 

Me too!!!!! I have 4 boys around the same ages as yours and I have always found out gender. This time I'm respecting my husband's wishes for a surprise. I didn't think I'd be able to do it, but I kept my eyes closed most of the scan just because I knew I'd see a little pee-pee staring back at me!!! So I was amazed at my will-power NOT to look!! I am also preparing myself for a little boy, and I think that is the best way to do it really. We already have everything from our last one so I'll just get it all out again in preparation. And if it is a girl, she'll just have to wear blue till I can go shopping!!! Hope you get your little girl

That must be hard...no matter what I think there are sooooo many "what if's", either way. 

I know when I was told I was having my 3rd boy...I still held out a small "ray of hope" even though I was pretty certain the us was right...it's just so natural for us to still want to believe (that our dreams might come true), kwim!!

Feel well & best of everything...{{hugs}}

 I suggest that even though the thought is romantic to wait till birth DON"T. It is very hard dealing with boy #5 and doing it with a new baby is going to be so much harder. ((((hugs)))) I hope it is what you hope for

Hi.  I rarely post on here but I had to put in my two cents.  I kind of agree with Ihave....find out if you can.

My third boy was a "surprise" and I wish I had found out with him because on top of finding out I didn't get my longed for DD I was now dealing with huge GD and also post partum hormones, not a pretty combo.  I was a literal mess for the first two weeks of his life.  I cried every waking moment and I didn't bond with him at first because I was heartbroken that he wasn't a girl.  You could have a chance to let it all sink in.

If I had to do it over again I would have def. found out so I would have gotten it all out of my system by delivery day.  Finding out that DS#2 was a boy was devastating at first but at least I had time to get over it and bond with him.

In my case it was not a good idea to wait for the surprise.  BUT.  I guess that would be the thrill of your life if they said, "its a girl" and you got to see her immediately after that. 

Just wanted to put in my two cents.  I have all my crossable parts crossed for you.  I hope you finally get your DD.

Just wanted to wish you lots of good wishes.  If it is for your DH sake only and you really feel you would cope better knowing beforehand then i say that DH being disappointed in not having a surprise is nothing compared to your possible heartache of struggling with GD while trying to bond with your new baby, if it is a boy.

I really hope you have a happy pg and do get a DD this time.

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I guess I will just try to think my hardest that its a boy

How wonderful!! A house full of little boys!  I think that single gender families are so cute when i see them.  I am so pleased you are just enjoing the fact that you can have another baby.  You sound like a wonder-mom and i am sure if this is another boy you will love him as the others with no regret.  Good luck and try to ignor the negitive stuff you might hear about GD.  A precious baby is on it way to love you no matter what.  Please update us ladies with gender pics.

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 I suggest that even though the thought is romantic to wait till birth DON"T. It is very hard dealing with boy #5 and doing it with a new baby is going to be so much harder. ((((hugs)))) I hope it is what you hope for

Boy I wish I had your will power. I have always wanted a delivery room surprise, but am far too impatient to wait! If I had a 3rd, I think I would not want to find out. Good luck to you and your family and I sending you my little pink dust!!!!