Boy? Girl? Surprise?

Initially dad-to-be wanted to find out if our baby was a boy or a girl and I wanted to wait and have it be a surprise at the birth. This is hilarious because I hate surprises and dad-to-be is a fan. Go figure! 

Adorable gender neutral onsies from Baby Gap.
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Then, after becoming freaked out and obsessed with the perils of ultrasounds, we decided that we should forego any further ultrasounds, and therefore find out the baby's gender at the birth. Of course, then we calmed down about the ultrasounds and it became a question once again. I started to wonder if it would be better to know. You know, for decorating, for preparing myself as a mom-to-be for the baby and so people could buy gender specific gifts. As luck would have it, dad-to-be found himself completely on the side of waiting, because it can be a powerful motivator to get through labor and the birth announcement is that much more exciting when you can declare boy or girl and not just "born." So once again we weren't really sure what to do...

We have decided to WAIT! Everyone we've talked to who waited said it's the most exhilarating thing to deliver the baby and hear the doctor declare, "It's a _______!!!." Our doula said it's magical because all through the pregnancy you're wondering what it will be like to have a boy, what type of mother you'll be to a boy, or what it will be like to have a girl and how it would be different and then, she said, when the baby is born and you hold it and see it, none of that matters because it's your baby and you love it so much words can't even describe. Now that sounds incredible!