Did anyone plan to not find out the sex and eventually cave?

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Just that really!

I have my 20 week scan this week and our plan was to not find out the sex this time. We did with our daughter and wanted to do it differently with this one.

However. I am drowning in girls clothes. My nesting instinct has kicked in big time and I'm desperate to sort stuff and clear the house so we're ready for the influx of baby crap.

I just wondered if anyone broke and regretted it? Or if anyone left it a surprise with they're second and how they sorted clothes before the baby was born?

Left it as a surprise with all of mine. When I sorted clothes I separated into unisex and boys washed and put in draws all unisex, washed and bagged all boys (so it could be passed on or easily accessed if needed with little hassle).

I'm in the waiting room waiting for my scan, hoping I stay strong, it sounds like it's a lovely experience finding out at the birth!

We didn't find out with either so we had a lot of white and neutral stuff with DD1. It meant the only sorting I did was to get rid of anything too stained or that I didn't like and I put anything very girly to one side. We ended up with another DD so it got used anyway. Stay strong and don't find out.

I was tempted to find out at my 20 week scan, but the sonographer didn't ask if I wanted to know... so thankfully, I didn't have to cave in! ;-)
I'm now 37 weeks and quietly proud that I've not caved. Everyone keeps telling me it's the one amazing surprise in life.
Everyone has been telling me I'm definitely having a boy... so time will tell if they are right or not!

A friend of mine was planning to reveal the sex at her baby shower (she wasn’t bothered, but a friend of hers really wanted to make the cake!) but she referred to the baby as she all the time to me without even realising she was doing it. I didn’t let on.

At my last 2 scans the sonographer has asked if we want to know, and we don't, but I call the baby 'he' and DH calls it 'she' because we just don't like saying 'it' all the time.
I have a few more scans and we know we might accidentally realise the sex but not planning to actively ask. I know one of us is going to be right and I don't care who!

So, we've had a bit of an afternoon, and it turns out there are some abnormalities that we have been referred to fetal medicine for. The ultrasound tech spent a lot of time around the baby's legs, and it got a bit serious so we all stopped caring about not seeing - it was quite obvious this is a little boy ❤️ I mean, we could be totally wrong! But I'm pretty sure we're not...

I caved with my first as they queried breech at 37 weeks so I had to have another scan. By then in full on nesting/organising so I found out but DH didn’t want to know so we had 5 weeks (went to 42) where half the family knew and half didn’t want to with DH and I in separate “camps”

We found out with our daughter but I've always really loved the idea of being team yellow. I think it is the ultimate surprise but like you, I just want to get prepared and know whether to sell/donate all the pink stuff or whether to keep for this one so we have booked a private gender scan for next month! 😊