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08-04-2009 at 5:34 PM
kmbestul
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creative ways to share sex of baby

i'm sure this has been posted a gazillion times, but i can never firgure out the search function on this site! 

 

with first ds, we had our families come over, and i had made a layered cake that had either pink or blue frosting in the center.  we had one of the grandparents cut the cake.  it was great!! (i think i read about it on here) but we want to do something different this time.

 

any other cute ideas??  

 

thanks!

 
08-04-2009 at 5:53 PM
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Personalized M&Ms, candy wrapers, or just pink or blue M&Ms. I also saw someone write "I'm a girl/boy" on their tummy with marker and take a pic. That was cute.

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08-04-2009 at 6:01 PM
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We're going to find out with our parents. We hope to have the u/s tech write the gender and seal it in an envelope, then take that envelope (several weeks later) to a florist. The florist will put pink or blue balloons in a box and we'll open the box with our parents around and all find out together. I hope it works out as nice as we've planned!! :o)

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08-04-2009 at 6:25 PM
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You could bring along a box and 2 dark bags to your u/s. inside the bag have 1 pink item and 1 blue item. ask your tech not to tell you the sex of the baby, but instead after your u/s to put the appropriate color item into the box and put the lid on it. have the tech put the box into one bag, and the unused item into the other bag and close it up so you can't see inside.

then when your family is over, you can open the box and find out together :)


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08-04-2009 at 6:30 PM
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I just asked a similar question a little over a week ago.  Some of the answers I got were:



  • "You could write on your tummy I'm a GIRL or I'm a BOY with a sharpie. (it washes off right away. If you're comfortable with that" -Gagsby10
  • "um....colored silly string? You go in with two cans - one in blue and one in pink and then when you come out (lids off) you just spray the appropriate color at them." -Emmie10
  • "We are having my parents over for dinner that night and doing a colored cake.  I know it's a little different, but you could have cupcakes and a colored decoration before handing them out..."-Sweetpeasmommy
  • "We're getting pink or blue m&ms to give to everyone." -Brandyward
  • "Maybe have the tech write the answer down instead of telling you all in the room. Then when its over you all can go for lunch or dinner or something and read what it is with everyone there. Then you all find out together... I was thinking of doing this with my family." -JamieLynn_Ontario
  • "Before going, I wrapped up 2 pairs of pink booties, and 2 pairs of blue booties, (one for each set of g-parents in the waiting room).  When we came out, I gave the g-mothers the correct package of booties for them to open.  They loved it, it was so great to see them open them together and find out at the same time it was a girl!"-Sunflowergrl


Our situation is a little different, my in-laws (MIL, FIL, SIL and DH's grandma) are driving over 300 miles to be at the BIG u/s.  Also going are: my parents, my aunt, one of my bff's and her husband.  Besides DH, only 1 other person will be allowed in the room with us.  I chose to have my MIL there because my mom lives 10 minutes away and has been able to be at several appointments, MIL has not.  So, everyone else will have to wait in the lobby.  When we walk into the lobby after the appointment, I am going to lift my shirt to reveal the appropriate tank-top underneath- I decorated 2 different "men's undershirt tank-tops", one says "I'm a GIRL!" and the other "I'm a BOY".  Only DH knows about the tank-tops, so it'll be a total surprise to everyone waiting in the lobby...
08-04-2009 at 6:47 PM
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we bought cupcakes with white icing and then filled the insides with blue frosting with a syringe.

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08-04-2009 at 7:53 PM
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We're buying "its a boy/girl" yard signs and putting pink or blue balloons on them. We told our families that we find out later than the actual date so they won't be expecting anything. When they are at church, we will go around and distribute them in their yard. I figure it will be a fun surprise when they get home.

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