To Reveal or Not to Reveal?

If you google or bing "Baby Gender Reveal" you will find tons of party ideas and games (very helpful), but you'll also find two differing opinions.

Should you do a gender reveal party or not?

Should you just wait until the actual birth to find out the gender of your baby?



Personally I think either will work, it is solely up to the parents of said baby.

A few reasons that I have found valid for both sides are:

For Reveal:

• We all have those friends and family members who are just biting at their bit to start buying baby items that are either very frilly or very blue.
• Financially having all of those friends and family members happily buying those clothes, toys, décor, ect will be a big help.
• Being able to properly decorate the nursery.
• No longer calling the little human inside your womb "baby", "fetus", or "it".

Against Reveal:

• You'll receive more than just ridiculously cute clothes off of your registry
• More friends and family will eagerly show up to the birth to find out if it's a healthy boy or girl. Coworkers will actually be more eager to read text messages/emails with pictures of your very pink-squishy newborn photos to see what gender it is.
• The element of pure joy and surprise when the doctor tells you at birth the sex of the baby.

Like I said it really is up to the parents. I wouldn't let anyone's opinion affect your choice. No matter what, remember to LOVE your little one, and that no matter if its a little boy or girl having a healthy baby is the most important issue.


Are you going to do a reveal?