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How did you tell family the baby's gender?

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    Lillindy    September 2008   Bay Area, CA

    We finally get to find out our baby's gender in a couple of weeks, YAY!  Now, we are trying to decide how we want to tell them.  We thought about doing it on Turkey day since we find out a few days before, but my husband works that day and I want him there when we tell people.  So, how did you tell your family? 

     
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    Miss Sapphire    December 2009   Seattle

    Call me an idiot, but your family already knows you're pregnant, right?  If so, I'd just be like "guess what, it's a XYZ!".  Personally I don't get the whole big deal about the sex since a lot of people don't even find out.

     
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    Nado    April 2009  

    i had a friend who baked a cake dyed blue, then covered the whole thing in white icing, so the gender was revealed when they cut the cake  (obv if it was a girl they wouldve done pink cake).  ithought it was kinda a cute idea!  (and might work well for thanksgiving!)

     
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    LpCutiPie    July 3, 2010   Central Florida

    I posted a thread about this about a week ago.. http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/creative-gender-reveals Let us know what you decide on- I'm still not too sure myself...

     
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    Lillindy    September 2008   Bay Area, CA

    @Miss Sapphire: Yes, they all finally already know :)

    @LpCutiPie: I thought I saw a thread, but couldn't find it!  Thanks for posting the link!

     
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    Mrs. DG    July 18, 2009   Seattle/Tahoe

    I felt too sick at that point to be creative.  Mostlt I was like, "it's a girl, now excuse me while I go hurl".  :)

     
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    NixLapi    October 24, 2009   Toronto

    We called our respective moms the minute we got outside the u/s lab, sent a text to our sibs and a few close friends and emailed/facebooked the rest. It was super exciting for us to find out, but not worth making a huge hoopla over... plus there was no way we could keep it a secret until the next time we saw everyone together.

     
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    eeniebeans    October 9, 2010   Baltimore

    We told everyone the gender- but not the name.  That remained a surprise until the birth.  Next pregnancy I want to not find out the gender.  I really like Nado's idea about the cake- that is really cute.

     
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    MissFlipFlops    February 25, 2009  

    @NixLapi: Thats EXACTLY how we did it too! I just am not patiant enough to think of a creative way. Although I wish I was!!

     
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    Lillindy    September 2008   Bay Area, CA

    I found these over the weekend with the hubby:

    http://www.sadiejamesphotography.com/blog/?p=689

    http://www.hostessblog.com/2009/09/real-parties-baby-gender-reveal/

    http://enjoyingnow.wordpress.com/2010/02/07/little-farms-gender-reveal-party/

    It's funny because it doesn't seem like there are a ton of ideas out there!

     

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