A Gender
Reveal Party is as the name suggests a party where parents-to-be reveal the sex
of their unborn baby to family and friends.
Not only are the family and friends learning the sex of the unborn baby
for the first time during the party but in most cases the parents-to-be are
also hearing the news for the first time too.
In the USA
many of these parties are themed with colour-coded decorations and some
parents-to-be ask the guests to come in ‘team’ colours; blue if they think the
baby will be a boy or pink if they think it will be a girl. There are hundreds of videos of these parties available to watch on YouTube where you can witness this craze and see how
parents-to-be are revealing their news and celebrating.
Nowadays it
has become the norm for parents-to-be who use social media to tweet news and
update statuses on facebook about their pregnancies and upload baby scan
pictures and reveal the sex of their unborn babies. The days of not finding out until the birth
are dwindling with less and less parents choosing not to find out and leaving
it a lovely surprise until the day their little one makes an appearance into
the world. The majority of parents-to-be
choose to find out the sex of their unborn baby and many choose to have Gender
scans and 4D scans.
When I was
pregnant with Tristan we did decide to have a 4D scan when I was 28 weeks
pregnant and I loved the experience, we had some lovely photographs and a DVD
that I cherish and look forward to showing Tristan one day. Before the 4D scan we had been told the sex
of our baby during our 3rd follow up scan after our 20 week scan, in
the previous scans they couldn’t tell for sure as he was always in a bad
position or wriggling around too much. When
we did find out we were going to have a little boy we told our close friends
and family.
I’m sure
these parties can be a lot of fun but for me I don’t think I would like to
learn the news of the sex of my unborn baby at a party. For me it is a personal, special moment that I
wouldn’t want to share with everyone. I do
however think it sounds like a lovely way to make it special for other children
you may already have to learn the news in a close, family setting. Also as many parents will attest having a child
is expensive and do you really need to celebrate with an expensive party when
the money used for an elaborate party could be saved for the little ones
arrival.
It seems
nowadays with baby showers, gender reveal parties and 4D scans that parents
want to celebrate throughout the pregnancy.
I’m sure it won’t be long before there is a new trend for parents-to-be
to celebrate their pregnancy, perhaps pregnancy test parties will be the next
craze or something similar.
I do believe
that the focus of pregnancy should be the baby’s health and I found myself
throughout my pregnancy with Tristan reservedly cautious; apart from my mum and
sister we did not tell anyone will after 12 weeks and I never really shared
much news on facebook. I did love the 4D
scan we had an even though it isn’t necessary and is expensive when I am
pregnant again I would love to have another 4D scan and possibility a gender
scan if we could afford to. I can’t imagine
ever having a gender reveal party even though a party does sound a lot of fun.
As with most things to do with parenting there are differing opinions. This trend is becoming increasingly popular here in the UK and many people like the idea but as with all things there are also many cynics and people who dislike the idea. Good or bad idea, what do you think? Would you
ever have a gender reveal party or have you already had one?
*(Have a read
of the articles on the Telegraph and Parentdish which I read about this new
craze)
Baby showers are becoming increasingly popular in the UK it seems. I found out the sex of both of my babies but dont like the idea of a reveal party, to be honnest it wouldnt have been much of a suprise anyways as we seem unable to produce boys in my family :)
ReplyDeletehave to agree that i wouldnt really like to find out the gender of my baby at a party!
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