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5 year old......But Nanna by the time you get home you will have forgotten about it.

Nanna......No I won't, I have the memory of an elephant.

5 year old [after pause for thought]..........Does that mean you have the brain of Dumbo.
 
Don't find out, leave it as a surprise on the day. When my daughter was born we didn't know what was going to arrive and for the only time in my life I was literally lost for words. The midwife handed wor lass our daughter and I could hear her saying what is it? And I was looking at her, but I couldn't make a sound, the midwife had to tell her and then I said it's a girl.

An incredible experience, but knowing in advance kind of takes away the moment of uncertainty, that moment of closeness.
 
Khamelion said:
Don't find out, leave it as a surprise on the day. When my daughter was born we didn't know what was going to arrive and for the only time in my life I was literally lost for words. The midwife handed wor lass our daughter and I could hear her saying what is it? And I was looking at her, but I couldn't make a sound, the midwife had to tell her and then I said it's a girl.

An incredible experience, but knowing in advance kind of takes away the moment of uncertainty, that moment of closeness.
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I will second that for the 1st born deffo, maybe the 2nd too! Once you get to 5 a side footy team numbers, its quite handy to know whats coming!

5yrs is a cracking age for some comedy gold questions and statements though!!
 
Khamelion said:
Don't find out, leave it as a surprise on the day. When my daughter was born we didn't know what was going to arrive and for the only time in my life I was literally lost for words. The midwife handed wor lass our daughter and I could hear her saying what is it? And I was looking at her, but I couldn't make a sound, the midwife had to tell her and then I said it's a girl.

An incredible experience, but knowing in advance kind of takes away the moment of uncertainty, that moment of closeness.
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totally disagree on the closeness comment
 
there are so few genuinely pleasant surprises left in this world. do what feels right, but personally i can't imagine a better moment to find out than at the birth, it's one of the moments that will live with me always, though i can't remember a thing about the scans!
 
CMAC said:
totally disagree on the closeness comment
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yeah, it's probably poorly worded. more that i know i would form loads more preconceptions of who they are, what their personalility might be like etc. than i would finding out the 'natrual' way. for me, one of the things about the birth is, it is their moment to say "Here I am, I'm me!" - i don't want to dilute that!
 
It's a very tough and tricky decision and I Thank everyone for their comments.

Actually we had planned on knowing for a while now. A combination of research, seeking advice helped but some personal and family circumstances pretty much drove the need to find out. This was thankfully in alignment with our personal preference to know too.

In the end it was obvious from the first few seconds!
 
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When my first girl was born I was at work at the golf club.
I got a phone call from the hospital to say come in quick.
Arrived just in time to scowls from the nurses who could not believe I was out playing golf whilst my missus was giving birth.
 
Imagine hurtling down the runway about to take off for a holiday in Greece... my young nephew suddenly SHOUTS, "we're all gonna die." You could have heard a pin drop for 30secs...
 
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