Steem4nigeria Accelerator Contest Week 116: My opinion on gender reveal during pregnancy.

Gender reveal parties……. Hmmm🤔 🤔 I have undoubtedly watched a handful of gender reveal parties and I have seen the good, medium and ugly. Read through, I’ll be sharing my opinion in this post.

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A child, the Bible says is a good gift and should be welcomed most enthusiastically by the soon to be parents, and extended family, but does it warrant all the fuss that comes with gender reveal parties?? And how does a supposedly good gift bring rift and division among families??? Let’s dive in together.

Do you accept gender reveal party? Back up your answers with facts.

Gender parties have become quite the thing in today’s world given wings to fly by the influx of many examples we see on social media.

• Is it an avenue for family to come celebrate the bundle of joy coming?? If yes, then I accept the festivities surrounding it.

Gender reveal parties are avenues to celebrate, for family to unite once again in joy for the good that’s coming into the family. Given the current situation in my country, there’s little economic reasons for most families to genuinely gather and be happy and I believe gender reveal parties do that.

Do you think everyone should adopt this trend?

On this matter, I think people should do what works for them. We all have different orientations, upbringings, ways of life and how we think, so No, not everyone should tilt to this direction.
If a couple have the funds to throw this party and want to, then by all means they should, but I don think it should be the acceptable standard when expecting a child or children as the case may be.

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How safe is this trend considering the society we live in.

I’ve been inching towards answering this question from my first sentence🤣🤣🤣.
First, we live in a world that is utterly wicked, with people who look for opportunities to steal people’s joy as soon and as fast as they can. That alone is a recipe for being private about some things in a person’s life and that’s why I don’t blame pregnant women who don’t announce their pregnancy till after birth.

I can’t say how safe the trend is because I’m not the metric, but I’ve seen and heard things that will make any sane human think twice before announcing certain clearly personal information.

Secondly, financial wise: it’s important for a couple to ask themselves if they can carry the cost of gender reveal parties as it has become a trend and now quite expensive to host. It won’t be nice to host a gender reveal party and then not have enough funds to cater for the new born because of shortage of funds.

Share your general thought on this topic, if possible your kind advice to people who are yet to join this trend.

1. Know your circle. It’s often said that one’s enemy are those of his household. Gender reveal parties is meant to bring well wishing family and friends together to celebrate and garner emotional support for the intending parents and not a hazard affair. It’s not a time to “pepper” anybody to avoid premium tears later.
   If they haven’t shown you signs of being happy for your progress or that of your family, they don’t need to have this kind of information or be in this kind of gathering.

2. Know your financial capacity and spend within yoyr means: It’s a good thing to celebrate and throw a party. By all means do if you have the funds for it, and enough after, but if not, spend what you can, and if you can’t it’s not the end of the world so no pressure, the baby will still come out at the appointed time regardless.

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