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Gender reveal partiesexploded onto the scene in the 2000s, covering people in pink and blue confetti.
And causing much controversy.
The womancreditedwith starting the trend later said she regretted it, and felt she had created a monster.
But it was too late.
We also spoke toDr.
Lindsay McMillan, a psychologist who specializes in gender disappointment.
I personally found their reactions a little disturbing, and wanted to feel validated for thinking it was weird.
Bored Panda asked her to elaborate a bit more on why shes againsthaving children.
My biggest reason for being child-free is that I want to travel and have freedom.
Sex, on the other hand, is assigned at birth based on the appearance of a babys genitalia.
While sex assigned at birth often matches a persons gender (called cisgender), sometimes it does not.
Dr. Lindsay McMillanis a clinical psychologist who specializes in gender disappointment.
We asked McMillan why gender disappointment happens.
Parents may adjust quickly, or they may need time and support to process their emotions.
It can be a partner, friend, family member or a mental health professional.
Remember, its okay to feel the way you do, she said.
You are not alone in this.
Its the silence and the taboo that balloon it into a guilty secret,saidMathur.
PLOT TWIST, the worlds first gender-reveal party baby is a girl who wears suits!
Jenna Karvunidis threw the first gender reveal party in 2008.
At the time, she announced her babys sex by cutting into a cake filled with pink icing.
She blogged about it, it went viral, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Soon, parents all over were following in Karvunidis footsteps.
But by 2019, the mother was singing a different tune.
Who cares what gender the baby is?
sheaskedin a Facebook post.
PLOT TWIST, wrote Karvunidis.
The worlds first gender-reveal party baby is a girl who wears suits!
The post was accompanied by a family photo featuring her daughter wearing a pale blue blazer and pants.
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