Is it more exciting to find out the gender at the ultrasound or be surprised at birth?

With my pregnancies, I had a girl, then a boy, before getting pregnant the third (and last) time. I 'knew' with each of them what I was having- just a feeling. With the first two, we opted for ultrasound confirmation. With our last, we wanted the surprise in the delivery room, as we already had one of each.

I was right on my 3rd- a girl. It was fun being surprised, though.

I have and i personally like the wait until I find out at birth.

 If I had the money to buy EVERYTHING I needed at the time of delivery, then I would go with the element of surprise, however I do not have that luxury, so I always find out at my ultrasounds. Ah the joys of feeling like i have to color coordinate everything.

It is sooo exciting to find out at your delivery!! I found out what my 1st was because my ex wanted to know, when /I was pregnant with me 2nd I refused to find out, I told the ultrasound tech right away that I did not want to know, when I delivered I had a nurse holding 1 hand and my ex holding my other, the nurse who was assisting the dr told someone in the room to "put em over there" I started crying saying I had another son, than the nurse holding my hand said to me "actually hunny, it is a baby girl" it was a whole other cry, I started to bawl and I was soooo excited!!! With my 3rd my SO said all threw my pregnancy that we were having a girl, we didnt find out and at the delivery we had a baby boy and I apologized to my SO because I thought he wanted a girl, he grabbed me and kissed me and said "We have a beautiful baby boy, I am so happy right now" I think it is sooooooo much funner to find out at the delivery!! Our next will be the same, we will not find out until the day 'it' is born!!!

with my first, 23 years ago, I didn't need an ultrasound to tell me I was having a boy, but the tech told my husband we were having a girl, after I told her I didn't want to know... Idiot that he was, he believed her, instead of me, and was quite surprised when I presented him with a son.

with my second, I wasn't quite so confident, and desperately wanted a girl, so I wanted to know, and was glad I found out.

First pregnancy I waited the whole thing through. I love suprises. Her dad knew since 20 weeks though.
This second baby I am doing it alone so baby itself was a shocker.. :) so I will be finding out then throwing a gender reveal party to announce it.

I don't know about more exciting, but I really preferred how things went with finding out at birth.  With my son, I went the typical mainstream route, had the ultrasound, and we knew what we were getting.  With my daughter, I opted not to have any ultrasounds during my pregnancy.  I had a home birth.  My entire pregnancy I imagined my baby being put on my chest and I would be the first to know; I would be the one to tell everybody in the room.  Sure enough, she was put right on my chest and they immediately covered her with receiving blankets and started wiping her off.  I had already swiped my had between her legs and was pretty certain that I had a girl by the time anyone thought to ask me to look.  It was really special to me and I look forward to another birth reveal whenever I have my next.

What I hated was constantly being asked what I'm having.  Do you know what you're having?  What do you think you're having?  Do you feel like you're having one or the other?  If I answered that I was having a baby, they felt the need to clarify "boy or girl".  I finally came up with a story that I was actually part of an experiment where I was an interspecial surrogate to bengal tiger cubs.  If we were a success, then it would revolutionize how we repopulate endangered species.  I just didn't look forward to nursing the cubs with their sharp teeth and claws.

We've waited all 3 times. Wouldn't do it any other way.

I did it both ways, but not by choice. The first time, my son was more than willing to show off his parts. The second time, my daughter was not going to let us see. 

I'd rather find out before. I'm not a big fan of gender neutral colors/items for newborns. I love the pinks for girls and blues for boys. So, we waited till after my daughter was born to buy most of her stuff, and that ended up being a little stressful--a 2 year old, a newborn, and buying/setting up all kinds of stuff. I would have rather had it all bought and waiting for her. 

Quoting aydensXmommy:

I would love to have the sanity and willpower to be able to be surprised, but there is no way I could. I HAVE to know lol.