For parents learning the sex of an unborn child, the news can be anticlimactic when delivered in an impersonal examination room--one of life's big surprises [1] unceremoniously presented amidst ultrasound gel and stirrups.

Innovative couples are instead asking doctors to write down the gender and seal it in an envelope. The couple opens it later at a chosen setting, be it during a romantic dinner [2] or on Christmas morning, as we heard one set of expectant parents did.

One can imagine "gender unveiling" parties happening soon; once expectant grandparents get wind of any further cause for celebration, the event is on. Then there are couples like Brangelina, who could probably earn a cool couple million (for charity, of course) were the golden envelope to arrive at a tabloid of their choosing.

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