Waiting until birth for the gender!

Brittany

Im currently 18weeks pregnant with my 5th child. After 3 girls, I was blessed with my one and only son 2 years ago. I honestly thought he'd be my last, but I was suprised with this pregnancy. With that being said, I'm wanting to do things differently this time around. I have always found out my kids' gender before birth, so this time I would like to wait and be surprised at birth. Since I've never done this, I would like some input from moms that have. My main question is how did you go about getting clothes and other essentials without knowing? Do you just get a few gender neutral things to get started and then go shopping after the birth?