We have decided we will not be finding out the sex of this baby before birth. This is going to be very, extremely, unbelievably difficult for me, BUT I promised Hubby that is we ever had a third child we could have it be a surprise and it's very important to him. I honestly told him this because I didn't think we would actually ever have a third child, but a promise is a promise.
We have our big ultrasound to make sure baby's vital organs are looking good. I am so nervous for that because we have not had many ultrasounds because this is just a regular, average, run of the mill pregnancy so I have no idea what's going on in there.
Because we don't get a view of the goods then, I have resorted to trying every single old wives tale I could find to see if that would help.
A heartrate over 140 indicates a girl: After the very early ultrasounds, baby's HR has always been between 160-180. GIRL
Chinese gender chart: I have no idea how this works, I just plugged info to a website and it said GIRL
Ring test: Dangle your wedding ring on a chain over your baby belly and if it goes in a cirle it's a boy and side to side is a girl (I have actually read conflicting information on this, but I'm going with the first one that I googled). Mine clearly went in a circle so BOY
Pee test: If your pee is bright yellow first thing in the morning you are having a boy, if it's dull it's a girl. My pee said BOY
Mayan number test: You add your age plus the year of conception. Even numbers say girl, odds are boys. GIRL
Beauty test: They say that girls will steal your beauty and boys will make you glow. I have bags under my eyes and pimples popping up all over so I will ahve to say GIRL
Skull theory: If your fetus' skull looks perfectly round, it is a girl, if it looks a little flat in the back it is a boy. My last ultrasound says BOY
Ramzi theory: If your gestational sac is found on the right side in the beginning, you will have a boy, if it implanted on the left side it's a girl. GIRL
Chunky monkey theory: Boys carry in your thighs and girls carry in your butt. My booty is packing some serious heat, so I say GIRL
Naming: If you can easily come up with a name for a sex, it's what you are having. We have a girls name we are confident on but coming up with a boy name has been pure hell. Hubby doesn't like what I love, but he doesn't really love anything and I don't like his suggestions. It sucks. GIRL
Gut feeling: Some people say "mothers just know." I can't play this one because I really don't. I have no idea. Hubby swears up and down it's a girl, but he's not the mother so he doesn't count. I don't know!
Boy votes: 3
Girl votes: 7
In the old wives gender challenge girl wins by a landslide. I only have a cool 24 weeks to wait left (BLECH!!!!!!!). Confession time? Yes! At our NT scan I looked as hard as I could for clues and I really think I saw a little weenie, but I probably didn't, but I tried. Eeek!
Care to take a guess? Do any psychics read my blog? Help me out!
My little miss is preparing for her big sissy duties.
AAHH....I'm so excited for you guys...I've been MIA for a little bit in the blog world so I had no idea you guys were pregnant - CONGRATS, girl!!!!
ReplyDeleteAs for voting...I'm going with girl...the old wives tales accurately predicted that Addie was a girl for me:)
Oh...and I've made the same promise to my husband - if baby #2 is a boy..we'll let #3 be a surprise:)
Congrats again, hope you guys are having a great week!!!
I'm going to hope boy... because, no way could I handle twice the Girl Drama. But, 2 little Momma's Boys... awwww!!
ReplyDeleteWe only learned one twin's gender and kept he other a surprise and it was much more fun hearing the peri said "It's a girl" in the delivery room. I can still hear his voice in my head. I know he was smiling when he said it.
I think you will love the surprise in delivery!!
I like to think if we ever had a third (and we won't) that we would leave the gender a surprise! I'm with Jill though, I'm going with BOY for you. Because that's what I would want ; )
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