The Parents Weigh In

B and I had a revelation this week.  The question has been asked by many, "Do you think the baby's a boy or girl?" and we finally both have an answer.  I don't know exactly where this answer came from it's there and we actually agree on it: we both think that the baby is a girl.

Now there really isn't anything "old wivesy" that points to girl, in fact, nothing "old wivesy" points even remotely in that direction.

• My face hasn't gotten wider
• I never had pregnancy acne
• No cravings for sweets and orange juice
• No moodiness 
• My "beauty" is still in tact
• I prefer to lay on my left side and not my right
• B hasn't gained any weight during the pregnancy
• No morning sickness
• Craved meats, cheeses, and salt
• More headaches
• I can only think of boy names
• Mayan Tale = year of conception (2011) + mother's age (30) = 2031 (odd number = boy)

While I was going through the list of old wives tales I did find a few that pointed to girl.  Here they are:

• At my last doctor's appointment the baby's heart rate was over 140 bmp
• Chinese gender chart says girl (http://www.babygenderprediction.com/chinese-gender-chart.html)
• History of my mother says that since I was the first born I will have the gender of my mother's 2nd born, which was a girl.
• My legs are still lean
• Dreams - apparently I was wrong about this one.  Apparently if you dream about having a boy you are actually having a girl.  I have had a boy dream.  Hmmm...
• Old wives' tale says that 71% of women have intuition on what they are having so the simple fact that I think it's a girl points to it being a girl.
• The hair on my legs isn't growing a rapid speeds

Clearly more signs point to boy but something deep down in both of us is thinking girl.  I even picked out curtains for the nursery yesterday while we were at Bed Bath & Beyond; they were purple.

So there it is.  Our prediction.  In 9 days we'll find out if we're right.