Thursday, April 3, 2014

Old Wives Tales

Gender Predictions and Old Wives Tales 

Here we go...

1.Baking soda (fizz/no fizz)
None- GIRL

2.Ring (swings back and fourth or in circles)
Bump: Circles- GIRL
Wrist: Circles. Pause. Circles. Pause. Back and fourth. Stop.
hmmmmm
(Boy, Girl, Boy)

3.Carrying low/high:
Bump is still quite small but I've been told a couple of times it's kinda high -GIRL

4.Craving sweet/salty:
Sweet. This is probably because I've been deprived recently- GIRL

5.Craving fruit:
GIRL

6.Chinese gender predictor:
GIRL

7.Mayan gender predictor:
GIRL

8.Acne (better skin or worse skin)
? -No difference

9.Dry hands and cold feet:
BOY

10.Skull theory:
BOY

11.Heart rate:
GIRL typically between (146 and 160)

12.Moodiness:
Jed and I both seem to think that my typical cycle of emotions is a bit tamer :)
BOY

13.Parent's dreams:
I dreamed that we had a BOY once
and Jed dreamed about a GIRL

14.Clumsy/Graceful:
Clumsy- BOY

15.Toddlers (if a toddler boy expresses interest in a pregnant woman, it's a Girl):
My little nephew Micah's predicts a...
GIRL (does that count?)

16.Left Side or Right Side more Comfortable:
Left Side- BOY

17.Dad Gaining Weight:
Nope- BOY

18.Sickness:
GIRL

19.Headaches:
(although not as much anymore. hallelujah!) -BOY

20.Mom's Face Shape (rounder or thinner):
Not rounder -BOY

21.What do I (Mom) think:
At first, I thought Girl.  I feel pretty strongly that it's a BOY now though.
*10 for GIRL and 10 for BOY*
Clearly those Old Wives don't quite know what they think about our little one.
Either way, I just can't wait to find out and I can't wait to meet him/her!!! 

Any guesses?