Adventure #23 or #46...Gender Prediction

For more than two weeks now we have been eagerly awaiting my second ultrasound. This ultrasound usually allows for the gender of the child I am carrying to be revealed. I have gotten so excited to learn if we are having a boy or girl only to be outsmarted by mother nature.

The appointed with my midwife got cancelled and rescheduled then rescheduled again due to ice. I thought mother nature was going to foil my plans once again last week but I was able to sneak the appointment in between snow storms.

For my first ultrasound I went to an office that offers walk-in appointments but this time around will use a different facility because this ultrasound is a little more advanced. So finally I will go on Monday and we will know if I can reuse the plethora of "girl" clothing or if we need to stock up on some "boy" clothing. (I'll save my boy/girl argument and our over genderizing for a different blog post!)

However, although we will know around 11 AM on Monday we won't really know until later that evening when the girls help us reveal the gender. I will have the ultrasound technician write the gender on a piece of paper, take that to the party store, and have them put the "appropriate" color balloons in a box. The girls will each pull a strip of tape off the box and release the balloons reveling boy or girl.

In the meantime I have done ten different "gender" prediction methods on myself. Out of the ten, five reveal boy and five reveal girl.

Chinese gender predictor chart - this method looks at age of conception and month of conception.
Result: Girl

Breasts blossom (girl) vs. darkening of the areola (boy)
Result:  girl

Morning sickness yes (girl) vs. no (boy)
Result: girl

Dry hands and cold feet?
Result: boy -  I've been cold the entire pregnancy

More headaches than normal?
Result: boy

Clear skin (boy) vs. acne (girl) - it's said a girl will "steal your beauty"
Result: boy

Mayan Calendar - age and year of conception, both even or odd (girl), one even one odd (boy)
Result: boy

Wedding ring on a string - swinging in a circle (girl), swinging in a pendulum motion (boy)
Result: boy

Heart rate - over 140 (girl), under 140 boy
Result: That's my secret....you'll have to wait until Monday to find out!