As far as names go...we just aren't telling anyone what we decide on since everyone has opinions and I really don't want to hear them. I mean, seriously, how rude is it that people get when someone is pregnant that all socially acceptable things go right out the window. Granted, I'm hormonal right now (extremely!) but I would NEVER tell someone that their baby name that they picked out and obviously love is a bad choice. I already tried to start talking about names over 4th of July (because I was asked what we were deciding on) when we told my side of the family that I am pregnant and the first name that came out of my mouth got, "Nooooooo, that's so and so's name" Ummmm, who cares??? I don't know so and so. So, from that point on I decided that I am not even talking about names with people. Anyone can give me their thoughts and suggestions and I may or may not think about them further but I most likely won't tell you what I think of them at the time. I feel like I'm being selfish with the whole name thing but I really don't care. I'm carrying this child for 9 or 10 months and I'll decide what the name is going to be and everyone else can find out when he/she is born if they care to know. And, if you don't like it at that point and you actually have the nerve to tell me, then I'll probably tell you to go get some manners and take a hike. And, for anyone that cares, we pretty much do have a girl and a boy name picked out, just not middle names yet. We may still change them but I love them right now.
So, having vented on that topic, I move on to the gender question. Almost everyone asks me, "Are you going to find out the sex?" The answer to that is Yes. I am the type of person who has to know everything. We'll tell people the gender once we find out cause I don't think there is too much harm people can do with knowing that. A lot of people (mostly family but some friends) make their own predictions on what they think the sex is going to be. My mom is convinced that it will be a boy. (Side note: It will be so nice to not call it an "it" anymore.) I think my brother thinks it will be a girl. Tiffany thinks it will be a boy. I think Kim thinks it will be a boy but I'm not positive on that one. And, Steve and I think it will be a boy. I don't really have any real reason why I think that but I just do. I guess we won't find out for another 2 months or so but I will be so excited when we finally do.
Online there are a bunch of different prediction type tricks you can do to see what gender it comes up with.
For example, there is the old Chinese Gender Prediction Chart (below). According to this, I am having a girl...(click to enlarge picture)...
There are a lot of other myths out there for prediction gender. I don't really actually believe any of them but I think it's fun to just see what they say and then see later if they were correct or not. Some of them I wouldn't be able to tell now anyway. For example, the myth that says if you are carrying low it's a boy and high it's a girl. I'm not carrying at all right now so I wouldn't even be able to guess. And, I think by the time you are actually carrying a certain way, you'd be having your anatomy sonogram anyway.
But, here are some others:
If the heartbeat registers 130 or faster, it's a girl, lower than 130 it's a boy.
My answer: Haven't heard a heartbeat at all yet but we hopefully will on Thursday.
Sweet versus Sour: A woman who craves sweets is having a boy, if she craves sour, she's having a girl
My answer: I kind of crave BOTH. But, probably more so crave sweet than sour. I cannot get enough chocolate recently. I think I just liked sour cause it helped with morning sickness.
Spicy cravings: A mom who craves spicy foods is having a boy.
My answer: I'm not CRAVING spicy foods but I like spicy foods and always have so that's nothing new.
Nosebleeds: A mom who suffers nosebleeds is carrying a girl
My answer: I haven't actually had a nosebleed but my nose is sooooo dry and stuffy in the mornings that I wouldn't be surprised at all if I got one.
Hairy legs: A woman who has to shave her legs more frequently is said to be awaiting the delivery of a girl.
My answer: I DEFINITELY have hair growing way faster on my legs than before.
Dangling a wedding ring: The mom-to-be's wedding ring is tied to a piece of string or a strand of hair and suspended over her stomach. If the ring rotates counterclockwise, it's a boy. If clockwise, it's a girl.
My answer: I just tried this in my office out of curiosity and since I didn't want to actually LAY down on the ground since it would look strange, I leaned as far back as possible and the ring was definitely going in a counter clockwise direction so that would be predicting a BOY.
So, those are some different tests that you can do to see what you are going to have. Obviously, none of them are scientifically proven but they can be fun to do. And, most of my predictions turned out to be leaning towards a BOY! So, we'll see in the next few months what the answer actually is.
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