Baby Gender Predictions: Old Wives Tales

It is official! We have our appointment to find out the gender this Friday. They are seriously killing me with giving me the last possible appointment before the weekend. Apparently not hearing your child’s heartbeat doesn’t give you a free pass to be bumped up on the appointment list.  But at least we can find out everything by the end of the week. I figured that now would be a good time to try ten Old Wives tales that I’ve heard about throughout this pregnancy that are supposed to help determine the gender of your baby and see how right they are.

1. Highs and Lows: The good ol’ carrying high (Girl) or low (Boy) prediction. I’m carrying fat. It’s dispersed mainly in my stomach. I’m going to guess and say it’s more low than high though: BOY

2. Heartbeat test: They say if it’s low (140 or below) it’s a boy and if it’s high (above 140) it’s a girl. This is tough, our first reading at 12 weeks it was 170, 15 weeks it was 150. Our midwife says it goes down as they get bigger. So based on this: GIRL

3. Sweet and Sour: If you crave sweet you are having a girl and sour/salty if you are having a boy. Considering my new found obsession with pretzels I’m going to go with salty on this one: BOY

4. Chinese Birth Chart: Alright, apparently this thing is like 70% accurate. We will see! It asks your age of conception and month of conception. Very nosey little quiz. It came up with: GIRL

5. Drano Test: Anyone ever heard of this one? Pee in a cup, mix a tablespoon of Drano in, and watch to see if it changes color. Green = girl, and blue = boy.  Based on this: I’m having an alien or something because it basically just fizzed. But it looked more green than blue so we will go with that: GIRL

6. Evens and Odds: Legend has it that the Mayans determined a baby's sex by looking at the mother's age at conception and the year of conception. If both are even or odd, it's a girl. If one's even and one's odd, it's a boy. I was 26 at conception in 2011 so in this case: BOY

7. Pizza Hut Skin: If you're breaking out like crazy, blame it on your girl babe. The belief goes that girls steal their mother's beauty, hence, those annoying zits. Well I’ve never had worse skin except for maybe Junior year of high school so I’m thinking on this one: GIRL

8. Wedding Ring: Pop off your wedding ring -- if you still can! -- and tie it to a string. Hang it over your belly. If it swings in a circle, a little guy's in your future. If it goes back and forth, you've got a girl. Based on this: GIRL

9. Sick or not? : Sick as a dog during the first trimester -- or still? Signs indicate you're having a girl. Little or no morning sickness points to a boy. Based on this it would be: BOY

10. Baking Soda: What you do is put a little bit of baking soda in the bottom of a disposable cup and then add a little bit of your urine to it. Yup another urine one, thank goodness peeing is a non-issue for me these days. If it fizzles like a soda pop, it may be a boy. If there’s no fizzle, it may be a girl. Based on this: BOY

Grand Total

GIRL- 5  BOY- 5

Thanks for nothing Old Wives Tales!!

What are your thoughts??