I thought I would attempt to have an interactive moment on the blog, so I have added a poll for boy vs. girl predictions. Of course I would never ask someone to make a prediction without having highly scientific research to back it up. Here is as much information as I could come up with for whether or not the baby will be a boy or girl.
1. The Chinese Gender Calendar Charthttp://www.thebump.com/calculators/ChineseGenderChart.aspx?MsdVisit=1 :
boy
2. They say if your belly is high you are having a girl, and if you are carrying low you are having a boy. I think for most of my pregnancy I was carrying pretty much in the middle, recently it seems to have dropped some, but the baby's head has dropped so it makes sense that my stomach would sit lower:
undetermined
3. Mayan predictions, legend has it that Mayans predicted the baby's gender by looking at the age of the mother at conception and the year of conception. If both are even or both are odd it is a girl if one is even and one is odd it is a boy. I was 27 in 2010:
boy
4. Morning sickness, I was sick as a dog for my first trimester and part of the second trimester as well, they say this indicates a girl:
girl
5. Heartbeat, if the baby's heartbeat is over 140 it is supposed to be a girl under 140 it's a boy. This has varied as well. It seems to stay around 140 sometimes it's 145 sometimes it's 135:
undetermined
6. Mark is pretty much 100% convinced it is a girl. He's felt that way since almost the beginning. Daddy predictor:
girl
7. Supposedly pregnancy acne means girl. I haven't really had any pregnancy acne, a zit here or there, but it's no different than how my skin was pre-pregnancy:
boy
8. My face has definitely gotten rounder and fuller:
girl
That's all I've got for now. I know the whole dangling your wedding ring from a string, but I don't feel like getting up right now and checking it. So you will just have to use the information already given, or go with your gut. My prediction is undecided. I went through a phase in the second trimester where I was pretty positive it was a girl, but now I really have no clue. When I think about it I don't lean one way or the other. So go ahead and make a prediction by participating in the poll.