By the end of this week, I’ll be starting my third trimester. Three more months before we get to meet Nugget and finally answer the question we hear more than any other: “Do you know what you’re having?” Well, darlings, we’re having a baby, as the ultrasound pictures showed. But no, we don’t know Nugget’s sex.
It’s interesting how opinionated folks are this time around. With Jade, I heard people make a few guesses, but this time I’ve had people (all women, interestingly enough) tell me positively and knowingly, “You’re having a girl!”. Others are just as sure that I’m “cooking up a boy”. Michael thinks Nugget is a boy, and this pregnancy certainly has been different from Jade’s, but I just can’t seem to decide one way or the other.
So it is time, of course, to turn to the wisdom of the Internet, and the all-knowingness of Google and the random quiz I found at Childbirth.org. Pics of the belly are at the bottom of the post for your judging pleasure.
Congratulations!
You have a 22% chance of having a boy.
And you have a 77% chance of having a girl.
And Here’s Why…
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You are carrying the extra weight out front, so it’s a boy. (This was a hard call. I can’t honestly say that my back end isn’t also carrying some extra weight. There have definitely been some underwear issues, but that could just be the drag of sagging maternity pants. But no one’s pointing to my butt and saying, “Wow, you’re really growing!”)
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The hair on your legs is not growing any faster during your preganacy, so it’s a girl. (Whew!)
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Girls are carried high. You are going to have a girl. (Although it’s hard to say whether I’m carrying high and low with my ridiculously short torso, most people seem to agree that it’s pretty high… You can judge for yourself.)
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Sleeping in a bed with your pillow to the north indicates that you will be having a boy. (Interesting… do women actually turn their beds around?)
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Your feet are not colder than they were before pregnancy. You are having a girl. (Of course, it IS summertime.)
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You refuse to eat the heel of a loaf of bread. You are having a girl. (Actually, I don’t refuse. I’ll occasionally do it. C’mon, I’m pregnant, I’ll eat almost anything.)
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Dad-to-be hasn’t been gaining weight along with Mom-to-be, so it will be a girl. (Dad almost never gains weight, anyway. Jerk.)
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The maternal grandmother doesn’t have gray hair (dyed or natural), so a girl will be born. (This was a weird question. Did they mean ALL gray, or just SOME gray? Hell, even I’ve had SOME gray hair since I was 19.)
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You had morning sickness early in pregnancy, so you are expecting a girl. (Well, I guess that makes Jade a boy, then.)
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You are looking particularly good during pregnancy. Therefore, it must be a boy, because girls steal their mother’s looks. (I don’t think I look particularly good, but I didn’t think I look like the back end of a bus, either. Geez, there’s no in-between here. And I think I was danged cute while I was pregnant with Jade, thank-you-very-much…)
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Your chest development has not been very dramatic during pregnancy. You should expect a boy. (This one was hard to answer, too. There’s definitely more boob to go around, but I wasn’t tiny to start with. Something I wish I could go back to tell my flat-chested teenage self. “Don’t worry, Miss A-cup. One day you’ll be a busty Double-D…”)
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Since the sum of the mother’s age at conception and the number of the month of conception is an odd number, it will be a girl. (Um, I don’t have anything to add to that.)
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You are craving sweets, which means that it is a girl. (I’m a woman. I ALWAYS crave sweets, people.)
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Your nose hasn’t changed during pregnancy, which indicates a girl. (Yikes! Is that permanent?! My nose is wide enough. If having a boy is supposed to cause it to spread, I never want a boy.)
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You have been craving fruits, so it is a girl. (The alternative was meats and cheese. I crave those, too. But I’m pretty sure the baby will be either a boy or a girl, not both.)
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Your baby’s heart rate is 140 or more beats per minute, so it’s a girl. (I think it was lower than 140 once, though.)
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You must have orange juice every day, so it’s a girl. (I don’t HAVE to have orange juice every day, but the alternative was “Doesn’t like OJ” and that’s even less true.)
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You are not having headaches, so it’s a girl. (So boys are a headache, are they? Oh, the stereotyping jokes we could make here…)
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Your belly looks like a watermelon, so it’s a girl. (I dunno folks. Would YOU call it a watermelon or a basketball?)
Isn’t it nice to have such a definitive answer?
Belly at 26 and a half weeks
There's definitely some more boobage going on now...
Nugget getting some love from Jade
