Pink or blue? I'm takin' bets!! :)

Ok, so I'm a little over halfway into this pregnancy and we still haven't found out the gender. Honestly, it's not bothering me near as much as I thought it would. I think it's bugging everyone else more than Tim and me. :) But I thought it might be fun to conduct a few little old wives experiments and see what actually happens. :)

Old Wives Tale #1:
Hold your wedding band on a string over your belly. If it swings back and forth, it's a girl. If it circles, it's a boy. :) Here's a link to the short video of the experiment. Please excuse the messy house in the background!

Wedding band on a string gender prediction. :)

[Spoiler alert: It circled!!]

Old Wives Tale #2:
If you're having a girl, she'll steal your beauty. It's rumored that if you're having a girl, you'll have acne and more blemishes. This was TOTALLY true with Neva, my first baby. I had acne all the way through my pregnancy and she was definitely a girl. :)

This pregnancy, I've had a lot clearer complexion.... which has been awesome! :) I don't know about the "glow" I keep hearing about, I think I just feel like I sweat more. ;)

Old Wives Tale #3:
If you're carrying high, it's a little lady; low it's a little fella.

It's a little hard for me to tell on this one, but from what I can tell by comparing belly pictures from Neva (a little less than 2 years ago) and currently, I feel like I'm carrying about as high as I did before but I don't think it's as wide as with Neva. I feel more basketball-y this time around. I don't know if this has to do with gender, the fact it's a 2nd pregnancy, or that my starting weight was a little lower this pregnancy. But looking at the pictures side-by-side, it definitely looks like this little one is lower!! The picture on the left is with Neva at 23 weeks, the right picture is from earlier today, 21 weeks.

Old Wives Tale #4:
If you're craving sweets, you're having a girl. If you're craving salty, it's a boy. This one's a toss up: I want to eat everything I hear anybody talk about. There's been a lot of sweets, but the biggest has been chips and salsa. So I guess salty wins out.

Old Wives Tale #5:
Chinese birth charts use your age (and time zone, I guess) at conception to determine the gender of your baby. I trust this about as far as I can dig to China, but it's all part of the fun. :)

(I'm not sure if the link will take you to the site or the results, but here ya go)
Chinese Gender Calander


The results:  It's a girl!  (Chinese Age 28 at Lunar month 4)  .... whatever that means lol. :)


Old Wives Tale #6:
If your hubby has sympathy cravings and gains a little extra padding, you're in for a sweet little girl. Again, I don't know if it's the gender of the baby, or the fact that Tim's working full-time, going to school full-time, living on a steady diet of coffee and.... coffee and still trying to be here for his wife and toddler, but I think he's lost weight this pregnancy. 

Old Wives Tale #7:
If you've got morning sickness, you're having a girl. With Neva, I had it fast and furious in the morning and at 4 p.m. like clockwork all through my first trimester. I think I only got sick about a dozen times, but the morning sickness hit me pretty hard. This pregnancy, I was a little queasy for about 3 weeks, but I never got sick. Which was nice. :)

Old Wives Tale #8:
Burn, baby, burn!! If you've got lots of heartburn, you're having a boy with a full head of hair. I hardly had any heartburn with Neva. She was a cute little girl with hardly any fuzz on the top her little dome. This time around, I haven't had any heartburn at all. Granted, I am only 21 weeks, so we'll see if that sticks later on in the pregnancy. :)

Old Wives Tale #9:

If you grab a sole key by the round part, you're having a boy. If you grab it by the skinny part, you're having a girl. Honestly, I usually grab my keys by the Carbineer, but when I have had to grab one alone I snagged it by the round part. But I can't ever recall seeing someone pick it up by the skinny part. :)

So, according to 9 popular old wives tales, the score is 7 for a boy and 2 for a girl. :) Time will tell and I'll be sure to post the results to follow up when we find out the gender for ourselves. :)