so i thought it would be fun to see if the old wives tales were correct when it came to the gender of our baby!
so i googled a list of the different old wives tales and here they are.
1. how low can you go? so this one is a little hard since my stomach isn't too big yet BUT i would say that my belly starts poking out right under my rib cage. so i would say that this one is CORRECT
2. girls steal your beauty: this one is definitely CORRECT one of my first symptoms was the worst acne of my whole life!
3. this one is ridiculous and i didn't even want to do it but as i sit here writing this i decided to do it. so it is the "ring swing" you take your wedding ring off, tie a string on it the let it swing over your belly. if it swing in a straight line it is a girl and if it goes in circles it is a boy! surprisingly this one was CORRECT as well. But i tried it 2 more times to see if it would be correct and it was correct 2/3 times
4. drano/baking soda test: to be honest i haven't done this one and i'm not interested in it. you pee in a cup and then ad a table spoon of drano or baking soda to it. if it fizzes it's a boy, if it doesn't it's a girl.
5. heart rate: they say if the heart rate is over 140 they say it is a girl and under 140 is a boy. this one is totally CORRECT as well! my first appointment the heart rate was 170, second appointment was 165 and third appointment was 165!
6. cravings: sweet or citrus indicate girl and more salty/savory indicates boy! this one was also CORRECT! immediately after i got pregnant i started hated anything salt and all kinds of meat. I even hated chips and salsa which is usually like one of my main food groups ha ha! *there was one exception to this though i loooooved hot/spicy chips in the first trimester.
7. Chinese gender predictor chart! here is the link to the one i first looked at and once again it was right! http://www.thelaboroflove.com/chart/cal.html
8. weight gain: so this one is kind of funny because they say if your spouse gains weight than they say you are having a girl (because your spouse is indulging in all the sweets your craving). at first i for sure thought that this was wrong and then randomly elias told me that he gained 2 pounds ha ha! buuuut i don't think it is because elias is indulging in the "sweets that i'm craving" because elias is not big into sweets.
9. morning sickness: they say if you are having bad morning sickness than it's girl girl girl! and ding ding ding right again! my morning sickness was sooooo terrible in the first trimester so this one is CORRECT
10. i am going to copy the next one straight from the website If you've got a preggo friend, try this little experiment on her. Place a key in front of her and ask her to pick it up.
If she grabs it by the narrow part, she'll have a sweet little girl. If she picks it up by the round part, she'll have an adorable little boy." so i obviously haven't done this one because my friend didn't do this to me and now if someone were to do it i would know which is which! ha ha
so although i didn't believe in these at all it was still super fun to do!! of course you have a 50/50 chance sooooo it's not saying a lot. but i was pretty shocked that so many were right. i wonder how right these will be with our next baby... we'll see!!!!!
oh and here is the link to the website i found all of these on http://pregnancy.familyeducation.com/gender-predictor/old-wives-tales/70198.html?page=10&detoured=1
-Stef
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