On our shopping excursion Saturday, Erin and I spotted this book and thought it might be interesting. Inside are 50 old wives' tales that "supposedly" tell you if you're having a boy or girl. Curiosity got the better of us and so we decided to check a couple of them out right there. So, in the middle of Motherhood Maternity, Erin looks into my eyes to see which one has a broken blood vessel in the shape of a "V." We cracked up when she said she saw a "W" in the eye that indicated a boy. Twin boys? Yikes! I'm sure the man waiting outside the fitting room was finding us very entertaining.
We got home and told Wes about it, so he and I ended up going back and buying the dumb book! HA! We thought it would be interesting to do it with each child to see how accurate the "old wives" were. It was fun seeing what it came out to, but I'm not far enough along for some of them. So far, the verdict is a boy by only 4 points. So, pretty much it was 50/50. Oh, and by the Chinese Chart it's a girl. Go figure!
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I had that book at some point too! I can't remember which pregnancy I had it for though! The chinese chart was wrong for me with Parker and I totally confused it by having twins! Better play it safe and go by the ultrasound results! (You will have to be sure and do the Draino test at some point! I can't remember how far along you are to be when you do it though!)
Have you done the string with a lead pencil test? OOoooooooo! You would probably really make the string swing! :)
Sheila
We did the pencil test and it swung for a boy too. Did it on Wes and it did the same... :)
My OB/GYN said that the most accurate wive's tale she had heard of was the heart rate. I have guessed somewhere between 15 -20 pregnancies using that and been wrong twice. One thing that I found most interesting was that my friend had three boys and one girl and she was the opposite - low heart rate for her was the girl and high for all three boys.
Well you do want twins...
A friend just told me about this one - hold your hands out in front of you . . .
If they are palms up, it's a boy. Palms down, girl . . . :>)
Good luck in the guessing! They're both the greatest bunch of fun you can imagine!
Lizzy
Oh, the pencil test! It has been proven in the women in our families! Very interesting - e-mail me for details, since there are lots of differnt ways to do it!
Liz
I didn't do any test like these. But I was sooo afraid that the ultrasound was wrong. I had at least three ultrasounds done after they told us it was a girl, and everytime i would ask them to make sure she was still a her:) I even had dreams that she was a boy and I had to bring him home from the hospital in pink clothes!!! By the way I LOVE the cute outfit you sent over with Erin. It is adorable. Thank you so much. If you end up having a girl I will have to send it back for her:)
Both of my pregancies were completely different!! I thought I was having a girl with Wes because he was sooo different. Now I know why!!! My boys are complete opposite!!! Good luck! Both of my boys heart rate wass around 160 each time. Which alot of people thought that that was a good indication I was having a girl. Good luck!! After you find out the sex. Your waiting goes by a WHOLE lot faster!!! Next time, hopefully I will be able to come with Erin! I am glad I didn't come because I got a phone call Sat. morning reminding me I promised someone I would watch their kids. that would of been awful if I was up there when they called! I guess better luck next time. I am done with my book now.LOL
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