My sister gave me this book she read while she was pregnant, and I also consulted the Chinese Gender Chart.
First, the Chinese Gender Chart. So the gender chart uses the mothers age at conception and month to determine gender. Legend has it the chart is 90% accurate. The first time I did this I put in my age of conception at 30, but that's actually wrong! I was technically 29. So initially I thought this was a point for boy but now I'm revising to a point for girl.
Results:
Now onto the book. There are a lot of myths in this book. A lot of them contradict each other, but here goes.
Ring test. We held a ring over my belly. The rumor has it that if it spins in a circle it's a girl and if it swings back and forth, it's a boy. At first it- spun in a circle, then straight. I think my husband has shaky hands.
Results: Inconclusive
Hair - The old wives say that if your hair gets thinner during pregnancy you're having a girl but a full bodied mane means boy. I'd like to scientifically debunk this one because of prenatal vitamins and folic acid, but regardless. My hair has been pretty awesome lately.
Results: Boy
Leg Hair - Apparently if your leg hair grows faster than it did before your pregnancy, you're having a boy and if it's the same you're having a girl. I don't see much of a difference there so this point goes for pink.
Results: Girl
Legs - This one is also pretty easy to debunk. Apparently if your legs get "trunk-like" (no joke, that's totally the phrase the book uses. Offensive, right?) then you're having a boy, but if they stay thin, it's a girl. I've generally always had thin legs and my calves have gotten a little bigger, but I've also been spinning, which builds muscle so I will begrudgingly put my trunk legs in the boy category.
Results: Boy
Hands - As I sit here lotioning my hands for about the third time this morning I am met with this old wives tale about rough hands bringing you a rough and tumble baby boy and smooth silky hands bringing you a prim and proper lady. Going to have to chalk this one up to my future lumberjack.
Results: Boy
Nails - Again, another one debunked by folic acid, but faster nail growth means a boy and no change means girl. While my hands are rough, my nails are tallon-y. While I don't believe this one scientifically, another point for boys.
Results: Boy
Butt - Oy. Really? Apparently anyone with a giant ass will always have girls while skinny bitches get to have boys. Well anyone who knows me knows baby got back. So apparently Trina and I will pull our fat asses over to the girl category. Wait, what did Amber Rose have? Oooooh I just looked it up! Bitch had a boy. Debunked. Anyway, this point goes for girl.
Results: Girl
Face - Again with making me feel awful about myself. Thanks a lot for this book! Ok so if your face gets rounder you're having a girl and if it stays the same, it's a boy. Well I've definitely noticed some jowls during downward dog so I'm going to have to close my eyes during yoga and put another point in the girl category.
Results: Girl
Sickness - So the old wives say that girl babies will make you sick where a boy waits until its born to upset you. Fun stuff, huh? Who writes these things? Anyway, I was super duper lucky and not sick at all so boys, this one is for you.
Results: Boy
Grandma - Ok so this one is pretty funny. If the maternal grandmother has colored hair, the baby will be a girl. If the maternal grandmother has grey hair then its time for a boy. The funny part is that when my sister used this book, she had "girl" marked off because my mom was still dying her hair blonde. Now that she's let herself go grey, I have to put this point in the boy category. This seems to have no actual reasoning behind it whatsoever by the way. This book is dumb...
Results: Boy
Citrus - If you crave citrus you're having a sugary sweet little girl. If you don't then you're going to have a boy... and scurvy. No scurvy for my little pirate. This buccaneer be a girl.
Results: Girl
Kicking - Ok so this is another one that I feel could change depending on how pregnant you are when you read this. If the baby kicks more at your ribs then it's a boy and if it kicks more at your abdomen, it's a girl. However, the one thing we were able to see in the ultrasound heard round the world is that BabyG is currently breech and regardless of what's packing downstairs, would be kicking me in the low stomach unless it's The One and I have to name it Neo because of its Matrix-like ninja moves.
Results: The Red Pill (Girl)
More Kicking - So regardless of where little Neo is kicking me, there's another legend that girls kick more on the left hand side and boys on the right. I've been feeling more of my kicks on the left so this is another one for girls.
Results: Girl
Final Results:
Boy: 6 points
Girl: 7 points
It was a close race but it looks like the girls just wanna have fun in my uterus and beyond. We'll see which team reigns supreme. Ok I know that's for Iron Chef and might be kind of gross. My baby is not the secret ingredient, I just love Iron Chef. Get over it.
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