I am carrying like I am having a boy?

People who don't know that I am having a girl, often look at how I am carrying and think I am having a boy. I am constantly asked if I am having a boy. I tell them that it is a girl according to the ultrasound and they are often surprise. No one ever guesses that Baby Bear is a girl when they look at my baby bump. Well, we have another ultrasound on Monday and I hope that Baby Bear will be cooperative so that we can check to make sure she is indeed a girl.

I am a little worried that our 20-week ultrasound might be wrong. I am only worried because we don't have any ideas for boy names and we have clothes for a girl. So if Baby Bear does not turn out to be a girl, we are going to have to figure some names out and get some other clothes. I better keep the tags on clothes until we have our ultrasound on Monday just to be on the safe side. I guess it is a good thing I haven't started to wash all the clothes yet. I am also glad that we went with sage green and chocolate brown for the nursery (not that we will have the nursery done before Baby bear arrives). I love the colors and it can go for a girl or boy.

Girl or boy I am happy either way, I just want a healthy baby that I carry to full-term.

The Big Reveal.....A Girl!!

It's a girl!!! Isn't she absolutely beautiful!! (Sorry, I haven't had a chance to scan the ultrasound photo, yet. But you can see her pretty little face and arms. She is just so precious.)

Yes, Baby Bear is a little girl. We are so excited. She is healthy and all looks good. She was very active during the ultrasound. Now the tough stuff begins, like deciding on a name!!

Papa Bear is now thinking that he may have to buy a shot gun to scare the boys away. Already he is protective of his little girl. I guess I won't be his number one girl anymore, but she is worth it!

A boy or girl? According to Old Wives' Tales

On Monday, we will find out if Baby Bear is a boy or a girl (as long as Baby Bear is cooperative). I am so excited and I absolutely cannot wait. People have been asking me if I prefer one to another. In all honesty, I don't. All I really want is a healthy Baby Bear. Boy or girl, it really doesn't matter to me. With a boy, he could be a "momma's boy" and I get to dress him like his daddy. With a girl, she could be a little princess and dress her in pretty dresses. I win either way!!

Papa Bear is pretty convinced it is a boy. He doesn't care either way, but he has a strong intuition that Baby Bear is a boy. His reasoning is that all of his really good friends growing up have recently had girls and he says it has to do with karma (apparently, they were not very good to girls growing up). He says that and he was a good boy growing up so he thinks he will be the one to have a little boy. He is not afraid of having a girl, he is just afraid of when she becomes a teenager and all the other boys around her.

On the other hand, Grandpa Bear's side of the family is full of boys. Papa Bear has nothing but male cousins on that side of the family. Papa Bear is the oldest (the others are in high school and college) and the first to have a baby. I think his aunts might be hoping for a girl in the family.

Well, I can't wait to find out. Please be cooperative Baby Bear. Papa Bear was thinking that we might keep the gender a secret, but I am not sure that we are going to be able to that. Papa Bear wasn't very good at keeping the pregnancy a secret so I am not sure what makes him think he can keep the gender a secret.

So now what do you think? Boy or Girl? I would love to have some guesses along with your reasons. Here is what we are having according to the Old Wives Tales:

• According to the Chinese Gender Predictor, I am having a girl.


• My left boob is larger = boy


• I am carrying the extra weight out front = boy


• I am carrying high = girl
  (at least I think I am, I am not totally sure. Look at my last baby bump picture from Sunday to see what you think)


• The hair on my legs is not growing any faster during pregnancy = girl


• Sleeping in a bed with my pillow to the south = girl
  (I don’t know if I can help that, it is where my bed is located)


• My feet are colder than they were before pregnancy = boy
  (But my feet are always cold, so it is a hard one to really gauge)


• I prefer the heel of a loaf of bread = boy
  (It is not that I prefer but I do eat it and I always have)


• Papa Bear is gaining weight right along with Mama Bear = boy
  (Papa Bear has been saying that “WE” are pregnant)


• The maternal grandmother doesn't have gray hair (dyed or natural) = girl


• I did not have morning sickness early in pregnancy = boy
  (Just nausea but not vomiting)


• I am looking particularly good during pregnancy = boy
  (I guess this is because girls steal their mother's looks. Although I have heard the opposite, so it all depends on how the wives tale is interpreted)


• My chest development has been quite dramatic during pregnancy = girl
  (But then again I didn’t have a whole lot to begin with)


• The sum of my age at conception (33 Years old) and the number of the month of conception (September = 9) is even (33+9= 42) = boy


• I have been craving sweets = girl
  (But then again I always crave sweets! I was craving a lot of salty in the first trimester and that would have indicated a boy.)


• My nose hasn't changed during pregnancy = girl


• I have been craving meats or cheeses = boy
  (I do want cheeseburgers all the time since I have been pregnant. I want fruit all the time too and that predicts a girl)


• Baby Bear’s heart rate is 140 or more beats per minute = girl
  (It was 155 at the last OB appt)


• I am not having headaches = girl
  (I did have a few for the first few weeks of the 2nd trimester)


• My belly looks like a basketball = boy


• I don’t have a lot of acne = boy


• My hair has been full and luscious = boy

The score:
Boy = 12
Girl = 10

So what do you think?