Reasons Why BOB is a Boy

As a continuation from yesterday, here are the reasons why BOB is a boy.

(And as far as we know, everything from the ultrasound yesterday looked great. Baby was a little stinker and didn't want to show his/her face--but with Darrell and I for parents, no one will really be surprised if baby has a strong stubborn streak. More details--and pictures!--later this week.)

--In the past three years, lots of babies have been born to female co-workers of mine. Four ladies in the English/Spanish department all had girls; three ladies in the math/science department all had boys. Another boy was had by a SPED teacher. Since what I do falls mostly in the math area, but is also all-encompassing like a SPED teacher, I should follow their pattern of having boys.

--The Chinese Gender Chart says so.

--Darrell is a first-born son. Darrell's dad is a first-born son. Darrell's paternal grandfather is a first-born son. It only makes sense that he would father a first-born son.

--The first collegiate soccer teammate (from my graduating class) to have a kid had a girl. The next had a boy in September, and a third is due with a girl later in December. A boy would keep the pattern going.

--My good friend Tim said so (and, if you must know, Tim considers himself something of a god-figure, so maybe there is some actual legitimacy to his claim. Probably not, but it's still fun to pretend).

--Old wive's tales would say that my lack of morning sickness is indicative of male offspring (apparently girls make you sick as a dog--no thank you).

--Supposedly I'm carrying BOB low, and this is more common with boys. Since this is my first pregnancy, I really don't have much basis for verifying where I am or am not carrying him (there's something in there that kicks me around my belly button, that's all I know), but I'll go along with what people tell me.