Reasons Why BOB is a Girl

Well, today is the big day. We finally get to see our little nugget on the ultrasound. And, if we so desired, we'd get to find out the sex. But, much to the dismay of many family and friends, we're not going to. However, that hasn't kept us (and others) from speculating what the sex might be. So, in honor of "the day we could find out", I've decided to share a few reasons why we thing BOB (Baby on Board) is a girl--and tomorrow I'll be back with reasons why we think BOB is a boy. I'll let you decide which list you think is more compelling.

--The gender predictor on everydayfamily.com said so.

--Darrell's sister has two boys. Darrell's other sister is expecting a boy in February. Darrell's female cousin (three or four years older) on his dad's side has a boy. Darrell's female cousin (one year younger) on his dad's side has two boys. Darrell's female cousin (five years older) on his mom's side has two boys. Darrell's male cousin (one year older) on his mom's side has two girls. There are no male relatives (in that age range, on either side) with sons and no female relatives (in that age range, on either side) with daughters.

--My first close friend from high school to get pregnant had a girl. The next girl from high school to get pregnant had a boy. A girl would keep the pattern going.

--When we first heard the heartbeat at 14 weeks it was a solid 158 bpm. Four weeks later it had dropped slightly to 152 bpm. Supposedly anything over 140 bpm is indicative of a girl (our doctor even commented to this "myth" after finding the heartbeat at 18 weeks, so it's definitely not something I'm just making up).

--The Mayans said so. (Apparently, if the year of conception and mother's age at conception are both even or both odd, the baby will be a girl. If one is odd and one is even, the baby will be a boy. I was 26 and it is 2012, so both even. Although if the Mayans are right about this they may also be right about the world ending in a few short weeks, which would mean all this speculation is for naught).

--According to an old wive's tales, the acne I've been battling has presented itself because my baby girl is stealing my beauty. All I have to say is that if the level of acne is any indicator toward the beauty of the baby, Darrell better watch out in about 16 years because he'll have his hands full with one beautiful daughter. This is seriously worse acne than I had in high school--it's almost embarrassing. I feel like I need to ask the high school kids I work with for makeup advice because I've never had to deal with this before.

--Can we say sweet tooth? If it has chocolate in it I am all over it (preferably not peanut butter and chocolate, though). Granted, I still have some Wheat Thins every morning for my snack, although I'm not heartbroken if I don't get to them. But the other day when I ran out of Halloween candy and didn't have a treat for after lunch? Disaster. The wive's tales say this can mean only one thing: a sweet little girl is on the way.