Old Wives Tales and Chinese Gender Charts *UPDATED*

So this afternoon is our big anatomy ultrasound. According to the poll, we're having a girl (by the way, thanks to Leslie who chose "stubborn child" - I think that's what we'll have too!). For kicks, I've decided to list 15 old wives tales' and chinese gender charts' predictions. Enjoy, and be sure to check back tomorrow (might be later tonight, but I'm not promising anything) for the big news!

Chinese Charts

Here we have my "chinese age" as 31 (dude! I'm only 30! wait...did I just say "dude"?), conception month is February. Result: GIRL

Here my chinese age is 31 again. Result: BOY

Here my chinese age is 32. Result: GIRL

Old Wives Tails

Here we have a quiz. Result: 60% chance GIRL, 40% chance BOY

Here is a list. I'm listing it as "topic (my answer): RESULT"

• Heart Rate (170): GIRL
• Weight Gain of Father (none, loss actually): BOY
• Weight Gain of Mother (what little is in the front): BOY
• Cravings (protein/meat, savory things): BOY
• Color of urine (bright): BOY
• Mom's Appearance: (same as before): BOY

Ring test. Result: BOY GIRL BOY GIRL. I guess we'll call that a 50/50 chance? Seems the most accurate to me!

FINAL RESULT: 9 for the boys, 6 for the girls. BOY

Stay tuned for the real result!

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We have a very healthy, all-parts-there-and-perfect, bouncing baby BOY!

Look Who's Growing a Belly

Ok, ok. I already had a belly of blubber, but now there's a baby in there and pushing all the blubber out! In the picture, I'm actually sucking it in as much as possible. I'm gonna be huge, and I'm loving every minute of it!

One week until the anatomy scan. Vote on the poll, and keep the prayers and good vibes coming for a continuing healthy pregnancy and cervix-of-steel!

Random Update

I feel like I haven't been giving very good updates lately, so here's an attempt while I have a little brain power left at the end of the work day.

Cerclage
All is fine on that front now. I had a bit of a freak out the day after it was done. I had more bleeding than right after it was placed the day before, so that was quite disconcerting. I realized though that it was just because I had had a huge gas bubble that had finally moved and when it moved, it pushed on things and I did feel a lot of pulling in the cerclage area. The bleeding quickly changed to spotting, which in turn changed to nothing within 24 hours. I feel more secure with the cerclage, but I'm honestly still freaking out about every little thing. I know that's par for the course after a loss, but sheesh! I can't wait until next Monday when I can get back in for acupuncture. I've missed it two weeks in a row now, and I'm definitely feeling a negative difference.

Other Pregnancy Stuff
My mom rocks. She came over Saturday and on her way to my place, she stopped at JCPenny and bought me a bunch of maternity clothes that fit and were *gasp* NOT black and white. I have to for the most part wear plus size tops thanks to the boob gods for these knockers. As much as some women yearn for big ones, I'm so done with them! I swear finding work appropriate maternity tops that are not a) black, white or a combination thereof or b) ridiculously hideous is close to impossible. I've tried Old Navy, Gap, JCPenny, Nordstrom, Motherhood, etc. It's not that they don't have some nice looking plus size stuff, but most of it is not at all appropriate for me to wear to work. The conservative finance industry does not generally embrace knit anything. Where, oh where, are the plus size plain blouses??? If anyone knows, please clue me in!

In more exciting pregnancy news, I felt Sprout move once. Just the once, and the only reason I felt him/her is because he/she balled him/herself up on the right side underneath my belly button and pushed up until I felt like a new belly button would be made for me. Then Sprout did a somersault. That was pretty cool feeling - weird, but cool.

Also, anatomy/gender scan is coming up on the 16th. That will be a fun day! Any guesses?

Non-pregnancy stuff
I have a sudden urge to read some russian literature. I don't know why. I haven't felt like reading jack in months, but whatever. I'll find something at home. I think I have two or three books in that genre to choose from.

I also have a sudden urge to be very, very crafty, but I also have a very, very strong laziness gene. I think I really just want to go shopping and buy new supplies for new projects while leaving the others to gather dust. I won't do that though. Must. Finish. Quilt. For. Marc. Or, if I'm being honest, I must start it first!

Other than that, life is pretty much the same 'ol. same 'ol.