March 6, 2002 - 26 Weeks - Success!!!
We weren't expecting to find anything out today, but it was a slow day at the doctor's office and we were trapped there for an hour waiting for the sugar to kick in for the glucose tolerance test. So, the doctor suggested that we take a quick peek to see if we could find out the gender. Well, the face was pointed toward my spine so we didn't get good pictures of that, but it meant that the area of interest for finding out whether it is a boy or a girl was aimed right at us. The doc said that while he never gives a 100% certainty with an ultrasound, it's as close as it's ever gonna get. He also said he's never been wrong. It looks like all the predictions were correct!
February 6, 2002 - 22 Weeks - Ultrasound Day
We were hoping to get a definitive answer on whether we had a boy or a girl, but it was more interested in squirming away from the doctor poking it with the ultrasound wand. So, from what the doc could see, he said he was leaning towards it being a girl (since there were no signs of any boy parts in view). At this point he says he has a 65% certainty that it is a girl. He'll do another ultrasound when we're just past 7 months to see if we can find out for sure.
Pre-Ultrasound Predictions
Ancient Chinese Gender Prediction: Every pregnancy website out there has this calendar on it. It takes the lunar age of the mother at conception and the lunar month during which conception occured and uses those items to determine the gender. According to this ancient method, we're having a girl.
Scientific Statistical Prediction: This method takes into consideration the date of ovulation and the last date you did what it was that got you pregnant. The idea is that male sperm swim faster, but die off more quickly. Female sperm take their time getting there, but live longer. The closer the date of ovulation you snuggled a little too close, the better the chances of a boy. Based on this method, the chances are better that we're having a girl.
Dream Prediction: This is the old tried and true, what does the mother dream about method. I've only had one dream in which I could actually tell the sex of the baby, and in that one it was a girl, but the previous two predictions might have had something to do with that!
We weren't expecting to find anything out today, but it was a slow day at the doctor's office and we were trapped there for an hour waiting for the sugar to kick in for the glucose tolerance test. So, the doctor suggested that we take a quick peek to see if we could find out the gender. Well, the face was pointed toward my spine so we didn't get good pictures of that, but it meant that the area of interest for finding out whether it is a boy or a girl was aimed right at us. The doc said that while he never gives a 100% certainty with an ultrasound, it's as close as it's ever gonna get. He also said he's never been wrong. It looks like all the predictions were correct!
February 6, 2002 - 22 Weeks - Ultrasound Day
We were hoping to get a definitive answer on whether we had a boy or a girl, but it was more interested in squirming away from the doctor poking it with the ultrasound wand. So, from what the doc could see, he said he was leaning towards it being a girl (since there were no signs of any boy parts in view). At this point he says he has a 65% certainty that it is a girl. He'll do another ultrasound when we're just past 7 months to see if we can find out for sure.
Pre-Ultrasound Predictions
Ancient Chinese Gender Prediction: Every pregnancy website out there has this calendar on it. It takes the lunar age of the mother at conception and the lunar month during which conception occured and uses those items to determine the gender. According to this ancient method, we're having a girl.
Scientific Statistical Prediction: This method takes into consideration the date of ovulation and the last date you did what it was that got you pregnant. The idea is that male sperm swim faster, but die off more quickly. Female sperm take their time getting there, but live longer. The closer the date of ovulation you snuggled a little too close, the better the chances of a boy. Based on this method, the chances are better that we're having a girl.
Dream Prediction: This is the old tried and true, what does the mother dream about method. I've only had one dream in which I could actually tell the sex of the baby, and in that one it was a girl, but the previous two predictions might have had something to do with that!
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