Captain's Log Week 18: It's a girl! Unless it's a boy!

Thursday, 02 September 2010

This week was The Captain's first experience travelling since we first found out about the pregancy while on vacation three months ago. On Thursday, January packed up her photography gear and headed out to Colorado to shoot a wedding in the beautiful ski village of Telluride. While everything we've heard and read suggested that a flight of that length and the severe altitude -- 10,000 feet above sea level in some places -- wouldn't be a problem at all for The Captain, I couldn't help but be a little concerned for mama and baby. I was glad to know that we had our 18 week doctors visit just days after she got back on Monday, and that appointment confirmed that everything was just fine.

But what I really can't wait for is our next appointment. September 22, 2010: The day we find out if it's a boy or girl! If there's one thing to know about Team Soell, it's that we don't like surprises, so we're super-eager to find out what we're havaing as soon as possible. To that end, we've jumped the gun a little bit and done a few home tests to try to get a leg up on the news. And believe me, we've tried everything from the somewhat-plausible sounding to the outright ridiculous:

Chinese Gender Chart

It's Chinese, so it must be old, mysterious, and time-tested right? Here's the chart. First, it's worth noting that the "age" is actually the mother's Chinese age. I'm not sure how it's calculated, but apparently January's Chinese age was 32 at the time of The Captain's conception, even though her American age was only 31.

Verdict #1: Girl

The Boy-Girl Quiz

If there's one thing we've learned from Facebook, it's that everyone likes taking quizes. We found this lovely gender predicting test that claims to combine all the old wives tales into a single place on About.com. Some of the more interesting questions included:

What do you crave: Salty or Sweet?
Which direction does your pillow face? (the only available answers were North or South, interestingly enough)
Is the color of your urine dull yellow or bright yellow?

So, yeah. Pretty scientific stuff.

Verdict #2: Girl

Wedding Ring Gender Prediction

We've read this also being done with a needle, a pin, or any other metal object. But the idea is that you attach a wedding ring to a piece of string, dangle it over the expectant mother's belly, and watch how it swings. If it swings around in a circle, it's a girl. If it's back and forth, it's a boy.

Verdict #3: Boy

Mayan Gender Prediction

We still won't know for another couple of years whether or not those Mayans were right with their whole "2012 is the end of the world" prediction, but the end of the world wasn't the only thing they tried to predict. According to the Mayans, you can predict the gender of your unborn child by adding the mother's age to the month at which the child was conceived. If the sum is an odd number, you're having a boy. Even means girl.

Verdict #4: Girl

IntelliGender

There is one final test. The IntelliGender test is an over-the-counter kit, available at most drug stores, which purports to tell you with 90% accuracy the gender of your unborn baby. It says it can be taken when the baby is as few 10 weeks old. This may sound highly scientific but, to be honest, the reviews on this product are pretty abysmal. Still, we saw it on sale on Amazon and decided to give it a try. As with most scientific tests, this one involves peeing in a cup. The urine is mixed with some powder in the provided cup and is supposed to sit for ten minutes. Afterwards, the color of the liquid is compared to the colors on the cup and used to determine the baby's gender.

Verdict #5: Boy

So there you have it. Three out of five unscientific tests agree: We're having a girl! Unless we're having a boy! Check back with us in three weeks and we'll see what one of these newfangled Ultra Sound machines has to say on the subject.

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