Is Baby J a "He" or a "She"?

So, lately everyone has been speculating on whether Baby J is a boy or a girl. There are tons of old wives tales out there about gender prediction and I have really loved guessing myself as to the babe's gender! I also love that some people are just certain Baby J is a boy or girl by the way I am carrying, or the way I walk, it really cracks me up.

As far as our families go...we have mixed predictions....

My mom has had Baby J girl predictions on two occasions, but is not quite sure.

My godmother thinks girl.

Baby J's Nanny thinks girl.
My MIL has said Baby J is a boy from day one.

Jim and I don't have a clue and honestly really don't care or have predictions of our own. Just a healthy baby. (BUT, if I had to choose, of course I would want a lil girl of my own ;)) My mama and I are SO close, I would just *melt* to be able to have that sort of relationship with my own daughter!

On the O'Meara side of the family, we have not had a girl born since 1985. Since then, we have had 11, yes 11 boys born into the family. This number includes 7 grand-sons, 3 great-grand-sons and one on the way...with NO girls... Colleen is our "baby" but said last weekend that she would gladly give up her "rein" as O'Meara baby girl if Baby J is a she. The Major side is pretty mixed and the Jacobs side are predominantly girls (Jim has one brother, two sisters, a sister in law and two nieces).

The O'Meara side sure has grown over the years and we've added some new girl cousins who we couldn't love more if we tried!

Me, Stephanie, Katherine, Sarah (the pre-Colleen days) Circa 1985 ish

Me, Colleen, Katherine, Sarah and Stephanie (with Paul and Michael too) Maybe late '90's?

Colleen, Sarah, Stephanie, Me, Katherine (I think this was the Christmas Katherine and Keith got engaged, so 2001/2002 ish?)

Me, Katherine, Sarah and Colleen at Paul and Betsy's wedding (May 2008)

O'Meara girl cousins at our wedding (August 2010). Katherine, Me, Colleen, Betsy, Sarah. (Missing Stephanie and our new cousin Amber!)

 

Amber, Stephanie, Katherine, Colleen, Betsy, Me, Sarah. This was taken the day after Amber officially joined our girl cousin club!(7/8/12)

O'Meara Girl cousins and their babies (Katherine with Grady and Reece, Betsy with Ronan, Sarah expecting Braxton and Me expecting Baby J) (7/8/10)

Soon after finding out we were pregnant, the Tolers recommended we check the Chinese calendar for gender prediction. It was right for both of their babies.This "ancient Chinese birth chart" predicts gender with a 93% accuracy rate- sounds pretty good right? Well, this birth chart predicts BOY. The Tolers also suggested we use the wedding ring predictor. With this, you tie your husband's wedding ring to a string and hold it over your stomach while laying down. If the ring swings in a circle, it's a girl, if it swings back and forth, it's a boy. The prediction- GIRL.

OK, so at around 6 weeks pregnant, we did the predictions above and  had one vote for girl and one for boy. I sort of forgot about the gender predictions until a few weeks ago when I was playing on the internet and found a gender prediction quiz that incorporated most old wives tales into one prediction. I decided to do this one too (of course!), and here were the results: (my answers are in bold)

1. Is your hair getting thinner and stringy or shiny and full (finally!!)

2. Is your leg hair growing faster or slower

3. Are your nails growing faster/stronger or the same

4. Do you or did you have morning sickness yes or no

5. Have your cravings been more sweet or sour

6. Is your butt growing yes or no

7. Are your feet colder than before or the same

8. Is baby's heart rate below 139 or higher than 139

9. Are you craving OJ yes or no

10. Are you carrying baby high or low

11. Is your tummy shaped more like a watermelon or a beach ball

12. Do you feel baby moving more on the left or right side

13. Is baby's movement more high or low

14. Is dad gaining weight yes or no

15. Can you see a lot of added weight in your face yes or no

And the results are......  67% BOY, 33% GIRL

So, I guess the verdict is still out on Baby J's gender. Good thing we only have to wait until Monday to find out for sure :) What do you think Baby J is???