throughout this pregnancy, strangers have taken one look and me and declared authoritatively, "you're having a boy."
it happened twice this week. once was an elderly gentleman hanging outside the VFW, and today, i walked past a middle-aged man on an idling motorcycle, who paused to shout over the engine (and into his helmet), "it's a boy!"
is this a normal experience?
i never put much stock in the old wives tales about the differences between carrying boys and girls, but the strangers have all been right. apparently, if you look like you're hiding a basketball, it's boy, for sure.
jim swears i looked completely different (read: wider) carrying dylan, and sure enough, no one thought she'd be a boy.
anyone want to weigh in on this?
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i agree with the basketball wives tale. that's all strangers saw on me too (though i knew how much the other parts of me had expanded too!)
i had tons of men and women declare avery a boy, but i'm not sure i looked like a basketball all that much!! but tehy were all right! :) not much further, huh? how ya feelin?
i looked like i was smuggling a basketball with both elias and piper, so i don't know! i always heard people talk about how high/low you carried was an indicator (or speculation point) so this one is new to me :) i will say, though, that strangers have spoken the most bizarre and random truths to me. i'm convinced that God uses them to speak, no matter how obscure...
Being preggers with a boy and a girl myself, I definately had the same thing! Much wider all around for Maddie and out like a basketball for AJ. My friend next door is due with her first boy (after 3 girls!) and she says all the time how she is carrying much differently and her clothing fits differently this time around. And yeh, she's out like a basketball too. So weird!
I know I was shaped different with Ristow than I am this time around with a girl. My maternity clothes don't fit the same (feeling much wider this time) and no one has proclaimed "boy" this time either. Funny how there tends to be ounces of truth with old wives tales no matter how crazy.
Well I was the opposite I think - round and fat with sugar on the top with Tim and all out the front with Lydia. ;)
Just found your blog. You're one crafty and creative gal. I haven't been able to leave people comments or messages on FB recently, not sure why. But I wanted to write you back and give you my address. I about peed my pants when you said you had an extra one of those baby slings. ThAT is SO NICE, so thank you! 467 Dansel St. Kent, OH 44240. I finally just started feeling better last week, no more ralphing but still a tad nausea. I think I'm having a boy too. Just a hunch. At 17 weeks strangers shouldn't be guessing the gender let alone if you're pregnant or not. But I'll let you know when they do. -Gretchen
Uh...I think everyone is different with Miles I was definitely different than Claire - but I was definitely more "girl" shape for Miles and more "boy" shape for Claire...either way people both times came up with whatever they wanted. And, I'd say they were about 50-50. We didn't know either since we waited to find out the sex! So I'd vote 'no' for the wives tale.
I got one today- from my midwife: if you're getting darker hair or your belly line hair & leg hair is growing faster, its a boy. (She said it is because of the extra testosterone.) So that was her guess for me. I guess in about 15 more weeks we'll find out if she is right!
Hmmm.... I think it is an old wives tale. Everyone declared I was carrying a boy but alas your friend Mariah was the end product. Kinda girly for a little boy. But it is fun for people to attempt to predict and lets face it - the odds are 50/50 on being right. Better odds than the lottery or horse racing.
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