Gender Prediction

May 24th, 2007

It seems that a favorite past-time of women is to predict the gender of unborn babies. There are all kinds of methods including the dangling of rings over the belly to Chinese birth charts using  age of mother and conception dates. Men don’t seem to partake in this game since it’s about as fun as flipping a coin and with similar odds. Many assume that men would rather have a boy, perhaps thinking they would better relate to one of their own gender. The truth is, that most importantly the father wants his baby to resemble himself more than say, the mailman.

My favorite wives’ tale of gender prediction is “the carry.” The thought is that if a woman is “all stomach”, appearing rather normal except for what seems to be a basketball shoved into her shirt, that she is likely having a boy. However, if the mother fills out all over, she is likely having a girl. I have decided that these widely accepted theories are nothing more than a polite way for women to describe a glowing new mother in a more diplomatic manner. So whenever you hear “you must be having a girl,” what they are really saying is, “wow, your ass got big!”

Regardless of how a pregnant woman is carrying, here are a few questions they never want to hear:

• Are you having twins? 
•  Are you sure you have two months to go?
•  Is that embryonic fluid dripping down your leg?

Entry Filed under: Parenting

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