22 April 2006 9:56 pm
Modern Day "Old Wives" Tales
So, I'm thinking about starting a new "old wives" tale regarding how to determine the gender of a baby. There were two ways that were accurate for us. Two for two!
In true March Madness fashion, there was a baby pool at work. Since many folks had done quite poorly in the office NCAA pool, there was interest in redeeming oneself. I, for one, could only improve upon my last quartile performance in March. In this pool, the prediction was two-to-one, in favor of our baby being a boy. And, it was a girl. Some of you may recall that when Dylan was born, the baby pool was overwhelmingly in favor of a girl, three-to-one. So, if you want to determine the gender of a baby, set up a baby pool in the office and you'll have a baby of the opposite gender predicted.
The second way to learn of the baby's gender is to ask the nurse who is going to deliver the baby. In the case of Dylan, our nurse predicted an 8 lb boy when she started her shift; Dylan was 7 lb 15 oz. In the case of Andrea, the nurse who eventually delivered the baby was the one who started my IV. She wasn't actually my nurse at the time, but she stepped in after my nurse was unsuccessful starting the IV. She asked if we knew whether we were having a boy or girl. I told her we didn't, but asked what her prediction was. And she said girl. Fifteen hours later, our beautiful baby girl was born, with the nurse back in the delivery room. An accurate way for us, but it doesn't leave much time to make any plans. And there may actually be a scientific basis for this one.
I think that the office baby pool is the way to go...
