Old Wives Tales

If you have ever been pregnant (or even if you have not) you are bound to have heard a few old wives tales. Most of them have to deal with "if this is happening, than you are having this gender of a baby" and so on. Just in case you haven't heard any, here are a ton of them a few: "how high/low the heart beats says what gender the baby will be", "if you carry high or low, you will have______", "if you crave salty snacks and meat, you are having a boy", "if you crave sweet foods/fruits, you will have a girl", "if you are sick in the gills, you will be having a girl", "if the needle/ring swings or sways, you will have a _______", "if you have bad skin, you will have a girl"," if you are glowing and have good skin, you will have a boy", and on and on. There are also some crazy ways to use your urine and check to see what you are having. There is the Drano test (which can be dangerous BTW!) and than there is one I just heard of tonight. It is called the Cabbage Gender Test. What it basically does is tests whether your urine is more acidic or alkaline. What the test entails is taking a head of red cabbage, chopping it up into little bits, and than boiling it for ten minutes. You than take a cup and *ahem, do your little business in it* and than mix equal parts of the water from the boiled cabbage and your urine. If it turns a pink/red color, it will be a boy, and if it turns a purple color, it will be a girl. Now the problems with the accuracy of this test come in because depending on what you have eaten, you urine naturally will be more acidic or more alkaline. These tests just make me chuckle!!! They really are just for a little bit of fun. I am not sure who came up with such a funny idea, but truly people are creative (although a lot of Mom's get bored and are anxious to find out what they are having, so I would not be surprised if a pregnant Mom did develop this test! So I have to ask, has anyone done this test (or another like it) or what Old Wives Tales do yo believe in? I am a believer in the heartburn= hair (at least for me) and the morning sickness (I was sick with Lilly constantly but was only sick one day with Ryker!) I do think each superstition applies differently to each person, but all-in-all, it just kind of is fun!!! And BTW, their is also the Chinese Gender Predictor  , which has been false for both Lilly and Ryker, although I am told you are not supposed to go by the actual age you are when you conceive, but are supposed to go by what year in life you are in (so you would add a year.) Apparently with the Chinese, you are never zero. So adding one year to my age actually puts me right on with Lilly and Ryker. We will know soon enough what this little one will be having, but for now, it is just fun to speculate. BTW, we have added some more girl contender names: Tessa and Charlotte. Mike is not a huge fan of these, but I think a little Tess or Lottie would be cute!!! He still is holding to Christopher Adam and likes Sophie, which are both good names. One of these days, it will just click!!!