The Gender Dream

Folks are quite opinionated regarding predictions of a new child. There are all kinds of gender predictor tools and methodologies, mind you. The best predictor is the old ultrasound (and even that isn't 100%). But N and I have chosen to not find out the gender of our child 'cause well, it really does not matter to us. (Not to mention the fact that we really aren't interesting in the marketing of baby gender items as either pink or blue!)

With that being said, it is exciting to think about who our child will be and a healthy part of that is their gender.

And apparently, lots of other folks near and far to us, are also excited to think about...and predict...the gender of this little sprog. Some dear friends have predicted a boy using the Chinese Gender Chart. She has never been wrong using this method, but anecdotal evidence doesn't support the predictive tool as any more than accurate than guessing (i.e. 50/50 chance of getting it right).

Both families have weighed in - probably using the "wishful thinking" method. N's side is predicting a boy and mine a girl. This is likely due to the fact that there are already boys on my side and a girl on N's side. They like to mix it up.

A classmate predicted a girl based on the way I am carrying (high) and other cohort-mates have weighed in with a similar female call.

My co-workers are heavily leaning girl, as well.

And then there is the "mom dream method". Last night, I had just such a gender dream; the one that shows the gender of the baby to come. Some say that if I dream it is a girl, then it will be a girl and others say if I dream it is a girl, it will be a boy. I dreamt of a little girl, but you can take your pick of how to predict using that information.

Either way, we will be thrilled, of course. And know that you will too. We have added a new poll for your guesses. And please do guess away.