Gender predictions!

I am almost 15 weeks along now and not knowing the gender is driving me crazy!  Sloan only refers to the baby as a girl and begs me to give her another sister.  She wants to name her Elena and I assume her middle name will be "of Avalor".  When I tell her that the baby could be a boy she gets really upset!!  I would love another girl, I honestly think it would be easier at this point.  We have all the stuff, clothes, and toys.  Sloan and P play so well together, I can totally see another little lady in the mix.  I would love a little boy for Eric though.  He is such a good girl dad, I tell him all the time he was meant to be surrounded by women ;).  But I can totally see him coaching our little mans baseball team someday.  He says he doesn't care what the gender is and I know he won't be disappointed either way.  Neither of us will be, we just want to know the gender so bad!  Will we be an all girl crew or are we throwing a little man into the mix?!

I've been majorly obsessing over the baby's gender.  I've taken ridiculous online quizzes and tried old wives tales, Eric think's I've gone crazy!!  I thought I'd share all of my "findings" so far, just for fun!  I obviously have no idea what the gender is, but it's fun trying to guess!

Chinese gender calendar: it says GIRL (and it did for Sloan and P too)

Carrying high (girl) or low (boy): so far I seem to be carrying high

Baby's heart rate (over 140bpm is a girl, under 140bpm is a boy): baby's heart rate was 178 at nine weeks and 163 at twelve weeks

Skin changes (they say boys make your skin better and girls make your skin worse-think acne): my skin was great until about a week ago.  SO MANY BREAKOUTS :(

Nausea (nausea usually means its a girl, no nausea means it's a boy): I have been SO nauseas, BUT I wasn't nauseous a day with Sloan and she is a girl, so I don't trust this one :)

Cravings- sweets (girl) or salty (boy): Alllll the sweets

Cravings- fruit (girl) or meats and cheese (boy): meats and cheese
Headaches- yes (boy) or no (girl): No headaches

Leg hair (less hair means girl, more hair means boy): I haven't noticed any change so I'm not sure on this one!

Does your husband have more brothers or sister: only a brother

Feet warmer (girl) and colder (boy): warmer

Has dad gained weight (boy) or none at all (girl): He has gained some weight with me!  And he did not gain any weight when I was pregnant with Sloan and P.

Chest has not grown (girl) or it has grown (boy): it has grown

Urine- bright (boy) or dull (girl): dull
Sleep-if you sleep mostly on your left side it's a boy, on your right side it's a girl: right side

Draino test- if it turns green (girl) or blue (boy): blue

Angle of the dangle or the "nub theory"- they say that between 11-14 weeks all baby's have a nub in their private part area.  If the nub points straight out, parallel with the spine it is a girl.  If the nub points at an upward angle, it's a boy:  Based on my 11.5 week ultrasound photo it definitely looks like a boy to me!

There are some other fun tests in this article!

Out of 17 of these "gender predictors", 10 say it's a girl and 6 say it's a boy (and one didn't tell me anything)!  Soooo basically I have NO idea what this baby is!!  I had the most vivid dream I have ever had the night before I found out I was pregnant that I gave birth to a baby boy.  So for the first few weeks of my pregnancy I was absolutely convinced that I was having a boy.  Since then, I have gone back and forth feeling like it's a girl and then a boy and then a girl and then a boy again.

I cannot wait to find out and am so excited to learn the baby's gender in just over a week!  This is (according to Eric) our last baby, so it's even more exciting.  Eep, can't wait to find out!

What do YOU think this baby is??

Xo

Marisa