Pregnancy Predictions

We don’t know the sex of the baby yet. We’ll find out in a couple weeks.

People have been looking at me and making quick guesses as to what the baby is. Some people do it by the size of my belly, some people do it by what I look like, some people do it by a ‘feeling’, some do little tricks.

One thing I was told was that there is a belief that you can guess whether it’s a girl or a boy by how pretty the mother is. If the mother is having a boy, then the mother has an abundance of estrogen left over, making her prettier. If the mother is having a girl, then the baby girl is taking some of the estrogen, therefore taking some of the mother’s beauty, making her uglier during her pregnancy.

95% of the people who guess what my baby is say it’s a girl.

*cries*

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To be fair, I’ve also heard it the other way around from some cultures (like the Brazilians or something) that when it’s a girl the baby adds on to the beauty of the mother.

I’d like to think it’s that one if the baby is indeed a girl.

However, when I look in the mirror, I think I look the same. The cheeks are rosier and the neck a little plumper, but it’s still the same old me.

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8 Comments

2005-11-30 10:35:20

daysies says

i can’t tell until you’re 6 months or so along… because that’s when it’s more obvious if you’re carrying high or low. never heard of this ugly vs pretty thing.

 
2005-11-30 11:10:45

Anita says

I dunno… My sister got ugly during pregnancy and she had a girl, but the pretty came back and now she and my niece are full on pretty. :)

 
2005-11-30 13:23:45

Valerie says

I thought it was the other way around?? I thought in our Filipino culture: boy=ugly, girl=pretty?? I have a boy and a girl and the only thing I noticed different was the way I carried. I carried low with my boy(1st pregnancy) and high with my baby girl!

 
2005-11-30 14:44:36

Pridey says

I never heard of the pretty/ugly thing. But from the picture below, you look great! :) I’ll go out on a limb and say GIRL! :D

 
2005-11-30 18:34:03

Nino says

blah blah blah… by the looks of your yanocams, you look gorgeous! and i’m guessin’ a boy…

 
2005-11-30 18:47:26

Denizzy says

You are by no means ugly. You look beautiful, as usual, but your face is fuller. That’s why I’m saying…girl.

I’m pretty good at this. Haven’t been wrong yet. So we’ll see. :)

 
2005-12-01 06:46:22

Pridey says

Oh dear I just realized I meant to say you were having a boy. I’m sorry :( I meant to say you look pretty. OH I’ll just shut up before I get into a bigger hole!!! sigh! I try to me nice and look what happens. :*(

 
2005-12-01 12:06:12

SusanG says

You’re good Pridey, we know you :)

 

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