Boy or Girl? 21 Old Wives’ Tales That May Tell You

Boy or Girl? 21 Old Wives’ Tales That May Tell You*

Sleep PositionPay attention to which way you lay down in bed tonight. If you prefer sleeping on your left side, you’ll have a boy. Right side? You’re pregnant with a girl.
I sleep on both so I seriously don't know. I always slept on my left side before I got pregnant, and now I always start on my left side and end up on my right, or back or who knows. So I can't even vote on this one lol. 

Upset StomachLittle girls aren’t always sweet. Extreme nausea means you are having a daughter.
Umm yeah....GIRL haha.

Soft or Dry HandsIf your hands are dry during pregnancy, you are having a boy; soft—expect a girl.
They feel like they always have.... 

Food CravingsYour favorite pregnancy foods may tell you what sex the baby is. If you’re craving citrus while pregnant, you’re having a girl.
Girl...lemons, yumm. haha. 

Adult AcneIf altering hormones makes your skin break out, expect a girl.
GIRRRRL. My face was horrible at the beginning haha. 

Graceful or Clumsy PregnancyIf you feel as though you’re gliding through they day, you’ll have a girl. Stumbling? It’s a boy.
Ive always been a cluts..so Im not too sure. But I haven't fallen since I got pregnant so I guess this could maybe count as girl? Idk. 

Face Weight GainIf your face gets fuller, it means you’re having a girl.
BOY (so far, anyway).

Sugar and Spice Food Cravings
Craving salt during pregnancy? Potato chips, pretzels, and popcorn means a boy is on the way. Need a little something sweet? Ice cream, chocolate, and candy means you’re having a girl. 

GIRL lol. 

Mood ChangesIf you’re experiencing pregnant mood-swings, expect a baby girl to arrive soon.
...Girl. lol.

High or Low Pregnant BellyIf you’re carrying the baby low on your stomach, expect a boy. If it’s high, you’re having a girl.
Not sure – I think this is for those who are farther along.

Baby WeightIf you’re carrying baby in front, it’s a boy. Is the baby weight spaced all around your middle? It’s a girl.
Im not 100% sure, but looking from my back..Id say a girl. 

Pendulum TestDangle a chain with a charm over your palm. If it swings back and forth: boy. In a circle: girl.
It said girl:P However the pencil test says boy. soo idk. haha.

Model Your Hands“Show me your hands.” If you would hold your hands palms up it’s a girl. Down? You’re having a boy.
Not sure..

Toddler AdviceGet baby advice from a nephew or friend’s little boy. If a toddler boy shows interest in your belly, you’ll have a girl. If he ignores you, it’s a boy.

Girl! 

Eat Garlic

Guess the baby’s sex by eating garlic. If the smell seeps out of your pores it’s a boy. If there’s no scent it’s a little girl. 
I have no clue...

Key to PregnancyIf you pick up a key by the round end, you’re having a boy. If it’s by the long end? A girl. 
Not sure

Even and Odd NumbersIf your age and year of conception are both even or odd, it’s girl. One even, one odd means a boy.
GIRL

Baby’s HeartbeatIf the baby’s heart beats more than 150 times per minute, you’re pregnant with a girl. Less than 150, it’s a boy.
Well, Im not sure...at the begining the heart rate was always high, now her heart rate is 140-150. 

Stress TestA child tends to be of the same sex as the parent who is less stressed at the time of conception.
That would be girl. I wasn't stressed because I was just told I would get clomid, and I wasn't trying because I figured I couldn't get pregnant since he was leaving a few days prior to ovulation. Justin was stressed because of the field training crap!

Dream MeaningsIf you dream about having a girl while pregnant, you will wind up having a boy and vice versa.

I haven't dreamed of either. 

Breast SizeIf your right breast is larger than the left while pregnant, you are having a girl. If the left is larger, it’s a baby boy.
Neither.

Id say girl wins:))) I go tomorrow to the college again with my friend so she can find out the sex, Im gonna get another ultrasound because and see...and then my doctors appointment is Tues! So lets see if Alyssa is still a girl:) haha 

Pregnancy hormones at its best

Ah. I'm going to blame this mean blog on pregnancy hormones, why? Well because I finally have the chance to use that as an excuse...and because I do really think it is hormones.

I am so sick of ungrateful people. I have been hearing TONS of stories about someone, and I want to take this girl and smack the crap out of her and give her a reality check. Your family (ESP YOUR MOM) does soooo much for you, so heres an idea. Appreciate it, stop acting like your the queen of the world. I dont know you realize but when people had to spend hard earned money on those gifts you didn't appreciate, and didn't even say thank you for.  Im sorry but 'thank you so much, I got your gift' goes A LONGGGGGGG WAY. And it makes me never want to spend money on you again. And no Im not kidding. Because heres the thing, you act like a spoiled brat and people aren't going to be there for you next time. Which I do notttt understand, you weren't raised this way. And the way you treat your mother is crap, and I wishhhhhhh one day she would teach you a lesson. But she won't, because shes too nice and she loves you. It makes me sick to my stomach. Nothing makes me more sick then people that use their parents. And uh your mother loves you so much, so those RUDE comments you make really hurt her. Im positive she cried over your last horrible comment. And I seriously wish I was there when it was said to A) say something or B) punch you. YOU DO NOTTTT TREAT YOUR MOM LIKE DIRT. END OF STORY! Not to mention, your mom isn't going to be around forever. And tomorrow deff is not promised. How would you feel if god forbid she died tomorrow? This goes for EVERYONE, do your loved ones no how much you mean to them?? And how much you appreciate every little thing they do for you? If not its time to let them know. Theres tons more I could say, but Im going to leave it at that. Im not trying to be a horrible person, but when you treat people that I love bad, it hurts me. And it makes me angry.

I have noticed since getting pregnant I feel differently towards certain people. I have way less patience, and I feel like hitting people a lot more, haha. I get angry a lot easier. and I get my feelings hurt a lot more. Part of this anger is coming from the fact that Im tired (I really don't think its because of the pregnancy) I haven't slept good for weeks. And its been worse since I got sick, which Ive come to the conclusion that this is nottt a cold. It has to be allergies. My nose is running all the time and my head hurts thats about it. But my nose running is clear, no green. Which is a great sign...but I can't sleep lol. My dog is super annoying at night...I dont wanna kick her out of bed because I LOVEE cuddling with her but sometimes I wanna smack her haha. Anddd yes Im gonna say it...I misssss my husband<3 Usually durning the field hes able to text me daily, so its not that big of a deal. Well this time I haven't been able to talk to him hardly at all, it deff makes it different. I'm totally fine with him being in the field because Im just sooo thankful hes not deploying, and that hes only gone 2 weeks instead of a year. But I would be lying if I said I didn't miss him. I always miss Justin when hes gone, even if its just CQ haha. And sorry but if you don't miss your husband when hes gone theres something with with you and your marriage. I still do think its annoying when girls whine on facebook 24/7 about missing their man though. Just because I think they need to remember that while their husband is gone 2 weeks...your friends man is gone a year. Be thankful!

My neighbors dog.....barks all the time. And you know I have lived here since April..Ive been nice but today it just reallllly annoyed me. I was laying in bed, with the fan on, and I could STILL here it. I wanted to yell out the window SHUTTT UP. But I didn't. I just hate it, its a beagle, I hate those kind of dogs anyways, they are so cute but their bark drives me up the wall. Ahhh. I just want them to take their dogs inside so they dont bark, lol. Thats all....but Im sure tomorrow will come and it won't annoy me as much. Just today it does..

People who complain about living on post, or military housing yet they do nothing about it. Well heres the thing, no one is going to love where they live all the time and thats just fine. But people who are like I hate housing its the worst choice I ever made, blah blah blah. Yet they don't move? Instead we get to see them post all over public forms about how much they hate their house. I think they forget the list for housing is huge, and many many many people are on the list that would LOVE to live in the house you complain so much about. So please, do us a favor and move off post and try to find a nice house within BAH, that you don't go OVER at all. Because its not easy. We lived in a townhouse apartment, we never went over BAH....but our apartment was crap, everything was always broken, they never fixed anything, and we lived with mold. If youd like that over housing, please feel free to give them a call. :) And yes I do know its possible to find houses/apartments that are under, but its nottt easy.

Wife's who think they are entitled to something FREE, or everything free- just because their husband is the army. I hate that. I see why it happens though, because they are soo used to all these AWESOME things the army puts on for us that are FREE so when something comes along thats not free they are mad. Or mad its not on payday so they can afford it. I understand money is tight, but complaining about how things aren't free is crazy to me. For instance, the air show this weekend...I thought it was free because thats what I was told. So when I found out it was 8 bucks I was like uhh man I dont wanna pay that LOL. and I considered not going, I cracked a few jokes about how it should be free so I didn't have to spend $8 and went on with my day. Totallllly jk though. I wasn't mad at all. I ended up going because $8 is nothing and it was a lot of fun. (the only reason I wasn't gonna go is because 1 Im cheap and 2 this pay day is like 10 years long haha). Well mind you, this company (I believe, or maybe it was just one man Im not sure sorry lol) went out and bought a TONNNNN of tickets free for our soldiers to get in free. HOW amazing of them! Thats awesome. Well then there was girls mad because our husbands are in the field so they didn't get to go, and some units are deployed so that was a lot of people who couldn't go so they should have just given the tickets to the families LOL. CRAZZZZZY. Calm down killer. Not to mention kids under 5 are free, just throwing that out there. Or the post puts on a free concert, or something and people end up complaining it wasn't good enough. Or there was civilians there LOL.  It's crazy to me.. why are people so ungrateful? Please take a minute to remember life before the army...I dont remember ever going to an event where they give you FREE pumpkins for your kids, and activities to go along with it...such as painting your pumpkin. I never remember going to free concerts all the time, and they are GOOD concerts too...not even ones people have never heard of. LOL. I don't remember going to tons and tons of events that are just free and fun for kids....and If you do please tell me where you lived because Im gonna move there after we get out of the army LOL.

Moving on...people who get mad at me for the things I feel strongly about. Heres an idea, everyone is entitled to their opinions, Me being one of them. I'm not going to change the things I post on my facebook just because you don't agree. Last I checked it was MY facebook, and we have this thing called freedom of speech. And theres this thing called delete me if you don't like it. Sorry, Im not going to sugar coat it for you.

I probably shouldn't post this blog, but Im going to anyways.

someone pinch me!

I am soo proud of my dog! Haha. Ever since I got her she's been going into the kennel ANY time Justin and I leave the house. Oh yeah wait a minute...if your going to complain about me kenneling her -no one cares. But anyways shes getting a little older now, and I haven't cleaned up dog pee or poop in my house since Vega left. And Justin told me before he left for the field that sometimes he leaves her out if hes just running to the gas station. So one day I tested her when I took him to work, thats probably 30 mins or so...she did great. So yesterday I was feeling bad because I have been leaving a lot this week so I decided while I went to my appointment I'd let her stay out. She did AMAZING!:) I mean she did chew up some trash I left on the counter, which is funny because I had it in a pile and said I need to take this out before I leave...and totally forgot. It was just a bag and a box. She always gets paper and chews on it, even when Im home, so that didn't make me mad at all, weird dog haha. Then I decided to let her out when I went to the PX..again amazing! So then AGAIN I trusted her for about 4 hours when I went to dinner ...again perfect:) Soo I think Im going to stop forcing her to go in her kennel all the time. If Im going to be gone for a super long time without being able to check on her Ill still put her in the kennel, but its so nice to know for now at least, I can leave her free...as long as I make sure my house is clean haha. Its so amazing how fast shes grown up:(

BTW this is funny, I was thinking as I was typing that all out. If you have ever met me, you know when I talk I TALK...and my stories drag on forever...I just realized I do the same thing in my blogs hahhaa. So major props to people who actually read these haha.

Anyways -So yesterday I had a appointment. And SOOO WEIRD. Last month when I had my appointment he said at the end, next time we will find out the sex. SOOO I went in assuming HEY we will find out the sex...well I drag Jena along, because I didn't wanna go alone LOL. and suddenly they put us in a back room, with no ultrasound...Im like hmm? So Jena takes Wes to go pee, and while out there asks the nurse about the ultrasound...they said Im not getting one so she waits in the waiting room. Well in comes my doctor with the doppler, so I asked.. um I thought we were finding out the sex this appointment, its okay if we don't but you said last time we were? So he goes we can, and takes me to another room....then he leaves while the machine comes on and the nurse says Im sorry I didn't know, I said I dont think he knew either LOL. So he does this SUPER quick ultrasound tells me its a girl, and that was that LOL. Well durning he said 'it grew', mind you my doctor has a CRAZY accent..so I heard ITS GONE. and I was like WHAT and he said it again I was like oh my gosh I thought you said the baby was gone LOL. It was so scary...well then he just looked in between her legs, said she was a girl and turned off the machine. Then he tells the nurse 4 weeks, and told me we will have an official ultrasound then. I was like wow so weird haha. Well then he asks me when my baby shower is and I told him Dec and hes like OK, we will check again to make sure shes still a girl. weird haha. oh and he said my placenta is still low, but again said hes not worried. I asked if we could have sex, and he said yeah but not hard LOL. But seriously the way he said it looked like he didn't want to say yes....soo idk=/ But Justins in the field anyways so it doesn't really matter lol.

So now Im not really sure what to do, because I dont want to keep having 4,000 ultrasounds. Even though seriously all of my ultrasounds at my doctors office have been under 5 mins I swear lol. He just checks to make sure shes okay and thats that. Now at the hospital the two times I had ones that were a little longer. And then the one from the college was like 45 mins long...but Ive heard too many ultrasounds can be bad so Im kind of worried=/ Because my next appointment is Nov 18th, well I have to have my invitations mailed out at least a week before that... and how am I supposed to do that if I dont know if shes officially a girl LOL. So I may to the college in a few weeks, like 2 or 3 maybe...just to get that triple check LOL since I am still so early on...and that day just go mail out my invitations. Because I really don't wanna send out invites saying ITS A GIRL and then have to call everyone or something saying ohhh we were wrong his penis just took 10000 years to grow hahah. But then I might just say eh whatever shes a girl, and deal with it if it happens. I dont really know yet. haha.

However, Im so excited..yesterday I called around and glad a place booked for my baby shower:) The Watervliet library. I was kindddd of worried when I couldn't find their number ANYWHERE. And I was starting to think they didn't exist haha. I called coloma and they told me to rent their room it was 100 bucks, and 50 deposit, um no way haha. So I called around a few more places and yeah no. So then my friend Amanda told me watervliet was only 50 and to call them...so I googled a little harder and found the number. Even better its $50 but $20 of that is deposit, sooo its really only $30 which is awesome. Since I thought for sure it was going to be $50..Im happy:) Then I was talking to Sandra and my mom about the shower and I just got sooo excited..I can't believe it. Im finally getting my dream come true, this is really happening..someone pinch me lol. I can't wait to go home and see everyone and show off my baby belly:)) LOL. 

As I said earlier Justins in the field..he will be gone till next friday, one week left:) And then after that hes gone till about thanksgiving but home every weekend so its not too bad. His SGT let him use his phone to call me yesterday just to see how the appointment was. :) Im like STILL A GIRL haha. And then he was so cute, well how is the baby, how are you feeling...lol. Im like I have a cold but thats all, and hes like thats not gonna effect the baby is it? I think its starting to get more real for him, and the fact that he heard Im sick over the phone and hes not there to physically see it probably bothered him, because if I was hope I know he would be telling me to stuck it up:P haha.

Wellll...thats all I feel like writing<3 

Looks like we are having a girl:))

Today I went to the free college to try and find out the sex before Justin left for the field, because its obvious theres no way he was getting out of the field for a doctors appointment --even though they were kind of acting like they were gonna let him LOL. We decided not to take the chance of him missing it, and since the college is free we figured the worse case would be we went in and couldn't find the sex so it was worth a shot. I AM SOO GLAD we did because they were able to say that it LOOKS like a girl. They said they couldn't be positive because it is still early so the balls may not have appeared yet, but it looked just like a vagina haha. So for right now we are saying its a girl. My ultrasound at my doctors office is next Thursday so Im very interested to see what he says:) It was really amazing getting to do that with Justin, he was so funny. Im like I told you theres a real baby in there haha. The lady I had was really nice too. I said that the babies arms and legs seemed soo long, and shes like ohh yeah they are LOL. She tried really hard to get a good picture to print of her face, but she kept hiding. Then they allow you to bring in a blank DVD and they will record the ultrasound for you, so that was pretty awesome:) I figured if I go to the doctor on Thursday and he says its a boy, Im going to go back to the college the following week just to confirm haha.  But at this point I kind of just hope shes really a girl because I dont want to play the back and forth game and really have no clue what she is LOL.

We decided to name her Alyssa Marie:) We picked the name out when we were pregnant with out first and Justin still loves it...he wouldn't even talk girl names at ALL because hes dead set on Alyssa. I love the name too, but felt maybe there was another name out there. Now that Im told its a girl, Alyssa just seems to fitting and perfect:) My moms middle name is Marie so I love that,  also one of Justins sisters names is Marie too:) Ive always thought Alyssa was beautiful:) It seems so unreal that we are having a baby, now its even more unreal that I get to call her a SHE lol. I feel so blessed:) Besides...if she turns into a he its going to be interesting because we can't think of a boy name to save our lives. or agree I should say, he wants DANTE. Which I dont like at all lol. And I want Jeremy, which he doesn't want! soo hmm hahaha.

Justin leaves for the field monday, lame. LOL. So Im sure I will be spending lots of time with my friends! He will be in the field till the end of Nov..but home some weekends so it won't be too bad. Besides when he comes home thats like half a month and we will both be in MICHIGAN!!! Im soo excited..I can't even wait:) I miss my family and friends sooo much, I just can't wait to see everyone. Im also having my baby shower which is amazing too. Its so great how much is changing in my life...I seriously don't think I could be happier. Justin also gets sent to the promotion board in DEC....or so they are saying (haha I always add that in because the army is always changing things). He won't get his SGT or anything in DEC but once he gets points he will get it, which is awesome. Assuming he goes, and passes and all that good stuff. Im sooo proud of him, I seriously don't think he understands HOW proud I really am of him!

Well Justin just came and said he wants to watch Law & Order so Ill write more later:)

lifeeee

Tomorrow.....I will be 15 weeks. Its hard to believe it! Time does seem to be going a little faster now, I think because I'm soo close to finding out the sex:P 14 days<3

Sometimes I sit here and think about everything, and I still can't believe this is happening to us. It feels too good to be true. Its crazy too, people will ask how the baby is doing and my favorite line is 'so far so good'. I want to scream GREAT, but I feel like might somehow jinx it. So far pregnancy is nothing like I expected it to be, but I love it so much. Its funny, Im showing already..and Im hardly pregnant..but when I do a lot durning the day by evening my back is KILLING ME (mostly just the right side though) and I fall asleep soo early, haha. I love taking baths, its like the best thing EVER if you ask me..haha..so with the backaches I have been taking lots and lots of baths:) I love all the pains, it just keeps me knowing everything is okay. I still get sick from time to time. The other day I had the bright idea of eating hot funyons (sp? haha) and lemon juice...which they are just hot cheetos only bigger and fluffy. Wellllll it tasted SOO AMAZING. Until my tongue was about to die, haha. But then I brushed my teeth and it was a miracle, I didn't get the bumps and horrible pain I usually do, yay! haha So it was all fun and games until I got sick that night....it felt like I was throwing up fire hahahha. And of course I pee'd myself when that happened, because apparently I can't throw up without peeing myself:P

The other day I went into the nursery, which btw looks like a tornado hit it haha and organized things. It made me feel so much better! My friends neighbor was moving out and offered her those plastic dresser things, so she got two of them for me, YAY. I put them in the closets..they are already filled to the top with stuff haha. I have to say, so far the amount of people who have given me things, and told me they are going to give me things has shocked me! Its such a blessing. Just yesterday my friend brought over this beautiful bassinet..it looks like its never been used, and it plays music, vibrates the whole nine yards. I couldn't be more thankful! And then another friend with the thrift shop and picked me up some shorts & capris. I was like wow thank you sooo much! I feel so lucky! Not to mention the Jr Enlisted center is a fabulous recourse if your not picky -which Im not. So I have been going there every week or so to pick up baby items. I figure, its free...and the WORST case is that I have my baby showers and end up getting everything I could possibly need so I dont need the used stuff..then I pass them onto a friend who really needs them..or donate BACK to the jr enlisted. Since I've been getting so much free from them I have been donating a lot of things back to them! I have a bunch of stuff, clothes and what not that I just don't need anymore so Ive been bringing bags in randomly:)

So,.. my registration was due in July the 15th. Well I paid it and everything but never got the sticker. And got so busy doing whatever I totally forgot that I didn't get the sticker. So Justin gets a POV inspection the other day and they are like dude your registration is old, haha. He called me and was like uhh babe, did you do our registration Im like...yeahh why? haha. So yesterday I did a bunch of running around and making calls to get it taken care of. Which they said they would just mail it, but its going to take a few weeks, ooops=/ I mean but really I did get pulled over just a few weeks ago and the guy didn't say anything sooo yeah! haha. I hope we don't get pulled over again, but I had them fax over proof that its being taken care of for the army. Cuz they were going all crazy about it. Which I do understand because that is pretty serious, but its not like we didn't renew it! Which the first lady I talked to got a kick out of the fact that we didn't realize till OCT haha and then the second lady, not so much. She was pretty rude, shes like uhhh this was from JUNE (because thats when I mailed the check). Im like yeahh well crap happens! :)

Okay, I dont feel like writing anymore!
<3