Old Wives Tales - Part 4

Saturday July 4th, 2009 – Day 111

Old Wives Tale #45: Hair on Legs
If the hair on your legs has been growing at record speeds, you might be having a boy. Angie: My nails and hair have grown a lot faster than usual, but I was thinking it was prenatals.

Old Wives Tale #46: Hands are Dry
If your hands are constantly dry, it’s a boy. Angie: Mine have not been dry, but I do put lotion on every morning.

Old Wives Tale #47: Urine
What color is your pee? If it is bright yellow, you will have a little boy. If your urine is a dull yellow, plan on a girl. Angie: Mine is a dull yellow....hmmm

Old Wives Tale #48: Nose
Do you feel like your nose is growing and getting wider? If so, you might be having a boy. Angie: No wideness yet, although my sister-n-law’s nose was so wide when she was pregnant but she had a little girl

Old Wives Tale #49: Headaches
If you are having headaches, you might be carrying a boy. Angie: Oh the headaches….every day I have a big bad one.

Old Wives Tale #50: Drinking Water
Drinking water is really important when pregnant. An old wives tale was that if the mom-to-be wasn’t drinking enough water daily, the amniotic fluid would be really dirty for the baby. Drinking tons of water will help you stay hydrated, but has no correlation with how clean or dirty the amniotic sac is. Angie: I really need to drink more water!

Old Wives Tale #51: Baby Names
It is said that when you can only think of specific names for a boy or a girl, you will have that particularly baby. Angie: We can think of some good girls names, so hmm

Old Wives Tale #52: Dumb and Forgetful
If you get really dumb and forgetful, it’s a girl. Apparently they leech off more of mommy’s brain power than the little boys. I think it has something to do with the sex hormones, which have actually been proven to affect the way synapse connections form in the baby’s developing brain. Girls have information running from one side to the other while boys have information kept on either one side or the other. Angie: I’ve definitely been dumb and forgetful, and I’m not liking it one bit!