General Gender Thoughts

I remember with Canon that I thought that it was a girl, but thinking of it as a boy wasn't too hard.  I always thought that a boy first would be good because I like the idea of having a bigger brother.  However, with this baby, I have a hard time thinking of it as a boy.  It just doesn't seem to fit.  In my mind this one is definitely a girl.

There are a few things that support this theory, but none of them can be considered substantial evidence:

1. An old wives' tale states that for the first time you hear the baby's heartbeat, if the heart rate is over 150 bpm, then it's a girl.  If it's under 150 bpm, then it's a boy.  Well, this one was a healthy 155 bpm. So, it's a girl, right?
2. So far with my baby bump, it pops out right under the ribs.  It's not just a low bump but it encompasses my whole belly.  Does that mean that it's a girl?
3. One superstition states that you're more hungry when you're pregnant with boys than you are with girls.  I've definitely been way less hungry than with Canon.  Does that mean that it's a girl?
4. Every time we ask Canon which gender he thinks the baby will be, he more often will say girl/sister than any other answer.  Sometimes he'll say both, but I don't remember if he's ever said boy/brother alone.
5. The Chinese Gender Prediction Chart states that it's a girl.  The method behind how it decides which gender at which points, I have no idea... but apparently it's about 93% accurate.  It goes off of the mother's age and the month she conceived.  Even if I was off by a few days and conceived in September instead of October, it still says the baby is a girl.  It's the Year of the Dragon according to the Chinese, which is very lucky!  Apparently most Chinese want to have a baby this year, so maybe this one will be a girl after all.

Now, it would be nice to have a little girl.  That way I'd have both genders.  I have a theory that if the next one is a girl, then maybe it will help Canon stay a calm and gentle little boy.  If it's a boy, they're probably more likely to rough-house...  Then again...a girl could like the rough-house just as much, so it's not a sure thing.  I look forward to making another quilt with the fabric I have left over from the last one I made, but that would definitely have to be a girl to use those colors.

Just because I have these feelings about having a girl doesn't mean that I won't have a boy, and BE HAPPY about it.  So far I feel like Canon has been such an easy baby, such a great kid to have as my child.  I kinda feel like I know what I'm doing with a boy.  Would I know how to do all these things with a girl too?  

I know that every pregnancy is different, even for the same mother, but both of my sisters said that their second pregnancy, which was a different gender than their first, was just horrible.  They felt so sick and really didn't like it.  I figured that if both of my sisters felt that way, maybe this pregnancy would be an awful one if it is a girl.  Yet, I've been feeling just fine, a bit tired, but really good overall.  So, does that mean that this one is another boy? Or am I just lucky enough to have really easy pregnancies?

Either way, I find out the gender TOMORROW!  My 20-week ultrasound will be tomorrow morning, and I'm really looking forward to finding out.  Mark won't be with me this time, and Canon is not allowed in the exam room.  This pregnancy feels like it's been going by so fast, so I need to remember to savor the small moments while I still can.  Hopefully I will have the time to make a fantastic post about how excited I am about the gender after I find out!  Until then...I'm keeping you all in suspense!  :)