Friends, wanna guess?

[JanaBanana]

We will be finding out on Christmas Eve/Day what we are having (baby boy or baby girl) but would love to see all our friends and families guesses. So please go here
http://www.expectnet.com/logingame.php?game_name=Guessbabyelf5 (http://www.expectnet.com/logingame.php?game_name=Guessbabyelf5)

and enter what you all "think" we are having...

*HINT* The chinese calendar predicts a BOY... it was right with 2 of 4 of my kids so this one will be the tie breaker : ) I myself am not guessing : ) It will be one or the other right?

Thank you everyone for taking the time to play. I plan on printing it out and adding it to the baby book. I will let everyone know at the time of delivery who was the closest in guessing.


MERRY CHRISTMAS

[officepro4u]

I entered my guess. I can't wait to find out!!

Diana

[JanaBanana]

Thank you girls :) I just LOVE reading everyones "predictions"

LOL Debbie, 17 inches? HEHEHE my Daughter (almost 15 ) is already almost 5'8"

[Jeff Westover]

Let's at least make it an educated guess, eh? I need to know:

1. How many children you already have.

2. What are their genders...and especially, what is the gender of your last child and how long ago was he/she born?

3. With this pregnancy are which are you prone to crave more: veggies or meat?

4. Is your husband left handed? (Seriously, I need to know this)

5. What is your place in the birth order of YOUR family growing up? Where did your husband fall in the birth order of his family growing up?

6. Have you gone full term with all your babies? What were the birth weights of your other children?

7. Hold your left hand with the palm up, fingers close together and your fingers slightly bent towards you. Look at the dominant lines -- how many do you see? Two, three or four?

8. Do you prefer your beverages with lots of ice, little ice, no ice -- or does it matter?

9. How are your moods with this pregnancy? Are you happy, energetic and positive? Or are you more pensive, prone to quiet moments and introspective?

10. As your pregnancy progresses have you noticed a tendency to get dizzy, lose your balance or become easily light-headed?

If you can provide this information I can predict with 97.65% accuracy not only the gender of your child but also come within 36 hours of his/her birth time and tell you the color of hair, eyes, predominant personality traits and future voting tendencies as well as preferences in food, fashion and sports.

Jeff

ps -- Don't try this at home kids, I am a professional. I have seven children: 6 girls and 1 boy and with my own kids I have been correct 100% of the time.

[Maebeary]

Congrats! I entered a guess!

[JanaBanana]

I was correct with 3 out of 4 of my kids ;)

Ok to answer your questions here I go.. (does this mean your guess will me the more accurate? ) How fun!

1. How many children you already have. 4

2. What are their genders...and especially, what is the gender of your last child and how long ago was he/she born? girl, boy, boy, girl- born January 2003 (will be 5 in Jan)

3. With this pregnancy are which are you prone to crave more: veggies or meat? Im not much of a meat eater even when not pregnant

4. Is your husband left handed? (Seriously, I need to know this) YES he is

5. What is your place in the birth order of YOUR family growing up? Where did your husband fall in the birth order of his family growing up? Does it count that I have half brothers and sisters? Ok so its 2 older brothers (half) 2 older sisters (2 being half) and then me the youngest and girl of course total of 6. My husband comes from a family of 4 children. He is the second born but 1 st son. Confused yet?

6. Have you gone full term with all your babies? What were the birth weights of your other children? Yes Full term, in order LOL. 7 lbs 15 oz. -GIRL, 7 lbs 5 oz BOY, 7 lbs 10 oz -BOY, 9 lbs 1 0z- GIRL! ( AND yes I lost it all and can still wear and look good in a bikini..ok so you didnt ask that but still LOL)

7. Hold your left hand with the palm up, fingers close together and your fingers slightly bent towards you. Look at the dominant lines -- how many do you see? Two, three or four? umm 3 for sure.. but there is a smaller but still dominant one.. so would that be 4 or 3?

8. Do you prefer your beverages with lots of ice, little ice, no ice -- or does it matter? Little ice for sure!

9. How are your moods with this pregnancy? Are you happy, energetic and positive? Or are you more pensive, prone to quiet moments and introspective? Bit of both.. maybe more quiet?

10. As your pregnancy progresses have you noticed a tendency to get dizzy, lose your balance or become easily light-headed? Slightly

If you can provide this information I can predict with 97.65% accuracy not only the gender of your child but also come within 36 hours of his/her birth time and tell you the color of hair, eyes, predominant personality traits and future voting tendencies as well as preferences in food, fashion and sports. HAHAHAHAHA! I have to see this!

[Jeff Westover]

Ok, here's the official prediction:

You will have a daughter. She will surprise you though, comng home a little early, being born at 4:38pm on May 12th. She will be the smallest of your children, weighing just over six pounds at birth. She will be only 17 inches long. This will be only the first of many surprises from this child.

She will have little to no hair at first and will be very fair. Eventually she will be a brunette leaning towards dark auburn in color. She will have a small birthmark on her left calf, tiny ear lobes and overall petite features. As a small child, you and others may be encouraged to call her a pixie due to her tiny features and cheery disposition.

She will have brown eyes. (Don't ask me why). And yes, she too will be left handed.

I caution you though, for all her striking beauty she will be a very free spirit with a strong independent streak and stubborn opinions. No one will ever want to cross her or anger her. She will not be prone to lash out, though. She will internalize her feelings but she WILL act on them in her own time and in her own way and to dramatic and devastating effect. As a teenager you will work hard to influence her proclivity towards vengeance and grudge-bearing.

She will be very athletic and perhaps may posesses the greatest physical skills of all your children. She will run farther, jump higher and endure more physically than even your sons, much to their chagrin.

The odd thing about this is that she really won't care much about her physical talents. Within her beats the heart of a passionate woman in touch with her surroundings who lives to savor the elements of nature. She will NOT like restrictions, opting in most instances to avoid crowds, dirty places or contentious scenes. She will be consumately feminine -- which means that she will revel in being a woman while fiercely defying any person who might challenge her considerable physical, mental and superior spiritual skills. She will hate to be told she can't do something. She will love art of all kinds -- not in the sense that she will be a superior talent in creating art but she will most definitely appreciate art in all forms and music, sculpture, paintings and hand-crafted works will be as important for her spirit as water is for her body. Her favorite color will be light -- perhaps baby pink or a soft purple.

She will have difficulty articulating her feelings and will be frustrated by that inability. However, she owns a very compassionate nature and will prove the judging world around her wrong through her actions as a mother. She has incredible nurturing skills that will cause her to shine not only to her children and those of a rising generation but she will be a wonder in this regard to her parents and her siblings. She will bless many lives through her sterling example of service. She will have many children.

She will be completely disinterested in politics, cultural such as popular music or movies. I can't tell what kind of voter she will be (sorry). She will, however, prefer citrus, denim, the iris over the daffodil and, yes, the designated hitter (what a rebel).

Oh, and she'll have an innie.

Go ahead. Write it all down.

Jeff

ps -- Wait, wait, wait...did you say little ice? In that case, nevermind. It's a boy and he'll like cars.

[Christmasstar]

I wanted to guess triplets, but you had no space for that! LOL
Best wishes!

[JanaBanana]

Ok Im laughing so hard Im gonna put myself into labor! IF I ever had a brown eyed baby I would have some explaining to do! Im blue eyed, hubby is grey eyed...
I do believe my youngest's DD's birthmark is the one you described!
Ok so is your guess a BOY or Girl? You have to tell me where you came up with all that? Its hilarious!!!!!

Jeff

ps -- Wait, wait, wait...did you say little ice? In that case, nevermind. It's a boy and he'll like cars.

[MrsH]

I made a guess....and...um Jeff??? I think you just described ME!?!?!?!?!

[JanaBanana]

Bite your tongue Christmasstar HAHAHAHAHA :)

[JanaBanana]

Its funny after Jeff posted his girl prediction (sorta) how most here after him have said girl..
Mrs. H he also described my youngest DD almost to a T.

The baby will grow up to be a concervative republican! LOL

[JanaBanana]

BTW you need to add your vote on the poll Jeff.. please.

[Jeff Westover]

Heh-heh. Sorry---just having a little fun with you.

When my daughter Allie was born 11 years ago we had the most unusual birth experience with her. Of course, she is the middle of seven, so perhaps that explains it.

Our kids tend to be big babies. When our 15 year old Abby was born she had the misfortune of having my broad shoulders and as she was delivered her clavicle broke, creating a bit of drama in the delivery room. In an effort to avoid a repeat of that in the future we always did an induction a week or so before the due date. It worked great with my son, so when Allie was born and she was predicted to be a big baby we planned the do the same thing with her.

Problem was -- out of 3500 inductions our doc had done over the course of his career ours was the only one he had who had ever failed. The kid just didn't want to be born and there was no amount of pitocin (or however you spell it) my wife could take that would force it. She sat for hours with the maximum legal amount flowing into her veins and all she would get would be these token contractions now and then.

So, on the due date, we came back and tried it again. And again it failed.

Finally, a week later and my wife practically rolling in pregnant splendor, we went in and she had dropped enough for the doctor to break her water.

Problem was -- Allie was asleep. And she sleeps with her arm above her head (still does) and she was in this position as the water was broken and she started down the birth canal and got stuck.

As the doctor was checking things out he had his hand...um, there... and he starts to giggle. I ask him what's up and he says "Well, someone just shook my hand". We all started to laugh and thought it was really cute but Sandy was starting to get a little frustrated. After all this she STILL wasn't feeling like things were going to happen soon and to know my wife you have to understand that she really enjoys the birthing process. Yes, she actually likes that pain and kind of sees it like an athetic event -- something she always got "up" for. But not this time.

It didn't help when the doctor looked at me and said, "Hey, you want to check this out?"

Well...DUH. Yes, I wanted and after getting a quick nod from my wife I stuck my hand there and made contact with my daughter.

I have to tell you -- it was the one of the most powerful spiritual experiences in my entire life.

Normally, all a husband gets to do in this process is wait for it to happen -- if he has a weak stomach -- or, at best, witness it if his stomach is steady. I have no problem with blood and guts so I always was right there with each of the kids.

But this was interactive! I got to actually do something and it was exciting in a way I had never experienced before.

But I have to seriously tell you -- in that instance -- I had a complete impression about this daughter of mine. I knew then and there all about her. And I mean everything -- I knew what she looked like, what her personality was, how she felt -- all of it was given to me in that moment.

Looking back on it, I know now why. And I'm a firm believer than men ARE endowed with spiritual parental enlightenment with their children for their good and for the good of the family.

We ended up having a c-section, Sandy's worst nightmare. She was completely removed from the birthing process and I was her stand-in. I got to remove the baby from the womb, to see her brown eyes for the first time, to clean her up and to talk to her.

She was the most unusually calm and with-it newborn I had ever seen. I mean she was present in a very adult sense. She was looking around, very calm, like she knew what was going on and was soaking it all in. We made a connection and I told my wife right then and there everything I knew about her -- not too much unlike what I wrote up there.

And I have been dead on right about every bit of it and I knew I would be because it was given to me.

So every since then my wife teases me about being the baby psychic. Truth be told, she always has known the gender of the baby before they were born. With so many girls we were always pulling for a boy but she nailed it every time. Only with Allie was I ever really given any inkling at all.

We're the types that never find out the gender of the baby ahead of time. Oh, we'd do the sonagram thing and if we saw something, we saw something. But we always told them that if they figured it out to never tell us because we didn't want to know until the moment of truth. That anticipation and the games of what if for months leading up to the birth was always the best fun. I highly encourage anyone having a baby to resist the urge to find out -- besides, sometimes there are known to get it wrong (such as in the case of my nephew who up until about 12 hours before he was born was supposed to be a niece and for whom I spent the first day of his life repainting his room when she ended up being a he and everything had to be taken back, but that's another story).

I'm excited for you, Jana. We'd give our eye teeth for one more and it just ain't happening anymore for us. So we're living vicariously through you until our 21 year old daughter picks out a Prince Charming dweeb of her choice and gets busy!

Jeff

[JanaBanana]

Wow thats a fantastic story! Tell your wife I bow to her, as I get the epidural as soon as I am allowed :) Another funny thing, I have an 11 year old son and a daughter that will be 15 in 2 weeks! Being pregnant and giving birth is such a miraculous thing that its gonna sadden me to know this is my last :( So I am cherishing this pregnancy!

Thank you everyone here for playing my "guessing game" Its fun!

[kidzrme]

You guys crack me up, you really had me going there Jeff......

[miller4plusmore]

When I had my first son, I had the same experience with the induction. It did not work! I sat there for hours and hours with, as Jeff said, only "token" contractions. We knew that Gabe was a big baby and that he had a big head. And I was such a wimp, the doctor couldn't even check me to see how dilated I was. Incidentally, I wasn't! So after 12 hours of this, my doctor asked me if I wanted to do a C section. She thought it was a good idea because he had a big head and I have a small pelvis! Well, that's what we did and it was lucky because he had the cord wrapped around him and he would have became distressed if he would have came through the birth canal. He also had broad shoulders! When he was delivered, one of the nurses said, "We have a future Tennessee Titans linebacker here!" (My husband is a Steelers fan--doh!) He was 9 lb., 8 oz and 22 inches long. A big baby! When I was pregnant with my youngest son, Reece, it was determined that he also had a large head and was going to be large. We did elective C section because of this and it was scheduled about a week before the due date. Well, Reece was delivered one week early and he weighed more than his brother did, 9 lb, 14 oz! He wasn't as long (20 in.), but he was big! My doctor said that next time we'll have to go two weeks early and maybe the baby will be smaller!

We are planning to try for our third within the next couple of years and we're hoping for a girl this time!

Jana, you are truly blessed! A baby is the best gift!
And I made my guess on your site!
:gift:

[Jeff Westover]

BTW you need to add your vote on the poll Jeff.. please.

Done, and I'm sticking to my original prediction. If ANY of it comes true, I'm taking credit. Now, if she has brown eyes you'll have some explaining to do...

[Jeff Westover]

I sure hope you write those birth stories down. The more I read what others go through the more "normal" it makes me feel. Every birth story is unique but it's the same all at the same time.

What gets me though is how much it changes your life. In the weeks and months leading up to the birth you can't help but wonder what life will be like with that new personality. Then, when it actually happens, you wonder what life was like without him or her. It's a funny thing how much your world changes.

Sandy and I have written all our stories down with each birth. They are as different as each of our children are different. And we'd have it no other way.

When I had my first son, I had the same experience with the induction. It did not work! I sat there for hours and hours with, as Jeff said, only "token" contractions. We knew that Gabe was a big baby and that he had a big head. And I was such a wimp, the doctor couldn't even check me to see how dilated I was. Incidentally, I wasn't! So after 12 hours of this, my doctor asked me if I wanted to do a C section. She thought it was a good idea because he had a big head and I have a small pelvis! Well, that's what we did and it was lucky because he had the cord wrapped around him and he would have became distressed if he would have came through the birth canal. He also had broad shoulders! When he was delivered, one of the nurses said, "We have a future Tennessee Titans linebacker here!" (My husband is a Steelers fan--doh!) He was 9 lb., 8 oz and 22 inches long. A big baby! When I was pregnant with my youngest son, Reece, it was determined that he also had a large head and was going to be large. We did elective C section because of this and it was scheduled about a week before the due date. Well, Reece was delivered one week early and he weighed more than his brother did, 9 lb, 14 oz! He wasn't as long (20 in.), but he was big! My doctor said that next time we'll have to go two weeks early and maybe the baby will be smaller!

We are planning to try for our third within the next couple of years and we're hoping for a girl this time!

Jana, you are truly blessed! A baby is the best gift!
And I made my guess on your site!
:gift:

[Jeff Westover]

Another funny thing, I have an 11 year old son and a daughter that will be 15 in 2 weeks!

Your daughter is turning 15? Oh, you have my sympathies...

[whychristmas]

Added my guess and of course my birthday (and time!!!) but not my weight. I was only 3lb 13oz (somewhat prem) and a c-section.

That was a great post Jeff. I thought you were becoming the nostradmus of MMC! ;-)

[JanaBanana]

Thanks so much everyone for adding your guesses! I cant beleive in just 24-25 days we will know :)

So far, my teeenage daughter isnt your "typical" teenager.. she is loving, kind and cares for others including adults LOL!

[Billy Battles]

I just entered my guess.

[JanaBanana]

Thank you :)

[Annette1990]

Hi Jana,
Hope all is well? Wanted to let you know I did my guessing. That was fun! Have a great day!

~Annette~

[JanaBanana]

All is great Annette :) Thank you & merry christmas!

[JanaBanana]

Anymore guesses? The girls are ahead right now?!

[JanaBanana]

Thank you! I sure will :)

[act_as_if]

I guessed!!



Courtney

[JanaBanana]

I see a couple more have guessed :) THANK YOU!!!

[JanaBanana]

Its getting down there now :) Im in my last trimester now. Can you believe it!!??

[dvdguy]

that kids is gonna pop any day

:treeguy::hello:

[JanaBanana]

Uh not any day lol. Im not due until the end of May

[JayIsh]

Hello Jana!!!

Haven't seen you around much! We missed you! Glad your feeling well and buildiing up to the big day!!! Welcome home!

jay

[JanaBanana]

Really? I was missed? Aww shucks :) :D
Thank you!!!

[JayIsh]

Absolutely!!! When you used to watch "The Waltons", and Mary Ellen was not around, didin't you miss her???

[JanaBanana]

Absolutely!!! When you used to watch "The Waltons", and Mary Ellen was not around, didin't you miss her???


LOL! Not sure how to take that one.. never really watched that show? So I dont know if its a good or bad thing to be compared to Mary-Ellen.

Thank you Mamaduke

[JayIsh]

Well...Let me put it this way...When I was in High School, Nancy Shapiro was the prettiest girl in the class...And when she was absent...I knew it!!!

Feel better???

And by the way, I'm not afraid to admit to having a crush on Mary Ellen Walton back in those days...

[JanaBanana]

Oh ok :) Then it was a good thing... phew I was worried there for a minute. :D