We're about to go get lobster rolls.
Okay let's back up okay and let's
pull out and then let's see how it sounds. Okay. We're on the road.
Very bright. Whoa anything we can do? Yeah I think I have to change the camera settings.
All right let's do that but let's pause on the side of the road. Paused here. Hello everyone!
Hey there. We are in our new car and we are on our way to get lobster rolls. So we're actually
on our little fake baby moon that we decided to take. This is fake because none of this is real.
We decided to take this little baby moon trip out east away from New York City just so that we could
have a little bit of time away even though as you probably know from my other vlogs my doctor
didn't want us to fly and travel so we didn't end up going to California. This is our baby
moon instead and whenever we're out here I love getting lobster rolls. So we are on the way and
it's about a 25-minute ride so figured we would record this video on the road. I'm so excited.
All I want to eat in this pregnancy is seafood. Mussels, lobster, clams, shrimp. This baby's
like swimming in the ocean. I don't even know if I've told you this one yet but I'm delighted to
tell you that this video is sponsored by one of our all-time favorite games Words with Friends.
If you don't know what Words with Friends is I've been playing this game for years
and it is a word game that's available on Android and iOS. It's free and we play all the time
super competitively. So we're just kind of constantly in a fight. Because of the
game but also not because of the game. But one thing that I want to share specifically
with my YouTube followers is that Words with Friends also has a YouTube channel.
I'll link it for you down in the description box and it has so many fun brain games and brain
teasers. I feel a lot better about playing a game when it's educational in a way. Something that is
you know stirring your mind and getting you to think.
This is tinsel. Tinsel!
I always loved English and grammar and vocab and so games like this are just right up my alley.
I'm so good I've never heard that word.
We always keep score because the score is the most important part of the game. Doesn't matter
how much fun you had it's about who won. Five for Michael, four for Lucie. I came into today
feeling pretty confident and uh sometimes you just have your stuff. All right have a good day bye!
I just want to encourage everyone out there who wants you know to find some fun on the internet do
some fun brain teasers but also do games that are going to improve your Words with Friend's score.
The YouTube channel is definitely something that you'll want to subscribe to so I will link it for
you below. Thank you so much to Words with Friends for being the best partner and for
working with me. I can't believe that I'm sponsored by Words with Friends.
It's a great day. This is our first time vlogging in the car like this
and the car doesn't really have like a vlog set up. Yeah we didn't get that package.
We didn't get the vlogger delight special so we just sort of set up my camera on the dashboard and
we're hoping for the best. We hope you can hear us we hope you can see us uh we'll just see what
happens. In today's video we are going to walk you through something really fun that we did
last week which was testing out old wives' tales gender predictions. Listen I don't know if it is
pc to say old wives' tales. It sounds wrong even saying gender predictions is something that I
don't normally say because we've been referring to our babies sex as their sex not their gender. As
far as I'm concerned or as far as I feel a baby's sex is the biological sex that is assigned to them
at birth you know male or female but a baby's gender is how they identify it's not necessarily
something biological or scientific. So that's why we've been calling it a sex revealed but
I want to say this video I'm calling it gender predictions and that's just because for YouTube
search engine optimization. I really don't think anyone is searching
old wives' tales sex predictions or typing in sex predictions to YouTube like that sounds filthy. So
we're just gonna call it gender predictions but just know that the actual sex of our baby like
we've been referring to it as sex and I plan to continue doing that. So when it came to this video
I think there are like two categories of experiments so there were the physical
hands-on experiments where we actually had to do something physical and we did this during a
work day in the city so Michael worked with me on a couple of them but it was really me and my
content manager Laura that worked together to do these experiments and see what the results were.
And then the rest of the predictions are kind of like these facts that people say and so
there was nothing physical so we're just going to kind of go through a list and
see what our answers would be. So let's get started take us back to last week, the first
test we did was called the ring test. Now this is a test where you take a ring. So we used Michael's
wedding ring and you put it around a necklace chain. The longest necklace chain we had was one
of Laura's necklaces that was not very long. So Michael held that ring suspended in the air above
my belly while I lie down on the couch and we were seeing if the ring - they say that if the ring
moves in a circular motion you know you're keeping your hand still so you're not moving but if the
ring starts moving in a circular motion they say it's a girl and if it starts going back and forth
it's a boy. It was a little hard to tell the ring was actually sitting pretty still.
It's very very subtle. Are you rigging it? It's pretty still. No. It wasn't moving much but
when all was said and done it moved back and forth more than in a circle. So that would be one point
for boy. The cabbage test. Okay warning you're gonna see my pee in this video.
I had to pee a couple times for these tests. If you're squeamish and you don't want to see pee
tune out now. Cabbages was also a little confusing but basically you're supposed to
take purple cabbage you're supposed to boil it in water so that the water gets stained purple like
a deep purpley blue color. Pour that juice into a clear glass and then add you know somehow mix
it together with your urine. What they say all the old wives and the old husbands is that if when you
add your urine into the cabbage liquid it turns lighter you're having a boy and if it gets darker
you're having a girl. And I've watched a lot of YouTube videos of people doing this and it almost
seems like everyone has an issue determining what is happening because the color does change
a little but it's just really hard to tell if it got lighter or darker or just a different color.
When we did it the cabbage liquid was very purpley almost like a purpley red color to start with
and then when we mixed the pee in it turned blue and at first we thought it was blue like it got
darker like deeper than purple but actually when we held it up to the light the before was
darker and deeper and then the blue was actually lighter and a little bit more diluted. That would
point to a boy. All right the next question this one's not an experiment but they say that if you
experience breakouts during pregnancy if you're having a girl and if your skin is clear and you're
glowing it's a boy. What do you think? I think you had some pretty bad breakouts at the beginning
but I think you're always glowing so sweet it's really tough to tell. My skin definitely broke
out a lot in the first trimester and then I went to the dermatologist and I got some prescription
pregnancy safe acne medication which I believe is why my skin is clearer now.
I'm also wearing some makeup and I I do wear cover up and you know concealer throughout
the day so this is not necessarily all real but I'm gonna say my skin has aired on the side of
having breakouts versus being crystal clear and glowing. Yeah I think that's fair if it's one
or the other. Yeah, so that would point to a girl. The next test is more urine.
And it was also slightly confusing to determine what it said but this test is called the baking
soda test. So in this test you take a couple tablespoons of baking soda and you mix it with
urine and they say if it fizzes when you mix the two together you're having a boy
and if it remains neutral and doesn't fizz at all it's a girl. I don't know if the container
I used was proper for this because it was like a really tall skinny spice container.
So I don't know if they were actually able to mix properly but the moment we poured the pee
into the baking soda you could see that there were fizzy bubbles floating to the top and the very top
of the urine started to fizzle. And I have seen videos of other people on YouTube who did this
and who got completely flat results so I know that even though it was like minor bubbles
it definitely was fizzing. So that would give us another point for the boy. The next experiment is
are you carrying high or low. If you're carrying high people say you're having a girl and if
it's low people say you're having a boy. Do you know what I've been carrying? Well I know for a
long time for most the pregnancy I feel like you said that you were feeling him or her lower down
but more recently you felt like he or she is kind of up more so in your rib region. He or she.
So I feel like it would be lower down if it has to be one or the other. Good job. Thank you. I said
to Michael in the beginning of our pregnancy I kid you not it feels like this child is in my vagina
that's how low they are. They're supposed to be up higher you know by my belly button but they were
so low to the point that at every ultrasound I went to they would put the scan on and say that
the baby was like right above my pubic bone. So I definitely have been carrying very low as
Michael alluded to more recent days the child has drifted upwards. I now feel kicks in my ribs but
low. So that would be a point for boy. The next test is the eye vein test this one is not urine
related but it is a little gross like if you don't like looking at people's eyes up close
maybe tune out again but in this test you're supposed to pull down your skin and look up
and then they say that you will either have like a y or a v shaped vein in your left eye or your
right eye. If it's more in your right side they say it's a boy and if it's more on your left
side it's a girl. I actually had these veins in both eyes but what I will say is that the
right eye had more of a y-shaped vein and the left side did have like a dark squiggle in it
but it was not necessarily or a v it was like one dark squiggle and then a lighter line. We counted
this one as if it was my right eye which would be another point for boy. The next question is about
cravings. They say if you are craving sweet foods you're having a girl and if you're craving saltier
foods you're having a boy. What do you think I've been craving? Salty. Okay so yeah capers and
stuff. Oh yeah. Okay I'm more of a sweet person to begin with and this isn't to say that I haven't
been interested in sweets. I just had a handful of chocolate chips 10 minutes ago but I've been
so into salty stuff more so than usual. I guess that's right I feel like for the most part your
diet has been pretty consistent with how you would be and how you are when you're not pregnant
but maybe a little bit more salty. Yeah it's just been a little bit on the saltier
side. So that's a point for boy. The next two tests were computer-based tests that I took
one was the Chinese gender predictor and one was the Mayan gender predictor. The Chinese
gender predictor you just enter in some information. I think it was your due date or
your birthday or how old you are or something like that and it tells you if you're having
a boy or girl and I took this test online and for me it said boy. So that's a point for boy
and then the Mayan test basically they ask for your age and then the year that you conceived in.
If they're both even numbers or if they're both odd numbers you're having a girl and
if one's even in one's odd you're having a boy. So for me I conceived at age 28 which is even.
In the year 2021 which is odd. So the Mayan calendar predicts I'm having a boy.
Eight for boy and one for girl. The next question is about nausea. They say if you're nauseous
and sick you're having a girl and if you're not nauseous you're having a boy. I think we all know
that I was nauseous. Oh yeah. This is a huge point for a girl whole first trimester I was nauseous
threw up multiple times. So this is a girl point. Yeah so many people told us and told you
that because you were feeling more sick it was likely to be a girl. Right. This next test
a little silly probably doesn't mean anything but this is the spoon fork test. So someone is
supposed to tape a spoon under one chair and a fork under the other chair and then you're
supposed to enter the room and sit in whichever chair you feel like is calling you. And if you
sit in the chair with the fork you're having a boy and you sit on the chair with a spoon it's a girl.
All right let's see what are we having. It's a boy!
And I chose the fork which would indicate that I'm having a boy. Next couple questions changes
in body temperature. Have you been feeling hotter or colder? They say if you've been feeling colder
than normal it's a boy and hotter it's a girl. I typically always feel really cold and I definitely
have not felt as cold so I'm gonna go with hotter. I agree. I think I've been a little hotter and at
night I've been sweating so that says it's a girl. Now there are just a few of these
that we can run through. Have I been clumsier or more graceful? If I've been clumsier it's a boy
more graceful it's a girl. No comment. I have been slamming into walls banging into countertops
tripping I've been clumsy. Yeah I mean I would say you were a little bit clumsy prior to this
and it's only gotten worse. I've gotten worse. Yeah definitely. All right clumsy - boy. Have
I had more headaches? If yes it's a boy if no it's a girl. I think no. I used to have a lot of
headaches and actually my head's been pretty good. Yeah I would say no. So that's a point for a girl.
Is your partner gaining weight? They say if your partner is gaining weight you're having a girl.
I think you've actually lost a couple pounds. I might have. I don't know. I haven't kept track.
I didn't know we were doing this test but I don't think I've gained weight. I don't think so either.
That would be another point for boy. Two more. One is about the baby's heart rate at the first
ultrasound. They say that if it was lower than 140 beats per minute it's a boy and if it's higher
than 140 it's a girl. Our baby's heart rate at the first ultrasound was 150 beats per minute. So
girl. It's five for girl. Okay and the last one is does it feel like your face is getting rounder,
if yes they say that you're having a girl and if your face is remaining unchanged,
but your behind is growing then it's a boy and I gotta say. What you gonna do with all that
junk? It's definitely my butt. Yeah I actually do I do think in more recent days you know I'm
getting to the third trimester - I'm in the third trimester it's getting close here and I
do think I've noticed my face has maybe filled out a bit but throughout the whole pregnancy
the first thing to expand was my butt. Then these. But first the butt. So that would indicate
boy and according to the old wives our baby is going to be a boy. Final score
is 12 points for boy and five points for girl the old wives have spoken so now for anyone out
there who watched this and didn't actually know the sex of our baby - we are having a
it's a beautiful baby boy! The old wives were right for us! Listen I can't vouch for any of
these methods if anyone out there is pregnant and still doesn't know the sex of your baby you could
give it a try. See if it works for you! Clearly this worked well for us. Now we are pulling up
to the lobster roll spot. Perfect timing. I'm so excited thank you so much for coming back to my
YouTube channel. I really hope you liked watching this video I hope that us talking in the car
was fun and not annoying. Let me know down below if you did any prediction tests before
you knew the sex of your baby or you know after and if they worked for you I'm really
curious if this is just a coinkydink or if it's really accurate stuff but otherwise we will see
you soon thanks for joining us on our little baby moon and let's go get some lobster! Let's do it!
Bye!