Rock the [baby gender] Vote

(Pictures from my check-up earlier this week that Will was able to accompany me to; he was very excited to hear the baby's heartbeat :) ).

Okay people, this is getting real: I'll be nineteen weeks on Sunday and my ultrasound is Monday morning at 9 (was I tempted to take the open appt at 8am? Yes...) soooo it's time to gather everyone's guesses for the gender of this wee little fetus.

For those of you who prefer to do some research before you cast your ballot, here's some possibly relevant information (although I personally do not subscribe to any old wives' tales):

* So far, we have three sons.

* This pregnancy has been a weird mixture of my other pregnancies and then added its own special flair. I was nauseous but didn't actually throw up forever (remiscent of Jack's pregnancy) but then I hit 10 weeks and started throwing up a few times a week (reminiscent of Clyde's and Will's pregnancies). Unlike any of my previous pregnancies, I stayed sick and nauseous beyond the first trimester; I haven't thrown up for probably a week and a half but I still feel dreadful off and on. I average about ten cans of Ginger Ale a week :). Ahh, babies!!

* The baby is suuper low right now; the movement I've seen/felt is all right around my c-section scar. Obviously the baby has pushed up a lot of organs and such, which accounts for my midsection - not the package of Oreos I ate pretty much by myself the other day.

* Heart rate so far: 176, 174, 154.

* Chinese Lunar Calendar says boy.

* Food cravings/aversions: Nothing/everything. Well, not really but kind of. It's SO hard for me to think of something that I want to eat, bleh. I have had some random/intense cravings over the last few months though: early on it was French fries dipped in ranch (exactly the same as Jack's pregnancy)... fb friends might remember when I desperately needed egg salad sandwiches for a couple of weeks... or when I counted down the hours until I could have a Cafe Rio salad... I was pretty heavy on the pasta for a while... earlier this week it was breadsticks from Little Caesars... but honestly, most of the time everything just sounds slightly revolting. Sigh.

* The fourth child in my family was a boy (although I treated him a lot like a girl). The fourth child in Chuck's family was a girl (who's tougher than most boys I know...)

* Right now there are ten grandchildren on the Izatt side, five girls and five boys. There are seven grandchildren on the Braden side, three girls and four boys, with a fourth girl making her debut sometime this week. So this baby will be the tie-breaker on both sides!

* I have absolutely no special mother's intuition. If I had to guess, I'd say girl... which is the same thing I said about Jack, so there ya go, haha! Clyde and Will both desperately want a little sister, bless their hearts. (If it is a girl, I'll remind them about this when they're older and she wants to tag along/awkwardly flirt with their friends).

I think that's it. So vote in the poll, feel free to comment and share the reasoning behind your guess and we'll all find out on Monday, hooray!