Psych! Don't know and don't wanna know until the baby slithers into this world. I always skip right over the "It's a....." messages on the message boards; they don't interest me. I can understand how people like to plan ahead, but I like that not knowing forces me to be more neutral about how I decorate and how I plan to clothe the baby. And we'll be thrilled no matter what, so why bother? It's fun to have a little suspense.
That said, people just love to predict, and old wives tales abound. It is too early for a lot of them yet (no belly to hang my wedding ring over, for example), but other predictors we already have. (I'm willing to take bets, too.)
If you go by:
Fetal heart rate -- the baby's heartbeat was in the 148-ish range via doppler at my doctor's appointment today, which is on the faster/girl side of most predictors. [Update: At our January 21 sonogram, the heartbeat was a strong 160. So we're still definitely in girl range, according to this one.]
My face -- Supposedly, "Boys give beauty, girls take it away." I have looked just awful ever since I got pregnant. Glow my a**, I am broken out all over my face and back, my face looked like a red tomato at Thanksgiving, and my skin has just been generally awful no matter what I do. So if you follow this one, it will definitely be a girl.
Chinese Horoscope -- There are lots of these tables on the web. This one says its a girl, as does this one and this one and this one. Although I would be a little surprised if I got different results on different sites, seeing as how my age at and the month of conception (30 and September, respectively, for those who want check out other charts) aren't changing.
Mayan Legend -- I read this one in a magazine at the doctor's office. If the year of the mother's birth and the year of conception are both odd or both even, it's a girl. If not, it's a boy. Baby was conceived in 2002, I was born in 1972. Another vote for girl.
So far, they are all of one accord. Who knows if they will be right? Just in case though, I think we had better start thinking a little harder about girls names!
Update: From the Mouths of Babes. Keri informs me that when Sean asked whether Aunt Dina's baby was a boy or a girl, she told him that we wouldn't know until the baby came out of Aunt Dina's tummy. Sean then turned to her and very seriously said "Mom, it is a girl." Keri's gut tells her the same, as does my Mom's, as does Mike's and mine, to be honest. So, we're either all right, or we're all going to be terribly surprised come June!