When Minnie Driver gives birth to her first child next month, she’ll find out for the first time whether she’s having a boy or a girl.

“I’m old-fashioned,” the actress, 38, said at the New York press junket for her new film Take, a drama opening July 18.

“Women for thousands of years have not found out,” she says. “I couldn’t base something that was so auspicious and beautiful of that moment, and take away the surprise for home décor.”

Her family and friends, however, can’t stop speculating.

“They say you lose your sweet tooth, which apparently means it’s a boy, but I’m convinced the baby is a girl,” says Driver. “I’ve kind of lost my sweet tooth, but my mum is like, ‘No, you’re fat like I was, and I only had girls.’ She meant thick in my waist!”

Driver has also discovered some unique cravings during her pregnancy. “I’ve been addicted to green foods,” she says. “Green apples are probably the highest priority on my list. They are my complete obsession. I have a refrigerator full of them.”

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