Bristol Palin’s baby is due on Saturday, December 20, 2008 and she’s having a boy. Read about it below.

Bristol Palin

Bristol Palin holding Trig

Todd and Sarah Palin will be grandparents on Saturday, probably. At least their oldest daughter, Bristol, is due to deliver their first grandchild on Saturday. Sarah Palin’s father, Chuck Heath, let the word out that the expected bundle of joy is going to be a boy.

THE first grandchild of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is a boy, her father, Chuck Heath, revealed to Grandparents.com. Heath said his pregnant granddaughter, Bristol Palin, has a due date of Dec. 20. Asked what Bristol and the child’s still unmarried father, Levi Johnston, will name the baby, Heath answered, “Oscar . . . No, I’m just kidding. They don’t have a name for it yet.”

I’m sure this will come as a disappointment to those who chose to continue to believe the conspiracy theories that Bristol is actually the real mother of Sarah Palin’s youngest son Trig (pictured above). Its so much more fun to believe that there are convoluted conspiracies than accept the obvious truth of a matter. Really, its like my Beloved Curmudgeon says, some people hear hooves and think of Zebras. In truth, the simplest explanation is usually the actual explanation. When we hear hooves, its usually horses.

In this case, we have an eight month old baby who is rumored to be the child of a young woman who is due to give birth at full term in a couple of days. Considering that the normal term of pregnancy in a human being is nine months, that there are photos of a pregnant Sarah Palin just prior to the birth of her son, that he has Down’s Syndrome which is commonly associated with babies born to women over 40 years old, etc., then it stands to reason that the baby is, indeed, Sarah Palins.

Regardless of the facts, there are still people who will believe that this is Bristol Palin’s second child. Regardless, congratulations to the entire family on the impending birth of a new blessing into the family.