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Gender predictions - old wives tales
I would like to find out the baby's gender at the 20 week scan but hubby doesn't. I wouldn't be able to keep it a secret so it'll be a surprise for us both.
But......that doesn't stop me guessing!
Were any of the old wives tales true for you? Heartbeat speed etc?
I know they're not certain but just for a bit of fun! x
But......that doesn't stop me guessing!
Were any of the old wives tales true for you? Heartbeat speed etc?
I know they're not certain but just for a bit of fun! x
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With DS, I know his heartbeat was always 140, which was supposed to be a boy. That was about it.
The Chinese gender thing, the one which takes your age at conception and the month of conception, was wrong for them both.
I did a silly wee predictor thing online, I think on baby centre. it asked things like do you sleep on your right or left, are you married, have you been ill, can't remember what else but some were quite silly. It said I'm having a girl. I should really go back and answer it for my previous two pregnancies and see if it was right for those!
This baby's heartbeat is always 160bpm, going by that alone, it seems the predictor was right!
http://m.ivillage.com/chinese-gender-chart-0/6-a-144581
this time heartbeat was 162 which would techinically mean a girl but im convinced its a boy so we shall see on the 19th
going by how i have felt i havent felt any differently to last pregnancy so thinking boy but again i know it means nothing
im trying not to develop a preference this time , but with it being our second (and final if hubby has his way) baby im finding im thinking about boy v's girl all the time
first time i really didnt think about it x
I did the Chinese one Tinks and it said girl.
Heartbeat was 155 at mw which also points at girl.
Only 24 weeks till I'll know for sure!
Anyone done any others?
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baby_princessIOM
oh and one other thing with my first pregnancy i wanted pasta and rice and proper heavy food - this time round i want chocolate, custard, granola bars, jelly all the sweet things - might hint towards a girl maybe??
I flit between the two and sometimes think girl sometimes boy. Cant wait to find out 18 days to go.#]][
But just want to say that my intuition was that i was having a boy however we asked the midwife to guess based on bump shape, my awful morning sickness etc and she said hands down a girl.
I did the chinese gender predicter and also looked at the wives tales and besides not craving sweet food and savoury instead all pointed to having a girl (MS was really bad) including heartbeats on several occasions never below 150 bpm.
However i am having the boy that i thought
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A little boy i've got a little boy and he's just the best thing ever soooooo much fun!,
interesting to hear about your bubs heartrate being +150 and it's a boy - might just have blown that theory out of the water!!
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baby_princessIOM
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with DD1 & 2, the chinese predictor was right and the nub theory was right. I also felt similar and craved chocolate/cakes/pancakes etc over savoury stuff like cheese or crisps and went totally off proper meals - owuld happily eat crumptets & cereal for every meal. I didn't have any morning sickness with DD1 and very mild quasiness/funny taste in my mouth with DD2. My boobs really hurt both times too! Heartbeat always sounded like a train rather than a galloping horse with both too but i was never told the heart rate.
With this one, I've had varying chinese predictor outcomes (so am going to try Tinks' ivillage one!) and the old wives tales are 50/50. I didn;t have MS but felt a bit more queasy and had the funny taste much worse and for much longer. I haven't been as tired and my boobs weren't as sore early on although they are now. Overall I've felt very similar. Greasy hair and spots all 3 times. I'm not sure what my instinct says as I'm trying to want a boy as DH is desperate for a son, but sneakily want another girl so am trying to stay neutral! Heartbeat on monday sounded like a train but again i wasn't told the speed. Also have fancied savoury food a bit more this time but sweet stuff too (alhtough i'm prob just a greedy pig!) and have gone off proper dinners again although am not craving breakfast items as much as before, but I think that may have kicked in later on in my pregnancies.
Couldn't do the nub test this time as it wasn;t clear on our scan pic but I'm *sure* I saw it on screen and it was a girl one. Always hard to tell though when it's a moving image!!
Oh well only 4 weeks to go til we (hopefully) find out!