Are You Carrying a Girl or Boy? Myths vs Truths!!

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Are you having a girl or a boy?
The gender reveal is probably one of the most exciting parts of your pregnancy.

Perhaps it is our desire to envision a complete little person before birth, a need to begin attributing characteristics, consider names, and find the perfect blue booties or pink laces. Sometimes curiosity about a baby's gender leads to some gender-guessing games that may have moms-to-be wondering: Is there any truth to those old wives' tales?

Carrying low means boy: MYTH
If you’re carrying low, congratulations — it’s a boy! Or so the saying goes, at least.

But coming to think of it, there could be another reason for a high belly. If it’s your first pregnancy and your body is in good shape, your stomach muscles, body shape, and how much weight you gain during your pregnancy will all play a role in how you’re carrying.

Unfortunately, the sex of your baby has no impact on any of this. That means you can’t tell the gender just by evaluating your belly. Multiple pregnancies can also have an impact on the elasticity of those same muscles.

Lesson learned? Don’t count on this myth to determine gender. This is true whether it’s your first pregnancy or your fourth.



Faster fetal heart rate means girl: MYTH

Listen closely the next time your doctor listens to the baby’s heartbeat. According to the old wives’ tale, a rapid rate of more than 140 beats per minute means you’re having a girl.

It’s the age of a fetus that really affects heart rate speed.

Around week 5 of pregnancy, the fetus’s heart rate is roughly the same as the mother’s, between 80 to 85 beats per minute.

It will quicken steadily until week 9, topping off between 170 and 200 beats per minute.

It then starts to slow down to an average of somewhere between 120 and 160 and it changes every second to be precise.


Craving salts means boy: MYTH

The saying goes that craving sweet things during your pregnancy is related to the baby girl you’re growing. If you’re dreaming of salty or sour snacks, you’re carrying a boy.

While there’s some suggestion that cravings during pregnancy can be related to deficiencies in specific minerals, there’s no connection between cravings and gender.


Breakouts and oily skin is a girl: MYTH

One gender myth says that bad, spotty skin could mean you’re having a girl. Your skin is oily and you’re breaking out during pregnancy. Common wisdom explains that it’s because your baby girl is stealing your beauty.

In reality, you can blame your skin woes on hormones, not your baby girl.


Excessive morning sickness is a girl: MYTH

The old wives' tales say that excessive morning sickness at any point during your pregnancy means you’re having a girl.

The truth? Morning sickness is related to surging hormones and low blood sugar. Don’t start buying pink clothes just yet!

Moodier than normal means girl: MYTH

Feeling grumpy and down in the dumps? It could mean you’re pregnant with a girl. 

But it’s probably because you’re on a hormonal roller coaster called pregnancy! There’s no science behind this myth. Mood swings are common for mothers-to-be carrying babies of either gender.

THE TRUTH!

While you have a 50-50 chance of guessing your baby’s gender correctly, you’re still guessing.

The truth is, the medical intervention of some kind is necessary to accurately predict your baby’s gender. You’ll have to wait until the big day, the Labour Day, the Day of the Birth of your bundle of joy for the gender reveal - one of life’s best surprises!!

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