by babyfever25
I'm not a mother, but I definitely think this is interesting to know in case I decide to have kids in the future, or in case any of you are expecting a baby sometime in the near future.According to
this New York Times article, the answer to the question above is most likely a big Y-E-S.
There are plenty of claims about how to know whether or not the baby you'll have will be a boy or a girl. The most popular one I've heard is if the baby bump is low, the chances that the baby will be a boy are higher.
There was a recent study done at the University of Washington. They compared women who were hospitalized (a condition called
hyperemesis gravidarum) after experiencing morning sickness to those who didn't get ill. What they found is that those who had severe morning sickness in their first trimester increased their chances of having a baby girl. Why? Researchers said it could be in the hormones, but who knows? Isn't that some interesting news, though?
Did you "know" if you were having a boy or a girl? From your experience, would you agree or disagree with this claim?
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Comments (61)
I didnt have any morning sickness and I had a 10.5 pound girl
but I did have heartburn... so bad that during labor they gave me meds for it in an IV and Claire had and still has a head full of hair I mean a lot......so go figure
I don't know. Unfortunately stats can be swayed. I don't feel there really are physical symptoms or outward signs of a boy or girl. Nowadays a girl can find out the sex at month five or six. Or you can wait and let it be a suprise.
My mother, 2 aunts and myself all had/having girls. Not one of us has had any morning sickness. Maybe just a little queasy in the 1st trimester.
I think those "predictors" people use are stupid. The only real way of knowing is delivering. :)
I think we have to remember as well that at the start of all pregnancies; every single person starts off as a girl...that's why men have nipples. the y chromosome doesn't kick in straight away so the first 3 months can't give much indication on the sex of the baby
This kid who grew up on a farm once told me that his family's method for telling if a woman was going to have a boy or a girl has never failed him yet: If you can tell a woman is pregnant from behind, she's going to have a girl. If you can't tell, it's a boy. This goes along with the belly being lower theory. As though with girls you develop more hip/side fat. It's been true with most women I've looked at since I"ve heard that theory. Of course, some are tricky because they have a ton of side fat even BEFORE they get pregnant...so not sure if there's any truth to the theory or not.
Everyone told me that I was carrying like I was going to have a boy. My bump was all up front, and relatively high. Also I relatively easy morning sickness. A good bit of nausea but not a whole lot of vomiting, mostly had that after eating left over spaghetti. I suppose my beautiful little girl just didn't not care for reheated pasta.
Although I had little to no heartburn and she was bald when she was born. She has a decent amount of hair now, but I was bald too when I was born.
I had terrible morning sickness for the first three months. Then it just cut off like a switch. But I knew all along even before an unltrasound that I was having a boy. With dark curly hair and light eyes. I had horrendous heartburn the entire time, though, and my grandma kept telling me that meant he'd have hair. So, the ultrasound said undeniably a boy, and maybe hair, and the day he was born he came out with a full head of thick black hair. And beautiful bluegreen eyes, which are now hazel. Exactly like I said he'd have. ^_^ So the heartburn thing, maybe, but the morning sickness I wouldn't count on.
My friend and I threw up our brains the 1st trimester. I had a girl; she had a boy.
I would disagree. I didn't have ANY morning sickness with my first pregnancy and I had a girl.
I have three girls, but only morning sickness with one.
I have a boy and a girl...I carried low with both, lower with the girl, though, cause she was my second. I didn't have morning sickness really with either. My cousin had horrible morning sickness her entire pregnancy and had a boy....
I think the predictions are fun but usually don't mean anything....
I have 5 girls, 2 boys and had morning, afternoon and evening sickness with all of them! The girls I was queezy and sick all 9 months. With the boys, I felt great after the 4th month and just had an easier pregnancy with my first son. He is the most quiet and reserved of all my kids. Could an easy pregnancy be a temperment indicator? My 3rd child saw me in street clothes in my 8th month; I was so sick with her and she has the strongest will of all my kids. (that's a good thing-don't get that wrong...)
I wouldn't count on the easier pregnancy being a boy, but will admit to applying this reasoning to friends who have been pregnant.
There's this Chinese calendar that predicts the baby's sex....It has been working for many of the people I know who's been popping out babies. Then again, I think it's just luck...50-50 chance right?
my mom ONLY had morning sickness with my little brother, after having two girls. My sister had terrible morning sickness for her second daughter, but none for her first! I think it really just depends!
ok first off any study done by the UW should not be held as reputable.I know first hand as that is where i was transfered when i went into preterm labor with my 3rd son(who later passed away) all the dr's contradicted each other which held up testing and resulted in them not doing an echo on the baby for a full 24 hours later(even though the dr at providence in EVERETT said thats why we were being transfered there)
and second ehhhh i think it just all depends.For my boys i def was sicker then my girls.when i was pregnant with my boys i avoided all types of meat it made me so nauseus.With my girls i couldnt get enough chocolate and ice cream.i dont know it's wierd
just an FYI i have told all family members if i was ever living in WA again and for whatever reason someone wanted to transfer me to the UW again do not let them.Seriously none of the dr's had a clue what was going on ......
I had morning sickness really bad with my son, but not with my daughter! I did get a little queasy at moments, but nothing compared to how I had it with my son... I knew what I was having with both kids, and don't believe any of the ways you can "supposedly tell" what your having... only true way to tell is to have an ultrasound done, lol!
I believe when it's said that if you have morning sickness, you'll have a girl is just an old wives tale, because I've known women who've had girls with morning sickness, and others who had girls without morning sickness. it depends on how your body reacts to the pregnancy that determines if you have morning sickness or not...
Wow, I didn't know for sure [ I had a creeping feeling in my stomach though] but I had the worst morning sickness imaginable! It wasn't just morning sickness, it was all day sickness, and it didn't last just the first trimester, I had it all the way to the day my daughter was born! Bleh, I hope that isn't a sign of a girl, I don't want to have to go through it all again the next go around! =S
I was sick with all three of my kids - two girls and one boy. However, I was sicker longer and moreso with my girls than with my boy.
And yes, I think it is the hormones. I also have a friend who had two boys with no sickness at all. Then she got pregnant again and was sick. I kept telling her she was going to have a girl and sure enough, she's having a girl.
I had another friend who was really sick with her first three who were girls. Then she got pregnant a fourth time and wasn't very sick at all. Sure enough, it was a boy.
for me- yes this was true. i had three boys first, and each time felt yucky but never threw up. with my last baby- a girl, i was very very sick for months. couldn't keep anything down!
but... i carried the same with all- straight out in a tight ball. :) and, all of them had tons of hair and i had very little heartburn.
sooo, point being. like most everyone else said- it's different for everyone. our bodies do different things... but if i were to get pregnant again, and was sick, i'd be positive it was to be a girl.
I have 10 girls in my family and none of the parents had morning sickness. Also my boyfriend's sister was in and out of the hospital with hyperemesis and had a boy. It's completely and utterly just an old wives tale. Don't count on it.
I knew both times what I was having - we didn't find out, but I just knew. I didn't really have too much sickness with either, but I was a lot more queasy with my daughter.
That's interesting. I guess you could guess as to whether it's most likely a boy or a girl earlier then. That'd help with the naming process I think!
I had morning sickness with both of my children. We're talking - in the bathroom every fifteen minutes, throat bleeding, dehydrated, going to the ER to get medicine type of "morning sickness" for 16 weeks into each pregnancy. Nothing you ate or drank stayed down for more than a second, and to top it all off.....I had a migraine that lasted for the 16 weeks as well. No medicine would touch it.
My kids?.....Both boys.
The morning sickness is caused by a surge of estrogen, which is vital in baby forming. It's the same reason some women get sick and bloated before their period comes. It also is a very good sign that baby is healthy. Deciding a gender? Not a chance.
When I was pregnant with my daughter I wasn't sick at all, and I carried high. When I was pregnant with my son I was SO sick and carried low.