what is the wives tale about heart rates telling you if the baby is a boy or a girl?

Question

if it is faster is it a boy or girl?

Answer 1

I'm not really sure exactly what it is, I wanna say that it is a girl if it is faster. THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY TRUE. My son had a really fast heartbeat. You got it right when you said wives tale.: )

Answer 2

It is an old wives tale:

Fetal Heart Rate for Gender Prediction
As the old wives' tale has it, if your unborn baby's heart rate is higher, above 140 beats per minute, that means you're carrying a girl. A lower heart rate below 140 bpm means you're having a boy.

It's hard to resist such an easy test, and ever so tempting to over-analyze the pitter patter of that tiny heart. In early pregnancy, the reassuring sound of that heartbeat is just about the only thing we've got to show a baby's even there.

But don't get your hopes up, or have your hopes dashed, based on your baby's heart rate, because it has absolutely nothing to do with what your baby has between its legs. This particular old wives' tale was found to be completely false by a medical study 20 years ago. Another medical study in 2006 confirms that fetal heart rate has nothing to do with the baby's sex, and even more convincing, Maureen has even conducted her own in-womb experiment to prove it.

Answer 3

A girl is supposed to be a faster heart rate. I can't recall the exact range, but I think they say above 140 is a girl.

It was true for me -- my 3 boys' heart rates were always in the 120s-130s. But I think it really is nothing more than what you say -- an old wives' tale!

Answer 4

Over 150 is a girl. Below 150 is a boy. Although you've got a 50/50 shot at it anyhow. I know alot of people that it didn't work for. For me it did, we had a low heartbeat (in the 140s) and it is a boy.

Answer 5

not true my first pregnancy the heart rate was high and it was a girl so this pregnancy was high too i thought it was going to be a girl its a boy.