I wen't to the doctor today & the doctor wouldn't tell me what it was because she said the sex organs hadn't fully developed & i'm only 17 weeks so..but she did tell me that my baby's heartbeat was 147 do you think that would be a girl or a boy i heard the faster the heartbeat means a girl & the slower it a boy?Is that true?
2007-01-04 13:35:33 · 18 answers · asked by Nikki 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
I personally do not think this is true. And the reason being is that when I was in the hospital having my son. Everytime a nurse walked into the room they would always say your little girl has a good heartbeat or something to that affect. They everyone thought that I would be having a girl for the fact of what the heart rate was. But the day come for me to have my first child and it turned out to be a boy. So I dont believe that you can determine a babys sex from what the heartbeat is. But there maybe times that a doctor is right and other times they may not be right.
2007-01-04 15:14:09 · answer #1 · answered by krisn_us 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the nurse told me that by the heartbeat she thought I was having a boy- it turned out I had a girl- there may be some truth to the slower / faster heartbeat but it is not a surefire way to tell. An ultrasound is your best bet and even then it can be misread (but it is the most accurate common test).
Remember no matter what method anyone uses to determine the sex, some will say "it works" because even by guessing you have a 50% chance of getting it right- it is going to work at least 1/2 the time so most people that are told correctly will say the method works rather than attributing it to chance.
2007-01-04 13:48:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an old wives tale.
Yes, there are people who will tell you that the heartbeat was very fast so they "knew" it was a girl and they were right -- but there's only two possibilities, boy or girl, and every guess has a 50 percent chance of being right. There is no truth to that.
Incidentally, I have twins. Their heartbeats were the same -- always either identical, or different by just 1 or 2 beats -- making it very hard to differentiate them by doppler during the pregnancy. I was carrying a boy...and a girl.
2007-01-04 13:50:52 · answer #3 · answered by ljb 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I heard it the other way around. The slower is a girl and the faster is a boy. My babies heartbeat is 140-145 and I am having a girl. These are just old wives tales. You can't believe everything you hear.
2007-01-04 14:18:10 · answer #4 · answered by morgan_loves_polina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just an old wives tale. At 17 weeks I couldnt wait any longer to find out what we were having so my boyfriend mom and I went in to a 3d ultrasound center to have a gender check and the first thing they did was say the heart beat was 105... my mom, who believes ALL wives tales, said in a very sad voice "oh its a boy" I told her that doesnt mean anything and the ultra sound tech agreed. After about 20 minutes of trying to get our stubborn little one to turn she finally did and happily displayed all her stuff. lol. So, again just an old wives tale! congratulations on your baby!
2016-03-29 08:17:37 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
It's impossible to know whether or not a baby will be female until after it's been born. The only one that you can know for sure are males IF the xrays show the male body part. Just because that part isn't shown doesn't mean it's a girl though, it could be between his legs.
There's NO possible way to detect whether it's female or male short of a DNA test on the fetus which isn't very nice.
2007-01-04 13:43:41 · answer #6 · answered by biggestperlnerd 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
actually, the health of the fetus will be the first effect on the heart rate, the second will be the mood, temperment, health, etc., of the mother. The heart rate helping to define sex is an old myth, refer to link below for the long story, as for the short answer, it is no.
2007-01-04 13:46:29 · answer #7 · answered by Duane 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't remember if 140+ is a boy or girl; but I do know that my baby's heartbeat rate matched what is expected for boys. If memory serves me right, I think his heartrate was 144-148.
2007-01-04 13:42:23 · answer #8 · answered by *Jessy* 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You absolutely CANNOT tell the sex of a baby by how fast its hear beats....or by how you carry them. You could of course use this method to determine your child's sex...you have a 50/50 shot of being correct, not bad odds:)
2007-01-04 13:51:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Those are myths. Our daughter always had a low heartbeat.
The only way to know for sure is testing or by ultrasound
if the baby cooperates.
2007-01-04 13:37:36 · answer #10 · answered by Ontario_Mom 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋