What are some of the fun "old wives' tales" about figuring out your baby's gender? How accurate are these?

Question

17 weeks pregnant - have my ultrasound in a week and a half!!!! I have 2 girls, and this is the final pregnancy.

Answer 1

USe the chinese lunar calendar http://pregnancyweekly.com/pregnancy_information/chinese_calendar.htm

Answer 2

Tie your wedding ring onto a string and then hold it above your palm of your hand. If the ring turns in circles, it will be a girl, if it moves in a straight line, it will be a boy. Put the ring in the palm of your hand and repeat. Each time you do this, is for each child you will have (or have had). Repeat until the process (holding up and then putting in hand, holding up and putting in hand) until the ring comes to a dead stop when held up rather than making a motion. This will symbolize the end of having children.
Does this work? I have no idea. I have never tried it. Just heard that some people have tried it and has worked so far for them, but you know, it's just and old wives tale anyways. I don't think anything would ever be 100% accurate to find out your baby's gender-not even ultrasound.

Answer 3

One is the way your wedding ring on a chain spins/sways when held over your tummy. I can't remember the details of that one. LOL

Another is if you carry up high, it's a boy. If you have bad heartburn, it's a boy - or your baby will have a TON of hair on it's head when born.

I doubt many are accurate. I like to use the old Chinese birth charts to predict gender. So far they've been right for everyone I used them on. Just search for Chinese birth chart (Google), and it will ask you your age when you conceived, and the month you conceived - and it shows a chart of whether or not you'll have a boy or girl. THOSE are a blast!

Good luck and congrats!!!

Answer 4

toddler Coughing in the experience that your toddler starts to cough possibly throughout milk, they reported you want to pull the toddler's feet gently and making humorous noises like "ooh, ooh" with the intention to end him from coughing. Umbilical wire it really is declared that if the umbilical wire of your toddler takes a lengthy time period to drop off, it signifies that your toddler loves his mommy very a lot and has a tricky time detaching himself from his mom. same is going if toddler cries plenty even as his umbilical wire is going to drop off. Bending Over in the experience that your infant bends over and seem between his legs, it signifies that he needs a sibling and is searching at his destiny brother or sister between his legs. Folds on toddler's inner Thighs If there are 2 folds on toddler's inner thighs, it really is declared that your next baby will be a lady. If there is purely one, you may have a boy. choose a Boy? I surely ought to offer you a caution that this one is quite unethical. once you've been having a string of females on your kin and also you badly choose a boy, you want to scouse borrow a ladle from any kin which has countless boys, and vice versa. toddler is Sickly i imagine this one is quite stupid. If a toddler seems falling ill very regularly, throw the toddler away on the dustbin. be sure some different person alternatives the toddler up and go back it to the kin. the guy who alternatives up the toddler can become the toddler's godmother hence. in the experience that your toddler is sickly, please visit the healthcare professional for an intensive analyze and do not keep on with this stupid fantasy. toddler Cries plenty it really is declared that if a toddler cries plenty or is regularly ill, you should change its call. curiously, the call isn't proper for the toddler. actually, toddler may be colicky, be certain to work out the healthcare professional. yet another fantasy is that if little ones cry plenty, they'll advance as a lot as be smart youthful ones. twin Cowlicks it really is declared that little ones with twin cowlicks are very obdurate. yet when the dual cowlicks are close collectively on the little ones head, then the toddler loves his mommy plenty. do not question me how they are suitable.

Answer 5

I remeber the food cravings one: salty, its a boy; sweet, its a girl. Also, if you have bad morning sickness in the begining, it is a girl. Pull down the skin under your left eye and look at your eyeball (the white part). If you see a vein that looks like a V or branches, you will be having a girl. Have the mother-to-be pick up a a single key. If she picks it up by the round part it will be a boy. If she picks up the long narrow part it will be a girl. If she picks it up in the middle she is supposedly having twins. I don't think they are accurate, but they are fun!

This website has a quiz:
http://pregnancy.about.com/library/quiz/boygirl/blboygirlquiz.htm

Here is a webiste with several.

Answer 6

There are alot but I don't think any are 100%. It is all just fun. There is the drano test. The needle on a string test. Chinese Lunar Calendar(which with both my boys was correct). And lots of others. Just look up gender prediction in search engine and it should pull up alot. Happy hunting.

Answer 7

a fun old wives tale, is take your wedding ring and tie a string to it. have your spouse hold it above your tummy and if it swings clockwise, its a boy, if its counterclockwise, it may indicate a girl! just one that we tried! also you should check out the chinese gender chart too! those are always fun! the chart was actually right on both of mine, but just keep in mind, they are just for fun! i'm having a boy in 2 weeks!! good luck hun!

Answer 8

Here are a few that i have heard..... if you are carrying your baby high then it is a boy, if you crave more meat then veggie then you are having a boy, if you dream of guns and dogs, you are having a boy, if you have morning sickness during the last two trimester then you are having a boy.... i think that you should try checking with the chinese chart too... it is said to be 93% true.... here is a website you can see it in.... .http://www.chineseastrology.com/wu/birthchart.html good luck and have fun!

Answer 9

if your carrying high its a girl, if the heartbeat is high its a girl (150s-170s). they say that if they are really active then its a boy but thats not true because im 38 weeks and my baby (girl) has been extremely active throughout the entire pregnancy. good luck! i tried the online chinese lunar calender and it was wrong, it said i was having a boy but whatever works for you.

Answer 10

I was told that if the baby sits up high then it is a girl and if it is low and it is a boy. That isn't really true though because my first was high my second was low and my third was mid. 1st and 2nd are girls and 3rd is boy

Answer 11

Dear Puallen:

I understand that if your stomach is shaped so that your navel is pointing downward it is going to be a boy and conversely so if it is elevated then Yup! it's a girl. So let that be a lesson to you that all boys are hung low.