We've been trying for a while and I just found I'm pregnant (yay!!) Of course I'm already so anxious for everything even though I already have 2 boys :) Is there any way of telling what the sex of baby could be anytime soon before the ultra sound??? Any old wives tales that worked for anyone else? They say to have a girl, you have to stay away from caffeine and meat and salt and I drink caffeine daily and eat meat and salt so I'm thinking boy, but wanted opinions :)
Edit: due july 2 2012 :)
You know, I had ALL the "signs" of a girl. I got a boy. It's to the man to determine gender. You can't do anything to change the chromosomes. Also, the gender is determined, you can't tip the scales now.
Congrats!
Just eat a normal healthy diet, regular foods that you don't puke up are fine...lol.
Congrats on the baby!
Congratulations! I understand your anxiousness to find out early...I was the same way. I have two girls...and am having my THIRD girl! I've obviously accepted it now and am happy about it...we get what we are supposed to have and God has decided to trust my husband and I with three daughters. :) Anyhow, my sister and I are pregnant together, due two weeks apart. This is silly...and I'm almost embarrassed to admit this....but we both did the baking soda test. Take a plastic cup you intend to THROW AWAY....put some baking soda in the bottom, and pee in it just a little. If it fizzes, it's a boy. My sister's fizzed, she is carrying a boy. If it does nothing, it's a girl. Mine did nothing. Okay I know how crazy that sounds and I'm not saying it's 100% accurate, but it was right for my sister and I. :) Have a nice healthy pregnancy!!
Well the old wives tale about caffeine, meat and salt didn't work for me then. I craved nothing but ribs, steak, french fries, milkshakes and frappachinos from Starbucks...and I had a girl. =)
None of them were 100% right for me, except one.
I was told if you have a clear face it's a boy (because they are more rugged) and if you have a face full of outbreaks it's a girl because they are stealing your beauty. I had a clear face my whole pregnancy but like I said I had a girl. I did the string and needle trick and that was pretty accurate on everyone, including me.
http://www.tryingtoconceive.com/needle.htm
Congrats!!!!
Oh and The Chinese Calendar said I was having a boy, lol.
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Congratulations!! Its sooo exciting!
With my daughter, (in the very beginning) I felt like every cell in my body was bloated. I craved healthy fruits and vegetables. (My breasts were very swollen)
With my son, (in the very beginning) I didn't feel too bloated, craved pickles and fried foods. (My breasts didn't swell too much)
I heard that if you crave sweets then its a girl and if you crave salts/sours then its a boy. Keep us posted!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
For me? it wasn't an ultra sound or even an old wives tale...
When I was pregnant with my daughter, my hair changed, my voice was higher, nails grew, etc.
When I was pregnant with my boys - my voice got REAL deep - I got hair on my chin (eww!)..
There's nothing you can do. You're just gonna have to wait. Congratulations!
I was told that if you crave meat and potatoes its a boy. if you don't its a girl.
for my boy i was craving fries and root beer everyday.
for my girl i was craving grape soda.
They make over the counter test but they aren't all that acurate. Those old wives tales definatly are wrong about my babies lol. when I was pregnant with my son the thought of coffee make me sick, but now with my daughter I get my 300 mg of caffine a day!
there is a urine test you can do, I'm not sure how accurate it is, but it was correct for my sister. You can do it at 10 weeks.
An alkaline vagina makes girls. None of those ideas work. I will tell you from long experience as a midwife two of the same gender and it is a 87% chance the third one is the same. So just decide to love your three sons.
I have two daughters so I was very interested in the odds.
I applaud you for having a third child. It's so nice to have a family of origin to share your life with.
Congrats! when will you be due? I'm having my baby next month.
I was a caffeine addict and had a girl. I laid off the caffeine this time around and I'm pregnant with twin boys. I have friends that swear by the Chinese gender chart. My first pregnancy, I was convinced it was a boy (we didn't find out until delivery). This time, I thought I was having one of each, and my husband thought 2 girls. we were both wrong.
I was just like you a few months ago! It's so exciting! Congratulations!! I have two boys and just recently found out we are having a girl in Feb! I also have a July 4th boy (my 1st) too! So I can say from experience its a great month to have a baby! Such fun bday parties, ect!
Anyhow, as everyone has said already, your baby's gender is already determined, so there is nothing you can do now, but I did some fun old wives tales JUST FOR FUN of course (dont paint the babies room because of this stuff!!). The one I did right away was the "ring on a string test". I took a ring or needle or a needle stuck in the back of an eraser on a pencil (I did the test several times several different ways and it always came out the same by the way) and strung them through either thread or a piece of my hair. Then you dangle it as steady as possible over your wrist (or belly, but i got better results over my wrist) and see if it goes back and forth or in circles. It is supposed to cycle through all your pregnancies (including miscarriages) so for me it went back and forth paused, back and forth paused and then in circles then stopped. Back and forth is supposed to mean boy, and circles for girl. Ellen just did this test on Hillary Duff on her show and it went back and forth (which Ellen said meant girl, but she was wrong) Hillary Duff revealed she is having a boy. Its all for fun, but it was right for me and HD! lol.
I also heard if you crave orange juice its a girl, or salty its a boy. But I crave everything!! So I couldnt go on that! The Chinese calender was also wrong for two of my three, so I dont go by that one either. There are tons of wives tales, just google "gender prediction wives tales" or something like that! But like I said, dont paint the nursery until after your ultrasound!
The B12 thing that Katrina mentioned is interesting, although would have had to have been taken prior to conception in your case, but I hadnt heard that before. My husband takes a B complex and didnt when I was prego with the boys, so maybe there is something to that theory.
Congratulations again!!
walgreens has a gender perd. test. i did it and it came out true. so did a few of my girlfriends. its lik $30 but i think its worth it.
I'm going to try Christy D's idea!! :)
I believe very much in a mother's intuition. I just KNEW my three pregnancies that they were girls. for my first one I chose her name when it came to me in a dream, before we found out the sex. My second one I knew it was a girl even though hubby told to wait to choose a name. with this one, due this Tuesday 25th. I knew as soon as I saw the two pink lines, hubby and I didn't even bother thinking about boy names, she has been Sabrina Juliet since the day I found out I was prego.
Congrats!!!
I dont eat meat and im having a boy.....lol, but i did have two girls before him
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Yay for pregnant ladies!! I love it.
Congrats!!
I have no idea of ways to tell sooner....But I know from experience three boys is awesome!! My third makes life interesting to say the least:) I Love it.
