For those of you who know if you're having a boy or a girl, I'm curious what your pregnancy symptoms are/were. I have another three weeks to wait to see what I'm having, but my husband I are having fun guessing based on my symptoms and the old wives tales. Thanks for sharing!
Re: Boy/Girl Pregnancy Symptoms
I'm having a boy-I was tired and slightly nauseous at first but no sickness. People say "I'm glowing" and pregnancy "looks good on me." In my second trimester I've been moodier an more outspoken -- but that's about it. I've craved salty foods from the start and I've had chapped lips and extremely dry skin.
Congrats!
One of the calendars was right for me, but I can't remember which one. (Sorry!)
The baking soda test was accurate.
I really didn't do any others.
I've been craving sweets, MS was less then last time, but it was still bad (but that isn't saying much , I was sick as a dog last time). The chinese we right last time with boy, this time they say girl. So nothing really adds up. i will probably never do a ring or pencil test...don't have the motivation to find the things to do it. I remember HB indicating Boy last time, I don't remember the #'s now, so IDK.
I have trouble with the varying "wive's tales" depending on what site one reads. One says MS= boy the next says it = girl. Not that I believe any of them, but it's annoying when they contradict. I never remember what ='s which sex.
I'm having a boy, but most of my symptoms pointed to girl
-Sick alllll the time (girl usually)
-Love OJ and sweets (girl)
-Hate sour things like most boys do
-Skin breaking out (girl usually)
-High HB (girl)
So you could imagine how surprised we were when the tech said boy ;-) She was 100% sure, but we will confirm at our appointments in the next two weeks.
In the beginning I always pictured a girl but I think it's because I'm female and just know that. More recently I've begun to picture boy but I'm all over the place!
As far as the heart rate old wives tale, my baby's heart rate has always been 10+ beats above "average" but he's a boy!
I don't know yet but no morning sickness, no cravings, no break outs, no weight gain... I pretty much wouldn't know I was knocked up if my stomach wasn't getting bigger.
Every "test" I've taken says girl. DH thinks girl and I think boy. Guess we'll find out in a couple weeks.
And let's do this again towards the end of march when we all know.
Edit: just read it. That pencil test is too much work lol.
LOL "Those websites are just WRONG!!"
I thought it looked like too much work too.
I had bad nausea and acne, and the gender charts and ring test said girl. Heartbeat was also high and I've been more affectionate with SO.
Though the biggest indicator was that I was having dreams where I had a baby girl before I found out I was pregnant and I have been positive it's a girl this whole time. We just had it confirmed this weekend! Even SO said it feels like a little girl for a while now (and he was team boy for a brief while). Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, in both families swore it was gonna be a girl, not preferring either way. It's just felt right from the beginning.
BFP#1: 08/30/12 EDD 04/30/12 m/c 09/04/12 6wks
BFP#2: 01/27/13 EDD 10/06/13 missed m/c 02/25/13 9wks
BFP#3: 10/30/13 EDD 07/05/14 Our little dude was born on 07/10/14 @ 2:19p
This time I had m/s and it sucked but it was no where near as bad as last time and I didn't have the severe vertigo. Leg hair growth is slow again and my skin is clear again. No on ehas told me I glow, but I just started showing, so I don't look all that pg. The one hb I've been given (at 14 wks) was 160. I can't tolerate super sweet stuff but I crave both sweet, salty, and vinegary stuff (I've never been a huge fan of sour).
I really have no clue this time around. The Chinese gender chart says girl, but I haven't checked any other old wives tales.
-Horrible acne that gets worse every week
-Sweet stuff, gummy bears, chocolate
-Salt & Vinegar chips
- M/S ended around 14 weeks
- I am a total bitch.
I just found out this morning that I'm having a boy and my pregnancy symptoms are pretty much identical to my last pregnancy which was a girl.
As for the OWTs for this pregnancy: Chinese predictor = boy, Mayan predictor = boy, heart rate = girl (always in the 150+s), ring/needle test = girl, m/s that lasts longer than 1st tri = girl, breakouts/acne = girl, crave salty/spicy/sour = boy. So 4 out of 7 OWTs were wrong, 3 out of 7 were right.
But the OWTs for my DD were: Chinese predictor = boy, Mayan predictor = girl, heart rate = girl, ring/needle test = boy, m/s that lasts longer than 1st tri = girl, breakouts/acne = girl, crave salty/spicy/sour = boy. So 3 out of 7 OWTs were wrong, 4 out of 7 were right.
Overall, the OWTs aren't very accurate for me.
I'm back to report that I'm having a GIRL! So a lot of the old wives tales were wrong for me, but they are kind of fun to think about when you don't know!
~22 years old~
Lucky enough to have married my best friend on 11.19.13
~22 years old~
Lucky enough to have married my best friend on 11.19.13