Boy baby bumps, girl baby bumps- do you think the myths are true?

Tiger1984

So you know how a lot of people say boys carry like basketballs, very round and in the front, and girls are more blob like and come out the sides too? Did anyone find this to be true? Everyone who sees my tummy keeps telling me I am having a boy,  but I am not having my big u/s for a few more weeks. Is this an old wive's tale or true?

IrishBrideND

OWT

carney09

OWT

 

everyone guessed I was having a boy because of how I was carrying and that my face hadn't gained any weight yet...I'm having a girl.

gingerfamily

I think every person carrier differently.

I don't think the OWT's apply so early in pregnancy though.  I think it's more in the 30 week range.   

julinejb

Old wives tale if you ask me... I carried both my daughters like basketballs. I was all belly and you couldn't tell I was pregnant unless you looked at my side profile or unless you were looking right at my belly.

I think your bump depends on the way the baby is positioned and the way your body distributes your weight...

madameprimm

It's mostly just an OWT, but all the strangers who make guesses about my baby have said girl. They have been correct. Of course I was wide pre-pregnancy so who knows how I would have looked if my body was shaped differently.

limaso

in the last 3 weeks i have had no less than 10 ladies come up to me and tell me that they were sure i was having a girl: ikea lady, nordstrom lady and farmer's market lady were all, in fact, POSITIVE i was having a girl, even going so far as congratulating me on my girl.

amnio came back yesterday: boy.  

i was maybe 10 pounds overweight before i was pregnant, maybe that makes up for the slight "spread", but this tummy is no basketball...then again, my torso is so short, that if i had a basketball belly, i might completely fall forward...

probably an old wives tale.  however, the chinese birth chart on thebump predicted it right....

Tiger1984

I figured there could be no scientific reason for it!

elidav2007

Definetely an OWT!  I am carrying a boy and I look like a huge blob, no little up front cute little basketball!

LCTL05

OWT

The reason I think this is because I carried my dd like a basketball - right out in front - and she was a girl.  I'm also carrying this one the same way - and this one is a boy.

My sister carried her daughter all over and her son.....the same way.  I think it's just more of a certain way your body is going to carry. 

Tiger1984

limaso:

in the last 3 weeks i have had no less than 10 ladies come up to me and tell me that they were sure i was having a girl: ikea lady, nordstrom lady and farmer's market lady were all, in fact, POSITIVE i was having a girl, even going so far as congratulating me on my girl.

amnio came back yesterday: boy.  

i was maybe 10 pounds overweight before i was pregnant, maybe that makes up for the slight "spread", but this tummy is no basketball...then again, my torso is so short, that if i had a basketball belly, i might completely fall forward...

probably an old wives tale.  however, the chinese birth chart on thebump predicted it right....

 

When you did the chinese gender predictor did you do the conception month as the month you ovulated or the month your pregnancy started according to the first day of your last period? My last period was in July but the conception was in August. One says boy, one says girl!

KittyKatMom

I never believed it, but it turned out to be true for me.

Tiger1984

LCTL05:

OWT

The reason I think this is because I carried my dd like a basketball - right out in front - and she was a girl.  I'm also carrying this one the same way - and this one is a boy.

My sister carried her daughter all over and her son.....the same way.  I think it's just more of a certain way your body is going to carry. 

 

That makes sense 'cause now that I think of it my sister's bump looked the same in all 3 pregnancies and she has a girl and 2 boys. It prob does just depend on your body.

KThornton52

I was round as a bowling ball with my DD...so not true for me..

WonderWoman27

I say OWT.  It seems like mine is all in the front and I'm having a girl.  But the OWT where the baby is carried high for girls and low for boys.  Mine is high, so that's right for me.  But that's an OWT too.  

Alexandra*sMom

I carried my girls opposite, so I don't believe it!

daniellejeanne35

I wish I carried a basketball! I would look more pregnant than beer belly! But I'm having a girl...and carrying like one too

Tinkx123x

OWT

 

I do however think there is some sort of truth to boys being low and girls being high. Everyone I know has followed that speculation. 

Marc's Mrs.

One of my sisters has two girls and she carried both differently.  My other sister has 4 boys and 1 girl and carried the girl much like one of the boys.  She carried differently with the others.  There didn't seem to be any rhyme or reason.

Laxbugg1410

The most "basketball-carrying" pregnant woman I knew had a girl, despite everyone's insistence that she was having a boy...these comments persisted EVEN THOUGH SHE FOUND OUT THE GENDER AT her 20 week u/s.

BUT I will admit that my mom carried us like this (me, everywhere; my brothers like basketballs) so I'm hoping for a boy!

homebird

No, it's not true. The shape of your bump depends on many factors: positioning of baby, shape of your body (tall or short torso), etc.

tropianoc

I never thought much about it but am carrying a basketball.  Yesterday,we found out it was a boy.  I think it depends on the person.

winomom22

Well from my experience, I carried very low in my first pregnancy. My belly didn't get very big, but my a$$ and hips grew and I had a girl

JenniferL923

I have a "basketball" belly, yet to expand sideways and I'm having a girl.

VanderLaan

I am a blob carrying all through the middle....everyone keeps screaming GIRL!  We will find out tomorrow if everyone is right. 

limaso

Tiger1984:

limaso:

 

When you did the chinese gender predictor did you do the conception month as the month you ovulated or the month your pregnancy started according to the first day of your last period? My last period was in July but the conception was in August. One says boy, one says girl!

 

i'm pretty sure i did it with the first day of my last period...