My SIL swears by this Old Wives Tale

kls621

Hi Ladies,

I thought I would ask you ladies since it would still be sort of fresh in your memory. My SIL swears this OWT is true, I wondered how true it actually is.

Okay here goes:

Hair growth during pregnancy - on areas where you shave :

If you had to shave A LOT = girl  (something about the added estrogen)

If you shaved the same or less = boy

Something fun to see how another OWT fares.

 

youaremysunshine323

Weird.. I also had to shave less and had a boy.

Lyea1986

I barely shaved at all while pregnant, and I had a girl. Then again, I didn't shave because I got tired of struggling to reach my whole leg. I didn't notice that the hair was growing any faster than normal though.

 

casirdms

MrsSparklebottom:

I didn't need to shave as often, and I had a boy.

hmm same here 

mammcg88

JenHof:

Weird.. I also had to shave less and had a boy.

Ditto. But it might be because I kind of neglected to shave. Isn't there something that says the less you shave, the slower your hair growth becomes?

Temp38995750004016

I barely needed to shave at all and I had a girl, so not true for me.

riverbed

I barely needed to shave and had a boy.

kacelle

I had to shave less, and I had a girl.  Not true for me!

AnneShirleyBlythe

My leg, arm, chin, and moustache hair stopped growing almost completely during my pregnancy. I shaved maybe once every 3 months and my legs stayed smooth. 

I had a girl.

When I had my son, I had billy goat hair and you could have braided my leg hair after about a day.  

croberts22

I didn't need to shave any more often and I had a girl.

mizzmeg

I would shave once a week, had a girl. 

scaneiki

AnneShirleyBlythe:

My leg, arm, chin, and moustache hair stopped growing almost completely during my pregnancy. I shaved maybe once every 3 months and my legs stayed smooth. 

I had a girl.

When I had my son, I had billy goat hair and you could have braided my leg hair after about a day.  

This exactly!  I couldn't have said it any better

Carbaby411

MrsSparklebottom:

I didn't need to shave as often, and I had a boy.

This - or maybe I just dont care to.

sparkymcgeee

I had a ton of hair sprout up all over and I had a girl.

missamERICA

MrsSparklebottom:

I didn't need to shave as often, and I had a boy.

me too

nugget0411

i didnt shave as much.....and i had a boy

Sharon21

pook:

I barely needed to shave at all and I had a girl, so not true for me.

This for me.

desdemona39

My hair grew much slower- I went from shaving every 2 days to every 1 1/2 weeks.... and I had a Girl!

kcisthebombdotcom

My hair growth slowed drastically during both pregnanices, and I have a boy and a girl.

shoebox4

L&K508:

I barely needed to shave and had a boy.

 

This

Mrs.Ess

Lyea1986:

I barely shaved at all while pregnant, and I had a girl. Then again, I didn't shave because I got tired of struggling to reach my whole leg. I didn't notice that the hair was growing any faster than normal though.

 

This.  I had a girl and actually felt like the hair grew slower, but again I couldn't really reach it or see it very well

Wufroggy79

Shaving was the same. Had a girl.

munsterdani

I felt like my leg hair almost stopped growing while I was pregnant...I had a boy.

NothingLikeBarbie

I was a HAIRY BEAST when I was pregnant, and I had a boy. So it's wrong for me.

Lisa102304

pook:

I barely needed to shave at all and I had a girl, so not true for me.

Same here. I had very slow hair growth with BOTH my girls.

Telly21182

My legs rarely needed to be shaved, and I have super dark thick leg hair, though my underarms seemed thicker. I had a boy, and I believe that OWT

fluffybuns

I hardly had to shave, and it's been that way my whole life. I have two girls.