Have you heard of the baking soda test?

KikiCohen

A friend just told me that there's an old wives tale that if you put 1 tbsp of baking soda in a cup, pee in another cup, then pour the pee over the baking soda, it'll let you know what you're having.  If it fizzes like a soda, you're having a boy.  If it doesn't do anything, you're having a girl.  It worked all three times for her.  I just tried it and it didn't do anything, so that predicts a girl for me.  I guess we'll see in a few weeks!

tay118

hm interesting, I will have to give it a try! At least its free! haha

beeunit

KikiCohen:

A friend just told me that there's an old wives tale that if you put 1 tbsp of baking soda in a cup, pee in another cup, then pour the pee over the baking soda, it'll let you know what you're having.  If it fizzes like a soda, you're having a boy.  If it doesn't do anything, you're having a girl.  It worked all three times for her.  I just tried it and it didn't do anything, so that predicts a girl for me.  I guess we'll see in a few weeks!

I've never heard that, but you have to remind us of this post so we can see if it was accurate!

ClarissaExplainsItAll

I am so trying this next time I have to pee! HA!

jquirke9881

I have no idea what it would do for twins... maybe I will have to pee on some later!

MrsLele

I did it and it was hard to tell what it was doing. It fizzed for like a second when I poured the pee in, which is normal because of the force of the liquid you would think. But then it stopped pretty quickly.

OP, did yours fizz at ALL? Also, I thought I read somewhere that you were supposed to do this after 10 weeks, and I think I did it around 7 weeks...

KikiCohen

MrsLele:

I did it and it was hard to tell what it was doing. It fizzed for like a second when I poured the pee in, which is normal because of the force of the liquid you would think. But then it stopped pretty quickly.

OP, did yours fizz at ALL? Also, I thought I read somewhere that you were supposed to do this after 10 weeks, and I think I did it around 7 weeks...

I got like a dozen or so bubbles, but they were what I would expect from the force of the liquid.  I'm guessing the "fizz" would be more like if you mixed vinegar and baking soda. 

I'm very interested to see if this test is at all accurate.  Even if not, it was free and something to try lol

rocky_star

Oooh sounds fun! I love these old wives tale gender predictors... we should test out a bunch and keep track to see who's came true.

cassoppea

I think testing out the OWTs is a fun idea! I didn't do any last time but I kept thinking I should have. I might try this baking soda one.

jquirke9881

For those of you on the facebook page, you should create a doc and list what the baking soda test results are and then you can easily compare how many were right/wrong after our big u/s's or births.  That is what we do for another group I am part of.

rocky_star

Or do it on the blog.

JordanL1221

Mine did nothing. So should I go out and buy all the cute pink and zebra outfits?

KikiCohen

JordanL1221:

Mine did nothing. So should I go out and buy all the cute pink and zebra outfits?

Only at your own risk

ndolehan

This does sound fun! Maybe I'll try, too!

Dimples0101

I'm definitely going to try this! 

operilman

I have another one to try.  Have someone else take a knife and a spoon, and wrap each one separately in a linen napkin (so you can't tell what it is).  Put each one on a separate chair, and have the pregnant woman choose one chair to sit in.  If they pick the spoon, it's a girl.  Knife, boy.  We've tried it once and it was accurate!  

LLK122207

I heard the opposite! Haha! It's fizzes for a girl and doesn't for a boy. My friend who just had a baby tried this and it did nothing and it was a boy!