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"You can tell you're having a girl because. . ."

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". . . you're so feisty this time!"  Ha!  So says a coworker yesterday. I think it was just her way of calling me b!tchy, but whatever  Stick out tongue 

Chalk it up to carrying a girl - chalk it up to being another year older and more tired and the mother of a 10 month old!

I'm also carrying much lower, and am having more traditional junk-food-type cravings than I did when pg with DS (cake, muffins, etc. - yum!)  *I* say it's because every pregnancy is different, but others swear it's because I'm carrying a girl this time.  

Do you "buy" that type of thing?  What differences did you notice in your pregnancies that you're attributing to the sex of the baby? 

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  • mrsolsenk12mrsolsenk12
    I think all of that is just a bunch of bull IMO. My MIL swore she knew that Hayden was a boy because I was carrying low and "everyone who has a boy carries low". THis is obviously not true since you are carrying low with a girl. Every pregnancy is different no matter what you are having.
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    Both my cousin and myself were pregnant at the same time and my family predicted correctly that she would have a girl and me a boy... Reason, she gained all over, I just gained in the belly. So I kind of believe it. Of course, I never carried a girl to see if it would be different either.
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  • sourpopsourpop

    I kind of believe in certain signs. All signs pointed to girl for me, even my dreams. Also, I was closely monitored by NST scans twice a week for the last handful of weeks - and the nurses said that girls tend to have higher heart rates than boys from what they see.

     

    ETA - the Chinese gender predictor said boy though, lol

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  • DochasDochas member
    I remember someone saying the knew I was having a boy because my face didn't change.  And someone else saying they knew I was having a boy because my face changed a lot. Confused
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  • mrsolsenk12mrsolsenk12
    imagesourpop:

    I kind of believe in certain signs. All signs pointed to girl for me, even my dreams. Also, I was closely monitored by NST scans twice a week for the last handful of weeks - and the nurses said that girls tend to have higher heart rates than boys from what they see.

     

    ETA - the Chinese gender predictor said boy though, lol

    I always heard this heartbeat thing too. However my son was always in the 150's-170's so that kind of blew that out of the window for me. Chineese gender predictor also said a girl...another wrong one.

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  • kme930kme930 member

    imagemrsolsenk12:
    I think all of that is just a bunch of bull IMO. My MIL swore she knew that Hayden was a boy because I was carrying low and "everyone who has a boy carries low". THis is obviously not true since you are carrying low with a girl. Every pregnancy is different no matter what you are having.

    Ha! My belly was immediately below my chest (SUPER high) my entire pregnancy. DS didn't drop at all until about 2 minutes before I had him. ;)

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  • GuitaristsGirlGuitaristsGirl
    imagesourpop:

    and the nurses said that girls tend to have higher heart rates than boys from what they see.

    DS's heartrate was always 160-ish, and DD's this time is 130ish, so not true for us!   

     

    imageDochas:I remember someone saying the knew I was having a boy because my face didn't change.  And someone else saying they knew I was having a boy because my face changed a lot. Confused

    Oh, yeah, and I forgot -- ppl say my face is fatter this time (I mean, ahem, "filling out") because it's a girl!

     

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  • LisaMarisaLisaMarisa
    Random people come up to me in stores and say that I must be having a boy but 2 ultrasounds have said girl.  I guess we'll see whenever she decides to show up but honestly, I think you carry the way you carry and it doesnt matter if it's a boy or girl - it is the same uterus.
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  • LIAngelLIAngel member

    The only differences I've noticed is having "all day" sickness and headaches well into my 2nd trimester.   Also more tired this time (but I have a toddler now to chase around, so I'd probably be tired regardless).  

    I don't remember any differences in cravings this time.   I feel like I'm carrying the same too.    

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