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September 2011 Moms
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Old Wives Tales....
We talked about Old Wives Tales earlier before the big reveals so for those of us who now know, which old wives tales held true for you? (Figured maybe some of you who haven't had your scans yet can start guessing if these prove true....)
GIRL/BOY
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140)
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese
5. Acne/Clear Skin
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness
7. Chinese Gender Chart Accuracy?
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Re: Old Wives Tales....
I am having a BOY
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140) (was high intially, the past two visits it has been 138)
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly (when I was sitting at the table on Easter, family said you couldn't even tell I was pregnant without seeing my belly, sure doesn't feel that way though)
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese (french fries, burgers and pizza)
5. Acne/Clear Skin
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness (nothing extreme though, no actual vomiting)
7. Boy on the Gender chart
So for me these all seem to hold true!
GIRL/BOY
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140)
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese
5. Acne/Clear Skin
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness
And, for good measure, the Chinese gender chart on thebump was right too!
My reveal isn't for 3 more weeks (boo!) but I'll still play along!
GIRL/BOY
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140) high, 160s
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly All Belly
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low Carrying Low
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese Cheese and salt
5. Acne/Clear Skin clear skin
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness some morning sickness in the very beginning, nothing unbearable
Most of my OWT point to boy and I only dream about boy babies. But DH, my mom and girlfriends all think I'm having a girl, I'm the only one who thinks it's a boy.
We're having a GIRL
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140) Higher than 140 bpm
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly: All belly thus far
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low: Low, I guess.
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese: SALT!!! Marinaria sauce and salt and vinegar chips
5. Acne/Clear Skin: acne, but I've always been prone... nothing worse than pre-preg
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness: barely any... 4 days of actual vomiting otherwise, just nauseous.
and PS the chinese gender chart was right for us tooBFP#1 07/01/2004 ~ EDD 03/10/2005 ~ D&C 8/1/2004 @ 5w5d
GIRL/BOY
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140)
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese
5. Acne/Clear Skin
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness
Thanks for posting this! I've been looking for a list of the common ones. According to this, I got 2 girls and 4 boys. We'll see next Wednesday! I can't wait!
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140). With ds, it was low. With this boy, it was high.
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly. All belly both times
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low. carrying high both times.
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese. with ds, sugar and fruit. with this boy, salt.
5. Acne/Clear Skin. with ds, clear skin, with this boy, acne
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness. with ds, no m/s. with this boy, m/s.
eta: also, chinese chart said girl both times. lol. i like to disprove OWTs I guess.GIRL/BOY
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140)
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese
5. Acne/Clear Skin
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness
I guess my experience is totally unhelpful. LOL
TTC since 10/07
11 medicated cycles
including...
4 IUIs*5 IVFs*1 FET
2 chemical pregnancies*missed m/c @8w 9/09*missed (twin) m/c @8w 5/10
Laparoscopic myomectomy 8/10
Chromosomal translocation of #2 now requires ICSI and PGD
IVF #4= success!!! G-man born 8/18/11
IVF #5 2/2013 = N born 10/10/13 at 35w3d
I am having a boy:
1. High Heart Rate (usually in the upper 150's)/Low Heart Rate (Below 140)
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese - both; no food adversions at all and increased appetitie
5. Acne/Clear Skin
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness
And chinese gender chart said boy.
I'm having a boy and my info is below:
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140)
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese
5. Acne/Clear Skin
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness
7. Chinese Gender Chart Accuracy? Said boy!
I was wondering when your big reveal was! Good luck!
Thanks for posting this I love these! We are Team Green, and according to these there doesn't seem to be one way or another that we are leaning! Darnit! <--- Insert other words! My curiosity has been getting the best of me lately!
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140) It seems to be getting slower though.
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese
5. Acne/Clear Skin
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness
7. Chinese Gender Chart Accuracy? I think it says Girl.
GIRL
1. High Heart Rate 158-171
2. Extra Weight Everywhere boobs and butt
3. Carrying High
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit Ice cream, ice cream and ice cream
5. Acne baby is seriously stealing my beauty
6. Morning Sickness more like constant nausea
7. Chinese Gender Chart Accuracy on the bump was correct for this one (and two of my other three children)
Most of the gender predictions quizes scored me at 94% girl based on OWT.
GIRL/BOY
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140) False
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly False
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low True
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese False
5. Acne/Clear Skin False
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness True
7. Chinese Gender Chart Accuracy? True
I'm having a girl and all of these pointed to boy...
GIRL/BOY
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140)- HR 133
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly- I think all belly ?
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low- carrying low
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese- craving salty foods more. I naturally have a sweet tooth
5. Acne/Clear Skin- Pretty much the same, relatively clear
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness- minimal morning sickness
7. Chinese Gender Chart Accuracy? Said it was a boy
GIRL/BOY
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140)
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese
5. Acne/Clear Skin
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness
I'm having a boy- and my OWT's were totally 50/50. The Gender tests I did on the Google were all Girl, but the one on TB was Boy.
And for what it's worth, I was the only one who thought it was a boy. Mother's intuition.
That's too funny. I've almost convinced myself that it will for sure be the opposite of what I think it is! I can't wait for your reveal now!
I'm having a girl
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140)HR at 10 weeks was 156, at 16 weeks was 140.
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly Weight is all in my belly, love handles, and boobs.
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low Carrying pretty low
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese I crave it all but right now nothing seems appetizing
5. Acne/Clear Skin It comes and goes, but before the baby I never had acne so I'd say I def have it now
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness No morning sickness at all
7. Chinese Gender Chart Accuracy? one was wrong, one was right
GIRL/BOY
I'm having a girl. These were the only OWTs that were right.
1. High Heart Rate
3. Carrying High
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit
7. Chinese Gender Chart Accuracy?
I'm having a little GIRL!
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140): Mostly higher heart rate readings.
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly: just in the belly so far.
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low: High.
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese: I want it all!
5. Acne/Clear Skin: Acne like you wouldn't believe.
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness: Not much MS
7. Chinese Gender Chart Accuracy? Spot on, picked a girl.
Fun! I will answer for my DS and for baby #2 {we are Team Green}
DS answers:
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140)
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese
5. Acne/Clear Skin
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness
Answers for Team Green baby #2
GIRL/BOY
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140)
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese
5. Acne/Clear Skin
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness
We shall see in September!! Baby #2 seems to be all over the place. LOL
I am having a Girl!
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140) - HR yesterday was 141, so barely made the cut off for this one
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly - I'm basically all belly so far. Which is fine by me! So False for this one.
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low - I'm not sure if I'm high or low to tell the truth.
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese - I've definately craved Salt, Meat, and Cheese, but for the daily snacking there has been a lot of sweet stuff lately. So I guess this one is true for me.
5. Acne/Clear Skin - Definately having Acne. True.
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness - Yes, I had morning sickness. True.
7. Chinese Gender Chart Accuracy? Depends on the chart. The bump chart said Boy. Another CGC that calculated my Chinese age at time of conception said Girl.
Boy here!
GIRL/BOY
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140)
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese
5. Acne/Clear Skin
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness
7. Chinese Gender Chart Accuracy? Boy!
We won't know until next Wednesday, but I'll play along!
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140) Been above 150 so far!
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese. I've been wanting OJ/milk/anything with cheese/and sweets lately!
5. Acne/Clear Skin. My face has been pretty clear, but I keep getting breakouts on my back and neck, ugh! I've never had it this bad!
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness. I had a lot of nausea, but no throwing up!
7. Chinese Gender Chart Accuracy? The Bump is saying GIRL, so we'll see! All the OWT's are pointing to girl, and DH and I have strong feelings that it's a girl... so we'll see if our intuition is right next week!!
I'm having a GIRL
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140) HIGH always (first was 180, since then 167-173)
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly All Belly... from the back I dont look preg at all
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low I think Low... but basically it's just all right out in front
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese sweets, but also crackers and cheese
5. Acne/Clear Skin Super Clear... thank you baby!!!
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness terrible Morning Sickness for the first 4 months... ew!
7. Chinese Gender Chart Accuracy? IT was accurate for me... it told me a girl.
I'm having a girl.
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140)
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly (I haven't gained too much, and I haven't really noticed much gain anywhere else, anyway, but it's tough to say)
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low (I think I'm carrying high, but that's tough for me to say too.)
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese
5. Acne/Clear Skin
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness
7. The Chinese chart was accurate for me.
GIRL/BOY
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140): High Heart Rate - over 170
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly - carrying all belly
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low - I think low - others think high?
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese - little of both!
5. Acne/Clear Skin- clear
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness- NONE thank God!
7. Chinese Gender Chart Accuracy? Was correct both times!
Its a BOY!
WE ARE HAVING A BOY!
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140) Heart rate has been relatively high! My OB guessed a girl too when the HR was 160 last week!
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly So far I am all belly. I have not gained much weight.
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low Well, I am not sure...I have a short torso, so it seems I am carrying right in the middle to me. Others have said both (high and low...)
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese In the begining I really wanted fruit. But I typically crave salty foods!
5. Acne/Clear Skin My skin is very clear!
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness No MS!
7. Chinese Gender Chart Accuracy? Chinese chart was right for me!
I guess most of the tales were true for me. I havent been wanting much red meat and was told that means your having a girl...
We're having a little girl.
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140) In the beginning it was always above 150, yesterday she was lower I dont remember exactly though.
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese
5. Acne/Clear Skin
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness
7. Chinese Gender Chart Accuracy? Correct
[How did I miss this post earlier? FUN!
We're having a GIRL
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140) High, but barely (right around 150)
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly all belly so far
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low carrying really low
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese sugar & fruit
5. Acne/Clear Skin not much on my face, but really bad on my chest/boobs
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness lots of nausea, never threw up
7. Chinese Gender Chart Accuracy? yup! Chinese gender was right
We are having a boy
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140) Heart rate is always above 150
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly All belly
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low I think carrying low?
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese Sometimes sugar, sometimes salt. I like sweet and salty though, so who knows!
5. Acne/Clear Skin Clear skin, finally!
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness Not really any morning sickness
7. Chinese Gender Chart Accuracy? It was so WRONG
I'm having a BOY
1. High Heart Rate (measured at 154 bpm)/Low Heart Rate (Below 140)
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese
5. Acne/Clear Skin
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness
7. Chinese Gender Chart Accuracy? Nope - it said I was having a girl.
We're having a boy.
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140) Wrong. At first u/s at 11 weeks it was near 185, today's (19weeks) was near 155.
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly Semi-right. When my bump first started it seemed to spread all around from hip to hip but as it has gotten bigger and rounder it is more all in front. Looking at pictures I appear to be all belly.
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low Right. My belly is low.
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese Wrong. I so want sugar and fruit all the time.
5. Acne/Clear Skin Semi-right. I've had a couple pimples here and there, and I always have at least one but it's not a major breakout, more like the PMS breakouts I would get.
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness Semi-right. I had minor m/s for about 4 weeks (weeks 9-13/14)
7. Chinese Gender Chart Accuracy? Both. The one on here was wrong. Other's I found were right (babycenter's was right).
I'm having a girl.
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140)
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese
5. Acne/Clear Skin
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness
7. Chinese Gender Chart Accuracy? Yup!
We are having a BOY!!
BOY/GIRL
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140) - HR is always at 160
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly - havent gained weight really anywhere but the belly.
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low - I guess?
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese - I truly craved everything, but I'll go with craving the protein, etc because at the start I did crave that more, but I think that's just because it was easing my morning sickness.
5. Acne/Clear Skin - nothing out of the ordinary.
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness - VIOLENT morning sickness for 10 weeks...or the horror....
7. Chinese Gender Chart Accuracy? It was correct for us!
Although I should mention that some of the OWTs not listed here like colour of pee, etc all pointed towards girl. I thought I was having a girl based on the OWTs. They were fun, but didnt work lol
BOY!!
1. High Heart Rate/Low Heart Rate (Below 140) - I wouldn't really say high or low .. he has been right at about 150 or a little less the entire time.
2. Extra Weight Everywhere/Carrying All Belly - and it is a big one .. or i feel that way ..
3. Carrying High/Carrying Low - so low I have to pee constantly still!
4. Craving Sugar & Fruit/ Craving Salt, Protein, Cheese
5. Acne/Clear Skin
6. Morning Sickness/No Morning Sickness
7. Chinese Gender Chart Accuracy? Was accurate! Said boy!!
All the OWT's prove very true for me and your little man!