Just for fun... old wives tales?

weddingbells2010 · May 2011

I don't hold any real stock in them of course, but I find old wives tales cute and fun. These are the ones I know:

- I've read that if you're craving sweets its a girl, salty food is a boy.

- Supposedly if you carry low it's boy, higher up is a girl.

- I put my wedding ring on a string and had my DH hold it over my belly. Different websites say different things, but the one I read said back and forth or side to side is a girl, slow circles is a boy.

- Women who eat a lot more during pregnancy are carrying boys, and women who have a lot of nausea or food aversions are carrying girls.

- "Girls steal their mother's beauty"- if your hair, nails and skin look like CRAP now (lol), you're team pink!

So according to these tales, our running score is B=2, G=3 (and the chinese gender chart says girl too).

What old wives tales do you know?

Miss Shasta · May 2011

I crave salty food.

I think we are all carrying low for now..

My boss did the string thing the other day and it went back & forth, but she said that meant boy?

I have had the WORST nausea of my whole life!

My hair & nails are awesome, skin is pretty bad..

The Chinese gender chart says boy.

Another OWT tale is about the heart rate. High for girl, low for boy. Mine had been pretty low (130-140ish)

Boy-4 Girl-1

We will find out May 18th how true these are!

wendyll64 · May 2011

- Craving sweets

- Still carrying low

- slow cirles

- nausea/food aversions

- I'm ugly as h3ll- I shouldn't be allowed in public.

Team pink +3, Team Blue +1.

The Chinese gender predictions say girl... I have to wait until the end of May to see what Science says.

dadonet · May 2011

I crave sweets and spicy. I told everyone I knew it was a girl because of sugar spice and everything nice....I was right lol

Jovan3 · May 2011

I crave salty.

I carry high.

I'm not too nauseas but also not hungry.

I think I look the same.

Chinese chart said boy.

& Its a boy!

BulldogMomma · May 2011

I normally don't have a sweet tooth but I have lately. I'm carrying low Wedding ring trick says boy I can't stop eating My nails look great boy 4 girl 1. U/s has already showed boy

CLML · May 2011

-I'm craving salt

-Carrying high (like with my daughter)

-Wedding ring was back and forth

-I've been eating like I have a hollow leg. Don't remember being this hungry with my daughter, but I could be wrong.

-My hair looks ok, skin is on and off ok (but mostly ok), nails suck

TB chinese gender chart says boy, but I've done another that says girl. I think my score is pretty even. I'm not really feeling any intuition either way. We don't find out till June 7th.

babymamaT77 · May 2011

I crave salty and sweet...

I am carrying low.

Ring trick went back and forth once and in circles another time...

Was nauseous but not horribly bad.

Hair and nails are doing pretty good, face is pretty clear.

The bump gender chart says girl but another place said boy.

Heart rate has been 150's and higher.

Sooo, pretty much half and half? I have had a gut feeling for a while that it is a girl and even had a really vivid dream last night of a little blonde haired green eyed girl, so we shall see!