Heartbeat, Boy or Girl?

MariSlater · June 2015

So, we heard the heartbeat today and it was around 150. Boy or girl? My friends mostly say boy and that is what I'm hoping for.

emzcat · June 2015

Old wives tale.

I think it states that slower heart rates are boys.

Laurakat81 · June 2015

Both my kids have had heartbeats in the 150s right around the 16-17 week mark. First was a girl. This one is a boy.

ashleywuli · June 2015

All of my boys were low 150s this baby at 15 weeks dropped to 150s also. But it's an old wives tale.

Ceridwen77 · June 2015

Flip a coin. You'll have the same chance of getting it right. Be patient and wait for your anatomy scan.

LSRoo · June 2015

Ceridwen77 · June 2015

Judge Judy, it's so nice to see you

MariSlater · June 2015

Lol I know. But it's always fun to guess.

queenwog · June 2015

Myyyyyyth. I don't waste my time on guessing games of strangers' babies' sex.

kristenm88 · June 2015

Both of my girls were in the high 160's. We found out at our anatomy scan today we are having a boy, his heart rate was 139. It was in the 150's the first time we heard it at 8 weeks. I get that it is fun to guess but, I agree with it being an old wives tale and to just wait until your anatomy scan. It's much more emotional when you find out.

ahowell88 · June 2015

Hahah @EllaStaxx my thoughts exactly!

LSRoo · June 2015

Ceridwen77 said:
Judge Judy, it's so nice to see you

She never gets old.

dogsombrero · June 2015

TACOS!

jscasher · June 2015

dogsombrero said:
TACOS!

Late to the party, but...

Pontot31 · June 2015

queenwog said:
Myyyyyyth. I don't waste my time on guessing games of strangers' babies' sex.

This. Not fun for me.

CEB37 · June 2015

People have REALLY low standards for entertainment these days.

khristenn · June 2015

Every single one of the wives tales said we were having a girl... Its a boy!

Ceridwen77 · June 2015

MariSlater said:
Lol I know. But it's always fun to guess.

Actually, we took a poll on whether or not it is fun to guess the sex of stranger's babies. Only 18 of 133 respondents said they find it fun. That's 13.5% of this community. https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12581733/important-gender-poll

In addition, I'll urge you to use the search feature in the future as you'll find many topics on this subject that have already been discussed.

https://forums.thebump.com/search?adv=1&search=Heartbeat+gender&title=&author=&cat=18492481&tags=&discussion_d=1&discussion_question=1&discussion_poll=1&comment_c=1&comment_answer=1&group_group=1&within=1+day&date=

shortiebs · June 2015

Oh geez, lighten up ladies. Im pretty sure she knows a guess isnt fact. We all learned probability in grade school. If you dont want to participate then dont click the post.

lynsew · June 2015

My baby girl was in the 160's at ten weeks.... 159 around 14 weeks

savm11 · June 2015

My little guy has been 150 to 152 the whole time and he is a confirmed boy

Ceridwen77 · June 2015

shortiebs said:
Oh geez, lighten up ladies. Im pretty sure she knows a guess isnt fact. We all learned probability in grade school. If you dont want to participate then dont click the post.

I also may have found this guessing game fun in grade school, but not now. Now I find things that are intellectually stimulating fun, along with working out, traveling to foreign countries, cooking, wine tasting, and photography. I don't think I need to lighten up because I don't want to play a guessing game about guessing a baby's sex, with absolutely no basis on which to place my guess.

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queenwog · June 2015

Lighten up? Do you approach pregnant strangers in the grocery store and say, "I bet you're having a.... Girl!" ? That's approximately what these posts ask us to do. Not fun for me. Not fun for the majority of us.

shortiebs · June 2015

Why would you comment if you didnt find it entertaining? The post title was clearly about guessing the sex based on heartbeat. If you think its senseless why even waste your time reading. Instead why not go to a more interesting topic? She didnt approach you in a store. She asked on a forum

Ijs..... Its unecessary negativity. If she wants to guess her baby's sex based on how gassy she is during pregnancy or any other random stuff. Let her be. Why rain on her parade?

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queenwog · June 2015

Because if you use the search function you'll see that we get piles of these posts based on old wives' tales every week and not one of them serves any real purpose. They just clog up the board.

jln114 · June 2015

@Ceridwen77 wrote,

Actually, we took a poll on whether or not it is fun to guess the sex of stranger's babies. Only 18 of 133 respondents said they find it fun. That's 13.5% of this community.

It's actually 13.5% of the people who took the poll, not a percentage of the Bump community as whole. So, more people who don't like guessing the sex took the poll.

As a first-time mom (one who has a PhD and has traveled worldwide, etc.), some of the old wives' tales can be entertaining.

I don't understand why community members would comment so negatively on innocuous posts. Isn't it easier to ignore the posts that are irrelevant to you, and comment on the ones you can productively (and, dare I say, positively) contribute to?

We're all in this together. Why not help everyone feel welcome?

Ceridwen77 · June 2015

jln114 said:
@Ceridwen77 wrote,
Actually, we took a poll on whether or not it is fun to guess the sex of stranger's babies. Only 18 of 133 respondents said they find it fun. That's 13.5% of this community.

It's actually 13.5% of the people who took the poll, not a percentage of the Bump community as whole. So, more people who don't like guessing the sex took the poll.

As a first-time mom (one who has a PhD and has traveled worldwide, etc.), some of the old wives' tales can be entertaining.

I don't understand why community members would comment so negatively on innocuous posts. Isn't it easier to ignore the posts that are irrelevant to you, and comment on the ones you can productively (and, dare I say, positively) contribute to?

We're all in this together. Why not help everyone feel welcome?

Where did I say the bump community as a whole? Please don't put words in my mouth. I'm glad to hear you enjoy these games. Now we have 19 respondents who enjoy it. Sorry to say, but you're still in the minority.

JStill0603 · June 2015

jln114 said:
@Ceridwen77 wrote,
Actually, we took a poll on whether or not it is fun to guess the sex of stranger's babies. Only 18 of 133 respondents said they find it fun. That's 13.5% of this community.

It's actually 13.5% of the people who took the poll, not a percentage of the Bump community as whole. So, more people who don't like guessing the sex took the poll.

As a first-time mom (one who has a PhD and has traveled worldwide, etc.), some of the old wives' tales can be entertaining.

I don't understand why community members would comment so negatively on innocuous posts. Isn't it easier to ignore the posts that are irrelevant to you, and comment on the ones you can productively (and, dare I say, positively) contribute to?

We're all in this together. Why not help everyone feel welcome?

Thank you. I agree with you. And I think this is a fun thread, until my poor eyes had to read the negative comments. I am also a well educated, first time mom. I think if you're taking the time to comment negatively, you're just bumping the post back up to the top of the thread, then you must not dislike the post as much as you like "raining on another's parade." Whatever happened to if you can't say something nice, then don't say anything at all?

And that is as polite as I could possibly state my opinion.

shortiebs · June 2015

Sooooo jumping back in to the main topic. my LO heartbeat has been 137-143. I think that is teetering on the edge. I find out on june 15 so im excited to see. Im also excited to see who was the most "agressive" partner

VexyMommy · June 2015

jln114 said:

@Ceridwen77 wrote,
Actually, we took a poll on whether or not it is fun to guess the sex of stranger's babies. Only 18 of 133 respondents said they find it fun. That's 13.5% of this community.
It's actually 13.5% of the people who took the poll, not a percentage of the Bump community as whole. So, more people who don't like guessing the sex took the poll. As a first-time mom (one who has a PhD and has traveled worldwide, etc.), some of the old wives' tales can be entertaining. I don't understand why community members would comment so negatively on innocuous posts. Isn't it easier to ignore the posts that are irrelevant to you, and comment on the ones you can productively (and, dare I say, positively) contribute to? We're all in this together. Why not help everyone feel welcome?

It was much easier to ignore it until old wives tales, examine my child's genitals, why am I not showing yet, and look at my cute bump posts took up 75% or more of the 1st and 2nd pages of this board. Almost without exception these were posted by women who had not participated in the community by posting anything previously. I was live and let live until these kinds of posts began choking out discussions that were informative or people asking for support.

mamavbs · June 2015

@shortiebs when you say aggressive partner... Do you mean who is responsible for the sex of the baby? As it's always the male sperm that determines the sex of a child

shortiebs · June 2015

There is one about if the woman is more aggressive in bed its a boy and vice versa its a girl.... Something like that. I think that one is too funny. So i think it will be something fun to tease my husband about if im the more aggressive partner

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