Placenta// Gender predictions??

kamroberts · February 2016

Hello fellow October Mommies!

I recently found this link on Pinterest:
https://pregnancy.about.com/od/genderpredictions1/ss/Ramzis-Method-To-Determine-Fetal-Gender.htm

It claims that if you ask "Where is my placenta?" you can find out the sex of your baby. Apparently if your placenta is on the left you're having a girl, and if it's on the right you're having a boy.

Does anyone believe this?

PeggyOlsonFTW · February 2016

No.

von1976 · February 2016

I believe it about as much as I believe in the blood type diet! Which is to say, no.

PrimRoseMama · February 2016

No.

krzyriver · February 2016

I know you're trying to have a little fun, but posts like this don't really go over very well on The Bump.

SuperNerd42 · February 2016

I heard that it has a 50% chance of being right!

kamroberts · February 2016

@krzyriver I don't understand? What is wrong with this post? I saw something on Pinterest, and I wanted some additional opinions.

kes0028 · February 2016

Thanks for posting this! I have heard something similar about the placenta; how can you tell by ultrasound if it's on the right or left? I guess I should have been paying more attention, haha. By the way, my OBGYN admitted to me on Friday that out of all the wives tales, theories, etc, he puts SOME credence into the heart rate theory (girls are faster, boys are slow)...I thought that was cool, but I can't get him to acknowledge any other wives tales. I'll have to ask him about the placenta thing next time

_darth · February 2016

Absolutely, girl! And any even posterior placement guarantees a healthy litter of kittens.

Aren't kitten just the cutest?

krzyriver · February 2016

@kamroberts I think the snark speaks for itself. Lol. But honestly, this is a method that has mostly been disproven. The only way to know the sex (not gender) is to look between the legs or a DNA test. So threads like this are typically met with lots of snark. No harm done if you wish to have fun on your own, just letting you know the kind of response you're likely to get based on the experience that I've had.