HEARTBEAT 174

Momofboys · November 2016

I had a ultrasounds at 10 weeks the baby's heartbeat was 174. So im wondering how true is it that if you are having a girl heartbeat will be higher than a boys? I know it is a myth but just for fun!!

Assiram42 · November 2016

HB 178, baby is a BOY.

Elyse1384 · November 2016

50%

Momofboys · November 2016

Assiram42 said:

HB 178, baby is a BOY.

oh shucks!!! I have 3 boys hoping for a girl but as longest baby is healthy it will be ok in the end.

neludelu · November 2016

It's a 100% right 50% of the time.

wifeinraleigh28 · November 2016

Your baby's heart rate is no indication of the sex.

JAGinMI · November 2016

neludelu said:

It's a 100% right 50% of the time.

LOL!!

bornmommy · November 2016

neludelu said:

It's a 100% right 50% of the time.

DEAD.

I will say that my experience in L&D has shown me that higher rates tend to be girls but that's during delivery and not scientific fact at all.

JessyKV · November 2016

I know it's an old wives tale but I have one girl and one boy already and it was correct for me.

Wino0920 · November 2016

I have two boys that had high heartbeats.

BelhurstBride · November 2016

One of my girls consistently had a high HB, the other was consistently low.

owensmom0807 · December 2016

1st baby was 172 @10 weeks and he was a boy.
This baby was 178 @8 weeks. We should find out within the next two weeks.

MotherofDragons · December 2016

My son was in the 160s and this little girl has been in the 160s.

WorkingOnMyNightCheese · December 2016

I'm having a girl and hb has been in the 160s the whole time.

Mashunya425 · December 2016

This might be the engineer in me...but how does it make any logical sense that a heart between a girl and a boy would beat differently? Especially when they are the same size and in the same condition (adults in better physical condition have lower heart rates). It's fine when this is all for fun like the Chinese gender predictions, etc...but it is concerning when people start actually believing in these tales.

delujm0 · December 2016

Mashunya425 said:

This might be the engineer in me...but how does it make any logical sense that a heart between a girl and a boy would beat differently? Especially when they are the same size and in the same condition (adults in better physical condition have lower heart rates). It's fine when this is all for fun like the Chinese gender predictions, etc...but it is concerning when people start actually believing in these tales.

Yeah this one is especially silly in my opinion...I mean heart rate differs even for the same fetus based on whether it is being active or sleeping, just like it would for an adult human. So if your scan occurs while the baby happens to be asleep you're more likely to get a lower number. If your scan happens after you've just drank a large glass of sugary juice, it's more likely to be high.

FWIW, DD's heart rate was high at my 8 week scan, as was this baby's, and it is also a girl. But my SIL has two boys who also had high heart rates. Every old wives tale has the exact same level of precision: 50%. Just like a wild guess.

MrsW524 · December 2016

I'm assuming it comes from women having a slightly faster resting heart rate than men. Women typically have smaller hearts that beat a hair faster on average than men. I still think it's silly to try to apply it to a fetus that's still developing, especially when other factors (like resting or not) are at play, but I'm thinking that might at least be where it came from.

Momofboys · December 2016

owensmom0807 said:

1st baby was 172 @10 weeks and he was a boy.
This baby was 178 @8 weeks. We should find out within the next two weeks.

Please post here once you find out

doodleoodle · December 2016

Mashunya425 said:

This might be the engineer in me...but how does it make any logical sense that a heart between a girl and a boy would beat differently? Especially when they are the same size and in the same condition (adults in better physical condition have lower heart rates). It's fine when this is all for fun like the Chinese gender predictions, etc...but it is concerning when people start actually believing in these tales.

I don't believe in this old wives tale, but I believe it stems from female babies being smaller on average and so, their heart rates are faster.

WorkingOnMyNightCheese · December 2016

delujm0 said:

Mashunya425 said:

This might be the engineer in me...but how does it make any logical sense that a heart between a girl and a boy would beat differently? Especially when they are the same size and in the same condition (adults in better physical condition have lower heart rates). It's fine when this is all for fun like the Chinese gender predictions, etc...but it is concerning when people start actually believing in these tales.

Yeah this one is especially silly in my opinion...I mean heart rate differs even for the same fetus based on whether it is being active or sleeping, just like it would for an adult human. So if your scan occurs while the baby happens to be asleep you're more likely to get a lower number. If your scan happens after you've just drank a large glass of sugary juice, it's more likely to be high.

FWIW, DD's heart rate was high at my 8 week scan, as was this baby's, and it is also a girl. But my SIL has two boys who also had high heart rates. Every old wives tale has the exact same level of precision: 50%. Just like a wild guess.

Uh...andplusalso the Chinese gender chart said boy for me. Again, they're 100% accurate 50% of the time.

delujm0 · December 2016

@workingonmynightcheese OOH I haven't checked the Chinese gender chart this time yet! But it absolutely said Boy last time and was not correct. :-)

EDIT 3 minutes later: yeah that was wrong for me again this time too.

Elyse1384 · December 2016

The Chinese Gender chart cracks me up as an IVFer. According to that chart, all my embryos should be the same sex since it is based on conception. I mean... technically all my embryos were conceived at the same time. Just not transferred at the same time. Well I've had a boy and a girl from one batch (this LO is from that IVF batch too).

Momofboys · December 2016

WorkingOnMyNightCheese said:

delujm0 said:

Mashunya425 said:

This might be the engineer in me...but how does it make any logical sense that a heart between a girl and a boy would beat differently? Especially when they are the same size and in the same condition (adults in better physical condition have lower heart rates). It's fine when this is all for fun like the Chinese gender predictions, etc...but it is concerning when people start actually believing in these tales.

Yeah this one is especially silly in my opinion...I mean heart rate differs even for the same fetus based on whether it is being active or sleeping, just like it would for an adult human. So if your scan occurs while the baby happens to be asleep you're more likely to get a lower number. If your scan happens after you've just drank a large glass of sugary juice, it's more likely to be high.

FWIW, DD's heart rate was high at my 8 week scan, as was this baby's, and it is also a girl. But my SIL has two boys who also had high heart rates. Every old wives tale has the exact same level of precision: 50%. Just like a wild guess.

Uh...andplusalso the Chinese gender chart said boy for me. Again, they're 100% accurate 50% of the time.

Im very sure that all this myth's are not 100% accurate that is why i said for FUN!!!

Elyse1384 · December 2016

Momofboys said:

WorkingOnMyNightCheese said:

Uh...andplusalso the Chinese gender chart said boy for me. Again, they're 100% accurate 50% of the time.

Im very sure that all this myth's are not 100% accurate that is why i said for FUN!!!

@Momofboys More precisely, all myths pertaining to sex of the baby are no more than 50% accurate. I believe the reason you're getting these responses is based on phrasing of the question; "So im wondering how true is it that if you are having a girl heartbeat will be higher than a boys?". Even if you conclude with "just for fun", you're still asking "how true is it?". That is what many here are responding to. I'm guessing you might have seen different responses had you worded it a bit differently. Perhaps "There is an old wives tale about girls having faster heart rates than boys. I know that can't predict the baby's sex, but I'm curious to see what others have experienced. What was the heart rate of your LO and the corresponding sex?". Just a thought FWIW.

WorkingOnMyNightCheese · December 2016

Momofboys said:

WorkingOnMyNightCheese said:

delujm0 said:

Mashunya425 said:

Uh...andplusalso the Chinese gender chart said boy for me. Again, they're 100% accurate 50% of the time.

Im very sure that all this myth's are not 100% accurate that is why i said for FUN!!!

**snipped**

I, too, am having fun. Just using sarcasm and kidding around. I didn't mean any offense!

MotherofDragons · December 2016

Chinese calendar was 100% correct for 50% of my pregnancies.

So, @neludelu is correct here.

wifeinraleigh28 · December 2016

Elyse1384 said:

The Chinese Gender chart cracks me up as an IVFer. According to that chart, all my embryos should be the same sex since it is based on conception. I mean... technically all my embryos were conceived at the same time. Just not transferred at the same time. Well I've had a boy and a girl from one batch (this LO is from that IVF batch too).

You stole the thoughts out of my head! The Chinese gender chart thinks all my embryos are boys

Actually, we ended up with 4 boys and 3 girls

neludelu · December 2016

MotherofDragons said:

Chinese calendar was 100% correct for 50% of my pregnancies.

So, @neludelu is correct here.

Those words are my fave to hear. I wish my husband said them more!

lovesclimbing · December 2016

For what it's worth, my midwife said if it's a boy, the heartbeat tends to slow down slightly toward the end of pregnancy.

acrose0226 · December 2016

I don't think the size of the baby determines whether it's a boy/girl and therefore if it has a higher heart rate....I was a 9 1/2 lb. baby. My brother was 8 lbs. So bigger baby does not always mean it'll be a boy.

bornmommy · December 2016

lovesclimbing said:

For what it's worth, my midwife said if it's a boy, the heartbeat tends to slow down slightly toward the end of pregnancy.

Makes sense in my experience. But there is still that phrase "tends to" obviously implying that determining sex via HR isn't accurate.

lovesclimbing · December 2016

Turbotastic said:

lovesclimbing said:

For what it's worth, my midwife said if it's a boy, the heartbeat tends to slow down slightly toward the end of pregnancy.

Makes sense in my experience. But there is still that phrase "tends to" obviously implying that determining sex via HR isn't accurate.

Exactly.

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