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Old wives tale: fetal heart rate gender prediction

meg95995meg95995 member
in June 2018 Moms
My former OB told us we could predict if baby was girl or boy by the fetal heart rate. Anyone have accurate (or inaccurate) results from this? So far, I’m 3 for 4 with fetal heart rates accurately predicting girls.
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  • HandreeHandree member
    My OB told me of this old wives tale as well. She was correct! Low heart rate and it was a boy. 
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  • lrichhx05lrichhx05 member
    My last pregnancy the heart rate was always high and it was a girl so it was true that time
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  • lisa2589lisa2589 member
    Nope. My first pregnancy was always 130s-140s and I definitely have a daughter. 


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  • doxiemoxie212doxiemoxie212 member
    Baby's heart rate fluctuates wildly throughout pregnancy, but also time of day, so I have no idea how you'd know which one of those variations is the one you're supposed to go with. 
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  • PatientlyWaiting10PatientlyWaiting10 member
    DD was in the 170s usually and DS was in the 140s-150s.  This one started higher and at my appt on Tuesday is was 156!  We shall see in about a month!  
    BFP #1 October 2008 | m/c Thanksgiving weekend | November 2008 | 7 weeks 2 days
    BFP #2 February 2009 | m/c March 2009 | 4 weeks 3 days
    Testing on mom and dad for possible reasons all came back normal.
    BFP #3 8/4/2009 | DD born 3/28/10 @ 38 weeks
    BFP #4 5/13/11 | m/c 6/15/11 | 8 weeks 6 days
    BFP #5 2/13/13 | CP 2/19/13 | 4 weeks 
    BFP #6 3/21/14 | Heard the HB on 4/16 | m/c 4/21/14 | 9 weeks
    Testing results all returned normal and baby was a GIRL.
    More testing on mom and dad for other issues all returned normal results.
    BFP #7 10/15 | DS born 6/4/16 @ 36 weeks 
    BFP #8 9/28/17 AHHH!!!  |  EDD 6/6/18

    "Dear Lord, I would have loved to have held my babies on my lap & tell them about you, but since I didn't get the chance, would you please hold them on your lap & tell them about me?"
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  • catlady1215catlady1215 member
    Wrong for DS and this little boy. 
    me:35 DH:34
    DS: born oct 2012
    TFAS: BFP #1 aug16. miscarriage sept16
              BFP #2 nov16 MMC dec16. d&c jan17
              BFP #3 sept17  EDD 5/31/18
    fingers crossed for our rainbow baby
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  • marcus7676marcus7676 member
    It was wrong for DS.
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  • jsl82jsl82 member
    Wrong for both mine.  DD heartrate was in the 130s and this one was 170s.  We were told boy for this one (which I guess could be shown to be incorrect next month during the anatomy scan- but I always thought boy for this one.
    me 35/ DH 39
    married 8/22/2015
    BFP#1- 4/2014 edd 1/1/15 mmc/d&c 6/2014
    BFP#2- 10/2015 edd- 6/29/2016 mmc/ d&c 12/2015
    BFP#3- 4/30/2016 DD1 12/27/16
    BFP#4- 9/26 edd 6/5/18

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  • Austenista Austenista member
    My parents thought I was a boy because I had a slower heart rate, but turns out I actually had the cord wrapped around my neck...so there's that. 
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  • beedawnbeedawn member
    Nope. DS #1 always had a high heart rate and DS #2 seems to be the same. 
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  • profmcgonagallprofmcgonagall member
    It was correct with my DD. HR today was 170 so we will see if it turns out to be another girl or not 
    Me: 27 DH: 27
    Married 6/15/13
    BFP #1 5/8/16, EDD 12/31/16- DD born 9/10/16 at 24 weeks 
    ~In our hearts forever~
    BFP #2 10/14/17, EDD 7/1/18


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  • sabby2sabby2 member
    Wrong for my dd. She was always in the 140s or 130s
    We are so excited to grow our family!
    DD #1 Born 10/3/2014

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  • NamelessAriaNamelessAria member
    My son always had a high heart rate. Even further along in the pregnancy when the heart rate should be a bit lower it was still typically 150+. So by the heart rate theory he should have been a girl I suppose. He is definitely a biological male though.

    I'll just leave this here:
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16354993?dopt=Abstract
    Me: 28 Husband: 31
    TTC#1: January 2015- September 2016
    Infertility, Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
    Rainbow baby born June 6, 2017  ❤️

    Baby #2 due June 12, 2018
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  • pewpewpewmepewpewpewme member
    I know it is an old wive's tale--but I think some of them are entertaining while you're waiting to find out (if you take them as fun and not scientific fact). Anyone else have family members who would do the 'show me your hands' trick or the needle and thread over your belly? There's so many.

    It made us all laugh because my Mom-Mom had 9 children---and accurately predicted the gender of every pregnant woman in our family. She was never wrong. No card tricks--no claims of supernatural powers. She was just a sassy old lady who told you what you were carrying. She would have been 99 this year and I am sure she would have guessed mine. She may have been a great guesser--but I think giving birth so many times helped her lol. . 
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  • meg95995meg95995 member
    Oh my gosh! I had no idea that science was REAL!?!? 
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  • NamelessAriaNamelessAria member
    edited December 2017
    @missylaneous419 That's crazy! My mom has a track record of being wrong 6 out of 6 times. There is a running joke in the family now that if mom guesses the sex of baby you know what it is because it's the one she didn't guess. She thinks I'm having a girl so probably a boy. Who knows though. Maybe this will be the first time ever that she is right.
    Me: 28 Husband: 31
    TTC#1: January 2015- September 2016
    Infertility, Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
    Rainbow baby born June 6, 2017  ❤️

    Baby #2 due June 12, 2018
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  • lrichhx05lrichhx05 member
    Just want to add I don't think anyone is saying that using the fetal heart rate is a "scientific" way to predict the sex of the baby. Just a popular old wives tale that doesn't have to be taken too seriously  :)
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  • pewpewpewmepewpewpewme member
    @NamelessAria that is great :-) Congrats on your boy! lol 
    I have to ask my Aunt---I know she made over 30 predictions. After my cousin's ultrasound with her first, she announced she was having a girl. My Mom-Mom told her she was having a boy. She tried to politely argue that she had faith in the ultrasound. She gave birth to her first boy that December. Too funny. 
    I wish that gift were passed on to me. Actually, I'd rather predict lottery numbers than baby gender.
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  • MissKittyDangerMissKittyDanger member
    My husband doesn't believe in old wives tales {boo-urns!} but the fetal heartrate has been in the 150s since week 7! So we'll see :) {3 weeks until we find out!! dyingggg}
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