Gender Wives tales.

Old wives tales about pregnancy that have been past down from generation to generation. Some are down right hilarious, some seem possible and others are down right hazardous. How fast the babies heart beat is, Chinese prediction charts how low you are carrying and even using Drano (yeah that stuff that clears your drain of gunk) are just some of the many wives tales. All trying to achieve one common goal gender prediction. So what are these wives tales and do I believe them? I bet I can bust most of these myths.


#1 The Tell Tale Carry
Take a look in the mirror. Does your belly hang low or does it seem to meet your boobs. Carrying low is a tell tale sign that you are having a boy and carrying high is a sign that you are carrying a girl. I have a lot of stretch marks that could almost prove this to be true. All of them point that I carried my two boys low. However there have been many women who have carried low and gave birth to a bouncing baby boy. So because of those facts and if I would have to call fact or fiction I would have to go with fiction. BUSTED!!

#2 The Tell Tale Shape
This also requires a look in the mirror. This is more focused on the shape. Do you feel it looks like a watermelon=girl or a basketball=boy. This makes me laugh. When I was pregnant with a dear friend I believed she looked like she was carrying a watermelon and I looked like I was carrying a basketball. Guess what we were both pregnant with boys. BUSTED!!!

#3 The Tell Tale Heart
The babies heart beat that this. This is one I once believed could be plausible when I was pregnant with my first. My Dr. swore but and down that my baby had a fast heart beat. He'd joke all the time that this meant that I was having a girl. But also told me it was a fun wives tale. In this tale if your babies heart beat is 140+ you'd could painting your nursery in pink. Below 140 you could get out the blue. From the beginning I felt that the Dr. was wrong. I just knew I was going to have a boy. Well who do you think was right? The heart beat or me? ME!!! BUSTED!!!

#4 The Tell Tale Lunar
Chinese Lunar Calender is something a lot of pregnant women strongly believe in. Taken by the mothers age at conception and the month conceived in. Try it out here.... http://www.babygenderprediction.com/chinese-gender-chart.html
according to that since I conceived in June at the age of 25 I will be having a boy. Look at it again. I conceived Trace (my first son) In March when I was 20 it says girl. Lol that should prove this thing wrong right there. There is no doubt that my 4yr old is a boy. My 2nd son it was actually right. I conceived him in Jan at 21. The odds are still 50/50 here. We could ague this all day but in my opinion this wives tale is BUSTED!!!!

#5 The Tell Tale Craving
Sweet= Girl Salty/sour= Boy
Let me begin with telling you about my friend Harmony. When she was pregnant with her first her and I were out every weekend for fried ice cream. Guess what her first wasn't a girl but a handsome little boy. I think that this myth is safe to say BUSTED!!!!

#6 The Tell Tale Break Out.
Breaking out, feelings like you don't look your best, blame it on that girl you are carrying. "Girls take away their mothers beauty" I felt that I looked fabulous with my boys. Really, I thought I looked amazing no break outs or anything. Now I feel like one big zit needed to be popped. And for the first time I am gaining weight everywhere. These are two of my biggest complaints about this pregnancy and pretty much the biggest thing different then the other two. I am not sure if I could yet prove this theory wrong yet. But we shall see in just a few short weeks. But most myths are just that a myth.

#7 The Tell Tale Barf
Did you get green in the face in the first tri. Perhaps you are still fighting the sickness in this tri. . If so according to wives tales you are having a girl. If you are feeling fine chances are you are having a boy. I know many women who have felt wonderful when being pregnant with their sons. I on the other hand was not. I was so deathly sick with Trace I dropped 30lbs in the first tri. The after birth results where awesome but I would not recommend this being a fun way to loose weight. I am not alone on this. A friend of mine has had two little girls right in a roll then a boy (her last). She says with each of her pregnancies her morning sickness has gotten worse. With her boy she would throw up blood and have to get shots to help her with her nausea. Now that doesn't mean she wasn't sick with her girls she just wasn't as bad. So between her and I its safe to say this myth is BUSTED!!!

#8 The Tell Tale Drano
I don't know who in their right mind came up with this one. However I am a little curious about this one. This is the first time I have ever heard about this tale. (I am not endorsing this. If you are wanting to try it your on your own or does the manufactures). According to myth you add your urine to Drano. Then you watch it as it changes colors. I have heard that it will change many different colors but 3 colors seem to be the most constant. If you are going to have a girl the color of this homemade mix will turn green and for a boy it will change to a brown or a yellow. Many review on this subject have women swearing up and down. Some claimed this is how they used to predict gender before ultrasounds could. I have yet to see any actually studies on the topic. Thank goodness for technology right? Although I am not sure I believe this I am not willing to try it to find out.

#9 The Tell Tale Feet
Cold feet...no I am not talking about getting scared and running off. You really can't do that when you are pregnant. Your in it for the whole 9m. I am talking about temperature of your feet. If they are colder now then before you where prego or are the same. I would say my feet aren't any colder than they used to be. According to that myth that means girl. Do I believe in it No! But I can't prove other wise either since I did not pay attention to the temperature of my feet during my last pregnancies.

#10 The Tell Tale Melons
The best part about being prego for me this pregnancy is having boobs back. After having two nursing kids I have felt like an operation may be needed to restore them to their formal glory. This particular tale believes if you had dramatic changes in your breast expect a baby girl. Little to no changes expect a boy. I guess we will see in 4 1/2 wks. Still unsure I believe it.

#11 The Tell Tale Intuition
Mothers intuitions, the last of the wives tales I will go over. It happens to be the only tale I can say 100% without a doubt I believe in. Others may argue it but for me, I have always been right. I have felt both of my kids where going to be boys. I feel blessed that they are and blessed that they are such great friends. The ultrasound will prove me right or wrong in 41/2 wks. although I am confident in my intuition.

So there you have it just for fun gender prediction wives tales. Another way to play around with these is to take a gender prediction test online. I have several times all predicting a girl. Also try the Chinese lunar calender I mentioned before. Like I said with that one it says I am having a boy. They are a lot of fun but please remember they are meant just for that entertainment. Along with all the wives tales I mentioned above. I believe most tales are strictly that tales but still fun to read.