Old Wives Tales and Pregnancy Symptoms

Fourth pregnancy - all different - 3 girls so far!

bambino4onway — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:09:58 GMT

Just wondered if anyone like me -

DD1 - feeling really sick during day from 6/7 weeks (sick few times), exhausted at first, certain foods made me nauseous tiny bump showing at 6months, craved sweets later in pregnancy, junk food at start, developed pre-eclampsia at 38 weeks

DD2 - felt really sick, not sick from 6/7 weeks. Certain foods made me nauseous. Exhausted at first Also felt like flu symptoms in evening. Craved junk early on, then bitter food (grapefruit) later. Bump showing about 5months, got big at end. Developed PUPPP from 34 weeks.

DD3 - felt sick at 4 weeks for one week, came back at 8 weeks for a week. Felt good in between. Tired last few weeks of first trimester. Certain foods made me nauseous - could only eat healthy food, carbs made me sicky. Showed about 5/6months. Smallest bump at end of pregnancy

number 4? - At ten weeks I have been really hungry, no food has made me sicky - eating everything. No sickness or feelings of. Bump starting to push out, can hide it though. Had heartburn at first, gone now. Also had smelly gas (sorry!) Not been tired in evening at all, but sruggle to get up in morning.

Anyone like to guess gender - and anyone else had different pregnancies but same gender??

Faster hair growth = boy???

mallety — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 14:37:10 GMT

Hi ladies, I've got a question for any of you that have been pregnant with both genders... Do u think the old wives tale of you experiencing increased hair growth means ur carrying a boy, and the same or decreased hair growth means ur carrying a girl?? A friend of mine had 2 boys & 2 very different pregnancies except for the fact she had increased hair growth in both... I had decreased hair growth in my first pregnancy & it was a girl, and I've got very different symptoms this time round apart from decreased hair growth again... Does that mean it's probably another girl, or is there no truth in it at all?? Anybody else's experience would be gratefully received, thanks :-) xx

boy or girl belly

tafoya80 — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:07:06 GMT

Any gender predictions ?

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Would someone look at my biorythm chart and tell me what it means?

Crystall0783 — Thu, 30 May 2013 20:22:48 GMT

http://www.cycletourist.com/biochart/biochart.php?name=&birthmonth=7&birthdate=6&birthyear=1983&chartmonth=3&chartyear=2013&lunar=1&tz=-4&chart=FromForm

Thanks so much!!

Baking Soda test anyone?????

cconrad002 — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:48:49 GMT

This Might sound crazy but it is said that if you pee on baking soda and it fizzes like beer your having a boy and if it does nothing ( maybe few bubbles) your having a girl! I know 3 ladies that are confirmed pregnant with girls and 1 confirmed boy and it worked for them. I am not confirmed but fizzed. Has anyone else done this and it worked?

Looking for some fun guesses/predictions. PLEASE READ :)

AM007 — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:28:00 GMT

Hi there I'm fairly new here, but love reading all the info, it's an amazing resource! So I'm 16+3 with #3, I have 2 boys already, both of whom were predicted boys here http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/PredictSex.htm This one is predicted girl on that particular calendar, but I don't know if I put a lot of stock on that...!? No, what's really getting me is the fact that I have been vomiting (STILL vomiting!) and I NEVER threw up with either of the other 2. Is this a genuine gender symptom or just down to the fact that all pregnancies are different? I generally feel very very first trimester-ish still, very tired, extremely moody, I have sadly been suffering severe antenatal depression this time around, at the moment I have some good days and some VERY bad days. I was hoping to feel better by now but a friend of mine told me "girl babies mess with your head"...hmmm I'd love to hear what you think about the morning sickness. Thanks in advance :)

Linea Nigra theory!!

princesses3 — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 11:57:13 GMT

The Linea Nigra (the line on your belly) theory says that if the line goes from your belly button down to your pubic bone, you are having a girl. If it extends above the belly button, you are having a boy! Was this right for anyone?

Another try at biorhythms

pinkbean — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:10:48 GMT

I tried this a while ago but had used a different website. I used this new website and it was right for my first 3. This is also posted under a different forum - Kits and Calendars I believe. Here is the website http://www.cycletourist.com/biochart/.

You need to put in your birthdate, then the month you conceived, and then the time zone. If you need to figure out conception date, try this webiste to backtrack from birthdate. http://dateoflife.com/prod02.htm

The blue line is the physical line, red is emotional, and green is intellectual. Ignore the green line.

If the blue line is in the positive zone and red line is in the negative zone, then you have a strong chance of conceiving a boy.

If the both blue and red are in the positive zone, then you lean towards having a boy.

If the red line is in the positive zone and blue line is in the negative zone, then you have a strong chance of conceiving a girl.

If the both the red and blue are in the negative zone, then you lean towards having a girl.

It also shows moon phases. Full moon = boy; New moon = girl

My first, both lines in positive zone and full moon = boy. Correct

My second, both lines in positive zone and full moon phase = boy. Correct

My third, both lines positive zone and entering full moon phase = boy. Correct

Surprise pregnancy now, both lines negative zone and new moon = girl? We'll see . . . .

I tried it for friends and family and it worked except for one. That one person had been on Clomid and did IUI.

Does this work for you?

its a girl,heres my symptoms

S7Angels — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 06:52:49 GMT

i have been really having morning sickness day or night,very sensitive to smells and certain foods.I crave sweets more than anything ,except for early morn,and also cannot stand eating meat,only here and there do i truly enjoy it.My hair,nails and skin are horrible,with my boys i had great hair,nails and skin,very diff this time.I gained a lot more weight with my boys than my daughter and my new baby girl.I carry low,and the shape is that of an egg or watermelon.Its true about the old wivestales saying u dont have to shave your legs/body as much when carrying girls,which is great.I also seem to be a lil more on edge than i did with my boys,it actually feels like pms x10.lol.If anyone would like to know anything else,feel free to ask,im a mother of 6 and 1 on the way,so i will try to be as helpful as poss

Gender and Side of Ovulation

SSW_Mommy — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:13:29 GMT

I know it's an OWT that's why i posted my (?) here but I was wondering for those that know... What side did you ovulate on and what sex was your baby?[Poll]

guess what gender im carrying by my symptoms

hippychick89 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:35:28 GMT

I am feeling queezy all day not vomiting but feel sick

nipples are a little bit sore on and off

I am very emotional esp in the morning i get very teary and cry for no reason

cant stand the smell of meat cooking

plus my hair is soooo gross even after its washed!

Biorhythm question

PurpleDream — Fri, 03 May 2013 19:20:03 GMT

When I was ttc #4, I didn't take into account biorhythms. I've been checking mine and my husband's...how we got our 4 adorable little boys is really starting to make sense. DS4 was truly the only one we've actually "tried" for...we did EGS. ;)

With ds1: Dh-Strong boy, Me-lean boy, & Full moon.
DS2: Dh-strong girl, Me-lean girl, & Full moon.
Ds3: Dh-Lean boy, Me-Lean girl, & Full moon.
Ds4: Dh-Strong boy, Me-Strong girl, & 5 days from a full moon.

I think that the moon is "weighing in" here...as well as the fact that my husband RARELY has strong girl. When he does, I have O'd in a full moon and we ended up with a boy. I'm not sure what to take into account. Any thoughts? Do people take their husband's into account when doing their biorhythms or am I just being silly? Thanks for the help! I need it!!! This is my last one regardless of the outcome. :D

HEALTHY 'V'JUNK...........POLL

hopefullycomplete — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 20:03:16 GMT

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Headaches- Have you been getting them? What are you having?

Pixie Dust — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:50:14 GMT

I have had killer, monster headaches this pregnancy and the only time I have had them this bad is with my first child (a girl).

Have you had terrible headaches and know what you are having? Please share! :)

Gender scan in TODAY all the owt's were....

onward&upward — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:03:37 GMT

WRONG!!! It's a baby

I would love to hear what you all think or I will update on the 19th.

Cravings

Eggs, bacon, cheese, spicy chicken, spicy HOT wings, spicy chicken sandwiches from Chick-Fil-A, mac & cheese with hot sauce, jalapenos poppers, steak, french fries, fried food, pizza, alfredo pasta, taco bell, mexican, country fried steak, rice with hot sauce, sometimes chocolate like reeses peanut butter cups, hot nuts, chips, salsa, twizzlers, lots of water, salt on everything. Oh also I had to have chinese food for the first 2 weeks daily orange chicken with pork fried rice or beef and broccoli

Aversions

Milk, coffee, ice cream, garlic

Symptoms

Early BFP 8-9DPO Beta at 5 weeks 806hcg

No real morning sickness a little queasy week 7-10 never threw up, more so at night woke up feeling great

Smells bugged me super sense of smell

Not too tired in 1st Tri, 2nd Tri I feel great normal energy

Hair on legs and underarms growing fast need to shave daily

Skin not really breaking out

Pee neon yellow

Weight out front showing a lot sooner this time

HUGE appetite (but still nursing my Daughter)

No heartburn even with all the spicy

No headaches in 1st Tri some in the second

Nails growing the same

Nipple area a lot darker and linea nigra

Baby HR 150bpm

No swelling or puffiness

Dizzy off and on

Emotional kind of aggressive toward DH

Increased sex drive, lots of sex dreams

Gained 5lbs to date (should be a lot more but I think the BF'ing is helping)

Boobs not really sore nipples a little

Dry skin and hands, dry lips, lips are swollen (maybe the spicy foods...lol)

Feeling great overall not really any symptoms or discomforts just cravings mostly

ETA~ and patches of EWCM this whole pg, and yeast infection feeling too (sorry tmi)

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Gender Guesses Please :) Poll included

keroko — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:53:20 GMT

This is my second baby, I'm due on April 10th 2012 (despite what my sig says....) This pregnancy has been a total opposite to the first.. so much different and I guess it's good to experience the things I missed out on last time (har har) With my DD; *Before we conceived her I was taking calcium vitamins and had been dieting on and off. *No nausea/ morning sickness at all *Perfect Skin *Hair was a little dry and brittle and scarecrow like *Hardly any weight gain... in fact you couldn't tell I was pregnant until 8 months *I didn't eat much, and when I did it guaranteed it was something sweet like cakes, donuts, cookies whatever. Anything sweet and yummy. *Body hair didn't grow at all.. in fact I didn't shave for months. *In ultrasounds she barely moved at all.. in fact trying to get her to move was a pain in the butt! She only ever hiccuped or moved a leg a little. This time; *I was taking Potassium and had put on a lot of weight when we conceived. *I had morning sickness until 8/9 weeks, so bad I lost over 15lbs and had to get zofran *I seem to have acne for the first time since I was 13. And it's horrible and no matter what I do it doesn't go away. *My hair is oily, even right after I wash it. In fact it looks like I dip my head in a deep fryer and style my hair.. it is lovely and silky though so at least it's not falling off in my brush anymore! *After losing the weight in the first 8 weeks I seem to have piled it back on *I'm eating more than usual. I'm always hungry. It's starting to get annoying and All I want to eat is spicy, salty or savoury foods. Anything meaty (but not pork so much) I've never been a fan of coke... or McD's but I've been having a weekly (sometimes twice weekly) quarter pounder meal... *Sweets make me gag. Anything sugary, no thanks. My husband is shocked.. as I always bake and force sugar filled fatty treats on him. *I'm so hairy after a week I look like I belong in a circus sideshow act. Arm pits are the worst. If anyone remembers the cartoon "aaah! real monsters" i'm the monster with those freaky pits. I could probably start up some sort of travelling indie band and no one would be the wiser. *My ultrasounds this time have featured an active little baby who actually mooned me and wriggled his/her arms around like one of those inflatable arm flailing men at car dealerships. The doctor laughed and said "well, it's VERY active as you can see..." *I probably have more "symptoms" but right now I'm thinking about another damn burger and god sidetracked. I only had a meal about 5 mins ago. yay. Anyway, let me know what you think ladies. I know some old wives tales don't work for some people (like clearly my daughter should have been making me sick but I never had morning sickness last time) but as this pregnancy is just the opposite I was curious. Thanks in advance!!! [Poll]

Headache poll

LoveHopeFaith — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:38:58 GMT

Please take my headache poll!! Feel free to add whether you are a headache sufferer anyway and also what weeks your headaches began/ended. Just wanted to see if gender-specific hormones really make a difference or if its just pregnancy hormones (or other factors) generally!! Thanks!![Poll]

Here are my Symptoms, would LOVE thoughts! POLL!

belleoftheball — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:16:13 GMT

So I am trying to hold over until 20week scan, and coming to this board always really helps (I spend most of it in ultrasounds, but I needed a break from staring at black and white....)

Here are a list of my symptoms, please offer a guess based on them...i know they are all attributed to OWT but is sure is fun!!

Cravings: Jello with Cool Whip daily, candy-nerds, starburst, gummi worms, Soup-mostly cream based, french fries with hot or bbq sauce, PB&J sandwiches, Bean tacos with tomato, pasta, salsa and chips, cinnamelts from Mc Donalds, HI-C fruit punch and orange drinks-I'm carrying juice boxes as if I was 8.

aversions: MEAT - chicken, steak, beef, pork (which is a shame as i used to eat meat daily) I cannot not eat it, look at it or smell it; Pizza - i can eat it but don't really want it too much which is unusual for me,

Symptoms: nausea every single day - only thrown up a handful of times but sea sick all day long (and I'm at 18wks now),

headaches at least a couple times of week

Almost NO sex drive - I am like clock watching half the time it's so bad....

Very very moody and emotional, I've cried over the dumbest things

Tired - even if I just slept for 8 hours, I could do another 2 hours easy

Boobs went into mega mode within first month of pregnancy - up almost 2 cups - and are achy or feel bruised

Decent weight gain - I'm at a 3lb gain up to these 18wks

Skin and hair are horrid - face that never breaks out, is breaking out. hair looks oily and dull even after washing

Hair growing SUPER slow - this one I LOVE this NEVER happens to me

Nails growing about the same

Thanks for taking a guess, I would love responses too!! -Belle

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POLL Please guess based on my symptoms... What do you think??

junebug16 — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 20:03:41 GMT

Hi everyone!!

Been lurking on here for awhile but this is my first post!! I'm due in July (12 weeks today) and was wondering if you all think this is a pink or blue bump based on all the info below??? I realize every pregnancy is different, but any opinions would be great! I've gone crazy looking through this site on biorhythms, moon signs, symptoms, etc for each sex---It's driving me crazy not knowing!!

Certain of ovulation date (10/18), got BFP 10dpo night with very diluted urine (just had a feeling)

Conceived new moon phase, Sagittaruis (boy) sign. Critical red day for biorhythm on ovulation day. Critical blue day on day before.

BD'ed O-6, O-3, O-2. and O-1

Symptoms: mild nausea all day, no appetite, bloated/gassy, dull urine sometimes clear sometimes cloudy, dizziness/lightheaded, tender breasts/nipples, headaches (get them when not pregnant also), horrible acne, very moody, very fatigued in the first 8 or so weeks. Can't stand meat, slower hair growth. Hair on head looks gross all the time

Heard heartbeat last week, in the 160's although I know this is just an old wives tale.

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wedding band and hair strand

luvlyjewels — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:07:32 GMT

I just did this for fun and I am confused...if it goes in circles it means girl well it did ALOT of that and if it goes back and forth it means boy...and it did that too! So what does it mean when it does both

I tried it more than once and it starts of circles, then back and forth, then circles, then back and forth!!!

really hoping for a girl, is there any hope? symptoms, scan etc.

beckie90 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:56:51 GMT

Hi everyone, I only signed up Yesturday, i am a mum to 2 boys who are my world, I am currently 14 and half weeks pregnant with.my 3rd. This pregnancy has been way different to my boys, I am spotty, moody, had morning (rather evening) sickness when I've never had it before, generally felt and looked rubbish, hair keeps falling out also :/ I've done the ring test it says girl, over the wrist it shows my 2 boys then 2 girls, MIL swears its not been wrong for Anyone she's done it to yet. Scan also is different to my boy scans, so I'd convinced myself its a girl, but reading up on things I've lost hope in that. Of course il still be majorly happy with a boy, its only because I plan for this to definatly be my last child. This is my scan pik from 12+3

postion of baby - left - right

iwannaknowlol — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:47:24 GMT

9 week u/s Ramzi theory

Veronica522 — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:48:42 GMT

What do you think?

Drano test result

AAA — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:10:11 GMT

i did darno gender test but i don,t know what is the result if it turns yellow and then brown in first 10 sec don't know what that would mean....

Ramzi therory for 6wk u/s

froggy1981 — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:37:22 GMT

A friend of mine told me to bring my u/s pic here she said you ladies here are good with the Ramzi therory so if you can does it look like baby is a girl or a boy??? we saw the baby's heartbeat just over the top of the Yolk sac if it helps any