There is a very long list of mythical methods for determining the sex of your unborn child, such as:
- More fetal kicking indicates a boy.
- More early pregnancy morning sickness indicates a girl.
- Sexual position at conception can affect whether you have a male or female child.
- If the fetal heart rate is fast, you will have boy; if it’s slow, a girl.
- Carrying high, it will be a boy, carrying low, a girl.
- Mix urine with Drano, and if it turns green, it’s a boy.
- Using the Chinese lunar calendar to determine sex.
- Hold a wedding ring on a string – if it moves like a pendulum, a boy. If it spins in a circle, a girl.
Unfortunately, none of these old wives’ tales have been scientifically validated. If you want certainty, you need an amniocentesis. Modern ultrasound can also determine fetal sex.
The sex of the baby is determined at conception, and we have no control over choosing the sex at that moment either. The father can actually take credit for the gender as the sex of your baby is determined by the dad’s sperm. If sperm carrying an X-chromosome fertilizes the egg, the baby will be a girl, and if sperm carrying a Y-chromosome fertilizes the egg, you will be the parent of a boy.
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