I thought it might be fun to try a few old wives tales to determine the baby’s gender so in the last few weeks I tried a few and these are the results.
- Baking Soda Test – I tried this test 3 times. All you do is pour a little baking soda in a (disposable) cup and pour some pee on it. If it fizzes, it’s a boy. Stays flat, it’s a girl. Twice it did absolutely NOTHING. Once, there was the tiniest hint of a fizz but not really enough to count. I read that it was 75% accurate. Where I read that, I don’t remember. I’m sure it’s not true though. I mean seriously? So – Girl.
- Bleach Test – NOT TO BE DONE INDOORS. I cannot emphasize enough how much you should not do this inside. First of all, bleach and pee = unhealthy fumes. Gross. And second, if you get a boy result, it will be a foaming volcano of bleach pee and that is disgusting. DH talked me into trying this one day and I warily carried a cup of pee across the carpet and outside. THANKFULLY I did not spill it. I could just see that happening to me! The pee hit the bleach and fizzed a little bit like pop (girl result). I turned to DH and said “Well, it looks like a gir….” when DH said “WHOA!!!!!” and I turned back to see the bleach/pee erupt like a foaming volcano all over the ground. It was crazy!! I have no idea what the “accuracy” of that test is (my guess is 50/50). Definitely a boy result.
- Carrying low = boy, high = girl. I’m carrying low I think. So, right.
- Expanding out the sides = girl, out the front = boy. Definitely going both ways and way out the sides. Inconclusive.
- Girls steal your beauty so acne and other unsightly blemishes = girl. I haven’t had this many pimples in forever. This one is wrong for me.
- Worse morning sickness is girl. I had hardly any morning sickness with Truett so that time was right. Sick as a dog this time. Every pregnancy is different! This was right once and wrong once.
- I’m not doing the needle, key and ring tests because they freak me out.
- I don’t have any Drano.
- The heartbeat theory is supposedly true in the third trimester only. I personally think it is probably just a silly theory but it was true for my mom I think 9 out of 10 times. (I think.) It says that under 140bpm is a boy and over 140bpm is a girl. This was right with Truett and I think this baby hangs out right around the 130-150ish range although I haven’t actually counted it out in awhile. It was 144 today so technically, that would be a girl. But I’m not third trimester yet so…. ?
- Craving sweet = girl. Salty and sour = boy. I’m craving all of it. Inconclusive.
- DH gains weight, it’s a girl. DH has never been so trim in all his life lol. I would say this one was right even if it is ridiculous.
- According to this quiz, I’m having a girl.
- Way TMI – According to the ovulation theory (Shettles Method) that is somewhat scientific, if you do the deed the day or two before you ovulate, you may have a girl. This is because girl sperm are bigger and swim slower. They also live longer in a fertile environment so they are more likely to still be around when the egg pops out of the follicle. However, if you get jiggy during or a few hours after ovulation you are more likely to have a boy. The male sperm will swim faster and get there before the female sperm. I am pretty sure (looking back) that I ovulated during the day when this little guy was conceived. So yeah, this was true for me. However, there is a bunch of other stuff that you are supposed to do and I am not sure about that stuff. I mean, my memory isn’t that great! 😉 Or….
That’s pretty much all I can think of right now. 4 of these old wives tales were right. That’s not saying a lot for the accuracy of old wives tales! 🙂 BUT, an elderly lady came up to me in the store a few weeks ago and started talking to Tru. She asked if he was my only child and I told her I was expecting. She felt my belly and said “I think it’s another boy.” And I said that I thought so too. (Because I was leaning in the boy direction at that particular moment.) So the “real” old wife was right. 🙂 Plus she was super sweet. She kissed Tru on the head and thanked him for letting her talk to her and walked away.
I’ve heard of and tried the baking soda test too. Mine said girl. It has to do with the acidity or lack of in your urine. Sort of like the vinegar-volcano science experiments. I just asked my mw yesterday about the heartbeat rate and she said that, along with the bump shape/size is not true either. 😀 I too had no morning sickness with my boy and this time I was very nauseated. We’ll see what happens. I think I’ve had about the same amount of acne with both.
What is the needle, key and ring test?
I love these wives tales, because they give something to think about and maybe even obsess a bit. LOL. In the end, they all have a 50/50 chance. *snicker*
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Lol. I agree that they are all hogwash. I never tried any of them with Tru but I did this time just for fun. 🙂
The needle and ring tests involve dangling a ring or needle on a string above the pregnant mother’s belly and depending on if they swing back and forth or not it’s a girl or boy. I haven’t researched them much but they certainly sound like silliness!!
The key test is done by placing a key in front of the mother to be and depending on how she picks the key up, it determines gender. Also sounds like some silly bologna!
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I loved doing these with my twins, except I never tried the baking soda, bleach or draino ones. You’re a braver woman than I!
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lol. Well, DH made me do the bleach one. I think the draino one sounds scary! I guess no matter what the results were, with you twins it HAD to be right. 😉
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Tru is going to be SO excited to have a little brother to play with!
Still laughing about the “real old wife” being right. hahaha!
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