https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:25:50 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-the-old-wives-tales-about-gender-prediction#post-154823 Thu, 10 May 2012 20:10:49 +0000 littlebug 154823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: @blushink: @obxwife: A friend of mine always says you can tell if a woman is having a girl because girls steal your beauty. So if she tells me she thinks I'm carrying a girl, I'll know she thinks I look like crap. Why do people say things like this??? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-the-old-wives-tales-about-gender-prediction#post-154812 Thu, 10 May 2012 20:05:09 +0000 SleepyMonkey 154812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my mom told me that if you look at a pregnant woman from the back and cannot tell she is pregnant, she is having a boy. If you can tell, it's a girl. Its a variation of the carrying high &amp; pointy for boy, carrying low &amp; wide for a girl. she also said if you grow a lot of body hair while you are preggo, it's a boy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-the-old-wives-tales-about-gender-prediction#post-154729 Thu, 10 May 2012 19:43:56 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 154729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: Yes same here!!!<br /> I knew I was having a girl because the blemishes in my face were horrendous. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-the-old-wives-tales-about-gender-prediction#post-154694 Thu, 10 May 2012 19:32:29 +0000 Maysprout 154694@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>More people thought I was having a boy and girl by various gender predictors. I had a girl though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-the-old-wives-tales-about-gender-prediction#post-154690 Thu, 10 May 2012 19:30:36 +0000 obxwife 154690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: My grandmother told my sister this!!! I thought it was very brazen of her, hahaha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-the-old-wives-tales-about-gender-prediction#post-154677 Thu, 10 May 2012 19:25:01 +0000 Mrs. Pen 154677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MUI831: @chopsuey119: I had an elderly lady at my church come up to me when I was about 36 weeks along and say, "You're having a boy." I was shocked, "I am, how did you know?"<br /> "You're shaped like a football!"<br /> Hahaha I laughed :) it was so cute.</p> <p>I also carried low the whole time. His head was basically engaged in my cervix from my 20 week appt on! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-the-old-wives-tales-about-gender-prediction#post-154624 Thu, 10 May 2012 19:11:32 +0000 chopsuey 154624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MUI831: @Coco Bee: I always thought girls were carried low and boys high..<br /> I carried low! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-the-old-wives-tales-about-gender-prediction#post-154491 Thu, 10 May 2012 18:30:35 +0000 Mommy Finger 154491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Carry baby low- boy<br /> carry baby high - girl</p> <p>shaped like a ball- girl<br /> shaped like a football - boy</p> <p>Funny thing about the above is that I've heard the exact opposite!!! Carry high or shaped like a ball is for boys. </p> <p>I love old wives tales. I mean, they're right 50% of the time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-the-old-wives-tales-about-gender-prediction#post-154488 Thu, 10 May 2012 18:27:05 +0000 heffalump 154488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Girls steal your pretty. For me it was true! It's ok though, she can have it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-the-old-wives-tales-about-gender-prediction#post-154479 Thu, 10 May 2012 18:23:37 +0000 Mrs. Pen 154479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Carry baby low- boy<br /> carry baby high - girl</p> <p>morning sickness- girl<br /> no morning sickness - boy</p> <p>breakouts - girl<br /> clear, glowing skin - boy</p> <p>shaped like a ball- girl<br /> shaped like a football - boy</p> <p>crave sweets- girl<br /> crave salt/spicy- boy</p> <p>chinese gender prediction - mine said I was having a girl. But I had a boy.</p> <p>high baseline heartbeat - girl (140s-160s)<br /> low baseline heartbeat- boy (120s-140s)</p> <p>Even- Odd: if your age and the year you conceived or both even or both odd, it's a girl. If one even, one odd, it's a boy.</p> <p>For me, almost all signs pointed to girl, so I was really surprised when I had a boy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-the-old-wives-tales-about-gender-prediction#post-154473 Thu, 10 May 2012 18:17:15 +0000 mrsjyw 154473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've heard the one about how your belly carries the baby... but what are some others? </p>