Old Wives Tales say I'm having a boy?

Question

I'm carrying low, craving only salty foods - sweets sound absolutely horrid, heartbeat is 159, and I haven't been very sick! According to old wives tales I should be having a boy haha.

Anyone else have old wives tales work for them or did you find it was the exact opposite?

Answer 1

Old wives tale based on hearbeat was the opposite for me.  My little girl had a boys heartbeat and my son had a girls heartbeat!!

Answer 2

lol, yes all the old wives tales and even the Chinese chart all said boy and the ultrasound said girl..

Answer 3

That Chinese chart - wrong all three times.

The old wives heartbeat one - that one was true all 3 times.

Ultasound - right all 3 times.

Birth - the only real way to make sure of what you have!

Answer 4

I don't know about the old wives tales but usually when a baby comes early it's a girl and boys arrive late.  It's not what you're craving, but what you actually eat that is supposed to determine the s*x of a baby.

Answer 5

I carried low with my first and last pregnancies. They were girls. But when my son i carried so high I could barely breathe and had horrible heartburn. But also with my son I craved sweet things all the time, and I never really had sweet tooth before him. And both of my girls' heartbeats were in the 160's James' was in the 140's.

Older and wiser is wrong. My oldest was 10 days late, my boy was 5 days late and my youngest a girl was 2 days early. First pregnancies are usually late, and due dates are never exact. About 5% percent of women give birth on their due date.

Although old wife's tales are fun, most of the time they are wrong. But sometimes they can be true. The hard time is finding which are true and which aren't.

Answer 6

The chinese calendar was right for both of my children (girl and a boy).  I took the old wives tale test and it said boy and he is. ( I didn't find it with my daughter)

Answer 7

they are all c**p just work by flook, my sister-in-law had craving for only sweet and had a baby boy.

Answer 8

With both my boys I felt the same way you are feeling, during my pregnancies.  So I think maybe you will have a boy.  Best wishes.