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So I have heard it is a wive's tale but was there any truth to your baby's heartbeat and gender?

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Juliet
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So I have heard it is a wive's tale but was there any truth to your baby's heartbeat and gender?

I have heard people debate this online and my midwife said it is not true, but have you experienced any truth to the heartrate and gender connection?

Baby's heartrate was 157 today.

Posted 9/7/06 4:08 PM
 
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Eireann
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Re: So I have heard it is a wive's tale but was there any truth to your baby's heartbeat and gender?

Nope, not at all. They didn't always tell us the heartrate, but when they did, it was always low (130s)...which would indicate boy, but I had a girl Chat Icon

Posted 9/7/06 4:09 PM
 

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Re: So I have heard it is a wive's tale but was there any truth to your baby's heartbeat and gender?

U are cracking me upChat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon

u are just dying to know whats in there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

did u do the drano wifes tale yet with the urine? I remember doing that in the backyard with my son...
nuts, come to think of it--it was right too!

Posted 9/7/06 4:12 PM
 

Dragonfly75
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Re: So I have heard it is a wive's tale but was there any truth to your baby's heartbeat and gender?

Nope, Chat Icon 's heartrate was always at or over 160 early on. At the 20 week sono it was 137, which is consistent with the theory, but it has been high again at other appointments.

Posted 9/7/06 4:13 PM
 

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Re: So I have heard it is a wive's tale but was there any truth to your baby's heartbeat and gender?

Posted by lastchance1222

U are cracking me upChat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon

u are just dying to know whats in there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

did u do the drano wifes tale yet with the urine? I remember doing that in the backyard with my son...
nuts, come to think of it--it was right too!



As my mom put it, I want someone to tell me without it being a sonogram. I was someone to just "know"

It is like guessing what is in a present.

Posted 9/7/06 4:14 PM
 

Smileyd17
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Re: So I have heard it is a wive's tale but was there any truth to your baby's heartbeat and gender?

My sister's baby heart rate was 158....turns out its a girl.

Posted 9/7/06 4:14 PM
 

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Re: So I have heard it is a wive's tale but was there any truth to your baby's heartbeat and gender?

i dont know - i was always in the high 140's or low 150's and it was right - its a girl. but i still dont think that its a true theory.

Posted 9/7/06 4:24 PM
 

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Re: So I have heard it is a wive's tale but was there any truth to your baby's heartbeat and gender?

nope, this was not true for me..

My Chat Icon heartrate has been consistently high .... always in the 160s (in the very early days it was 170s and up!)

Even yesterday at my appointment (I am 34.5 weeks) his heartrate was 162 ..

This was another reason why I thought I was having a girl up until my Level 2 sono -- this kid fooled me all the way around! Chat Icon

Posted 9/7/06 4:26 PM
 

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Re: So I have heard it is a wive's tale but was there any truth to your baby's heartbeat and gender?

do the draino test...lets see if it works...
tell dh u need draino for your urine...he will think u lost it.
When I was pregnant with my daughter my sister whom was only 14 at the time was the only one that knew she was a girl-she wanted to know and I wanted her to feel important so I let the doc tell her-she carried that sono and hid it and never ever told a soul.
WE TORTURED HER.
I tried to trip her up and everything, like u said...I wanted to know and didn't want to know.
I was dead wrong on both my pregnancies--and this time with twins Im still not finding out--adds to the fun of tormenting family members.

Posted 9/7/06 4:38 PM
 

Juliet
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Re: So I have heard it is a wive's tale but was there any truth to your baby's heartbeat and gender?

Posted by FeliciaDP

nope, this was not true for me..

My Chat Icon heartrate has been consistently high .... always in the 160s (in the very early days it was 170s and up!)

Even yesterday at my appointment (I am 34.5 weeks) his heartrate was 162 ..

This was another reason why I thought I was having a girl up until my Level 2 sono -- this kid fooled me all the way around! Chat Icon



Gee, Felicia, you have shot ALL of the fun wives' tales out the windowChat Icon

Posted 9/7/06 4:41 PM
 

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Re: So I have heard it is a wive's tale but was there any truth to your baby's heartbeat and gender?

Emma was 145-150
Jeremy was 135-140
This baby is 155-165

Posted 9/7/06 4:54 PM
 

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Re: So I have heard it is a wive's tale but was there any truth to your baby's heartbeat and gender?

For me it was true. Low heartrate and I had a Chat Icon

Posted 9/7/06 5:06 PM
 

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Re: So I have heard it is a wive's tale but was there any truth to your baby's heartbeat and gender?

My mom keeps saying faster heart beat, its a girl.
Guess we will see.Chat Icon
BTW..my last appt. a few weeks ago it was 147.

Posted 9/7/06 5:07 PM
 

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Re: So I have heard it is a wive's tale but was there any truth to your baby's heartbeat and gender?

Posted by Eireann

Nope, not at all. They didn't always tell us the heartrate, but when they did, it was always low (130s)...which would indicate boy, but I had a girl Chat Icon



same here

Posted 9/7/06 6:53 PM
 

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Re: So I have heard it is a wive's tale but was there any truth to your baby's heartbeat and gender?

I was 150 -160 and its a Chat Icon

Posted 9/7/06 6:57 PM
 

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Re: So I have heard it is a wive's tale but was there any truth to your baby's heartbeat and gender?

At my appt. yesterday it was 140, but we still don't know if it's a Chat Icon or a Chat Icon

Me and my mom think mine is a girl; DH and his mom think boy. One of these pairs will be right! Chat Icon

Posted 9/7/06 7:00 PM
 

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Re: So I have heard it is a wive's tale but was there any truth to your baby's heartbeat and gender?

Posted by lastchance1222

do the draino test...lets see if it works...
tell dh u need draino for your urine...he will think u lost it.
When I was pregnant with my daughter my sister whom was only 14 at the time was the only one that knew she was a girl-she wanted to know and I wanted her to feel important so I let the doc tell her-she carried that sono and hid it and never ever told a soul.
WE TORTURED HER.
I tried to trip her up and everything, like u said...I wanted to know and didn't want to know.
I was dead wrong on both my pregnancies--and this time with twins Im still not finding out--adds to the fun of tormenting family members.



tell us about doing the drano test! I am dying to know too!

Posted 9/7/06 7:01 PM
 

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Re: So I have heard it is a wive's tale but was there any truth to your baby's heartbeat and gender?

all along my babies HR was over 160, last appt it was 150, and I was convinced it was a girl. This last appt it was between 140 and 150...now I am really confused! I still think its a girl but the baby really does not want us to know!

Posted 9/7/06 7:03 PM
 

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Re: So I have heard it is a wive's tale but was there any truth to your baby's heartbeat and gender?

Forgive me for intruding, ladies, but you really sparked my curiosity: what exactly is a drano test?Chat Icon

Posted 9/7/06 8:04 PM
 

partyof6
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Re: So I have heard it is a wive's tale but was there any truth to your baby's heartbeat and gender?

in its own catergory so ita easier for all of u to find. It is the link on pregnancy urban legends and the infamous drano test, Chat Icon

Posted 9/7/06 8:56 PM
 

Samlove

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Re: So I have heard it is a wive's tale but was there any truth to your baby's heartbeat and gender?

with my son heart rate was always in the 140'

with my dd heart rate was always 150's

Posted 9/7/06 11:09 PM
 

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Re: So I have heard it is a wive's tale but was there any truth to your baby's heartbeat and gender?

at my 6week appointment it was 122 and they said that is normal - but after hearing all your responses, I am nervous it is low!

Posted 9/8/06 7:09 AM
 

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Re: So I have heard it is a wive's tale but was there any truth to your baby's heartbeat and gender?

it is a wives tale

Posted 9/8/06 7:35 AM
 
 

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