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Gender Prediction Using The Chinese Age Chart And Other Methods
There are many fun and silly ways to predict the gender of a baby. Pregnant woman use Chinese age charts, jewelry, food choices and body shapes to name a few. These old wives tales may not be scientifically proven, but they are a mainstay in the mythology surrounding pregnancy.
The people of china are said to have created a chart that blends the age of the mother at conception with the month conception took place to find out the gender of a baby. These are so popular they can be found on many internet sites focusing on pregnancies. Somehow the Chinese and predicting the gender of babies seems contradictory, but the chart is one of the most frequently used methods of gender prediction.
It is believed that there is a correlation between the direction of an object swinging and gender. Two versions of one old wives tale say that when the object swings in a circle, the baby is a boy and if the object swings in a line, the baby is a girl. In one story, the object is a mother’s wedding ring swinging over the belly of the mother. A swinging needle over the wrist or hand is the other test. Coincidently, the person holding the string doesn’t seem to be a factor in the direction of the swing.
The flavor of cravings is said to also be a predictor of the baby’s gender. A mother who craves sweets is supposed to be carrying a female. Salty, sour and spicy food cravings indicate males. Not much is said about bitter cravings. That one is probably indicative of girls too.
Bringing the old wives tale into the modern world is the measure of the baby’s heart rate. The old wives who came up with this one must not have predated an ultrasound or fetal heart rate monitor. Rumor has it that a baby’s heartbeat greater that 140 bpm points to a girl and less than 140 bpm equals a boy.
Is the mom-to-be carrying the baby high or low? Supposedly, this will tell the baby’s gender. A high baby will be a girl and a low baby will be a boy. A question comes to mind regarding the reliability of this one. At what stage in the pregnancy should this method be used? At some point near the end, aren’t all pregnant bellies carried low?
These are a few of the more popular myths for predicting the gender of a child. The really strange ones involve leg hair growth, urine color, eating the ends of bread, and temperature of feet. Whether a pregnant woman calculates her Chinese age or monitors the direction of her pillow to hypothesize the baby’s sex, the real answer can only be known when baby actually enters the world.