How to Tell If You’re Having a Girl or Boy
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By Julia Layton
Is there any way to tell if you’re having a girl or boy?
In a world increasingly guided by scientific explanation, there’s one area where even the most rational minds might indulge in a little mythology: pregnancy.
Perhaps it’s the lasting sense of mystery surrounding the creation of a new life. Or maybe excited parents-to-be have trouble waiting for (expensive) medical confirmation of details like gender, which is typically revealed by ultrasound at 20 weeks. Twenty weeks can be a long time to wait.
Or maybe it’s just fun to speculate while you’re sitting around watching your belly grow.
No matter the cause, clearly there’s something appealing about gender-predicting old wives’ tales, because there are dozens of them. There’s the heart-rate method, the ring-swing method, the “how sick are you” approach and Chinese lunar predictions, not to mention determinations based on keys, acne, dreams, skin tone, food cravings and Drano. Read on to see what your pregnancy says about whether you’re having a girl or boy. (Plus, fun ways to throw a gender reveal party.)
What a great gift idea for a mom-to-be. Pregnancy Countdown Hand Painted Magnetic Chalkboard $28.00 
Comment by Hannah on Jul 21 2010 07:51:14:
I carry high and it is a boy. I have always heard that it depends on the “look” of the belly; girls have width and boys are more pointed.
Comment by Samantha DeRosia-Wiley on Aug 31 2010 10:17:02:
I had looked up old wives tales such as these before (couldn’t wait) and found the one about the wedding ring. I figured it was inexpensive and nonevasive so I tried it. I was amazed that the ring even moved on me (in a circle, girl)and it did not move on my husband (not pregnant), so I had to try it on my 3 friends who were pregnant too. The one who had a boy last week indicated a boy, the one due to have a girl next week indicated a girl, and my other friend indicated a boy but she is a few weeks behind me so we won’t know how accurate hers was for a few weeks, but I get my ultrasound tomorrow~ so far in my experience it is as accurate as the doctors, does anyone else have experience with this test?
Comment by 10mthtwinNsingleonway on Nov 14 2010 06:19:02:
I have twin girls who are 10 mths n i did the ring thing and it showed i was to have 2 girls and then a boy i wont find out for another 4 wks but im really hopin its true.
Comment by Michelle on Nov 23 2010 02:17:44:
The ring thing was done to me and was told I would have twin girls. Turns out that I am actually having a single birth. Maybe having a girl will be correct:)
Comment by ashley on Jan 11 2011 06:30:48:
dr. did heart beat and said she was 80% it was a girl. then said because the baby was so low 50% she was sure it was a girl. friend got on the internet to see, some chinese way said girl as did other wives tales they looked up. well, all where wrong including the dr. we r having a boy
Comment by LAUREN on Apr 20 2011 08:58:50:
WELL ILL TELL YOU ANOTHER WAY THAT SOUNDS ODD BUT IS VERY ACCURATE & MY DAD PREDICTS ALL BABIES IN OUR FAMILY & IS 99 % A
MILITARY DR TOLD MY DAD THIS WEN IN THE SERVICE DURING KOREAN WAR ( ME & MY SISTER ARE BOTH ADOPTED FROM DIFFERENT FAMILIES
, MY DAD TOLD ME & HER WHILE GROWING UP THAT OUR 1ST BABIES WOULD BE GIRLS & HE WAS RT , NOW LET ME EXPLAIN & B/4 YOU SAY
ITS NOT POSSIBLE WELL IT CAN BE PROVEN , GIVE ME A CHANCE HERE , 1ST YOU LOOK AT THE WOMAN’S
HAIR LINE ,AT THE NAPE OF NECK ( W/ LONG HAIR YOUD RAISE IT UP TO SEE THE HAIR LINE AT NAPE OF NECK , OKAY MOST PEOPLE WILL
HAVE EITHER A POINTED HAIRLINE OR A ROUNDED HAIRLINE ( MEANING THE HAIR POINTS DOWN OR CURVES ( IE ROUNDED ) YOU LOOK AT A
WOMANS HAIR LINE TO DETERMINE THE SEX OF HER 1ST CHILD & THEN YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT CHILDS HAIRLINE BOY OR GIRL, TO DETERMINE
HER NEXT CHILDS SEX & SO ON & ONLY IF ITS A GIRL CHILD HER HAIR LINE INDICATES WHAT SEX HER 1ST BORN WILL BE , NOW FOR EXAMPLE
I HAVE A POINTED HAIRLINE AS MY DAD ALWAYS TOLD ME ID HAVE A DAUGHTER 1ST & I DID & MY DAD CAN GO BACK THRU THE FAMILY &
PROVE ITS ACCURATE LIKE THIS & REMEMBER FOR ME I WAS ADOPTED & NO HISTORY , BUT I LATER FOUND MY BIOLOGICAL MOTHER & SHE HAD
HAD A DAUGHTER 3 YRS AFTER ME , SO MY HAIRLINE SAID ID HAVE A GIRL & IT ALSO MEANT MY MOTHERS NEXT CHILD WOULD BE A GIRL & &
BOTH WERE TRUE SO IF YOU HAD A POINTED HAIRLINE , YOUD HAVE A YOUNGER SISTER RT UNDER YOU AFTER YOUR BIRTH & IF YOUR HAIR
LINE IS ROUNDED IT MEANS A BOY FOR YOU & FOR YOUR MOTHER SO YOUD HAVE A YOUNGER BROTHER RT UNDER YOU & YOUR 1ST CHILD WOULD BE A
BOY SO THATS HOW IT WORKS & CAN BE PROVEN ((( *** HOW EVER IF THERE IS ANY ABORTION OR MISCARRIAGES IT WILL NOT WORK & IT
THROW IT OFF & SOME TIMES A WOMAN MAY NOT ADMIT TO IT & IT WOULD THEN LOOK LIKE IT DOESNT WORK DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEAN ??
& SOME TIMES A WOMAN MAY SUFFER A MISCARRIAGE W/ IN 1ST 1MONTH & NEVER KNEW THEY WERE PREGNANT , THAT ALSO CAN BE A REASON FOR IT
NOT TO , 9 X OUT OF 10 IT TRULY DOES WORK EVERY ONE COMES TO ME OR MY DAD FOR THIS , THAT KNOW ABOUT IT W/ IN OUR FAMILY ALSO
SOME HAIR LINES MAY BE HARD TO DETERMINE UNTILL YOU GET BETTER AT IT BUT POINTED ONES ARE THE EASIST TO DETERMINE , HEY ITS
WORTH A SHOT ISNT IT ? IN 40 YRS IVE SEEN MY DAD GET IT WRONG 1 TIME & REASON WAS CAUSE SHE HAD HAD A MISCARRIAGE , MY DAUGHTER
WAS PREDICTED ALONG W/ MY HALF SISTER & THEN BOTH OF MY SONS & SAME W/ MY SISTER & MANY OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS , I AM ANXIOUS TO
SEE WHAT MY DAUGHTERS BABY S HAIRLINE WILL SHOW & WHAT HER 1ST CHILD WILL BE & MY DAUGHTERS NEXT CHILD WHICH IS ALWAYS THE SAME
SEX , I HOPE YOU AT LEAST TRY IT ???? PS YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DETERMINE THE HAIRLINE ON A NEW BABY YOU MAY HAVE TO WAIT A BIT JUST LOOK & SEE ESP IF THE BABY IS A BALD ONE OURS USUALLY ARENT BALD AT ALL , HAPPY GENDER PREDICTING !!!!!!
Comment by heather on Aug 12 2011 08:14:29:
my hunny got all the wierd craveings and even gain some wait.
Comment by Tae on Oct 03 2011 09:43:55:
It has been scientifically proven that the woman’s egg release determines if they will have multiples or not and the man’s sperm determines if the baby will be a boy or girl….don’t see how your hairline has anything to do with it…
Comment by Tracy Nguyen on Oct 31 2011 09:42:07:
Do You Have A Boy Or Girl?
Comment by Cieloo Lugo on Nov 03 2011 03:41:53:
I want a GIRL ♥ ;].
Comment by Lafayette Williams on Dec 20 2011 03:03:58:
what are you trying to say.
Comment by Kelly on Jan 13 2012 03:25:56:
That is AWESOME!! I love it…..I just checked my two youngest and my husband and it was 100% CORRECT!! I plan to check my oldest when he gets off the bus!!!
I will be using this as a game at a baby shower as well!! Thanks for the info!!!
Comment by Stephy Denise on Feb 07 2012 09:38:41:
I want a boy!
Comment by Dario Garcia on Mar 25 2012 06:46:42:
what a pointless article.I shouldn't have wasted my time reading it.
Comment by Jonathan Vigil on Mar 25 2012 07:36:33:
Yeah, probably should have just invested in a sonogram lol
Comment by Christina Reza on Apr 29 2012 01:36:01:
I thought this was alot of fun and definitely helpful… thank you so much!
Comment by Anthony Williams on May 05 2012 02:21:14:
I was pregnant twice with girls and my stomach sat low this was a waste of my time too
Comment by Anthony Williams on May 05 2012 02:22:02:
Whoops I was logged in as my boyfriend my name is really keke clinton
Comment by Amber Wright on Jun 12 2012 03:36:08:
Nah, it's accurate.
Comment by Anonymous on Aug 04 2012 08:17:00:
I was low when carrying my girls and they was heavy and gave me backache but I wudnt change a thing.
http://tinyurl.com/cmjrm38
Comment by Sadie F. Babie on Aug 09 2012 11:40:00:
Interesting
Comment by Toshua Morangello on Aug 25 2012 03:30:23:
I carryed my son high an now I'm having a nother an its low I dontget this part If the woman is carrying high, it’s a girl; if she’s carrying low, it’s a boy. how is that?
Comment by Rose Walden on Sep 20 2012 02:27:58:
When I had my daughter I had no morning sickness no acne no symptoms at all not even cravings just pain from her kicking my ribs and what not. my 2 best friends are having boys… they both had morning sickness til they were 6 months pregnant and got acne and one is carrying high and one is carrying low. I am 13 weeks pregnant and I have horrible morning sickness bad acne and all kinds of symptoms, heartburn, gas constipation you name it and I probably have it… so idk really… just hope I have a boy…
Comment by Fiona Downer on Oct 15 2012 05:05:48:
Hi my name is Fiona,I have three girls now I'm pregnant n I hope it's a boy really bad
Comment by Fiona Downer on Oct 15 2012 05:14:24:
Lol
Comment by Rhea Persaud on Oct 15 2012 09:38:52:
wat
Comment by Rhea Persaud on Oct 15 2012 09:42:04:
ur name is now lil kim lol
Comment by Natalie Smith on Oct 16 2012 01:02:51:
A boy is due…good luck!!
Comment by Fiona Downer on Oct 16 2012 03:40:23:
This is for my little sister rhea I could never be little kim,one I have all my teeth,two all my kids r beautiful,three im on my way to get my RN
Comment by Fiona Downer on Oct 16 2012 03:42:43:
My two sister is out of order,
Comment by Tiffany Haime on Nov 13 2012 03:36:26:
good luck cuz i know it is a boy………….
Comment by Alfredo Lopez on Apr 10 2013 10:41:48:
This is the way I went to having the gender I wanted and my hubby as well and it worked! http://dbe383y3vmn-b0gjy-pwm39z0z.hop.clickbank.net/