Hi. I replied below but then thought it might be better to put this summary at the top!

Re: Boy or Girl? My little survey... Can you help?

Hi.

This survey is just for me as I'm pregnant again and have had some of the symptoms of morning sickness etc which I didn't have last time, and given I had a boy last time I'm thinking maybe this one is a girl!

It's been a great response to my question so thank you all for replying.

Here's a summary of the results:

32 Girls v's 27 Boys

If a boy:

64% had morning sickness

95% carried at the front

41% Savoury, 21% Fruit/Citrus, 31% Sweet, 7% Other cravings

If a girl:

62% had morning sickness

61% carried at the front

54% Savoury, 6% Fruit/Citrus, 35% Sweet,  6% other cravings

So although not statistically correct it would seem morning sickness has no bearing, boys tend to carry at the front more than girls, and boys may give you more fruit/citrus cravings.

But then again... it's hardly conclusive!

:-)

Mum2007

1. Girl

2. No sickness at all (except one day when I drank orange juice & milk close together)

3. out front

4. malt, milk, apricots, spinach, sweet corn, sweet potato, cheese & carob

I had all boys. First one very bad morning sickness. Second not so severe. Third hardly any and they were close together so thought the body must have been getting used to the hormonal changes. Can't remember too many cravings. Corn flakes. I guess savory but my diet never really changed. I carried sort of like having a basketball on front for the first 2 and nice labours for labours that is. The third killed my back so he was lieing right on my backbone during labour and I was much wider and carrying more to the back. All wives tales I think. It is fun to guess, that's why I never found out what I was having each time until after birth.

First:  Boy, craved fudgesicles and potatoes, and loved the smell of crayons (which I'm told is due to an iron deficiency)  morning sickness until 12 weeks.  Carried out front.

Second:  Girl, potatoes, mild sickness for a few weeks, carried out front.

Third:  Boy, apples (8 a day!!!), 3 weeks sickness, out front.

Fourth:  Girl, potatoes and cheese, 3 weeks, out front.

Fifth:  Girl, potatoes and chocolate, 3 weeks, out front.

Sixth:  Boy, potatoes, peanut M&M's (500g and a sitting sometimes), 4 weeks sickness and carried out front. 

They all looked like little basketballs.  What I was most interested in is that their weight at birth had no correlation to the sex of the baby or the relativity to the due date.  Interesting!

1. Did you have a Boy or Girl? boy

2. Did you have morning sickness early in the pregnancy? from week 6 to week 13/14

3. Did you appear to carry more to the front, or more across? in the front

4. Did you crave oranges/citrus or sweets such as chocolate or neither? milk and potatoes, was  savoury in the beginning then more sweet at the end, but overall more savoury things

1. Did you have a Boy or Girl?  BOY

2. Did you have morning sickness early in the pregnancy? YES UNTIL 16 weeks

3. Did you appear to carry more to the front, or more across?Front

4. Did you crave oranges/citrus or sweets such as chocolate or neither? neither, baked patatoes.

1. Did you have a Boy or Girl? Girl

2. Did you have morning sickness early in the pregnancy? YES Morning noon and night and in between. at one stage every hour on the hour you could set your clock by me

3. Did you appear to carry more to the front, or more across? More to the front

4. Did you crave oranges/citrus or sweets such as chocolate or neither? Neither I craved vegies

Keep us informed of the results

1. Did you have a Boy or Girl? girl

2. Did you have morning sickness early in the pregnancy? oh yes

3. Did you appear to carry more to the front, or more across? across

4. Did you crave oranges/citrus or sweets such as chocolate or neither? nothing citrusy, bur definitley chocolate and lots of ice cream!

#1 i have two girls

#2 had morning sickness with one and not the other.

#3 carried one low and toward the spine the other i carried toward the front.

#4 craved sweet foods with first and chicken with second.

both pregnancys where very different so i guess its an old wives tale.

1. A girl

2. No morning sickness at all. ( lucky  I guess)

3. Carried all around ( Most said I was all tummy, but i know better! You cannot possibly put 18kg on just on your tummy!)

4. Cravings...I ate meat for the first time in 15 years! Mind you, anything salty was also up there on my hit list! I had to restrain myself from ODing on salt!

Hi there..ok here goes..

1) one of each.. 2) no morning sickness with either at all  3) i carried all over..i was fat everywhere i could possibly be! Had no diff between kids.  4) I exsisted on fried eggs on toast smothered in ketchup (no, ordinary tomato sauce didnt cut it!) for breakfast lunch and tea for the first 3 -4 months. Both times! As for chocolate..my cravings still have not left me and my daughter is nearly 4!

HOPE THAT HELPED!

1.  All Boys

2.  Yes (with all)

3.  In the front (all three)

4.  Always like chocolate, but definitely oranges with the first two

What's the theory about the citrus?  Haven't heard that one.

1 girl, 3 boys.

Morning sickness with all of them, it got worse with each pregnancy as I got older, gender made no difference.

I carried the girl and one boy very to the front, one boy very deep back and heavy on my spine, and one kind of across nicely in the middle.

All my pregnancies I craved different things, but one thing stayed the same - an incredible intolerance to salt and meat, especially in the first half of the pregnancy. First pregnancy (girl) my cravings were mostly cream, icecream, and chocolate and was exactly the same with the last one (boy). Second pregnancy (boy) was mostly malt extract and tomato - not together though! and the third one (boy) was maple syrup and again - seperately - tomato.

If the wives tales are anything to go by, my kids are all going to end up transgender! LOL

I had a boy. Everyone said I was having a boy (and they were right!)

I had a small amount of morning sickness early in the pregnancy

I carried waaaaaaaaaay out front

I wanted oranges and tangellos all day and all night

In fact...I'm off to eat and orange right now...yum :)

1 a) girl
b) girl

2a) hideous morning sickness all the way through with a small break around 5-6 month mark
b) morning sickness at the start

3a) front
b) front - I( was quite small with both)

4a) frozin cokes and sugar
b) mint slice bikkies and chocolate and also mandarines.

1. Did you have a Boy or Girl?  Girl (am preggers now with an unknown for a couple more weeks)

2. Did you have morning sickness early in the pregnancy? With daughter ALL the way to 8 1/2 month was on Moxlon, quit smoking at approx 5 weeks this time and mild sickness has ended.

3. Did you appear to carry more to the front, or more across? both times so far to front

4. Did you crave oranges/citrus or sweets such as chocolate or neither?  First time i craved white bread service station cheese sandwiches (LOL) this time not much occassionally milk shakes.. so dairy I guess, love chocolate but nothing to do with being up the duff I'm afraid LOL.

1.Boy

2. No morning sickness at all

3. Carried in the front but not until later

4. No cravings

Ok this seems interesting.

Both Girls

first baby for 12 weeks morning sickness, threw up a few times.

second baby for around 20 weeks morning sickness didnt really throw up.

First baby more like a melon or football in front

Second baby more like a circle out in front

First baby frozen ice cokes from mcdonalds

Second baby Mcflurries mcdonalds

Well, my first pregnancy - all the old wive's tests, the cravings & the way I carried said a girl - everyone said I was having a girl and guess what - a boy!  I couldn't stomach dairies, loved salads and had all day morning sickness that was fairly mild.

My second, no-one had any idea what the baby would be - the way I carried was much the same but I showed a lot sooner.  The symptoms & feelings were far more intense a lot earlier - worse sickness, tiredness etc...  Hated the smell of red meat and went off it for months, craved eggs.  Had a girl.

Don't know if that helps any?

I had a boy, severe morning sickness early on, carried to the front, I craved coffee either iced or hot,

HI,

I had 2 boys, had no morning sickness at all, carried out front with both of them...  i didn't show with the first til i was around 6 months, and then my stomach got gigantic! with the second i was showing within 4 months... with my first i couldn't get enough banana/mango fruit juice! my second son, all i wanted was salt and vinegar chips for a few weeks!

cheers!

Hi there, this should be fun!

Bub No. 1

1. Boy

2.had morning sickness till 25 weeks. (was working a stressful job during this pregnancy with very early starts)

3. I carried very high and didn't show till i was 6 months

4. Very strange one i craved boiled cabbage and the other one was chocolate, i hated chocolate till i was pregnant.

Bub No. 2

1. Girl

2. i think i was sick once (not working during this pregnancy)

3. carried very low didn't show till i was about 8 months. (true. I was very small)

4. i craved savoury food

Hope this all helps

Juzzy xoxox

1. had a boy

2. mild morning sickness till about 14 weeks

3. Carried all round

4. craved crunchy bread rolls and chuppa chups.

Karen. xx.

1. Did you have a Boy or Girl? Boy

2. Did you have morning sickness early in the pregnancy? Yes till birth

3. Did you appear to carry more to the front, or more across? front but nothing till 6 months

4. Did you crave oranges/citrus or sweets such as chocolate or neither? neither, I craved red meat like steak, bloody (med) and HJ's

1. Did you have a Boy or Girl? Girl

2. Did you have morning sickness early in the pregnancy? till birth

3. Did you appear to carry more to the front, or more across? front showed at 4 months

4. Did you crave oranges/citrus or sweets such as chocolate or neither? Cheese burgers

 * Had a girl

* No morning sickness just really tired

* carried across.. didnt have much of a belly, Started showing around 6-7 months but always had a small belly.

*Craved ICE!!! .. then the last 3-2 months was chocolate

Steff