How to determine the sex of an unborn child - all folk signs and scientific methods

Many women during pregnancy eagerly wait for an ultrasound to find out whether they are carrying a boy or a girl. But using this method, you can find out the sex of the child only from the second trimester, which is why mothers turn to folk signs. How to determine the sex of the unborn child using traditional and medical methods, we will consider below.

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A bed by the east window and dried rabbit testicles. Planning the gender of the child

It's no secret that the sex of a child from a physiological point of view is an accident - there is always a 50% chance that a boy will be born, and the same that a daughter will be born.

Nevertheless, today doctors can create an embryo of any gender in laboratory conditions. In most countries, such manipulations are not particularly legal and are carried out only if parents can transmit some serious diseases to a child of a certain gender.

Several hundred years ago, in vitro fertilization did not exist. But there was a “Women’s Gospel,” which described in detail ways to conceive a child of one gender or another, as well as determine whether a woman will give birth to a boy or a girl.

Some of the advice was quite unusual and even disgusting. For example, if a couple wanted to conceive a boy, then men were recommended to drink a cocktail of wine and chopped rabbit intestines on the day of intimacy, and women were recommended to drink the same red wine, but with dried rabbit eggs. One can only imagine how intimate these drinks were. Nothing is known about whether such a procedure was effective.

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It was also believed that if a man turns his face to the east during lovemaking, a boy will be born. An heir can be produced by having sex in the morning or on an empty stomach. But if conception occurred during the day or evening, then a girl will probably be born.

Over time, the methods became more logical, but not entirely scientific. According to the Shettles method, in order to give birth to a boy, you need to make love immediately before ovulation, but if you want to become the parents of a girl, then it is better to conceive her 4-6 days before the release of the egg from the ovary.

There is an equally popular Whelan method, which consists of completely opposite recommendations. If you want to conceive a boy, then sexual intercourse should occur 4-6 days before ovulation. Do you want a girl? Then you should postpone sex until ovulation begins.

Which one is correct? Was at least one method effective? The results were probably 50/50.

Gender of the child according to folk signs

How to find out the gender of your unborn child without an ultrasound?

Folk signs for determining gender are nothing more than widespread rumors. No one has ever proven that this is true. It’s just that beliefs are passed on from one generation of women to another, from grandmothers to granddaughters.

In general, there are a lot of them: in relation to health (“Eat carrots and your eyesight will improve”), safety (“Don’t swim earlier than an hour after eating”) and - very popular! - related to pregnancy. And who is more likely to be born to you if you put together the results of all such “signs”? So, if the ultrasound is still far away, but your tummy is already big, let’s go! Boy or girl?

Just answer the questions provided, and after the test you can read the “transcripts” at the end of the page.

Experiments with salt

Want to find out the gender of your baby? The notorious “Gospel” has another valuable piece of advice for you. While a pregnant woman is sleeping, salt should be sprinkled on her head, but so gently that she does not notice. Next, we wait for the expectant mother to wake up and immediately ask her to name any name. If the name is masculine, the name will be a boy, if the name is feminine, the name will be a daughter. But it is quite likely that a newly awakened, stunned woman will name the eccentric who sprinkled salt on her head while she slept, along with a couple of not entirely flattering epithets.

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Unusual signs

Doctors disapprove of most signs. Most of them only mean the position of the child in the womb, the state of the mother’s health and similar signs.

The beliefs described below, which are associated with changes in a woman’s body, are used by midwives. According to these beliefs, you can find out the sex of a child with the highest possible accuracy.

If the fetus is male, the level of testosterone in the woman's blood increases significantly. The release of the hormone leads to increased hair growth on the legs and arms, and hair appears on the stomach and back. When expecting a daughter, such changes are not observed.

Due to hormonal levels, girls under 25 years of age mostly give birth to boys, and girls over 33 years of age - girls. Between the ages of 25 and 33, both sons and daughters are born equally often.

Having studied and “tried on” folk signs and fortune-telling, a woman will be able to predict with a high probability the birth of a baby of one gender or another. Even if the result does not coincide with reality, a kind of game will brighten up leisure time and strengthen the relationship between future parents. 70-80% of couples manage to find out the sex of the child by signs.

Ask mother

Several hundred years ago it was believed that the expectant mother subconsciously already knew the sex of the child and this information could be extracted from her. For example, you can tell a pregnant woman that she will have a wonderful son - if she does not react to this phrase with a blush on her cheeks, then most likely a girl will be born.

There is another very interesting and probably “accurate” test. Place the key in front of the woman and ask her to take it. If she grabs the thickened end, a boy will be born.

How to determine a child's gender

How to determine the sex of the unborn child in the early stages. Thanks to folk signs, it is possible not only to find out the gender of the unborn baby, but also to influence its gender until the moment of birth. It is curious that you can influence not only in the period before conception, but also directly at the moment of conception.

What needs to be done to have a girl:

dominate in sex;
suitable weather (cloudy, rainy weather is suitable);
heads should be directed south;
eat a lot of carbohydrates (sweets).

Morning sickness is another indicator

It has been suggested that during pregnancy with a girl, morning sickness appears in the first trimester. But if a woman is carrying a boy, then in the first few months she feels normal, but nausea and other symptoms appear in the second half of pregnancy.

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Are you expecting a girl

If:

Don't think a day without chocolate and other sweets
There was severe toxicosis in the early stages
There is pigmentation on the abdomen
Left breast is larger than right
You've gained a lot of weight
Acne is your pregnancy companion
You indulge in fruits and juices
Your stomach is high
You don't look as beautiful as you did before pregnancy
Your mood is very changeable. You are capricious and take your experiences very seriously.
Your chest... It just became wow!
You don't eat crusts of bread
Your urine is a dull yellow color
Your face flushes more often than usual
When you sleep, you turn your head to the south
You often feel cold
The little one knocks on your liver more often
The little son of your friends shows interest in your tummy

Pay attention to your husband's figure

Why not look at your father? He is also a parent. There is an old myth that says that if the husband gains weight during his wife's pregnancy, the baby will be a girl. Danish scientists conducted a small study on this topic, in which 100 future fathers took part. It’s strange, but those dads who subsequently had daughters actually gained at least a few kilograms during their wives’ pregnancy. For statistics, this, of course, is not enough, but it makes you think that the “Women’s Gospel” in some places contained truthful information.

Blood method

There's nothing wrong with it, despite the name. There is simply another popular, but no less ineffective method of planning the sex of a child according to the “blood age” of the parents. That is, whoever has “newer” blood - a woman or a man - will have a baby of that gender. And this depends on the biological age of the parents: it is believed that the blood is completely renewed in women every 2 years, and in men - 2 times less often.

Therefore, they propose the following formula for calculation: add the age of the parents in years, multiply this amount by 4, divide the resulting result by two. It is better to divide according to the school method - in a column: this way the remainder is immediately visible. If it is equal to two or zero, it will be a boy. If it’s one, then it’s a girl. Considering the number of children born every minute, there will probably be those parents for whom this formula coincides with the expected result. But this is nothing more than a statistical coincidence.

Sweet or sour?

To this day, women are advised to pay attention to their own taste preferences. Girls are sweet and tender, so if you are carrying a daughter, you will eat mostly sweets. But the boys are made “of snails, beetles and cheerful puppies,” and therefore the expectant mother is drawn to sour and salty things.

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Use a wedding ring

An engagement ring is not only a piece of jewelry that symbolizes your official connection with your other half. They say that with its help you can predict the future gender of the child. By the way, you can experiment, because the procedure is very simple.

A pregnant woman should lie on her back. A wedding ring suspended from a thread is held above her stomach. After a few seconds or minutes, the ring will begin to move. If the jewelry sways from side to side, it will be a boy. If a woman is pregnant with a girl, then the ring will spin in a circle. By the way, this technique was used very often in the old days. I wonder what conclusions were drawn if the ring “refused” to spin and turn?

Folk signs for determining the sex of a child in the early stages

How to determine the gender of a child using folk signs? In the early stages, it is possible to determine the baby’s gender based on appearance and well-being. Often, grandmothers manage to determine the sex of the baby only based on visual signs of the expectant mother. There are even proverbs, sayings and even legends:

“The boy gives beauty to the expectant mother, and the girl takes it away.” If a woman is expecting a boy, then her hormonal levels improve, and if she is pregnant with a girl, then vice versa.
“A girl brings love, and a boy takes away.” If you ask a pregnant woman to stretch her arms forward, you can find out the gender of the baby. If the palms are down, then you need to wait for a boy, up – for a girl.
“The son is heavier and closer to the heart, but the girl is lighter and further away.” If a woman is expecting a boy, she sleeps most on her left side, and a girl can allow her mother to sleep on both the right and left sides.
The appearance of age spots on a woman’s body indicates the birth of a girl.
A strong manifestation of toxicosis is for a boy.
Chills, a desire to be warm - for the birth of a girl.
If a woman is expecting a girl, then during pregnancy there is a need for sweets.
If a woman is expecting a boy, then there is a need for sour, salty and meaty foods.
A woman who is pregnant with a boy has a higher appetite.
The shape of the expectant mother's nose undergoes changes. If a woman is pregnant with a boy, then the nose visually appears larger and the pores become noticeable.
You can determine the sex of the baby by looking at the woman’s hands. If the expectant mother's hand skin is tender and soft, then it is likely that a girl will be born. While mothers of fry have skin that peels off.
With the help of fortune telling on a wedding ring, you can also determine the gender of the unborn child. The ring needs to be tied to a thread, lifted and continuously looked at. If the ring rotates in a circle, then there will be a girl, if from side to side, it will be a boy.

Determine the sex of the child based on the date of conception

Folk signs will help you find out the gender of your unborn child. Even in ancient times, special numbers and dates were used that helped determine the day of conception of a boy or girl.

The most common date is the month of conception and the year in which the mother was born:

If the expectant mother was born in an even year, and the baby was conceived in an odd month according to the calendar, then there is a high probability that a boy will be born.
If a woman was born in an even-numbered year and conception also occurred in an even-numbered month, it is likely that a girl will be born.
If there is a coincidence in the parity of the month of conception and the year of birth, then there is a high probability of the birth of a girl; if there is a discrepancy, the birth of a boy.

The sign may not work if the baby was conceived, but the month when the woman herself was conceived.

The date of conception is of concern to those who want to give birth to a child of a particular gender. The sex of a child also depends on the set of chromosomes. A woman has a set of XX chromosomes, and a man has XY. A woman gives one X chromosome, and a man X or Y. The result depends on which chromosome the man gives. Scientists have long proven that X chromosomes are more stable when sperm die.

The boy appears:

Frequent sexual intercourse leads to the fact that the sperm is saturated with motile sperm.
It is recommended to use positions with deep penetration.
Three days before ovulation begins, it is advisable to stop sexual intercourse.

Appearance of a girl:

Sexual intercourse should be stopped two weeks before ovulation.
You should choose positions with shallow penetration.

Find out the gender of the unborn child - folk signs based on the father's age

There are folk signs that, based on the age of the father, determine the gender of the child.

In order to carry out calculations, you need to know the father's age and the day of the month when conception occurred. From the number 49 you need to subtract the dad's age, then add 1, and then subtract the month of conception and another number 3. If the result is an even number, then a boy will appear, if an odd number, then a girl.

Other signs associated with fathers:

If the future father has thin hair, then the likelihood of having a boy increases.
A little hair on the body means the birth of a boy.
Sexually active men are more likely to give birth to girls.
If a man wears tight trousers, then the likelihood of having a boy is higher. Since such a covering of clothing has an adverse effect on potency.

Find out the gender of the unborn child using the lunar calendar: folk signs

Healers and fortune tellers believe that the phase of the moon affects the gender of the unborn baby. It is favorable to conceive boys under male constellations, and girls under female constellations.

If the moon is in the constellation Taurus, Cancer, Pisces, Scorpio, Virgo or Capricorn, then a girl will be born; boys will be born under other constellations.

Chinese calendar

In China, planning a child is a very important and serious process. Since ancient times, the birth of a boy is a blessing, and a girl is a burden. There is even a special system of non-disclosure by doctors of the sex of the unborn child in order to avoid termination of an unwanted pregnancy.

There are favorable days for a boy to be born. The most accurate method is the age of the mother and the day of the month of conception. So, for example, if the expectant mother is 18 years old, then it is better for her not to conceive a child in March and January, and so on for each age interval.

It is worth recalling that in China the age of the baby begins from the day of conception and nine months are added to it.

Folk signs from the Japanese calendar will help you find out the gender of your unborn child.

The Japanese calendar uses both the date of birth of the mother and the father to determine the gender of the baby. There is a special table where the months of the mother’s birth are shown vertically and the father’s months horizontally. Next, they look for a number from one to twelve, which is at the intersection of the lines.

Today on the Internet there are a huge number of online calculators that, based on simple formulas, calculate the sex of the unborn child. However, you should understand that you should not completely trust such methods.

Folk signs will help you find out the gender of your unborn child: mistakes and miscalculations

Very often there is a situation when the baby’s gender is determined incorrectly even on an ultrasound examination. The specialist does not announce the ultrasound result accurately, which sometimes confuses parents after the birth of the baby.

Often folk signs also turn out to be erroneous. For example, an expectant mother may have a hormonal imbalance, as a result of which toxicosis will occur in both a boy and a girl. Manifestations of appetite can also be misinterpreted due to changes in hormonal levels. For the most part, such methods of fortune telling about who will appear in the family are similar to a form of entertainment and fun.

There is nothing wrong with future parents wanting to find out the gender of their unborn child using folk signs. It is likely that such entertainment will help brighten up all the negative manifestations of pregnancy and look forward to the birth of your little one.

Pay attention to the shape of the belly

It is believed that changes in the figure of a pregnant woman are an important indicator. When she is pregnant with a boy, the belly is lower, and the bulk of the weight gained is deposited on the hips and buttocks. But if the belly is round, high and protrudes forward, then most likely the baby will be a girl.

By the way, various social experiments were conducted on this topic, when a pregnant woman communicated with supposedly knowledgeable people who claimed that they could determine gender by the shape of their abdomen. In most cases, the opinion of “specialists” about the same stomach was divided in a 50/50 ratio.

Of course, there are a lot of similar methods of prediction, but it is unlikely that at least one of them can guarantee 100% compliance with reality. Yes, sometimes people really guess, but their chances are as much as 50%.

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Common folk beliefs

Many signs are used to calculate the gender of an unborn child. The most popular of them are widely known. Folk signs for determining the sex of a child during pregnancy are conventionally divided into groups. Frequent coincidences of various characteristics indicate a high chance of having a baby of a certain gender. During the gestation period, girls begin to eat food that is unusual for them or consume any product in large quantities. The wise people compared these data and obtained the following results.

If a woman is expecting a son:

you want to eat salted, smoked and meat (in the classic example, a pregnant woman who eats cucumbers is expecting an heir);
gives preference to bread crust rather than crumb;
she has an excessive appetite;
the smell lingers for a long time after eating a clove of garlic.

When waiting for a girl:

I want to eat sweets and flour products;
only the crumb is eaten from the bread;
eats in moderation.

In addition to changes in tastes, folk signs pay attention to toxicosis. If it is strong, the woman carries a daughter; if it is weak or absent altogether, the woman carries a son.

Other signs on how your mother is feeling:

constant headaches indicate that the boy is waiting;
frequent changeable mood indicates that the girl is expecting a daughter;
feeling unwell in the heat means the imminent birth of a girl; if a girl has a hard time withstanding the cold, it means a boy;
severely swollen legs indicate pregnancy with a male baby.

The shape of your belly is exactly what passers-by and friends pay attention to. Based on this feature, it is as easy as possible to predict the gender of the baby.