Question about pregnancies!!

[Brittanywantsagirl]

Im totally and completely NEW here, so I really have no idea if I am posting in the right (or wrong) place.
I was just wondering though, mommies with kids of BOTH genders, did you experience different symptoms (per gender) during your pregnancy?
For example I have two little boys, and got so incredibly sick both times I was pregnant with them. This pregnancy I have (knock on wood and keeping my fingers crossed) not gotten sick/vomited!!!

Obviously, I am hoping for a girl this time around...but only time will tell...
Experiences??

Also I have had two early ultrasounds (one at 6w1d and the second at 7w1d). Both times the doctor was unable to confirm where the placenta was attached. They both told me that at this time the placenta was everywhere?!?! I have another scan at 12w1d, would that be too late to use the Ramzi method? I have the pic of the 7w1d pic if anyone wants to see it. lol.


Thanks in advance!!

[Hobbermittens]

Hi, I am on pregnancy #4, and I don't think symptoms mean that much. My 2nd pregnancy (boy) was so different from my first (girl) and then my 3rd was just like my second, so I assumed it was another boy--nope, girl #2. For me, I have gotten sick longer each time (first preg just 3 weeks or so, 2nd was about 12 weeks, 3rd was 14 weeks, this time 16 weeks), regardless of gender.

[Brittanywantsagirl]

From what I have heard, if you have morning sickness with your first then you are more likely to get it with each subsequent pregnancy. I am hoping and praying I dont get sick this time around. im in my mid 8th week, so i know i still have some time to get sick, but my doctor had told me that i should have already been sick for a while now. Well just have to see i guess!

[TTC5]

I had M/S with all 4 girls and this one is a boy and nothing :)

[nestof3]

Very mild m/s with DS1, nothing with DS2 and this time I've have severe m/s (hyperemesis) and its a DD.

[Butterfly Spirit]

Pregnancies 1&2 SICK AS A DOG..strong nauseous feeling from stomach to my throat. It got worse at night. Eating didn't help, and I couldn't keep much down.

This pregnancy.... mild unpleasant nausea described as a sick pit in my stomach. I have metal mouth, and it doesn't help..but it's NOTHING compared to what I've gone through. It's definitely different, gets a little worse at night and eating makes me feel better. I've had one bout of dry heaving and nausea from my stomach to my throat.
*Knocks on wood* That it stays this way!

[Butterfly Spirit]

Very mild m/s with DS1, nothing with DS2 and this time I've have severe m/s (hyperemesis) and its a DD.

That is horrible Nest, how are you doing now?

[nestof3]

I'm ok now as long as I keep on top of taking my Zofran. Weeks 6-13 were horrific though. Had to get IV fluids.
Although I know hyperemesis can be way worse so I guess I'm lucky in that regard!

[Butterfly Spirit]

I'm ok now as long as I keep on top of taking my Zofran. Weeks 6-13 were horrific though. Had to get IV fluids.
Although I know hyperemesis can be way worse so I guess I'm lucky in that regard!

Yikes! I'm glad your medicine is working! I took Promethazine for pregnancy 1 and 2.. My 2 yr old is still nursing so I'm on my own with this pregnancy ..hoping mine stays right where it is!

[jens0972]

My symptoms did not seem to be related to gender at all. But I also had taken fertility meds.

[3Pink1Blue]

I had terrible ms with dd1 and craved fruit and candy, a touch with dd2, I had none with dd3 but was always cold, utterly exhausted and constantly starving, I has minor ms with DS but major food aversions. 4 babies, 4 very different pregnancies.

[atomic sagebrush]

Hi Brittany -

PLEASE believe me when I tell you, DON'T put any stock into your pg symptoms. Thousands of people have stressed over their pg symptoms and there is no pattern to them at all. I have one of my 4 boy pg where I had very little morning sickness and had horrible sickness with the other three. Now that I'm pg with a girl, I do think in retrospect that my sickness started sooner and went on later but it never was as bad as with my other three boys (nor as good as my 2nd boy who hardly made me sick at all.) There is no rhyme or reason to it. For every person who swears that they could tell on symptoms, I can list off 10 people who thought based on symptoms they were getting an opposite, only to end up with the same gender baby they had already.

The reason why doctors say "the placenta is everywhere" is because your uterus is very small at that state and the placenta takes up most of the available space. Ultrasound tech have to be specially trained to give you an accurate guess based on Ramzi method and unless they are, it's really not worth anything because they don't know what they're doing.

12 w 1 day is too late for Ramzi but you may be able to guess on a nub shot at that point and you can read more about that here: ULTRASOUND GENDER PREDICTION (http://genderdreaming.com/forum/ultrasound-gender-prediction/) You can also post your early pics in that section and see what people think, but it won't be reliable since the tech wasn't trained in Ramzi method and we can't know if the pic is accurate or reversed.

[Glittergirl]

I had nausea and loss of appetite with all my pregnancies but with my last one (dd) i would actually vomit and dry heave ALL the time (never with the boys)....any smell or even unsightly things such as dh opening the fridge and me getting a glimpse of food in there I would run to the bathroom and just lose it. So definitely much more sick with DD.

[wantagirly23]

I had always heard the myth that if you didn't get any morning sickness its a boy and that a lot of sickness its a girl! With my ds I had not pregnancy symptoms at all! I felt great the whole first trimester. However its totally a myth because I have known tons of people who felt sick with boys or who had no symptoms with girls. Best wishes and hope you get your girl! Did you do any gender swaying for this baby?

[auroara78]

I was sicker with DS2 than DS1 and that myth about being sicker with a girls created a lot of GD with him because I kept convincing myself that he had to be a girl because I was sicker, though in my heart I already had a feeling he was a boy.

This time I had mild morning sickness, mostly just a seasickness / weird taste in the mouth feeling, and did not look into symtoms that much, partly because I didn't think I'd get "lucky" enough to get a DD, and because it drove me crazy anyalzing every twinge with DS2.

[WantALittleBlue]

I had morning sickness for 5 months with DD1, I was on diclectin (not sure for about the spelling), dizzy spells with DS nothing major and mild nausea with DD2. None of my pregnancies where similar not even the girl ones. My cousin had severe nausea/ms with her DS1 she lost 25 lbs... she was vomiting until the day she gave birth and absolutely nothing with DS2 so I wouldn't look too much into symptoms.

[skrimpy]

I craved different things with my first baby (wanted lots of sweets), and with the others I've wanted things more like sandwiches (though I did crave a lot of ice cream with #5, so wanted sweets with two girls).

I have carried the same every single time.

My morning sickness got progressively worse with each pregnancy I was on, but seems to have let up early on me with baby #6 (FX!!!!!)

My conclusion is that symptoms have no gender correlation. I'm not helpful, I know!

[Surprise5th]

I have one girl and three boys and they were all different. I am pregnant with my fifth child and this one is extremely different, probably because I haven't been pregnant in almost 6 years! This time I have nausea, fatigue, acne, and lots of mood swings (Poor kids and hubby!) I keep hoping it is a girl, but all of this information varies so much from person to person. I guess I have to wait until my ultrasound in two weeks! Fingers crossed :)