Do Symptoms really have NOTHING to do with Gender?

[pinkplspls]

you go on these websites, IG, this one, Babycentre..., there are so many women telling us pregnancies are completely different for their boys vs girls.

Different hair growth, morning sickness, diarreah, headaches, cravings, hot and cold feet or hands.

I am one of these really unlucky women with hardly any differences this pregnancy to my last three boys.

I cope very well with pregnancy it seems anyway, I've never been sick, no real cravings, just tiredness, my boobs dont grow (unfortunately)! they are tiny!!! my leg and arm hairs grow a little faster (are this time too). how couls this possibly be a daughter when girls and boys are a completely different species of human being!!! and i feel no different to carrying my boys.

Admittidely I am only 12 weeks and a few days, but I have this friend, who is driving me crazy, saying because she fell whilst she was on birth control, and is suffering really bad hypermensis with terrible headaches, cravings for chocolate and meat, getting an upset tummy and having no hair growth on her legs, that she's undoubtedly carrying a girl. (she is only 8 weeks). but all these symptoms are the complete opposite to her boy pregnancy

I cant help but feel a little jealous, I dont even know what she'll have yet! not that it makes a real difference to my life and my babies, but all my hope is lost as I have another Identical pregnancy.


There must be some truth to the gender symptoms musnt there? given that it takes a little more testosterone to make a boy Vs less for a girl? xxxxx

[nuthinbutpink]

It's like the heartbeat old wives tale. For every person that says their pregnancy is different, there's another that says it's the same. Don't drive yourself crazy!

[Wanting-a-girl]

It has absolutley nothing to do with gender! My ds4 debunked every one of those "girl symptoms"

[BlueMom]

It has nothing to do, don't even waste your time thinking about it (I know it's not easy, I've been there too). For me, three pregnancies, different symptoms every time, and with the same result: boy.

[Dreamofpink]

It has nothing to do, don't even waste your time thinking about it (I know it's not easy, I've been there too). For me, three pregnancies, different symptoms every time, and with the same result: boy.

Exactly the same here too! By OWT this little one should be a girl, even down to a fast heart rate let alone pg symptoms. Please don't beat yourself up with worrying. Hugs x x

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[pinkplspls]

i'm driving myself crazy!!! its awful, worst thing i keep reading is women who carry girls getting bigger boobs early on, it seems to be 80/20 how often that rings true!!!

[BlueMom]

Oh no no, this is the first time I had my bubs bigger very early in the pregnancy, and as you can see, has nothing to do (for me at least), i got another boy...

[BlueMom]

And I had all the "girls cravings" too, I don't believe in owt anymore, I drove myself crazy with all that stuff this time and I wish I didn't ...

[atomic sagebrush]

THERE IS NO WAY TO TELL THE GENDER OF YOUR BABY FROM YOUR PREGNANCY SYMPTOMS. Seriously. I have been thru hundreds of pg with various women all stressing over omg I craved mustard it's a boy LOL and there is NOTHING to it.

There is a TINY % difference between the number of women pg with girls who have hyperemesis vs. boys. I think it's like less than 3% (sorry I have no time to go looking this am but the studies are online) Every person I know who has hyperemesis has all boys.

A baby is a MINISCULE ball of cells at 8-12 weeks. The reproductive organs do not even begin to form until 8 weeks HowStuffWorks "Development of Sex Organs" (http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/human-biology/human-reproduction1.htm) and until that point there is no difference in testosterone levels because it's the repro organs that make that stuff.

Your friend very well may be pg with a girl but it has nothing to do with her pg symptoms. THere are gals on here that had same genders with diff. pg, diff. genders with similar ones, and everything in between. My girl pregnancy was the most similar to my 2nd son.

[atomic sagebrush]

i'm driving myself crazy!!! its awful, worst thing i keep reading is women who carry girls getting bigger boobs early on, it seems to be 80/20 how often that rings true!!!

Step away from the computer, take your children to the park. You're making yourself unhappy for nothing.

[pinkplspls]

Step away from the computer, take your children to the park. You're making yourself unhappy for nothing.

that told me!! my husband has been saying the exact same thing for weeks... looks like i'm off to the park!

[atomic sagebrush]

:) intent meant to be humorous, not harsh!!! Have fun at the park.

[Pearl327]

Boy and girl pregnancies pretty much exactly the same for me.

[toomanyboys]

How adorable is you little boy? I could eat him up!!!!

[ever hopeful]

Try and enjoy and not stress too much (easier said than done) as I too am sure there is no difference. The only reason I was feeling different early on this time (went HT after 3 boys) is simply because of the drugs - the minute I stopped estrogen, this pregnancy is just like all of the others. Really hope you get your DG though xx

[Kitty0911]

First Pregnancy: moderate morning sickness, and back aches =boy
Second Pregnancy: sore boobs, hyperemesis, back aches, and heartburn =boy
Third/Last Pregnancy: sore boobs, quick and easy morning sickness, and heartburn = more than likely another boy.
I have given up on the symptom tracking. It got my hopes up with my last pregnancy and it's pretty much bringing my hopes down with this one. Since this is my last I'm trying to focus on each wonderful day and not the gender (even though it is REALLY hard).

[gurly]

With DD I had the worst aversion to meat, then with this pregnancy I had such a strong craving for a steak. Of course I freaked out thinking that must mean boy.

I want to think that if the very same symptom is a strong indicator that its a boy for one person, yet definitely means girl for someone else, it really means nothing at all.

These OWT kind of screw with our heads. It can give us a false sense of relief or it can make our anxiety a million times worse

[atomic sagebrush]

It DOESN'T mean anything for anyone. All those cravings indicate is ~possibly~ what your body may be needing, and that can vary by pregnancy. I had a meat aversion with DD too but I had been on LE Diet for 6 months before that and I'm not a super huge meat eater to begin with so it just didn't appeal to me. Personally I have seen more than a few women psych themselves up into wanting particular foods because they think they're supposed to crave them.

[monkeysnuffer]

I had the exact same pregnancy with my son and my daughter. I kept joking with DH that it was my DS's twin because EVERYTHING was the same.

I did get upset when I didn't have severe morning sickness because my neighbor was having a girl and had to go on medicine because hers was so bad.

[foxymrsg]

Agree with Atomic about hypermeresis(sp?), look at Princess Kate, hospitalised with it and a very handsome prince she has.....x

[3littleladies]

No absolutely not, trust me don't drive yourself bonkers for nothing!

I was set on my third being a boy because how different my cravings were, no morning sickness, all belly no big bum amongst other things and I still had a girl!!

[Becca.lms]

I had severe hypermesis all nine months. Both boys. And they say morning sickness is a girl thing.
Nothing is 100% until baby is born!

[onebigwish]

i had two totally diffent pg´sys and both Boys!
symptoms really has nothing to do with gender :)

[Waiting4Daisy]

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[HopefulMonster]

My morning sickness had been different, it's hard to say worse or not because first time I felt very very sick for long past 12 weeks, but wasn't actually sick, just awful nausea and meat aversion. The nausea started around week 7 and like I said, lasted till easily 18 weeks.

This time I started feeling violently nauseous from just 5 weeks, that quickly progressed to full on vomiting multiple times a day and night, obviously far worse than with my first, BUT I'm already feeling tons better from before 10 weeks onwards, and obviously this time round I'm running round after a toddler so not sure if that just made it feel worse (we get up at 5.45am every morning blah!!).

I'm very spotty, not just face but chest and shoulders too it's GROSS!

I know what you mean though, I really believe it's a girl so I'm terrified I'm going to fall hard if it's not.

[Waiting4Daisy]

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