Short petit women =more girls???

[onebigwish]

I’ve noticed that short /petit woman have a lot more girls than tall woman. Is that because the tall need more calories protein &fat to take ? It’s quite interesting!

[Throwaway_panther]

I've never seen anything supporting this? Is there a study somewhere?

I know, scientifically, taller woman have been observed more often to carry twins though. Anecdotally, most of my family is actually quite tall for women and we've predominantly had girls or a mix.

[Parying4agirl]

Im only 5’ 1.5 (yes the .5 does matter 😂😂😂) every bit counts ☺️☺️
Between a size 6/8, had 3 boys so not true for me

[4blue2pink]

im 5'4" at a stretch and always been slim built, ive had 3 girls and 5 boys. only thing i know is a proven difference as TP says is taller women having more twins

[ksmom]

I don't think so. It has more to do with metabolism than height. While yes, some petite women do need fewer calories, there are those that consume a lot more because of a fast metabolism. Petite women=more girls certainly isn't true for me as I'm 5'1" and for most of my non-pregnant adult life, my weight has been between 95-105 pounds and I have three boys. FWIW I know lots of all boy or all girl moms and I've yet to see a correlation between height and their children's genders.

[trifecta]

I've noticed the opposite! I always see tall women with girls and I think it's a little counter-intuitive because men benefit so much more from being tall, whereas a tall girl might have fewer mating opportunities.

[trifecta]

By the way, this isn't exactly scientific but most of the tall man/short woman pairings I know have boys.

[MrsEnglish]

I'm just guessing here, but here's my theory: If BOTH mother and father are very short (mom 5'2 or shorter, dad 5'6 or shorter), then they have more girls. Comments on this welcome!

[atomic sagebrush]

At least one study seemed to find tall parents = more sons. http://personal.lse.ac.uk/KANAZAWA/pdfs/JTB2005b.pdf But no one knows why that may be, and it is VERY FAR from a sure thing...because if you stop to think about it, where would very tall women come from to begin with if everyone who was tall, invariably had boys?

[atomic sagebrush]

here's another study only this one was done in men only Why tall men have the most children | Daily Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-45118/Why-tall-men-children.html)

[atomic sagebrush]

By the way, this isn't exactly scientific but most of the tall man/short woman pairings I know have boys.

This is me, and we def. have no shortage of boys LOL.

I am on the short side of average (5-4) and have 4 boys (my husband is tall, though). My mom is relatively tall for a woman and my dad is tall, and between them they have 3 g 1 b (and my mom also lost a girl). I am a short mutant freako much shorter than either parent but I still have way more boys than both of them put together. :)

[Throwaway_panther]

This is me, and we def. have no shortage of boys LOL.

I am on the short side of average (5-4) and have 4 boys (my husband is tall, though). My mom is relatively tall for a woman and my dad is tall, and between them they have 3 g 1 b (and my mom also lost a girl). I am a short mutant freako much shorter than either parent but I still have way more boys than both of them put together. :)

5'4" is the average in the U.S.! ;)

The tall male bit was interesting. I've seen that a lot in terms of attraction... though clearly my tall ass husband (6'3" ) is not holding up his end of the bargain haha