Boy Mums??

[CapricornAquarius]

Im just wondering if any of the old wives tales were true for you.

So things like - How was your skin throughout? Did u get m/s? Where did you put most of your weight? What were your cravings? How was hair? Did you carry high/low?

Ladies im not going to go out & buy blue if im experiencing the same as you, im just curious.

Thanks heaps.

[applesoup]

Hi! I'm not sure what the "classic" boy signs are...because, it stresses me out too much! :)

Skin: clear
m/s: morning, noon, & night sickness through 22-24 weeks.
weight: ...is everywhere an answer? My face, arms, legs, hips...ugh, I just got BIG everywhere. Except my boobs...those only went up a size. :)
cravings: DS1: anything that I could actually eat, mostly mashed potatoes from KFC & chinese DS2: nothing chinese, PBJ, chocolate frosties with cookie dough DS3: muddy buddies
Hair: normal, stopped losing it.
carry: Is average an answer? I felt like they were in my ribs, but I think I looked average...

Hope this helps. Can you share your girl response?

[dramabird]

For son #1 ... I was sort of car-sicky feeling until week 11 and my back was really broken out. I carried him like a basketball; people said that if they saw me from behind, they couldn't tell I was pregnant at all.

For son #2 ... the queasiness was somewhat worse (I desperately tried to tell myself that meant he was a girl -- ha!), it also subsided around week 11 and it also corresponded with delightful "backne." ;p Once again, the vast majority of weight gain was just in my bump, although he did seem to carry a bit higher (another thing I tried to view as a possible "pink" sign).

Now, I had a friend who had two identical-seeming pregnancies and she had a DD the first time and a DS the second time. So I'm afraid I don't believe the old wives' tales with these ones. It seems like only ultrasound or delivery day can really tell.

[Cherry Red]

Hey CapriconAquarious,

wow a thread a can answer to as I can't on the sways as I know nothing yet lol.

Ok with DS I had really clear skin, no m/s, the most weight I put on was on my thighs, can't really think of anything that I craved for but I do remember having a dream that someone poured me a coke from a glass bottle into a big glass that was filled with crushed ice. I craved that for two days until I had it. It was that intense that I still remember it to this day, that was five years ago lol. Hair looked great and I carried high until the end. I had pretty bad leg cramps that would wake me at night and pretty scary vivid dreams. Other then that the pregnancy was def on the easy side.

DS2 on the other hand, I had m/s to 16 weeks and looked like total crap lol. I got gestational diabetes and ended up on insulin by the end. I carried high just like with DS and didn't put on much weight at all so I looked like I had a basketball under my tops, I had to be on a pretty strict diet to control blood sugar levels. Didn't crave anything really this time around either. I guess I was running around after DS and waking at night so it wasn't relaxing as my first pregnancy. DH thought I was having a girl cause I was having such a hard time of it, he was wrong lol.

Sorry don't think I'm very helpful, two of the same gender and two completely different pregnancies.

[pinkin2011]

With My d/s I got m/s at about 7 weeks and it pretty much passed by 14 weeks.
I carried him in my back as my nan would say i didnt get a real big tummy.. and sort of put weight on all over.
My skin was clear
My hair was thick...
By the 25th week I craved eucalyptus drops like they were going out of fashion.. couldnt get enough of them!

[queen-of-harts]

Im just wondering if any of the old wives tales were true for you.

So things like - How was your skin throughout? Did u get m/s? Where did you put most of your weight? What were your cravings? How was hair? Did you carry high/low?

Ladies im not going to go out & buy blue if im experiencing the same as you, im just curious.

Thanks heaps.

My skin stayed clear with all the boys,I had horrible ms with ds1 until the day i gave birth,ds's2,3,4,6 were medium ms until about 14 weeks and ds5 i had none at all.I gained weight in breasts with all and pretty much all over my body.I craved garbage like ice cream and deep fried stuff,fruity candies with ds1.My hair was crappy with ds 1-4 and nice with 5 and 6.I carried low with everyone but ds2 and every belly was shaped different each time.

[CapricornAquarius]

Thanks ladies, me so far, my nausea started at 6wks it comes in the afternoon/night, my skin was fab up until about a week ago, im getting pimples here & there, my hair so far is beautiful, my eyelashes are amazing, my weight so far is in my hips/bum & boobs & my cravings have been meat beef/kfc chicken, eggs, vegemite & milk, ive also been getting headaches & ive got gedtational diabetes. Stomach shape is looking forward if that makes sense, too early to tell really.

With my girls nausea was right from the beginning to 3 mths, i craved tomatoes with salt, pickles, fruit & chocolate milk shakes, i loved lamingtons, i carried really low, i put on weight in the hips/bum & boobs but when my tummy is big no one could tell i was pregnant from behind, my skin was great, my hair was falling out. Stomach shape was like a big watermelon.

Time will tell!

Hope you all get your daughters & i hope i get my son.

[zanacal]

With all 3 of my boy pregnancies I had practically no symptoms, except an achey lower back in the early weeks. Seriously, I had no nausea, no cravings, no sore boobs, nada.

I have to tell myself there's nothing to this because this time around I was nauseous until 12 weeks, my boobs are big and sore, my hair is falling out, I have cravings, zits, my lower back doesn't ache ... I feel like it's probably a big joke to get my hopes up!

[fresas]

DS 1:
I was super morning sick until about 17 weeks.
I craved Eggo waffles and chocolate pudding.
My skin was clear and my hair grew faster than usual.
I gained most of my weight in my hips.
I carried moderately high.
My boobs went up 2 cup sizes.

DS 2:
I was super, super morning sick until 7 months.
I craved black beans (those never, ever agreed with me) and blueberries.
My skin was a hot mess. I had zits all the time and was a grease puddle.
My hair grew faster than usual.
I carried extremely low.
I gained all weight in my hips and my weight gain was sudden. I literally gain 20 lbs in 2 weeks and I have no idea how because I wasn't eating. I then gained 20 more lbs at the very end of the pregnancy.
I gained 1 cup size.

Both times my stomach was very round. I delivered DS1 at 34 weeks, though, so I'm not sure what the final shape would have looked like.

[Out of the Blue]

Cap, I’ve had 3 pregnancies…B, B, and this last one which unfortunately ended at 16 wks was a girl (not sure what her twin was b/c we lost it early on) so I wasn't preg for all 40 wks. With the girl, it was really different from the boys though:

How was your skin throughout? Great w/the boys but had a few pimples w/the girl

Did u get m/s? Terrible m/s w/the boys (hyperemesis w/both) and just a bit w/the girl (if I ate, it usually went away and didn’t vomit at all)

Where did you put most of your weight? EVERYWHERE w/the boys (especially my @$$!), just a bit here and there w/the girl

What were your cravings? DS#1 –absolutely nothing, DS#2 – absolutely everything…if I thought of any food, I’d want it but couldn’t eat it as everything tasted terrible and I couldn’t even get a bite down to vomit it back up. W/the girl, I really craved anything w/cheese, especially nachos. I was also craving fish for some reason (I’m a vegetarian but I did have fish tacos and salmon during that last pregnancy)

How was hair? W/the boys, nice and full, w/the girl, flat

Did you carry high/low? Carried low w/all pregnancies

Got my :fingers: for you that your sweet little bean is BLUE!!! :BabyBoy: Congrats, Mama!

[CapricornAquarius]

Im actually leaning more towards a girl for myself as much as im hoping so badly for a boy, i just dont think i can be that lucky.

Sorry for your loss outoftheblue.

[amari]

I had ms whole pregnancy with both sons until I gave birth. No real cravings with either, carried like a basketball with both, no real zits, hair was fuller. Not too tired, tons of heartburn!

Hope you get your boy!!!

[Sunset]

for me both my pregnancies were completely the opposite so i don't buy into old wife tales :) my cravings were similar though with the boys, lots of sweet things like ice cream and doughnuts whereas in this pregnancy i'm craving orange juice and sour things

[auroara78]

DS1 and DS2: Had morning sickness at "night" mostly, the day would start off OK and as the hours progressed i'd get sicker and sicker. DS2 I only vomitted one night, but I think that was due to Food poisoning with left out crab cake (I still cannot eat crab to this day, I vomitted 10 times that night, UGH!!!)

With both DSs if you saw me from the back, you'd not know I was pregnant. With DS1 I was on a huge beef kick, beef tacos, beef this and that, it was the only thing that "settled" my stomach and made my nausea go away (I know, weird?)

DS2 I was all into chicken, and I was hoping that meant he was a girl! I don't get breakouts, never had an issue with acne or any zits or whatever, so my skin stayed clear. My hair stayed the same, did not grow longer or look worse, it was just there. My boobs NEVER get bigger either, can use the same bra, the only time they change is when I'm actually nursing.

So, DS1 and DS2 were similiar pregancies; craved meat in the first trimester, hated sweets until the end, with DS2 I showed a lot faster but I'm sure that's just because my body had already experienced a pregnancy.

Good luck Capri, I hope you get your boy!!

[Out of the Blue]

Im actually leaning more towards a girl for myself as much as im hoping so badly for a boy, i just dont think i can be that lucky.

Sorry for your loss outoftheblue.

Thanks. Even if I never get my earth girl, at least I have one or two sweet pink angels up there. That gives me a lot of comfort. Hoping you have a little boy blue in there!!!

[Coccinelle33]

with all of my boys i was different but with most of them i gained more weight than i did with my 1 daughter. i also had m/s with them all and never did with my girl.

[atomic sagebrush]

Horrible MS with DS 1,3,4, not so bad with DS 2.

Gained weight everywhere with all 4.

My skin was fine with all of them except DS 4 and I had more breakouts with him.

Craved totally different foods with each.

Hair??? Normal but a lot fell out after I had them.

I carried extremely high with DS 1 and then gradually lower with each pg.

I agree with the PP about the OWT - I have seen those OWT cause more heartbreak than anything (inc. my own with DS 3) and I understand this is all in fun but PLEASE don't put too much stock into them.

[maybeoneday]

I had 2 very different pregnancies with my boys and I was definately in the camp that put too much stock in the OWT as I was convinced DS2 was a girl (they don't tell you the sex in my health authority and DH refused to pay to go privately!)

DS1 - hardly any MS, wasn't sick once, just felt a bit nausous until I had eaten, then was ok. This stopped about 13 weeks. Had a big beach ball bump and didn't really put on any weight. Loved to eat salt and vinegar crisps. DS1 was very active - kicked me all day and night! Very little hair growth on legs. Hair on head was very full and shiny and only needed washing about every 4 days!

DS2 - Very sick (knew I was pregnant before I even peed on the stick as felt rough!), Bump smaller, much less movement, didn't put on much weight again though. Very little hair growth on legs and hair on head was similar to DS1.

Good luck with your bump and hoping all is blue for you.

xx

[suregena]

Im just wondering if any of the old wives tales were true for you.

So things like - How was your skin throughout? Did u get m/s? Where did you put most of your weight? What were your cravings? How was hair? Did you carry high/low?

Ladies im not going to go out & buy blue if im experiencing the same as you, im just curious.

Thanks heaps.


Hmm... well...

My skin was the best it had ever been, my hair was pretty great, too... I had major nausea from week 5 to week 9 but only threw up twice, once at 6 weeks at 3am and it was just bile, and once at 8 weeks at 5am and it was just bile as well. So, not bad.

I didn't gain weight except my stomach... I was carrying him completely in the front, i.e. when people saw me from behind they wouldn't have known I was pregnant (unless they noticed my pregnant waddle... :D), I guess I carried between low and high... I am really short (5") so it's hard for me to say! My cravings were weekly cravings. One week it would be chilli, one week it would be Subway, one week it would be pasta/pizza, one week it would be indian food, etcetera. The constant, though, was fast food. Especially American fast food I could no longer have because I live in the UK but I'm American... I wanted Sonic, diner chain food like 5'n Diner or Denny's, Taco Bell, Del Taco, Wendy's frosties, etcetera. I would pull up the websites and stare at their menus and drool.