Do pregnancy symptoms mean anything?

[besjoux]

I am sure I am reading WAY too much into this. With both of my boys I had ZERO morning sickness. Not one second of nausea except during labor. This pregnancy, I am at 7 weeks and I have so much nausea. I am so close to vommiting. I don't know what's causing this because I've never had nausea like this before. Could it mean anything? Or does it just mean that I am getting too old for this?

[chocolate]

Well Ive read lots that girls tend to have higher hcg levels which could contribute to morning sickness! Have also read storied where people's pregnancies are very different but same gender so sorry I couldnt help!

Im4+3 weeks pregnant and waiting for all the symptoms to really kick in so I can start guessing lol

[xokatietatie]

I had no morning sickness with DS1 but lots of it with DS2 and DS3.

[zanacal]

I don't think you can place too much on it but I didn't have any sickness with the 3 boys and I was nauseous (though not really sick) with my girl. I also had big and tender boobs this time and didn't have that before.

[queen-of-harts]

Im a perfect example of why symtoms dont matter,i had bad moring sickness with ds 1,2,3,4 and 6 but none with ds5.Pregnancy symtoms are just your bodies reaction to this particular pregnancy.

[atomic sagebrush]

Bejoux, I BEG of you not to read ANYTHING into pg symptoms. They don't predict anything in ANY reliable way.

When I got pg with DS 3 I had NO gender preference whatsoever but only because I had more nausea with him and really severe migraines, I started to think it was a girl and set myself up for major GD.

I've seen tons of people eat themselves alive analyzing cravings, pg symptoms, etc and there is really nothing to it at all. Your body has cravings because it's low in certain nutrients and the same is prob. true with morning sickness - for whatever reason, you're either producing a little more HCG or you're more sensi to it this time. Nothing to do with age either, I had awful MS with my first son at age 20!

The ONLY scientific link between nausea and girls was in pregnancies where the mother had hyperemesis (which is morning sickness so severe you can't keep food down and have to be on an IV for nutrition); they were 1-3% more likely to be pg with girls - certainly nothing to hang your hat on there. Regular morning sickness has NO link to baby's gender. Everyone I know who has hyperemesis has all boys anyway so very far from a sure thing.

[besjoux]

I really don't have much hope for a girl, honestly. I still believe a bit in the genetic route and that we are more likely to have another boy. But I figured, why not give it a shot for a girl. I won't be disappointed. At my age I can only hope for a healthy baby, that's #1. I am sure I'll be disappointed for a day when I find out he's a boy but that's ok too. I am starting to think the MS is more related to being older.

[3Pink1Blue]

I can say ms has nothing to do with age or girls. I had my worst ms with my first dd and I was only 23, dd2 was a teensy bit queasy and dd3 I had none. I felt amazing my whole pregnancy. I'm now preg with a boy and things haven't been that much different. Don't read to much into things it'll only make you nuts :)

[atomic sagebrush]

Good luck, besjoux.

Hey, about the genetic aspect, I found a couple interesting celebs like Bill Cosby - came from 4 boy family and went onto father 4 girls and 1 boy...Matt Damon and Ben Affleck both are from 2 boy families and have all girls (tho I read Ben and Jen are pg with a boy now)...

[NeedAGirl!]

Yeah, I agree with the others. I had bad ms with both of my boys - throwing up several times per day. There is also some data that shows that women with low estrogen at the time of conception are more likely to have worse ms. Since a lot of swayers take things or do things to lower their E, it would make sense that ms might be worse regardless of gender they are carrying. Not looking forward to that part... ugh!

[besjoux]

I did stop my sway after + pregnancy test. I guess I didn't realize I was supposed to keep going and I am not good with that huge of a diet change. I have never eaten that little of beef and now beef is somewhat making me cringe. It's so weird how things change. I have so many aversions this time too. This is totally a different start to pregnancy and it started with so little symptoms. Can't wait to find out either way :)

[indigoviolet]

It is so hard not to obsess though. I wish the morning sickness=girl was true though as I feel horrible with this pg but I have to remind myself that I felt awful with both my boy pgs too. Oh well.
Like you said Atomic, so hard not to start thinking one way (gender) and then setting yourself up for dissappointment.
I wish all this wasn't so hard :(

[atomic sagebrush]

Yeah, I agree with the others. I had bad ms with both of my boys - throwing up several times per day. There is also some data that shows that women with low estrogen at the time of conception are more likely to have worse ms. Since a lot of swayers take things or do things to lower their E, it would make sense that ms might be worse regardless of gender they are carrying. Not looking forward to that part... ugh!

Interesting!

[atomic sagebrush]

I did stop my sway after + pregnancy test. I guess I didn't realize I was supposed to keep going and I am not good with that huge of a diet change. I have never eaten that little of beef and now beef is somewhat making me cringe. It's so weird how things change. I have so many aversions this time too. This is totally a different start to pregnancy and it started with so little symptoms. Can't wait to find out either way :)

You don't really HAVE to keep going, it's just that it's best to go on for a few days after O before pigging out to make sure blood sugar stays low to optimize XX odds, and I think it's safest to ease back into sodium rather than going from nothing to sodium overdose in one or two days when you have a baby on board.

[nini]

I agree, please do not read anything into symptoms. And please remind me of this next time I am pregnant and doing the same.

[WantALittleBlue]

MS means nothing, with DD1 I had bad ms four 5 months, took meds for it then with DS1 had dizziness and slight nausea and the same for DD2 and the myth about the dark line on the belly meaning boy I only had it with my girls!!