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octbaby
April 17th, 2012, 01:21 PM
A co-worker of mine told me their was study that said 86% of women who were older than the baby's father produced girls?

Is this true or their any women out there older than their baby's father and had a boy?

This study was based on the first child.

atomic sagebrush
April 17th, 2012, 01:39 PM
My mom was older than my stepdad and they had 1 b 1 g together.

If that is at all true, it's because older women do have statistically more girls than the general population - but I DOUBT it's 86%! I'd love to read it tho.

Zivic-Bubac
April 17th, 2012, 02:11 PM
Thank God I know 2 couples IRL where wife is older then husband and both have boys. Otherwise I would be freaking out since I'm a year older then my DH lol!
One is our best man, his wife is 4 years older then him, they have :DS:, other is a teacher from my DD1 school, she is 6 years older then her husband, they have :DS: :DS:

octbaby
April 17th, 2012, 02:50 PM
I tried to find something on the internet about a study but nothing came up.
I asked my co-worker if he had the article he said no, he read that years ago.

Hobbermittens
April 17th, 2012, 02:55 PM
I am a year older than my DH, and our first child was a girl. Our second child was a boy.

Hobbermittens
April 17th, 2012, 02:56 PM
Oh, but I have a good friend who is several years older than her DH and they have 2 boys-- both born when she was a "mature mama" (one at 38, the other at 40).

princesssarah34
April 18th, 2012, 12:42 AM
If this were the case....I would have all girls right now then!
Both my ex and my current Hubby are younger than me!

Yuzu
April 18th, 2012, 01:00 AM
I'm older than my husband and we had a boy (second marriage).

coocoobananas
April 18th, 2012, 01:14 AM
I'm older, 2 boys!

Myloves
April 18th, 2012, 02:11 AM
My grandmother's second husband was younger than she was and she had her first son with him (in her previous marriage, she had four daughters including my mother).

rainbowflower
April 18th, 2012, 05:00 AM
I'm older than DH but only by a month or so... we have a boy, BUT did have an inadvertent perfect blue sway lol

Gentle
April 18th, 2012, 06:53 AM
Well in my family, mum is 3yr older than dad and they have me and 3 boys. I am 5yrs old than dh and we have 2 boys. One db is 7yrs younger than dsil and they have 2 girls, one boy. Another db is older than dsil by 1yr and they have 2 girls. The other db and dsil can't have kids though we're still hopeful.

So from my experience, it isn't true.

octbaby
April 18th, 2012, 10:19 AM
This is great to hear. In every case that I know every time the woman is older, they have a girl. I know 4 couples that the woman was older than the man and the 1st born was a girl, but it looks like from all these posts that the theory is incorrect. Happy to hear its being proven wrong.

purplepoet20
April 18th, 2012, 11:08 AM
My mother was 38 when my half-brother was born and his dad was 34-35. The father smoked special cigs for about 10-15 years but ate a diet of 90% meat and nothing like fruits or veggies.

My dad was 40 when my half-sister was born and her mom was 41. Dad smoked special cigs for about 20 years at the time. Had GBGGG and he mostly ate a poor mans diet, believed the kids ate first and then he would ate what was left.

Bumblebee
April 18th, 2012, 05:31 PM
I'm younger than my husband and we have all girls :)

love-my-kids
April 18th, 2012, 05:44 PM
My mom was only 2 years older than my dad but they had just me.

ILindGurl
June 27th, 2012, 07:02 PM
my mom is 2 years older than my father = 2 children: boy & girl
my MIL is 2 years older than my FIL = 6 children: boy, girl, girl, girl, boy, boy

so doesn't seem to hold true for mine or my DHs families.

NCBeachyGrl
June 27th, 2012, 08:43 PM
I am older than DH and we have 2 boys!

CherryBlossom
June 27th, 2012, 10:25 PM
I am older than dp by three and a bit years an we have two boys.

luckylass
July 10th, 2012, 04:12 PM
I am almost a year older than dh and we have two boys. Hope it does something for us this time though and we get a girl lol..

boyjoy
January 5th, 2013, 09:48 PM
My grandma is older than my granpa and they have 5 boys. She had her last at age 43.

Amberlilly55
January 6th, 2013, 07:48 AM
I'm almost a year older than my DH and we have three boys :)

luckylass
January 7th, 2013, 10:07 AM
I am a year older than dh and we have two boys and are now expecting a girl.

My mum is a year older that my dad and they had me ( a girl first) followed by two boys.

The Anchor
January 7th, 2013, 08:33 PM
I'm older than DH by 2 1/2 years...and we have one of each.

pinkgerbera
January 9th, 2013, 04:02 PM
I am older than my husband by 5 months and have 2 boys???

byebeautiful
January 22nd, 2013, 09:36 AM
I'm older than my husband, we have 2 boys.

Atsaukina1
January 28th, 2013, 08:26 AM
lol have a friend who is a couple years older the dh and they had boy 1st then a girl:)

HopefulMonster
March 12th, 2013, 06:07 AM
My Auntie is 8 years older than my uncle and they have 2 boys.

Thorz300
March 12th, 2013, 07:02 AM
I'm two years older than DH and we have 3 boys maybe 4 so I don't think this is true at all!

NearlyDone
March 12th, 2013, 07:07 AM
im 6 years younger than OH and had 4 girls..now 2 boys

jamieshalon
March 21st, 2013, 07:27 AM
My dh is 33 and I am 35 and we have 3 boys together.

xokatietatie
April 11th, 2013, 03:56 PM
I'm older than my husband and we have all boys.

trifecta
February 9th, 2015, 06:48 PM
I'm 10 months older than my husband and we have two boys.

Mumof3girls
February 9th, 2015, 06:54 PM
I'm 10 months older than DH & we have 3 girls.

Lenhu816
February 9th, 2015, 11:07 PM
I'm older than DH by a few months and we have dd and ds on the way. My mil is older than my fil by a few years and their only child is my DH. She was late 30's, almost 40 when they had him.


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maidentomother
February 10th, 2015, 11:05 AM
My maternal grandmother married late for her time, she was several years (I think 6) older than my grandfather. She had 2 daughters then B/G twins but the boy died in utero.

atomic sagebrush
February 10th, 2015, 11:08 AM
not sure if I ever answered this but my mom has a boy and a girl with her second husband who's 8 years younger than her. :)

This is one of those "old wives tales" where it's best to take a step back and think for a minute - how would our bodies even KNOW that our partner was younger or older than us. They couldn't possibly know that and thus it is something that simply cannot sway.

True Blue
February 10th, 2015, 12:09 PM
Definitely OWT and not true :)

I have sooooo many examples of people that it's wrong for :)

mammyof2boys
March 27th, 2015, 06:19 PM
oh I hope that this is true this time,didn't the last two times :)

Dreamofpink
March 27th, 2015, 07:21 PM
My Dad is 9 months older than my Mum & they have 2 girls.

DH is 9 months older than me & we have 3 boys.
:confused:

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Sunbuny
March 28th, 2015, 06:25 AM
If only that was all there was to a perfect sway [emoji6]I'm 6 years older and have 2 boys.


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PrimalMamma
April 29th, 2015, 08:22 PM
I'm older than my husband. We are having our 3rd boy in 2 weeks.


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atomic sagebrush
May 3rd, 2015, 09:47 AM
keep these responses coming ladies! We'll put these Old Wives Tales to bed for once and for all.

Dana-Alicia
May 3rd, 2015, 10:03 AM
I'm 2 yers older than DH and our first was a girl. BUT looking back I swayed very pink. And for my subsequent two I swayed blue. If only it was this easy lol!

PrimalMamma
May 12th, 2015, 10:06 PM
This discussion looks finished but just thought I would add that my grandmother was older than my grandfather & they had 4 children - boy, girl, boy, girl.


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atomic sagebrush
May 13th, 2015, 04:28 PM
I like to keep the threads going so all the info is under as few roofs (rooves?? LOL) as possible so keep those responses coming!

My mom was 8 yrs older htan my stepdad and they had a boy and a girl together.

purple
May 13th, 2015, 05:55 PM
I'm 6 months older and have 2 boys. My mum is about a year older than dad and they had a boy first (followed by 2 girls).

dreamingofsecondpink
May 14th, 2015, 05:16 AM
Can only speak for my brother as I am younger than my husband. But my brothers wife is 10 years older and they have two girls.

jen75
May 15th, 2015, 04:29 AM
i am 3 years older than my DH and we have a boy together my previous DH was 5 years older than me and we have 3 ds.

graysmama
January 2nd, 2016, 02:40 PM
I am 9 months older than my husband and our first and so far only child was a boy. currently pregnant with number 2 but gender is unknown.

LMSM
March 20th, 2023, 05:40 PM
Sounds like an OWT for sure...
Hubby is 7 years older than me - we have only girls (4 of them!)

treens
March 20th, 2023, 07:24 PM
I am 11 years older than my husband and had a boy
My ex was older than me and i had 2 girls and 1 boy

PinkSabra101
May 6th, 2023, 01:18 PM
lol sounds like a fun OWT but not true for me (G, B, B on way), MIL (B, G), or most people I know (all manner of combos) :P

PinkSabra101
October 31st, 2023, 07:08 PM
...4th boy (happily) for someone I know who's older than her DH. :bluecheer:

treens
November 1st, 2023, 08:55 AM
My husband is 11 years younger than me and we have a boy and I am pregnant with a girl now.

Isabellinhapm
November 2nd, 2023, 11:53 AM
My MIL is 4 years older than my FIL and they have 8 boys [emoji2957][emoji23] and 1 girl (she’s number 7)


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Pcoop
November 3rd, 2023, 08:39 AM
This is definitely an OWT and not applicable to all. Others have different results with different circumstances.