Do Symptoms really have NOTHING to do with Gender?

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Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush

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

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

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

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

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

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

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).

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

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.

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.

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