Has anyone asked their Midwife/doctor about gender swaying? and what they said.

[atomic sagebrush]

Also, in my experience midwives are about the worst offender with the "heartrate = gender" BS - I just saw a midwife doing that on A Baby Story and wanted to reach thru the TV and throttle her.

[atomic sagebrush]

I brought it up jokingly to my doctor kinda to see what she'd say, she made a snark remark. So I never ever brought it up again haha! And I only talk about it to my DH and my very very best friend BUT DH is a loud mouth. He told most his friends and ALL his coworkers. I was angry cause I'm sure they all think I'm friggen nuts now lol but whatever. He was as supportive and into it all as I was, so they will think we are both nuts together!

CVD - a few months ago i was having technical issues with my internet (my internet and this site didn't "like" each other for some reason) and my husband was trying to work it out for me, and he got to chatting with the tech support people and told them all about swaying and gender disappointment! o.O

[cvd]

CVD - a few months ago i was having technical issues with my internet (my internet and this site didn't "like" each other for some reason) and my husband was trying to work it out for me, and he got to chatting with the tech support people and told them all about swaying and gender disappointment! o.O

Haha!! Oh my goodness. That is tooooo funny! MEN, right?
My DH was actually shocked when I told him we don't tell people we are swaying, since he was totally on board he seemed to not realize that others may think it's strange!!

[Northern_Shutterbug]

Wow sounds like you have a really great midwife, the one's round by us are lovely but they get snippety if you even ask the gender. Tech's won't go near that area til 20 weeks and then they drag it out to the end of the scan and get funny about it, i got that upset at my last scan and she was unsympathetic and down right horrid to me

They will be getting snippety and not telling you until 20 weeks because in the Midlands there are a lot of Asian and Indian families who have a reputation of having abortions if they find out if its a girl. If its after 20 weeks they don't really have a leg to stand on, and I know one councillor was calling for a change to the law to not allow abortions after 20 weeks unless its on medical or special grounds (rape, etc).

I know its racist but better to be safe than sorry in my opinion - the law has changed in India I think too so that gender is not revealed at ultrasounds for this very reason.

[The Anchor]

It was actually my doctor who mentioned Shettles to me a few years back...but I had to do my own research, and I'm glad I did since we know now that's it's a crock.

[wannagirl21]

Also, in my experience midwives are about the worst offender with the "heartrate = gender" BS - I just saw a midwife doing that on A Baby Story and wanted to reach thru the TV and throttle her.

My midwife isnt too big on heartrates thank goodness.

[wannagirl21]

Haha!! Oh my goodness. That is tooooo funny! MEN, right?
My DH was actually shocked when I told him we don't tell people we are swaying, since he was totally on board he seemed to not realize that others may think it's strange!!

I think ppl know more about swaying these day's then before I have a girlfriend who is a naturalpath and she believes in it. I'm glad my hubby is on board with the swaying I even asked him if we try all this stuff and If it doesn't work are you gonna laugh at me, and he said no I will be sad for you. lol.... too funny

[BeadinMom]

It was actually my doctor who mentioned Shettles to me a few years back...but I had to do my own research, and I'm glad I did since we know now that's it's a crock.

My (retired) ob-gyn gave me a paper with instructions for "having a girl" (they had one for having a boy, but I already knew how to make those. lol) And yes, it was shettles and a total crock....from that "recipe" came DS3, who I wouldn't trade for anything, but certainly wasn't expecting. lol.


Wannagirl21, you're lucky...most of them are.

[meeks32]

I had the best midwife heart rate advice (not related to gender determination) with ds2. She said "it's nothing to do with predicting gender, but I believe it predicts personality and temperament. They come out how they are inside. If you have one who consistently tracks a very high heart rate, and moves a lot, they will give you the same on the outside...be very active, probably a bit unsettled and energetic. If you have a consistently slow heart rate, they will be mellow, relaxed, chilled, easy babies"

To be honest that pretty much sums up my boys, and makes so much more sense than heart rate gender crap!

Ps. Totally laughed out loud at some of the above posts, thanks ladies, gotta love men and tv!

My ds2 was a shettles failure too, now I'm all over anyone that thinks its correct!!

[jark22]

Meeks- that makes better sense to me about the heart rate. My 2 boys' heart rates in utero were always between 165 and 170. This one measured 145 a couple of weeks ago - however this baby was jumping and flipping all over the place. I was like "Oh No! You are number 3! You are going to be calm and chilled out! Get all that jumping out of your system now!"