is it true that the heart rate can predict the gender?

I just had my second appt. today and the MWs both said that the "old wives" tale says that I'm having a girl. The baby's heart rate today was 160.


What do you think?


thanks.

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DeAnne
me 39
dh 49
dsd 03/07/1988
dsd 06/26/1983
ds 12/11/2003
ds 07/23/2005
dd 10/05/2007
4 angels lost; 7/2002, 10/2003, 12/2006, & 01/2007

V 11/2005, biggest mistake of our lives.
VR 9/2006, changed our minds.

thats an old wise tale,lol...I have 5 boys and all of them had different heart rates...

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Lurking from DIAug I'm having twins and at every appt. I've had so far, BOTH their heart rates have been in the 140's The u/s tech said it's funny cause as the "old wives tale" goes, ya know the lower is boys and the higher is girls, well she was being funny and said, boy heart rates BUT GIRL parts...lol 2 u/s confirmed they ARE GIRLS, I think sometimes you can go by that, but it's not written in stone, if you KWIM?? Good luck, will be interesting to hear what you are having!! Take care!!

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12 Mons Jailynn 17lbs 1/2oz - Kailynn 20lbs 12 1/2oz

thanks ladies. I know it's a myth just curious. Thanks.

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DeAnne
me 39
dh 49
dsd 03/07/1988
dsd 06/26/1983
ds 12/11/2003
ds 07/23/2005
dd 10/05/2007
4 angels lost; 7/2002, 10/2003, 12/2006, & 01/2007

V 11/2005, biggest mistake of our lives.
VR 9/2006, changed our minds.

With this one the heartrate tends to be faster & I KNOW its a girl.

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DS-8 (10-23)
DS-(9/7/2007)
V-12-98
VR-8-07-06

Ok that should read NOT A GIRL

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DS-(9/7/2007)
V-12-98
VR-8-07-06

Well with my girl her heart beat was lower than my boys also my boys beat was faster than my girl too. I knew that she was a girl though cause i carried her different than my boys.
best of luck

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hehe Janet, I was gonna say WHAT?!
Little Dante's heartbeat is app 150. My daughter was always in the 130's....
I carried both my boys differently, craved sweets with this boy, sour with my daughter.. actually, i have broken all the wives tales

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My first boy had a high heartrate but he was also always moving (still is to this day!) My second boy had a lower heartrate but he was much more mellow. I had a gut feeling very early on that both of them were boys. I know it is still early but this baby I can't quite get a boy/girl vibe yet. Mostly I think boy but every once in a while I'll have a twinge of doubt and think girl. I guess we'll find out soon enough.

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I thought girl the whole time.. until a day or two before the BIG u/s, then I suddenly thought, hmm... i think it IS a boy.
I was still shocked when the DR actually confirmed that he was a boy... I am still kind of expecting that on the delivery day, we will find out that it is indeed a little Amaya and NOT Dante, lol

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Hi. I've always believed the tale...higher say 140 and above for girls and lower 130 or less for boys. This one is 160 and I don't know what it is. I feel in my heart boy but I've convinced myself girl since the heart rate is so high. My girls hb's were, 160, 150, 130, and 140. My boy's I dunno...doc never told me but it seemed slower. Some say if you shave your legs more often, girl. Crave citrus girl. Carry low and oval girl. I seem to see more boys born post VR and I don't know why that is because boy sperm are generally weaker and you'd think antibodies and scarred vas's would slow boys down more, but girls are the exception post VR and not the rule.

that's too funny Sue, with both of my boys I did all the girl things; craved citrus, shaved daily, carried lower, etc.. So who knows.

Thanks for your post.

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DeAnne
me 39
dh 49
dsd 03/07/1988
dsd 06/26/1983
ds 12/11/2003
ds 07/23/2005
dd 10/05/2007
4 angels lost; 7/2002, 10/2003, 12/2006, & 01/2007

V 11/2005, biggest mistake of our lives.
VR 9/2006, changed our minds.

Hey Sue! So nice to see you pop in again! How are you feeling? how is the baby? You have to be getting close!

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Me 32 DH 49
TTC#1
Low Count, ASA's present
IVF 12-07 BFN

I'm having a girl (yay! ), and her heartbeat was 167 @ 10w2d, 158 @ 12w4d, and 140 @18w4d.

This is my first, so I don't have anything to compare it to. I always thought I would have a boy, but when I got pregnant, I just knew she was a girl... and she is.

Missy

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