Pregnancy and old wives tales

[Vickster]

Folowing on from the "Why do people think they can say anything when you are pregnant' thread, I was discussing pregnancy and old wives tales with a friend recently, and all the nonsense people tell you as to whether they think you are having a girl or a boy. From my own experience, I carried my son low and out front, and did not have morning sickness - both classic 'having a boy' old wives tales.

Here is a link to some classic old wives tales: link

What have others experiences been? Did any of this ring true, or were all your experiences the opposite of the old wives tales? Additionally, any ladies with one of each - were your pregnancies the same or different, and likewise those with two of the same?

[Moos]

I was sick as a parrot, and carried a high, round bump. Everyone from the Eastern European Sainsbury's car cleaning guy to the guy in Starbucks to the cleaner at work to every bugger I saw on the street and had an opinion he couldn't keep to himself said 'Ooh, you're having a boy!'.

The slight anti-climax to this story is that I did have a boy..

[Vik]

Old wives tales are a real bug-bear of mine!

I have 2 boys and a girl and a mystery one on the way, I have carried exacly the same way each time, had identical pregnancies, not a day of morning sickness and lots of indigestion each time.

EVERYONE has an opinion though, I tend to zone out when they start with the 'Ooh - it's a boy/girl' 'Ooh it'll have lots of hair' 'Ooh it'll be big/small' etc...

[sillywoman]

Some midwives I know of think that if a woman has bad indigestion it's a sign that the baby will be born with lots of hair. We disproved that belief completely with number 2 child though.

[SteveT]

There is a saying where I come from that "if you suffer from lots of indigestion during pregnancy", it means

you will feel much better once the baby arrives!

[sillywoman]

:))

[ClareC]

I had indegestion and my daughter didn't have lots of hair.......

I did however have horrendous back ache which I later found out is an indication of a posterior baby! Wish I knew that before I opted for a midwife led no drugs labour!!!

[Keef]

Mrs Keef was told by a South African friend of ours that her arse wasn't fat, so she was having a boy.

We had a girl, so either the friend was being kind, and her arse was indeed fat, or more likely, it's a complete load of bo!locks.

[Vickster]

I tend to agree with it being a lod of old bo!locks, as even if correct, there is a 50/50 chance of it being right in any event!

[millsa]

when I was 6 months pregnant with baby1, I was on holiday in Cape Town and met the head of the local maternity hospital at a party. He was convinced I was having a girl (bump reading). He said he has seen hundreds of bumps in his life and he has never been wrong. I did believe him because he was the head of maternity hospital...

and I had a boy!

I am now pregnant again and I am carrying exacly the same way this time, have so far had identical pregnancies, not a day of morning sickness and a lot of back pain.

and we know it is a girl :)

[woofmarkthedog]

Here's..

...an old "husbands" tale..

( in a west country accent of course )

"If it ain't a Girl, it'll be a Boy "

* pings braces *

W**F