For some, determining the gender of the baby is a simple matter of wanting to choose a good name or to pick the right colors for the nursery. For those at risk of passing on gender-specific genetic diseases, it's a lot more important. If you want to know the gender of your baby for fun reasons, you're probably going to have to wait until the 18th week to learn your baby's gender, but if your family history or age puts you into a high risk category, you may get to find out baby's age early.
If you want to find out the sex of your baby before you enter the delivery room, you are not alone. Though chorionic villus sampling (CVS) or amniocentesis are sometimes used to determine gender, most couples will learn the baby's gender through an ultrasound. In some cases, your baby's sex is quite obvious from the ultrasound. In other cases, however, it takes a trained eye. Determining gender by ultrasound isn't 100 percent effective, but it can give you a good idea whether you are carrying a boy or a girl.
Deciding whether or not to find out the sex of your baby is one of the first decisions that you'll make as a parent. Some people like the surprise, while others want to know so that they can prepare ahead of time. While there are many ways to guess the sex of your baby, there are only a few ways to tell for certain.
One old wives' tale states that you can tell whether you are having a boy or girl baby, based on the heart rate of the baby in utero. Medical studies have shown this to be incorrect, except in labor and birth, but by the time you get to that stage, it's only a matter of hours before you find out the baby's sex for real. Still, it's fun to use the heart rate to guess your baby's gender before you get your first glimpse at the real goods.
Probably one of the first things expectant parents wonder is if the baby is a boy or a girl. Everyone you run into seems to have a favorite method of predicting the sex of your baby. You may be subjected to the suspending-the-gold-ring-over-your-belly test or the checking-the-hair-growth-on-your-legs test or the common carrying-high-or-low test. All of these so-called tests stay around because, after all, they have a 50 percent probability of being right.
Finding out you are pregnant can be exciting. Your thoughts may quickly turn to the nursery, the decorations and the baby clothing, but without knowing your baby's gender, it can be difficult to get started. Several medical procedures, including an ultrasound, can tell you if you are going to have a boy or girl. It is also fun to learn about the various old wives' tales that relate your pregnancy symptoms to a gender.
Some parents cannot wait to find out the sex of their baby. Knowing the gender can help you pick a name, decorate the nursery and bond with your baby. There are only two sure methods backed by science that can tell you whether you are having a boy or girl, according to the American Pregnancy Association. But the other methods, some with some research behind them and others pure conjecture, can be fun to test.
Guessing whether your baby is going to be a boy or girl is one of the fun parts of pregnancy. Whether you're simply biding time until baby shows the goods on the ultrasound screen or waiting until the big day to find out, you'll find that everyone has a guess. Unfortunately, most of the "signs" of a boy or girl baby are mere old wives' tales and aren't based on fact---but they may turn out true in your case.
Congratulations â€" you’re pregnant! So, are you having a boy or a girl? Everywhere you go, you’ll certainly be asked this question. Whether you decide to find out your baby’s gender as early as possible (hey, you may want to get a head start on choosing the right color paint for the nursery), or you decide to let your baby’s gender be a delivery day surprise, there are some facts and myths that can make the guessing game fun until you find out for sure.
Some couples decide to wait until their baby is born to find out its gender. However, according to information published on pregnancyinfo.net, surveys suggest that more than 50 percent of couples expecting babies want to know a child's gender before the infant is born. If you are wondering whether that little baby inside your tummy might be a boy, you can resort to traditional folklore methods or rely on more scientific means for an answer.
