S.W. asks from Pacific, WA on May 05, 2009
15 Weeks Fetal Heart Rate 134Bpm
Hello,
I am currently 15 weeks pregnant, I just had my four month appointment today and we measured the babies heart rate at 134 beats per min. I know it is an old wives tale that when the heart rate is low that it means that you are having a boy and when it is high that means girl. When I was pregnant with my son his heart rate measured at 165bpm the whole way through. Just out of curiosity how many of you mothers have found this old wives tale to be true and how many have found this to be false? Boy or girl I am crazy excited either way!
thank you
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N.D. answers from Seattle on May 09, 2009
Well I'm trying to remember what drugstore it was but they actually sell a test kit..it's like a pregnancy test but it tells you the gender..It's called Intelligender..I know of 1 person who had tried it and it was right..I wish you luck!
S.M. answers from Yakima on May 07, 2009
Heartbeat rates were high but I had a boy. And I guess I expected a really active baby with those high heartrates, but he was SO mellow!
J.S. answers from Seattle on May 06, 2009
Hi S.!
Sounds like a boy to me! :-) It proved true for my two kids - a boy and girl - and for my niece, and my aunt's two girls and a boy!
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S.S. answers from Seattle on May 06, 2009
Hmmm... I thought it was the other way around - a high heart beat means a boy and a low one a girl. Anyway, my babies heart rates are/were all high and they are all boys.
J.E. answers from Portland on May 06, 2009
My grandmother taught me....Pointed tummy boy.rounded tummy girl!I have only been wrong 2 times in over 100 guess(s)s. My last pregnany was suppose to be a girl, had ultra sound,the works..pointed stomach(had 3 boys before) & he was a he! Tiny you know what......(my husband is Japanese)!
K.S. answers from Yakima on May 06, 2009
Hi!
In my life the wives tale has been false -- I have 2 boys, one had a fast heart rate and the other slow.
*K
N.D. answers from Seattle on May 09, 2009
Well I'm trying to remember what drugstore it was but they actually sell a test kit..it's like a pregnancy test but it tells you the gender..It's called Intelligender..I know of 1 person who had tried it and it was right..I wish you luck!
M.L. answers from Seattle on May 06, 2009
My sister, my daughter and I all had "boy heartbeats" until we were born. I don't believe the old wives tale at all! :)
S.P. answers from Seattle on May 06, 2009
Hi S.:
when I was pregnant with my daughter, her heart rate was all over the place. Sometimes it was around 130bpm, then it was over 160bpm. We chose not to find out the gender until she was born, but I looked around for means of gender prediction, and most, including the Chinese Birth Chart, pointed towards a boy. The only thing that ever pointed towards a girl was my husband's and my "feeling" when we first found out we were expecting. So I am sure there is no way to predict the gender, except ultrasound, and that isn't always accurate either (my parents' neighbor was told they'd have a girl by two different doctors and ended up with a boy).
Good luck for your pregnancy! S.
C.A. answers from Seattle on May 06, 2009
I have 2 boys and one girl. They were all about the same. :)
W.L. answers from Seattle on May 06, 2009
I had two boys and both of their heart rates were always in the higher end (usually in the 160's).
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