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Hi All!!
I am curious to know whether your baby's heart beat determined what sex your baby is.
One of the preggy mum's in my belly buddies said if the baby's heart beat is over 140 it will be a girl and if the baby's heart beat is below 139 it'll be a boy.
So what is your baby's heart beat and what sex is your baby? I got my first scan today and heart beat is at 116, but sex unknown cause I am only around 7wks!
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lol I think that must be an old wives tale. After my 4 scans so far my bubs heartbeat was always over 140 and its definitely a boy :D
Isnt it the mums heartbeat not bubbas????
Danni - yes it is an old wives tale but I am kinda curious to see if it was true for anyone!
Jane - ummm no I dont know if it would be the mum's heart beat..
Old wives tale maybe but bub's heartbeat was always over 140 (usually closer to 150bpm) during my pregnancy. And yes, baby turned out to be a girl. :)
This baby has always been over 140bpm and it's a girl. When pg with Alex his was around he 140bpm also it never dropped much below that.
I think it depends on what bubs is doing when they check the HB. At some scans it's been 150bpm but has also been lower it never stays around the same.
I thought it was over 150 for girl and below for a boy.
with eliana her heartbeat was always up around 160
this bubba was 153 now 138 though couldnt tell the sex - i think its a boy so we will see at 27 weeks
I think it has to be a resting heartrate.. Most ultrasounds poor bubba is not resting at all! after being prodded around..
with DD - 12 week rate 163 with DS 12 week rate 153..
Well would the baby's heartbeat be fast if the mother has a fast heart beat?
It worked out right for me. All of my boys had the slower heartbeat and Tehya always had a faster heartbeat.
Apparently this is true - but only during labour. So when you're pushing, get them to measure the heartbeat and then you'll know a whole three minutes earlier!
Liebling's heartbeat is usually around 136-148, so not giving anything away here.
I am friends with a chinese herbal doctor and a spiritual type of person (sorry dont know the correct term)
He took my "3 types" of pulses from both of my wrists for about 10 minutes each. If the mothers pulse is more prominent and faster on the right wrist it is supposed to be a girl and vice versa.
Unfortunately mine was wrong and said girl! haha
Em's heartbeat was normally high - around 160... and he was a boy.
My GP and I had a conversation about this the other day.
She said if the heartbeat is measured weekly from around 34 weeks onward you will see a pattern, and if over 140 it's a girl, under is boy, and it is quite accurate in her experience. We will see when I get that far along, I'll already know the sex so should be interesting!!
BTW My baby's HB has been 169 (8 weeks), 167 (13 Weeks), 154 (14 Weeks 5 Days), and last time it was measured it was 133 (16 weeks) resting, and as high as 166 active. So, I'm confoozled lol
DD was around 160 the whole way through my pregnancy with her.
DS was at 160 for the first half of his pregnancy, by the end he was always around 140ish.
i cant remember what joshuas HB was during pregnancy..
chloes was always around the 150-160marks .. this pregnancy is always around 138-145 mark, we dont know what were having yet so will see.. still hoping to somehow manage another ultrasound hehe
What a great thred - as Im not allowed to find out the gender, this could be a hint of what is to come.. Blue or Pink? :lol:
Bubs has always been 164bpm or thereabouts, never lower than 160bpm! Girl? :confused:
Everyone's baby's heart beat seems to be real high compared to mine!! or is it just because my bub's heartbeat has been taken at around 7wk?
Veronica, I think bubs heartrate gets faster as it gets bigger iykwim. They all pretty much start out around there.
my bub at 7w3d was 158
I have also heard that , but I think its a bit of an old wives tale too.
At 12wks bubs heartbeat was 158
18wks , was 148
24wks , was 140.
But we still dont know the sex. Will find out when bub is born!
DH has strong feelings it is a girl though.
Veronica, I asked a midwife at my last appointment about the heartrate, and was told anything between 110 and 170 is usual. So I think your bubs would be just fine. They would have told you if it wasnt though.
My OB and the midwives I've seen all say a bubs heartrate should vary btn 110-160 and not remain the same like an adults so I'm not sure how this theory is supposed to work. I've had 3 CTGs in the last week so have seen this variation in action a lot and it's not always related to movement or BHs. Maybe it's like those chinese lunar charts - it works for some but not for others. Fun to speculate though!
hi i remember googling info on this with my second pregnancy. Believe it or not there has been a scientific study on this (in America of course)After testing hundreds of women it was found to be no correlation between heart rate and gender. The only time heart rate correlates with gender is during labour where girls rate normally is higher
Bob's heartrate has only been told to me once and it was 160bpm. That was at 15 weeks. He's hardly ever still though so if you need a resting heartbeat, I'll never get one! LOL
BTW, he's a boy.
Yeh old wives tale i think.
Jesse's heart rate was different every time i had my check ups. Most of the time his was up around the 150 bpm mark.. the 3 that were recorded were 144, 155 and 140.. and he, obviously, turned out to be a boy.