PREDICTING BABY'S GENDER How well can countenance, dreams or rings predict boy or girl? Some people greatly depend on old wives' tales as guaranteed methods for pregnancy prediction.
Everyone including mothers-in-law, grandparents, bookstore clerks, and friends would want to guess if you're going to have a girl or a boy whenever you turn out pregnant.
Majority of these people claim to have a "foolproof method" to determine whether you'll be decorating the nursery with blue or pink.
Nowadays, there are several high-tech and accurate ways to foretell the gender of your baby, but it's still much fun to use the different low-tech.
Sometimes inaccurate methods including old wives' tales and online tests to figure out the baby's sex during pregnancy.
Here is a list of ways to predict baby gender together with the level of accuracy of each one.
HIGH-TECH WAYS NONINVASIVE PRENATAL TESTING (N.
I.
P.
T) You can know the gender of your baby as early as nine weeks into your pregnancy using a simple blood test through noninvasive prenatal testing (N.
I.
P.
T).
Studies have shown this method to be over 99 percent accurate at figuring out the sex of a baby, and it also displays a baby's risk of chromosomal anomalies including Patau syndrome.
Down syndrome and Edward syndrome.
It's one of the best options for mothers whose genetic history indicates a possible risk of birth defects.
It involves no risk for you and your baby.
If you're interested in using this method to predict the gender of your baby in addition to knowing his or her risk of chromosomal anomalies, it's advisable to have a word with your doctor.
CHORIONIC VILLUS SAMPLING (C.
V.
S ) AND (AMNIO).
These are invasive diagnostic tests that evaluate the genetic makeup of the baby and screen for chromosomal anomalies.
Again, these diagnostic tests are invasive and could most likely lead to miscarriage.
In other words, The C.
V.
S and (amnio) tests are not performed for couples who wish to know the sex of their baby.
These results can predict the gender of your unborn baby with more than 96% accuracy.
ULTRASOUND An ultrasound is a noninvasive test performed between weeks 17 and 23 of pregnancy.
Though, not as accurate as C.
V.
S or (amnio), ultrasound is considered one of the most reliable ways to foretell your baby's gender.
While performing the test, the physician can get a perfect view between the legs of the baby.
With this method, the physician can be able to tell if you're having a boy or a girl.
Sometimes, the results can be misleading, especially if the baby's relevant body parts aren't clearly displayed.
LOW-TECH WAYS What if you have a phobia for tests? Well, you can have fun trying out with all the old wives' tales that centers on predicting the gender of your baby.
Each of these techniques is believed to have about a 50/50 chance of accurately predicting the baby gender.
Here are some of the most common • The position where the baby lies.
If you're carrying your baby in your belly, it shows you're having a boy.
If you're carrying your baby in your hips, it shows you're having a girl.
• Fetal heart rate.
If the heart rate of the baby is below 140 beats per minute, you're probably having a boy.
If the heart rate is over 140 beats per minute, you're probably having a baby boy.
Studies have shown that there is no correlation between the baby's fetal heart rate and its gender • Chinese gender chart.
Check out the Chinese gender chart, which foretells the baby's gender based on the age of the mother and the month of conception.