You’re revolted by formerly favorite foods And that could explain why baby boys tend to be bigger at birth than baby girls. Why the greater appetite? Researchers suspect testosterone secreted by male fetuses could be sending their mothers a signal to eat more. Is it a boy or a girl? Your appetite may offer a clue. One study tracked the diets of moms-to-be and found that women who were pregnant with boys ate about 10 percent more calories than those who were pregnant with girls. more calories) than daughters do, so a higher-calorie diet would favor a baby boy-to-be. The researchers found that 56 percent of women with the highest calorie intake around the time of conception had boys, compared to just 45 percent among women with the lowest caloric intake. The evolutionary thinking goes that sons require more resources (i.e. One study found that eating a high-calorie diet at the time of conception and eating regular breakfasts increase the chance that you’ll be having a boy. Signs you might be carrying a boy You ate a high-calorie diet at the time of conception Your baby is breechĪre you past 32 weeks pregnant and your baby is still stubbornly bottom-down, head-up? It may be time to think pink! A 2015 study of all singleton breech births in Hungary between 19 found that breech babies are significantly more likely to be girls than boys. One small 2019 study, for example, found that moms-to-be who reported experiencing physical and psychological stress were more likely to give birth to daughters. That's because girls may be less vulnerable to unfavorable conditions in the womb than boys are. The more stressed out you were when you conceived, the more likely it is that you’ll have a girl, say researchers. So the next time you can’t remember where you put the car keys, you may be able to blame your pregnancy brain on the baby girl you’re carrying. The Ring Gender Test: A Pregnancy Superstition That Really Works? (Just don’t tell that to Kate Middleton, who has suffered from hyperemesis gravidarum during all three of her pregnancies with two sons and a daughter.) You’re extra forgetfulįor reasons unknown, some research suggests that women who give birth to girls consistently under-perform in tests of memory - specifically in areas of listening, computational and visualization skills - compared to moms carrying boys. What’s to blame? The pregnancy hormone hCG, say researchers, which female fetuses produce more of than males. These findings were even more strongly linked to women who suffer from severe morning sickness. Studies have found that women who are pregnant with girls may be more likely to experience nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. But some moms have it much worse, suffering from severe nausea and vomiting (called hyperemesis gravidarum). Most moms-to-be experience some form of morning sickness when they’re expecting. Signs you might be carrying a girl You’re suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum While you shouldn't take the following findings to heart - they're still just for fun, and even the predictions that have been studied often tilt only ever so slightly toward one sex or the other - they may make the game of odds slightly more accurate. Findings from numerous studies yield clues that can point to an increased probability of which gender you’re carrying (though just as many gender prediction old wives' tales have no science to back them up).
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