Before I had my full anatomy scan at 20 weeks, I couldn’t wait to find out if we were having a boy or a girl. I even posted the following question on my local listserv: I have a 17 month old son and I’m currently pregnant with my second child. I’m dying of curiosity about the sex — we don’t find out for another 4 weeks! Anecdotally my friends that have a boy and a girl tell me that the pregnancies were so different. I guess the old wives’ tale is that you’re much more sick when you’re pregnant with a girl. I don’t really believe that old wives’ tale, but I am curious if our bodies react differently to carrying babies of different genders. This pregnancy seemed a little harder (I was very sick the entire first trimester with both), but that could be because I had a toddler to chase around. If you have a boy and a girl, did the pregnancies feel different? If so, how?
I received a ton of responses from parents with two children. Most of the respondents said: 1) both pregnancies were so different they were sure they were having an opposite gender child the second time around, but they had a child of the same gender; 2) both pregnancies felt so similar they were sure they were having another child of the same gender, but ended up having a child of the opposite gender.
My experience aligned with the moms who had similar pregnancies both times, but ended up with a boy and a girl. My pregnancies with Charlie and Olive were very similar in that I was sick until the 14th week, and then felt great throughout my second trimester. I was definitely more uncomfortable in my third trimester when I was pregnant with Charlie, but that was largely because I gained so much more weight than when I was pregnant with Olive.
I did have a feeling that we were having a girl, but I couldn’t wait to officially find out! So a couple of weeks before my full anatomy scan, I purchased this gender prediction test, which can be taken as early as 6 weeks into your pregnancy. You pee into a plastic cup first thing in the morning, let it cool 2-3 minutes, and then use the dropper to put a couple drops of pee onto the test. The results appear instantly — pink for a girl, and blue for a boy.
For those of you with multiple children, did the pregnancies feel different? For those of you who are dying know, would you take a gender prediction test?
grapefruit / 4817 posts
Ok, you got me. I’m 15 weeks and just ordered it. I won’t be getting my anatomy scan until 20 weeks, and it’s just so hard to wait. I’m actually surprised at what good reviews it has, but I’ll still be taking it with a grain of salt. It just seems fun!
honeydew / 7968 posts
not planning to order it. waiting for 20 week scan to confirm what the doctor told me at week 16.
i wonder what the tests would show since i’m carrying a boy and a girl. lol.
apricot / 260 posts
We waited to find out Wombat’s gender. It was really hard when my pregnancy buddy knew and every pregnant woman I knew in real life knew. We both loved finding out once she was born though.
pomegranate / 3980 posts
I want to but I am worried that it would get my hopes all up and end up being wrong….
GOLD / pomelo / 5167 posts
I never knew this existed. But I’m curious to see what it would say for us!
pea / 15 posts
I knew I was having a girl with my second pregnancy because I had a whole lot more morning sickness…I just made sense that it was from the estrogen
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
I took one and it was wrong. I think it was $40 – waste of money! Definitely won’t be doing it next time.
pomegranate / 3045 posts
I never knew these things existed! When we eventually get pregnant, I think I want to wait to find out the gender until the baby is born. Sometimes, I just like being old-fashioned
blogger / pomegranate / 3201 posts
One of my friends did several of these types of things when she was pregnant with her first baby and they all said boy. Well, big surprise! It was a girl.
I haven’t done any of these things because I don’t want to get used to one idea, only to be told the opposite later. We’ll find out on Thanksgiving, which is just a couple of weeks away, so not much longer!
kiwi / 718 posts
we aren’t finding out with our babe, but I’m afraid if I started doing those, then I would really want to know, like hardcore. so I will not do them, I think, for my own sanity
pear / 1664 posts
I would totally try this! It would be fun, even if not accurate
pea / 6 posts
I have never heard of this dealie, but at first, I was all about it for next time! ….But after reading a couple of the responses, I agree, I’d hate to get used to one gender, only to find out it was the other. With my daughter, I wasn’t sick at all during pregnancy, and around 16 weeks, I sat up and bed and told my husband it was a girl. We keep my bizarre prediction to our selves, but sure enough, at the 20 week ultrasound, it was a girl!
cherry / 106 posts
I just took mine (same test) and it turned pink! Two girls would be awesome but I won’t make any announcements until the ultrasound makes it official.
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
@EloiseKE: @BananaPancakes: what did the tests say? were they right?
grapefruit / 4817 posts
@Mrs. Bee: Ha ha. This is so old! I’m almost positive it said boy and it was right, though. I thought I was having a girl at the time and remember thinking it was wrong.
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
@BananaPancakes: i’m doing a roundup of old posts and came across this so i had to ask! you’ve been a reader since the beginning!