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Q: can you actually tell b the heartbeat the gender or is that a wivestale?

im ordering a fetal heart monitor and just didnt want to get my hopes up on it being a boy or a girl?

This question was asked Jul. 11, 2011 9:16pm
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Answered by Shylarochelle1 - Sep. 27, 2011 5:04pm

ITs a wivestale. If i went by the heartbeat my baby would be a girl BUT the ultrasound at 18 weeks clearly showed im having a boy :)

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Answered by mrs.bordayo - Jul. 19, 2011 9:02pm

With my first child, the heartbeat was lower and the baby was a boy, and with my second child the heartbeat was higher and the baby was a girl. I'm not sure if this is true or not for the old wives tale... but for my kids it worked.

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Answered by dmpage - Jul. 16, 2011 8:48pm

It's an old wives tale....so old that it was used during the times when technology (no dopplers, etc.) was such that medical professionals were only able to detect the heart rate of the child's heart during LABOR and DELIVERY... at which point...aren't we close enough to finding out?!?!

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Answered by tianasmith - Jul. 14, 2011 6:55am

Its a wives tale, but both of my boys had heart rates of 128. So were hoping for a higher beat this time! Maybe we will get our girl.

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Answered by Gwen (Admin) - Jul. 11, 2011 10:52pm

Funny, I just posted this Pregnancy Myth in the Pregnancy Articles today :)

Check out Dr. Tassone's answer to this myth here.

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Answered by Shannybum - Jul. 11, 2011 9:46pm

It's a wivestale, but it's fun to speculate. Check out the forum topic on this called "Let's do an experiment" where people say their baby's HB and gender.

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