Sex based on heart rate!??

[Miss2820]

How true is this?

[IHTC]

It's supposed to just be another myth but I've always found it accurate 🤷‍♀️

[Heyha]

I saw a different midwife at each appointment and they all had a different take on that...midwives were even guessing when I was in early labour (I was induced and had been in a few days so we had plenty of time to chat 😂).

50% of the guesses/theories were correct

[Watto1]

Apparently a boy’s heartbeat sounds like a train and a girl’s sounds like a horse. No idea how much truth is in that!

[LexiM]

I dont think it's true at all. Our baby's has varied throughout.

[mathanxiety]

I found it to be true.

[Cheeseycheeseycheesecheese]

I couldn't tell if there was a rhythm to ds's heartbeat, when my friends were telling me about it I felt awful, it just sounded like a sped up heartbeat to me...

[Babyshine2020]

My baby's heart rate was constantly 155 and she's a girl.. so it was "true" in this instance

[Lubeylube]

True for my two, but only on the last week.

[Miss2820]

Quite interesting what people think, I was only wondering coz I had the midwife check the heartbeat which was 152

[ivfdreaming]

My DD consistently had a heart rate that also sounded like a galloping horse

I'm currently pregnant with twins and they have heart rate 168+ but I think they are boys

[Zoey36]

Daughter's heart rate was always 150+. Pregnant with a boy and it has never been above 130! The sound is so different! I asked the midwife if she could tell from listening (to test this theory!) and both her and the student said it was a definite boy sound! But that's just 2 pregnancies not exactly a huge sample size!

[BeMorePacific]

@Miss2820 by the theory you’d be having a girl. xx

[MondeoFan]

True for my 2. I've always thought it to be true

[Miss2820]

I was just curious lol to see if people believe in it and if the theory has worked for others and the sex has been correct.. girl would be nice not gnna lie lol but happy with either as long as baby is well and healthy

[GrimDamnFanjo]

I believe it's accurate in around 70% providing the heart rate readings are consistent.

[Heyha]

I'm going to have a look at my notes now as we were almost all convinced DD was going to be a boy except for one midwife appointment...I wish I'd written down the different midwife guesses too now, will do if we have another!

[Maidmummy]

21 weeks here and baby's heart rate at last check was 157bpm and it's a definite boy in there, so wrong for me x

[hieveryonex]

Hi! Please don't believe in any of these myths 😂 when I went for my scan, they were like 'so come on tell me what myths you've heard about guessing the sex of your baby etc' and I told her and she was like never ever believe any of them , she said she'd heard them all and found them hilarious 🙄😂

[Miss2820]

Lol I know what you mean I didn’t believe it I just wanted to see what people actually thought of these different myths etc

[Heyha]

Ok here goes....I photocopied my green notes before the midwife had them back in! These are fetal heart rates for my DD at each appointment from 16 weeks to induction:
130, 150, 125, 126, 134, 127, 145

[NightGinn]

Foetal heart rate slows generally towards the end of gestation, a 37 week baby might have a heart rate of 150 bpm but a 42 week baby is likely to have one closer to 120 ( roughly) in addition, like your heart rate, the foetal heart rate will vary according to foetal activity levels, position in relation to the cord/pressure on head/ contractions/ maternal position/ maternal temperature/ maternal heart rate......

It’s impossible to pick out whether the baby is a boy or a girl from a heart rate alone.
The different sounds and rhythms are also misleading, a heart can sound different depending on the position of the ultrasound device and the area it’s pointing at - the device then converts the ultrasound signal to an audible signal. Different monitoring methods create varying sounds, using a pinard stethoscope a foetal heart sounds like a very far away drum beat, whilst a foetal scalp electrode will convert the signal to a beep.
It’s all old wives tales - sorry

[bluemoon2468]

I'm having a boy and his heartrate's always been on the faster side. He also had a 'girly' nub at 12 weeks, and has basically lived up to every 'girl' old wives tale going 🙈 As a result everyone I know thinks we're having a girl (we haven't told anyone) - looking forward to surprising people 😊

[BabyG123]

Not true for me. Girls by heart rate and when I've told the midwife they were boys they said they'd never have said that!

[Sunshineandsparkle]

Wrong for me on both occasions.

[VashtaNerada]

Why would blood be pumped differently in boys and girls?!! There are very few boy/girl differences before puberty apart from the obvious one!