quick poll. Is the old wive's tale that girl babies make you sick more than boys?

[yesway]

What do you think?

I've had:

little bit sick - girl
not sick - girl
not sick - boy
little bit sick - ?

I have a friend who had
admitted to hospital sick - girl
admitted to hospital sick - girl.

[darydork]

Not shur theres anything in that yesway

Ive had

Boy - not sick
Girl - not sick
Girl - not sick
???? - sickness gradually getting worse

How are you feeling about #4? Im excited but also quite anxious & nervous, hope to god i can cope with 4!!!

[westlondongirl]

Had hypermemisis for 7 weeks and having a boy

[MmeLindt]

sick till 14 weeks - girl

sick till 18 weeks - boy

Don't think that there is any truth in that one

[duckyfuzz]

no sickness at all, had twin girls, so I reckon its nonsense!

[Poledra]

3 DDs, all singletons, no sickness at all (but constantly hungry instead!).

[Pinkjenny]

I've had:

Sick from 7 to 11 weeks - girl
Sick from 6 to 22 weeks - boy

Load of codswallop, ime.

[girlylala0807]

I had a boy.

I also had 26 weeks of 24 hour a day sickness.

[yesway]

cool - that's what I wanted to hear. (Not that I wouldn't love another girl - just that I don't want to know yet).

Naturally am nervous about 4 but not as nervous as I was about 1 or 2 or 3!

[rubyslippers]

ds - mild MS
dd - vomited a lot

[bibbitybobbityhat]

I had bad morning sickness both times. Infact, my pgs were almost identical. But I had a girl then a boy. So that rule didn't work for me.

[KarenAdie]

Not for me, my m/s was fairly mild (no vom, just nausea and loss of appetite at the start) and I'm having a girl

[shinybaubles]

Boy - sick for 8 months day and night
Pregnant 33 weeks with boy now and sick just for a few weeks and very mild.

[WinkyWinkola]

DS 1 - horribly sick from 5 weeks until week 14

DD - sick from 9 weeks until week 12

DS2 - very sick from the minute he was conceived (I swear it!) until week 16

[MandaHugNKiss]

Hmmm, I thought this theory held water as my personal experience was:

DD - constant soul-destroying nausea (althouh only threw up twice) for most of the pregnancy. I LOST two stone whilst pregnant (and didnt have it to lose!)

DS - One fleeting moment of 'hmm, I feel a bit sick' when on the bus.

But I'm currently 24 weeks with another DS and had pretty nasty nausea from 7-14 weeks.

That, along with everyone else's anecdotal evidence makes me think this is another 'old wives tale' that is poppycock!

Still, it's quite an intriguing mystery as to what causes it/why some pregnancies are worse than others, isn't it?

[StealthPolarBear]

sick - son
not sick - daughter

[VanillaIce]

Nausea and sickness until about 20 weeks. Still feel dodgy on waking (29 wks now) and I'm having a boy! First baby though so nothing to compare it too.

[anonymous85]

Severe Acne - Girl

No reaction to skin whatsoever - Boy

No sickness - Girl

Sickness - Boy

[anonymous85]

^^ Only have one DD and a DS on the way - not 4 kiddies!

[Chickenshavenolips]

Yes. I had two hyperemesis pregnancies, and have two sons.

[biggernow]

felt MUCH sicker with my DD than DS.

[Docbunches]

I think it probably is codswallop, even though I felt quite sick until week 12 with DS and very sick until week 16 with DD.

[littlemissm]

i have gone on my sickness to tell the sex for all my pregnancies & have been right on all of them DD1 really sick DS1 felt sick DD2 really sick DD'S3&4(TWINS) really sick dd5 really sick i do believe that with girls you are more prone to sickness i was told by a mw that this is usually the case as with girls your hcg levels are higher?

[Abubu]

Twin girls - a tiny bit queasy for 2 weeks, hardly noticeable
Preg no 2 - slightly more queasy for longer but dont know what I'm having yet.

I reckon its a load of old rubbish.
All to do with how your body reacts to hormone changes.

[yesway]

Thanks everyone. I guess I'll just wait and see.

[madmissy]

dd1 very ill was awful pg didn't enjoy pg
dd2 again was sick not as much but yuk again horrid pg
35+3 with ds1 and feel great! best pg and only tint bit of sickness at the start