Does having miscarriage mean you can not carry a girl

[Coco9001]

This may be a strange post maybe a subject we don’t like to discuss out loud but I just really need to know if there are any success stories to prove this theory wrong ….

someone once told me that if you had a miscarriage it meant you couldn’t carry that particular sex so if you already had a baby boy and then have a miscarry, you would only conceive boys as you body cannot carry a baby girl….

I used to think that’s silly how could people say that however I have a lot people around me that have had miscarriages and only have either all boys or all girls not one of each sex after having a miscarriage!

i just wondered if there was anyone that could share their story where they have had a baby boy for example and then had a miscarriage but gone on to have a girl after ? Or the other way round

@ChloeHel does being rhesus neg cause miscarriages though? I didn't think it did. The anti d injection isn't given to prevent miscarriage (it's only given later in pregnancy anyway), and I thought the impact was more that the baby might need some intervention post birth, if the mother was sensitised, rather than it was at risk of miscarriage? May be mistaken though. I'm not a scientist!

No, none of the mc books I read said this was a thing. Old wives tale.

Depends. My friend has problems with boys, all her miscarriages have been boys (genetic issue).

I've never heard this before but it will explain why, during multiple miscarriages, my FIL said "do you think you just can't carry boys?" (as by then I'd managed to carry once to term and had a girl).

I'll tell you what I told him - No. That's offensive bollocks with no evidence base.

I now have a boy as well as my girl, and five unknowns in heaven.

Boy, 2 x miscarriage, girl, 2 x miscarriage, boy.

It's a ridiculous theory.

In a word no.

I mean this in a kind way, but please work on your critical thinking skills

I suspect there are some genetic diseases which mean that some people may not be able to carry one or other sex to full term.

That certainly wouldn’t explain all miscarriages though.

My mum miscarried 2 girls....she went on to have 3 perfectly healthy....girls, no boys at all.

Ofcourse not. I think there is a condition where you can only carry girls but there are so many different reasons we miscarry, the same as there are so many reasons we die. I had a miscarriage, a boy then a girl.

I suppose in a minority of circumstances there may be some reason a woman's body rejects an embryo of particular sex.

I had a miscarriage, girl, girl, girl, miscarriage, late miscarriage (boy), girl, girl.

I often wonder whether I can't carry boys, but it's probably just coincide.

Eh?? No, of course not.

She became sensitised from the first miscarriage and kept getting pregnant straight after so was having recurrent miscarriages.

I don’t think there is any scientific evidence to back it up, no.

I miscarried a baby. Year and a half later my DD (6) was born

I think you're listening to an old wive's tale and taking it too seriously

Sorry, I mean there’s no evidence to back up the OP’s original query

My mum had 2 boys, a misscarriage then 2 girls.

As others said there is so many reasons you miscarry and sex is nor one.

Many people also have kids of different senx without a misscarriage.

I thought male foetuses were more like to miscarry, slightly, which is one the reasons about 51% of babies conceived are male

Any subsequent pregnancies will be at risk if a rhesus negative mum isn't given anti d, if her baby is rhesus positive. She may develop antibodies that attack any further rhesus positive embryos.

I have miscarried both baby boys and baby girls, so no.

Nope. Two miscarriages and two children one of each.

I know plenty of people who have all boys or all girls who have never had a miscarriage. Just the luck of the draw.

Nope. I had 2 girls, a miscarriage, then a boy.

Many miscarriages, DS1, DD1, DD2, DD3, DS2 then DD4. DD2 was a twin, her sister was lost but she survived, so that throws the theory right out of the window.

Defo just an old wives tale. My sister MC'd then had a girl, followed by a boy, due a 2nd boy later this year.

It is possible that recurrent miscarriage is related to the sex of the baby but without chromosome testing you will never know.

Not so much true when it comes to only be able to carry a boy or girl but this study suggests there is a link between your first child being a boy and subsequent miscarriages

www.newscientist.com/article/dn3899-baby-boys-raise-future-miscarriage-risk/amp/