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Baking Powder Gender Test! Just for fun!

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milkyways · 13/08/2011 01:05

Someone mentioned this test on another forum I'm on, so I googled it and came across these results from other women. I know it's just an old wives tale and it depends on the acidity of you urine at that time, but 86% say the test predicted correctly!

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I'm ashamed to say I tried it earlier today and got alot of fizzling, but I'll be finding out the sex (hopefully) in about a week.

Would anyone else who already knows the gender (or even not) be willing to take the test?

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spookshowangellovesit · 15/09/2011 14:49

tis boy apparently. foamed over.

MandaHugNKiss · 15/09/2011 14:54

Well, here's hoping Madame Z is totally wrong:

Madame Zaritska, using her mystical powers, has the following prediction:

The day you deliver, outside will be hot. Your baby will arrive in the mid morning. After a labor lasting approximately 30 hours, your child, a boy, will be born. Your baby will weigh about 15 pounds, 14 ounces, and will be 21 -1/2 inches long. This child will have medium amber eyes and curly blonde hair.

A 16lb baby?! DS3 was a fraction off 10lb but come on!!

Must buy some baking powder...

I wonder, though, when is the test 'accurate' from? I'm approaching 5 weeks so I'd imagine not yet

MandaHugNKiss · 15/09/2011 14:55

DS2* was almost 10lb

Boosaphena · 15/09/2011 15:32

Use bicarb soda. Not baking powder.

spookshowangellovesit · 15/09/2011 15:51

they sound pretty similar to me, i really hope 14 pounds is wrong i am hoping for a solid 11 pounder.

spookshowangellovesit · 15/09/2011 15:51

The day you deliver, outside will be cold. Your baby will arrive in the mid morning. After a labor lasting approximately 15 hours, your child, a boy, will be born. Your baby will weigh about 14 pounds, 12 ounces, and will be 20 inches long. This child will have dark violet eyes and some blonde hair.

spookshowangellovesit · 15/09/2011 15:53

its called the baking power test did i get that wrong?

bucaneve · 15/09/2011 16:04

I just did the Madame Zaritza thing (and I'm not even pregnant!)

I found it freakishly 'accurate'. The hypothetical baby would be born after a long labour (I took ages), be quite small (no ones particularly big in my family) have the same colour hair as my DP and the same colour eyes as me!

Dun dun duh!

Allboxedin · 15/09/2011 16:14

But the main ingredient of baking powder is bicarb of soda no?

milkyways · 15/09/2011 16:32

It's called the baking soda test, however, baking powder does contain sodium bicarbonate as a main ingredient along with disodium phosphate and rice flour. I used a higher ratio of baking powder and smaller amount of urine!

It would be interesting to start some kind of stats list seeing how many women the test proved correct for.

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Allboxedin · 15/09/2011 17:55

Yes we should do, I googled it and on other sites it seems fairly correct!!
Just 5 weeks to go though now! :) we should all report back!

foolserrand · 15/09/2011 18:04

Did the Chinese predictor and it says boy this time. But also told me ds should be a girl. He is now 2.6

Allboxedin · 15/09/2011 18:18

The chinese gender test was correct for my dd two years ago!

addictedtofrazzles · 15/09/2011 18:31

Okay so just pee'd and tested with bicarb of soda (1tsp) and no frothing what so ever...so I assume it could be a girl? OH MY GOD - I have two heavenly boys already so that would be wonderful (although only discussing boy names with DH as convinced it is another boy!)...

Chinese Gender - DTD on the 31st May...If I conceived that day then it says boy. If I conceived 1st June then it says girl...

Only 5 more months to go!

ps thanks for guidelines on Baking Powder/Bicarb of Soda!!!

Allboxedin · 15/09/2011 19:55

I just did it again today after a different diet and it still fizzed so bang goes the diet theory!

Boosaphena · 15/09/2011 20:11

When I used powder it frothed over=boy, when I used soda it didn't = girl. Scan said girl, my fettish for alot of pink says girl my dd says girl.... It's going to be a boy isn't it?!!
2more weeks and we'll see. All a bit of fun isn't it!

Heinoushierachy · 16/09/2011 11:50

Hmmn bit confused - did it with baking soda and got boy, did it with bicarbonate and got girl - which was the right one to use???

addictedtofrazzles · 16/09/2011 13:39

I am glad I am not the only confused one out there!

I was told, earlier in the thread, to use Bicarb of Soda?

del1 · 17/09/2011 21:59

Well, I used baking powder, and the fizz told me a boy.
Chinese calander said boy.
I had a boy!! So both right for me!!
The chinese calander was right for my DS1 and DD too

20wkbaby · 16/10/2011 17:50

Just coming back to this thread in case anyone is still interested to know that I did the test and there was no fizzing and I had a girl last Monday! Obviously need to update my name - or wait until DD2 is 20 weeks old and then update.

This is despite the world and his wife being convinced from the shape of the bump - scientific!- that there was a boy in there.

Chinese tests have been wrong for both my children.

spookshowangellovesit · 16/10/2011 18:02

i had my scan and this test told me i was to have a boy but the scan said girl.

dazandheather · 17/10/2011 01:53

be great party trick for halloween hah ha h aaa

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georgethecat · 17/10/2011 10:17

Ha it didn't work for me. Psychic said a girl, baking powder said girl, scan clearly showed a boy :o

ChocolateBiscuitCake · 17/10/2011 14:54

Test said girl, scan says boy!

MilkywaysandBump · 04/03/2012 16:56

Another thread I started when I was pregnant! I did indeed end up having a boy, so the test worked for me!

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