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Hairier legs when preg. = boy???

30 replies

fuzzyfelt · 11/07/2006 19:49

I'm on preg. #3 and have heard the old wives tale about hairier legs = boy pregnancy. Was this true for you?

I don't think my legs are hairier but my 'pits seem to spikier quicker- or am I just noticing more because it's summer?

I know it's all nonsense really but need to be indulged as 2 weeks to go before scan and am dying to know the gender. have always been to scared to ask before! Have 2 DDs already,

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Northerner · 11/07/2006 19:51

When I was pregnant with ds I was so much harier - I even got a hairy belly! Something to do with the testosterone IIRC, but might be a load of old twaddle!

sugarfree · 11/07/2006 19:54

Like all these things it's a load of rubbish.
Sorry,you'll just need to be patient a bit longer.

nicnack2 · 11/07/2006 19:54

sorry but i have 2 boys and had less hair on legs etc or maybe it just grow slower.

WigWamBam · 11/07/2006 19:55

Nah, it's a load of tosh. The two weeks will be up before you know it then you can find out.

katzg · 11/07/2006 19:58

link for all those old wives tales quiz

girl or a boy?

fuzzyfelt · 11/07/2006 20:08

Thought so!

Thanks for the quiz - says 60% chance boy and 40% chance girl!

Soo frustrating not knowing! Am control freak I think!

How about cravings? Have craved choc and cake in my girl pregs but now definitely crave sour and salty things - lemon ice lollies and marmite crisps being favourite. The thought if creamy choc actually turns my stomach! Or maybe it's the weather...

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NotAnOtter · 11/07/2006 20:10

that\quiz gave me 80% chance girl - sadly another long-tail!!!

fuzzyfelt · 11/07/2006 20:11

Why - did you have a boy NAO?

I would love a boy but don't think I have it in me!

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CaptainFlameSparrow · 11/07/2006 20:14

pmsl - never heard this!!!! My shaving needing hair all pretty much stops growing during pregnancy (with either sex), in the same way that it also takes a week - 10 days to get greasy when I am pregnant.

My body seems to realise that I can't shave/wash hair in a bath so easily when I am lumpy, so it gives me a break

CaptainFlameSparrow · 11/07/2006 20:16

DS is a 65% girl apparantly

singersgirl · 11/07/2006 20:33

Same as FlameSparrow - didn't need to shave my legs once when pregnant with my two boys.

fuzzyfelt · 11/07/2006 20:44

That's interesting. Have just done the quiz for all 3 of my pregs and this one is the most 'boy' preg. I've had - the other 2 pregs were girls and the quiz said girl - although I do have a lot of 'boy' symptons with all my pregs - always carry up front for instance.

Just read what I've written above and realise that it is the ramblings of a woman who needs to get a life!

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Gem13 · 11/07/2006 20:55

katzg's quiz was 80% boy for me.

Mind you all 3 pregnancies have been the same - meat, no orange juice, salty foods, - and so far I have one of each.

tallmummy · 11/07/2006 21:06

Had 4 boys and my legs were less hairy but I did get a hairy tummy (mmmm attractive) and the hair on my head got really thick.

katzg · 11/07/2006 21:10

its just a bit of fun but was spot on for mine, think i got 80% girl for both and got 2 girls

pucca · 11/07/2006 23:06

Was correct for me I have a bit of hair on belly too while pg this time (having a boy)and hairier legs lol. Also the line down my belly is very light this time, was really dark when pg with my dd.

munz · 12/07/2006 11:03

hairier bit on my tum and errotic dreams 2 (inlc one on here) have said yep to errotic dreams and are having boys.

ziggiz · 12/07/2006 11:04

I too had hairier legs and a hairy tum when pregnant with my ds!

Arabica · 12/07/2006 12:06

Sorry, have never been at all hairy and when pg with DS I was even less hairysame at the moment. Surely being hairy has more to do with the time of yeardoesn't hair grow quicker in the winter?

angelaj1 · 22/07/2006 19:57

had much less hairier legs and gave birth to a boy..... back to normal now though - pity!!

WideWebWitch · 22/07/2006 20:04

pile of pants imo! You have a 50/50 chance of a boy.

nutcracker · 22/07/2006 20:09

I was alot more hairy carrying Ds.

peanutbutter · 22/07/2006 20:13

i had a hairier everything when pregnant with ds. hairier toes, hairier legs, darker upper lip. Almost every single person who volunteered an opinion it told me I was obviously carrying a girl. Then out came my beautiful son.

biglips · 22/07/2006 20:14

You have a 47% chance of having a boy.
And you have a 52% chance of having a girl.

and i had a girl

southeastastra · 22/07/2006 20:58

haha this is funny! i've got two boys i must be extra hairy, like the cookie monster

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