linea nigra - boy or girl?

[nataliekristin]

hi everyone

just wondering how true the old wives tale is that says if your linea nigra runs from your pubic line to your belly button, it's a girl. but if it runs past the belly button up towards your rib cage it's a boy?

I don't know what I'm having but my linea nigra (which appeared from about 15 weeks, I'm now 24 weeks) runs from my pubic line to the top of my abdomen. curious if this means it's a boy!

I read this one too. I have a line from pubic bone right up to my rib cage and I'm having a girl!!

I am 18+2 and have faint line all the way from by breasts down to the pubic line and I am having a girl.

I have a line on both sides of my belly button. Boy!

I had no linea nigra at all with either pregnancy - one boy and one girl

And when I say "sides" I mean above and below, not left and right. That would be weird.

No line here either, one girl one boy.

Mine goes to my belly button and my bump is a boy! I think it's bull haha!

I had a line right up to my ribs with dd, so think it is a load of rubbish!

Mine goes up from my belly button to my rib cage and I'm having a boy!

I had Linea Nigra from pubic bone to belly button with my 2 boys . This time another boy I dont have one yet and I am 29 wks .

I don't remember how far it went up but I had a very pronounced one with my first son. This time around I haven't got one at all (39+1 today), and it's another boy! So I'm not sure it makes much difference. Quite relived as my first one took ages to fade!

Never had one, I have 4 DS!

Didn't have one at all - not even a faint one. Mine was a girl.

I had similar lines with both my DC - one boy and one girl :) Old wives tale I suspect.

I haven't had one with either pregnancy (both girls) but have had a hugely hairy belly yeah I know you didn't ask that and could probably do without the mental image

I've one of each and can't remember what my belly looked like.

This time I just have a very feint line up as far as belly button and nothing above and its a boy!

I've read it slightly differently. I've read that if you have a line that continues upwards from your belly button and doesn't line up with the bottom line then it's a boy. This was definitely true in my case - had a mismatched line!

I never had one, and I've got three boys.

My line was the same both times and I've got one of each
Nice to speculate though!