Chinese gender prediction accuracy

[SueSnell]

Hi all,

As far as I am aware, this is spookily accurate. I have searched a few old MN threads and they have backed this up.

I wonder how often (if at all!) it is wrong?

Anyone experienced it being incorrect?

Well it told me that this baby will be a girl.

If it is, she has an alarmingly large growth between her legs! 😂

Of course, nothing is set in stone until he’s born in December!

Wrong for me too. Mine said girl and I’m having a boy.
As far as I’m aware though, when I researched it myself, I found that there were some sites that said it was one way and then other sites that completely reversed it. So either way, it’s always 50/50 so one of the sites is going to be right x

My two girls should have been boys. Just checked what it says for my boy due in December... it says girl

Ok yep I thought that had to be some stories of it being wrong somewhere! Thank you ladies... I wonder if there's more of a grey area when conception happens at the very beginning or end of the month...?!

I don’t think there are any ‘grey areas’... it’s just an old wives tale like all old wives tales!

@SoyDora if you don't mind my asking, did you go for DC3 in the hope of getting a boy? If so, how did you prepare yourself for possible gender disappointment??

Of course all children are a blessing and you would love your baby regardless of gender (and once they're born you are totally unable to imagine them any other way), but was gender disappointment a possible thing for you??

Or anyone else?

No I didn’t. If I’d have had any form of gender preference then I wouldn’t have tried for another... why would you, when there’s a 50% chance you’d be disappointed? I knew there was no way I’d have been disappointed, I wanted another child, not a boy or a girl.

Yes that's the perfect way to approach it. Preference must be on wanting a baby regardless of gender. Thank you!

It was correct for a lot of people I know but for me DD should be a boy! I suppose it has a 50/50 chance of being correct which is pretty high odds so it's just coincidence. I did have fun using it on others though!

You can't predict gender. And you certainly can't predict sex which is what you probably meant.
Sorry but just at the moment it's best to be precise about this.

Hmmm... according to the first image I found of a chart I should have 1 DD and 1 DS. I have 2 DSs.

But then another I found is based on 'lunar age' and 'chinese lunar month' which I presume don't match actual age and English months.

Off to investigate.

Using Chinese lunar age and months, I should have 2 boys! Which is correct.

@GladAllOver But it is called the Chinese Gender Chart. Correct or not that's what the chart/prediction method has been called for years so the OP is referring to it in its correct name.

Chinese predictor calendar was right for me both times!

Just had a look, for Ds1 it predicted a boy, which he is. Now for what I consider the interesting bit....
My second pregnancy was conceived end of January/early February. Had I conceived in the January, it predicted a boy. Had I conceived in the February, it predicted a girl. I had boy/girl twins

@Oogie that is so interesting! I'm fascinated by it all

@NewtScamandersNaughtyNiffler forgive my ignorance- what is the difference for the Chinese lunar age and months? This might be the explanation for the difference seen on different sites, as a pp said

I find it all fascinating as well

@beccii161016 thanks, yes I was just using the name it is widely known by...

@GladAllOver appreciate gender sensitivities, this is lighthearted though. I think he term 'gender' has taken on a slightly different meaning in recent years

@SueSnell I have no idea. I used a site where I put my dob and the due date/dob for baby and it worked it out for me.

For ds1 it said I was 20 lunar years when I conceived. I was 19 years old.

Not sure what the Chinese lunar months are.

I'm going to check this out! See whether it gives a different answer...