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No linea nigra - have the scientist missed a way to predict the sex of your baby?

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nics1stbaby · 16/08/2002 10:50

I am currently 30 weeks pregnant with my first baby. Following my 23 week scan, I know I am having a little boy. Two of my very good friends have recently had baby girls. They both had (have) a linea nigra, and I don't. Out of interest, I have asked around and I now know 3 other cases where with boys the Mums did not develop a linea nigra, and 2 other cases where the Mums had linea nigras with girls.

My friends and I realise that something like this is unlikely to have been missed by all those doctors and scientists, but hey, out of fun.. can anyone back this theory up??

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WideWebWitch · 16/08/2002 21:06

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jenny2998 · 16/08/2002 21:27

baby 1...no morning sickness, no line...boy
no 2...morning sickness, no line...girl

zebra · 16/08/2002 22:16

Linea nigra (kind of pale, though) since 1999.
First baby boy, 2nd baby girl.

Almost no heartburn (well, sometimes a little towards the end of 2nd pregnancy).

First baby born with a little hair; 2nd one bald.

Bad sickness with boy, but diabolical with girl.

Eulalia · 16/08/2002 22:33

Linea nigra with both pregnancies, first boy, 2nd girl. No heartburn and both had average amounts of hair. I really had no idea with either of them what they were going to be.

Still got the line and dd is 4 months.

Scuba · 17/08/2002 00:45

I've had a linea nigra since childhood, has anyone else? i still had it after the birth of my ds but it's become more faded

slug · 18/08/2002 18:35

4 of us were pg at work at the same time. 2 boys, 2 girls. Two of us had linea nigra, one had a girl, one a boy. Interestingly, of the two women who did have it, one is Asian, one Black. The two of us who didn't are both pale skinned red haired Celts. Apparantly it is more prevalant in dark skinned women.

Bozza · 18/08/2002 22:17

I had no linea nigra with a boy (I am fair), moderate morning sickness, and heart burn - he was born with lots of hair(was even picked up on scan) but it rubbed off.

bloss · 19/08/2002 00:18

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angharad · 19/08/2002 11:27

Is the linea nigra/lack of connected to stretch marks? My mum never had stretch marks or a linea negra with all 5 of us and so far I'm the same (3 kids, no 4 on the way).

debster · 19/08/2002 11:38

I had a linea nigra with ds.
Pregnant with second and also have one. Don't know sex.

BTW if I feel exactly the same physically this time round as I did with first is it likely I will have the same sex child or does this not have any bearing?

Joe1 · 19/08/2002 11:56

Debster, I have know people carry exactly the same for two prenancies and have one of each so you never can tell. My midwife had two very different pregnancies and had two girls.

PamT · 19/08/2002 13:35

I didn't have a linea nigra with any of my 3 but I have very pale skin anyway and I think it is something that shows up more on darker skin or skin that tans easily.

Debster my pregnancies for both boys were virtually identical but I felt so different when I carried DD (no 3) and I knew in my mind that she was definitely a 'she'. I don't know if everyone feels the same though.

Queenie · 19/08/2002 14:21

I too am very pale skinned but developed Linea nigra with dd and heartburn - dd had huge mop of hair. No linea nigra this time and am 35 weeks pregnant with a boy - heartburn better but more wind - both ends - excuse me!

PamT · 19/08/2002 15:45

LOL Queenie

JayTree · 19/08/2002 21:19

DD - no hint of linea nigra and loads of awful stretch marks (very envious, Angharad..) Feel a bit cheated really, after all linea nigra fades quickly and is quite interesting - unlike stretch marks.

sb34 · 19/08/2002 23:49

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mollipops · 20/08/2002 08:59

Baby 1 - severe morning sickness, dark linea nigra which took ages to fade, heartburn: girl with lots of hair!
baby 2 - mild morning sickness, linea nigra which faded fairly quickly, no heartburn: bald boy!

angharad · 20/08/2002 09:53

oh, and so far never had heart burn but have produced exceptionally hairy babies! On a quick note why are people so stupid sometimes, a neighbour has asked me each time if i was disappointed that the babies had hair as they don't look like proper babies-aah!

honeybunny · 20/08/2002 14:00

2 boys, 2 linea nigras!! Sorry!

Lollypop · 26/08/2002 21:17

I didn't have a linea nigra with my DD buy my navel when very dark brown! 5 months in my navel is still normal colour - I'll let you know what I had at Christmas.

maras · 18/09/2002 14:00

Been meaning to add to this for weeks - just never have any time...I'm also fascinatated by this theory. Could it be that some discrepancies come from the fact that some women never get the brown line and that others always get it regardless of sex of the baby? Is there anyone one out there (I've quickly checked this thread but may have missed some) who can absolutely disprove the idea - ie who had the line with a boy but not with a girl?? I had no line expecting my first (ds), a definite line with my second (dd) and am now 11 weeks away from my third - and have no line whatsoever!! Is it a boy?? (I could have found out from CVS test - but decided I really didn't want to know...but I'm still fascinated and can't stop trying to guess!!!)

Grover74 · 02/05/2003 15:41

Does this line ever go away? I had my daughter 8 months ago. It has faded slightly but it is still there. How long does it take to go away?

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myalias · 02/05/2003 16:05

My ds is 28 months old and there is still a faint line.

SoupDragon · 02/05/2003 16:23

DS2 is 24 months and mine's gone completely. Not sure when it went - I've only just noticed!!

Slinky · 02/05/2003 16:37

I've got 2 girls and 1 boy and I didn't have a linea nigra with any of them!

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