Morning sickness and gender

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When I was pregnant with my girl, morning sickness was constant. I remember having to have a supply of crackers to hand and generally feeling tired and sick. This time I don’t have much sickness, maybe once a day and it lasts like 2 minutes. I don’t really feel pregnant which is a bit worrying. Did you have a different level of sickness with a different pregnancy and do you get less sickness with a boy?

Hi watching with interest. I had no sickness with my First DC , boy but now pregnant but had a lot of morning sickness in first trimester.

I have a little boy and was constantly sick up until I wAs 35 weeks. I don't think there is a link between it as my friend had two girls and two completely different pregnancies! X

There's no link whatsoever with sickness and sex of the baby. I was a bit sick with my dd, not sick at all with DS1 and constantly sick with DS2.

I wasn't sick at all with either of my boys, threw up every single day of pregnancy with my daughter.

As a PP said, there is zero link between morning sickness and sex. I had terrible sickness with two boys, I know loads of people with girls who also had sickness. Being pregnant can cause morning sickness.

I had almost identical pregnancy symptom in the early weeks for both DS (toddler) and DD (due to arrive in six weeks) - bit of sickness both times.

Boy and girl - morning sickness for 16 weeks with both!

I was very, very sick throughout with my daughter, just queasy in first tri with son. I know pp said there's no link but I'm sure I read somewhere it can be due to the female hormones and your own hormones - no idea if that's a thing or just someone's random theory!

I'm having my 3rd boy and the level of sickness as increased with each pregnancy.

I’ve been off work with sickness since 8 weeks and DS is due in march.

I’m actually terrified to have another incase it’s worse next time- barely made it thorough this! People keep telling me it’s worse with a girl 😭

I have 2 girls and a boy and was sick with all of them. 2nd was the worst, a girl.

Had sickness with both boy and girl. I just think every pregnancy is different. I have been much more uncomfortable this second time round (boy).

I had morning sickness with my DD, I had nothing with my DS, this baby is another boy and the sickness has been awful I'm 35+2 now and it doesn't take a lot to make me be sick still either

I was sick multiple times a day with my first son. It didn’t stop until I’d delivered him. My second son I was sick once or twice a day until about 20 weeks. My 3rd son no sickness, 4th son sick every morning but fine afterwards. Now pregnant with my 5th and I’ve been sick a few times a day since 6 weeks, I’m now 10 weeks and haven’t been sick for 2 days but do feel sick. So all mine are different and so far all boys

I was sick up to (& after) labour with all of my boys. Had a couple of days of nausea v early on with my girls. So for me sex did seem to make a difference. Maybe it depends on the mother.

The old wives tale is that baby girls give worse first trimester symptoms, but there hasn’t been any link found scientifically

Hope you feel better soon

It was the opposite for me. I had chronic all day nausea and some vomiting with my DS’s and nothing at all with my DD’s.

Kezmum14 your family sounds amazing. Good luck with number 5. If you do not mind me asking, do you intend to find out the sex of number 5 before (s)he is born?

I don't believe it's linked either but . . .had terrible morning sickness with both pregnancies, both girls. Second time was much worse than the first time and lasted for longer- up until 20 odd weeks. I'm not having anymore children 😂

No link. I had very little nausea with first 2 pregnancies - one of each sex. This pregnancy lots of nausea and some sickness. Don’t know what we’re having yet but presumably it’s a girl or boy.

Sorry - 2 girls, no sickness with one and constant sickness until 12 weeks with the other

A little nausea and no sickness with bpth pregnancies - a boy and a girl

Girl and boy.

Barely any sickness with either - however crippling headaches with both.

I agree every pregnancy is different though.

This was true for me -

DD: hyperemesis started in week 5 and by week 6 I was in hospital on a drip. Constant severe nausea, vomiting 10 times a day etc. Medicated throughout the pregnancy. The sickness never abated, it was just managed with medication. I didn't have a single normal meal until she was born

DS - mild nausea and occasional vomiting weeks 8 to 18. Totally manageable. Then nothing. Didn't feel pregnant. I felt physically super strong and energetic, more so than ever in my life. I was in disbelief every day - a sickness free pregnancy is the most amazing gift.

Both born healthy etc.