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More nausea with a girl or boy

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3lele · 04/04/2026 16:17

Hi guys,

i know it’s an old wives tale but for those that have had a boy and a girl, which were you more sick with?

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AlwaysLookOnTheBrightSideOfLife · 05/04/2026 02:04

3 DC. Severe Hg with all three from practically conception (it was always my first symptom) to birth. This involved long hospital stays and three stone weight loss with each. Apart from anaemia with two DC and pre-eclampsia with DC1 they were identical. 2DS, 1DD.

Hollyhobbi · 05/04/2026 02:13

JumpinJellyfish · 04/04/2026 20:28

Actually there is a link.

Nausea/sickness are linked to sensitivity to Hcg. Girl pregnancies tend to produce more hcg than boy pregnancies.

Sensitivity to hcg differs between women and hcg levels also fluctuate between pregnancies so it’s not a hard and fast rule but sickness is more likely in a pregnancy with a girl.

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Severe hyperemesis with my two girls and my sister exact same with her three boys!!

Onelittle · 05/04/2026 05:47

Horrendous nausea and sickness with my dd until third trimester. I know more boy mums and they never felt sick. If they did then it was only once or twice.

JMSA · 05/04/2026 06:14

Girls here and I was sick with each and every one - and not just in the morning! From what I have heard over the years, it is worse with girls.

MrsPatrickDempsey · 05/04/2026 06:30

Puked from start to finish in both pregnancies which were one of each. I don’t think there is any scientific link.

JumpinJellyfish · 05/04/2026 06:39

MrsPatrickDempsey · 05/04/2026 06:30

Puked from start to finish in both pregnancies which were one of each. I don’t think there is any scientific link.

There is a link.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33098451/

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3lele · 05/04/2026 07:58

Thank you everyone x

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CaptainMyCaptain · 05/04/2026 08:04

youngestisapsycho · 04/04/2026 16:24

I was sick all the time with girls, friends were the same with boys.

Same. I was extremely sick the whole time with a girl. She was extremely sick with boys. I don't believe it makes any difference.

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3lele · 05/04/2026 11:39

Thank you 🙏🏽

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HattiesBag · 05/04/2026 11:39

Boy and girl. Sick (could still work but was constantly nauseous and vomited bile each morninh) with both from about 6 to 15 weeks. No obvious difference

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