OK Let's settle the big debate... did your morning sickness dictate the sex of your baby?

[Picante]

Had morning sickness with ds.

Much much worse this time round. Everyone's saying it's because it's a girl. (Don't know yet, only 7 weeks!)

Is there any truth in the old wives tale?

No, was not sick with either of my DC's and I have one of each.

It was true for me.

Had moderate-bad MS with DS.

Had hypermesis with DD.

It's all bollocks, though, isn't it?

Had it moderate with DD#1, had it bad with DD#2 so even with the same sex baby it is not always the same at least in my case.

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What happens to women who don't suffer from it? I'm one of them, and obviously my baby has a 'sex'.. so what's going on there?

I had no morning sickness with dd.

With ds had very mild nausea, but never sick, for a couple of hours in the late afternoon every day for the first couple of months. But had a greatly restricted appetite = couldn't face large ranges of food.

Dunno, I had none with DS but know other mums of boys who were mildly to very sick...

Er we don't talk to people like you SheWillBeLoved.

No morning sickness with any of mine. Slight nausea for a couple of weeks.
3boys and 6girls.

Blimey Juuule!

Ok so it's not looking good for the Old Wives Tale so far...

The male sperm determines the sex.

Not in my case
Severe morning sickness with DS1 (lost 2.5 stone during pregnancy) stopped being sick the minute he was born.
DS2 started off the same but it all totally stopped at 7 weeks - I thought I was going to have a miscarriage because I decided the hormones weren't strong enough - but sure enough on due date he was born.

No sickness with either ds or dd

Oh it's all crap.

You will have a baby. It will have one of two genders. None of the old wives' tales are true. Apart from the shape of your bump, that's scientific fact.

No sickness with dd, sick from start to finish with ds.

awful morning sickness with dd.

I didn't have it too badly with DS (felt nauseous but no vomiting). Had it much worse with this pregnancy -- throwing up several times a day, and August/September were basically a total write-off as I felt too awful to do anything.

But I'm having another boy, so that throws that theory out of the window for me...

Quite bad morning/afternoon/evening sickness with ds but not so bad with dd, only actually sick twice in whole pregnancy.

No sickness with DS or this time (apparently another boy if the 20 week scan with the dangling willy is to be believed)

No morning sickness at all with my 2 boys.

hyperemersis with DD1
morning sickness with DD2

new research again highlights link between blood sugar levels and sickness rather than anything to do with gender of baby.

I had mild nausea with dd which led loads of people to predict a son for me as otherwise a girls hormones would be "clashing" with mine which which according to them causes morning sickness.

Well, that proved to be wrong.

no sickness/nausea at all with dd1

awful months of nausea with dd2 and 3

have 2 ds's. Was sick from the moment I fell pregnant to the moment I gave birth. Both times.

Even worse with ds2 though. At 20 weeks weighed less than i did when I fell pregnant.

Oh well!

Severe morning sickness with dd1, dd2 and dd3 no sickness with dd4!