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How to determine the gender of the child?
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Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
Determine the sex of the child most want young couples who are waiting for the firstborn. Even more want to know the sex of the future child of a couple who already several times in a row are born either boys or girls. Is it worth to determine the sex of the future child - another question, because some couples believe that "whoever is born, this is the blood of our own - we will love both our son and daughter." And yet for curious parents, we will present several ways to determine the gender of the baby.
Determining the sex of a child on ultrasound
This can be done if you want to know who will be born - a boy or a girl. But only not in the early stages of pregnancy, because errors are possible. In addition, the boy can cross his legs, and his son will not be visible on ultrasound. The child-boy will be easily confused with the girl. Therefore, it is better to do ultrasound on the 24th week of pregnancy. Previously, doing ultrasound does not make sense. And even more clearly the sex of the child is visible later - approximately on the thirtieth week of pregnancy of mother.
[Determining the sex of a child using a chorionic biopsy
Another medical method for determining the sex of a child, and in the early term is a chorionic biopsy. In this method, placenta tissue is captured by a thin needle and the sex of the child is determined. This method can detect even fetal defects, which makes it possible to have an abortion in the earliest weeks of pregnancy, if the mother does not want to give birth to a child with large deviations in health.
A chorionic biopsy is performed between 8 and 12 weeks - in the case when samples are taken from the vagina, and at a period of 9 to 11 weeks, if the placenta tissue is taken from the peritoneum.
This method may be unsafe for the unborn child, because it slightly increases the risk of miscarriage. But it is used in cases if there is a suspicion of Down's disease or other possible deviations in the health of the child. The biopsy is performed under the control of an ultrasound device.
Alternative signs for determining the sex of the child
There are alternative signs that, earlier, when they had no idea about ultrasound, our great-great-grandmothers accurately determined the sex of the child.
If the future mother from the back can clearly see the waist for a very long time, then there will be a boy.
In later terms, the boys in the belly of the mother behave much more actively than the girls, arranging a real revolution.
At mums at whom the girl should be born, the toxicosis happens much more often, than pleasures, who expects the boy. Still there is an alternative sign that the girl at the mum "drinks beauty from the face". Then the woman has acne, pigment spots, pimples.
The people determined who will be born, according to the diet of the future mother. If she was drawn to a sweet, they said that a girl will be born, and if a boy is a meat boy.
The more the difference between a man and a woman, and a woman younger than her husband, the greater the likelihood that a son will be born.
They say that Mom and Dad, who are already 30 years old, are more likely to be born not a son, but a daughter.
How to determine the sex of the child - it's up to you. But it's worth knowing that even ultra-precise ultrasound can be wrong. So do not worry if you make a mistake, but just give your child love and tenderness.
Other, unscientific methods of determining the sex of the child
Safe methods by which it is possible to determine the sex of a future child are also called folk. They are not as accurate as a biopsy or ultrasound, but they are free and completely safe, so they are very common. The most popular ones are the determination of the sex of the child according to the blood group of the parents, the date of conception, the Chinese calendar, the renewal of the blood of the father and mother, and alternative alternatives. Let's consider some of them in more detail.
How to determine the sex of the child by the date of conception?
The sex of the child, according to popular belief, depends on the sperm, which is the carrier of a particular chromosome. The egg does not have a sex when it merges with the sperm, it all depends on the chromosome (or chromosomes) in its composition. X chromosome in the sperm as a result gives the girl, and XY chromosome - the son is guaranteed to be born.
When a woman is ovulating, the egg is ready for fertilization and comes out of the ovary, the male spermatozoon overtakes it and then everything depends on the chromosomes in its composition. Nature has provided that carriers of "male" chromosomes are faster than carriers of chromosomes X (when a girl is born). But spermatozoa with "male" chromosomes live in the genital tract of a woman much less than the carriers of "female" chromosomes. Therefore, to plan the boy is in the first days of ovulation, and the girl - later.
Exactly calculate the day of ovulation is possible by a special test (the same as for determining pregnancy, only the strips will differ in chemical composition), according to the calendar, basal temperature (on the day of ovulation it reaches a peak), and ultrasound.
Method for determining the sex of the baby by renewing the blood of mom and dad
This method is considered a method of very high reliability. According to some scientific data, the blood of men and women is updated once in several years. According to the calendar of these updates, you can calculate the sex of the future child. Update of blood in women occurs once in 3 years, and in men - 1 time in 4 years. Renewal of blood in men and women can occur earlier - for example, after giving blood or after an injury with a large loss of blood or soon after childbirth. To calculate the data, you need to divide the age of the mother by 3, and the age of the father - by 4. Whoever has the blood renewed earlier (the indicator is less), there will be such a child. If the mother's blood is refreshed earlier, there will be a girl, and if the pope has a boy.
Method for determining the sex of the child by the blood group of the parents
If the mother and father have the first or second blood type, then the baby will be born with the first or second group. Most often it will be a girl. At parents with the third group of blood the boy is born more often. Like parents with the fourth blood group. When mixing blood groups, you can calculate the sex of the child according to this table.
| Blood type | Dad | |||
| Mama | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | Girl | Boy | Girl | Boy |
| 2 | Boy | Girl | Boy | Girl |
| 3 | Girl | Boy | Boy | Boy |
| 4 | Boy | Girl | Boy | Boy |