Diaper Swappers

stellar225 · 06-26-2006, 08:13 PM

My FIL is a family doc. A while back he and another doc decided to test the whole heartrate predicting method. After a couple months they compared notes and they each figured about 80% accuracy. Pretty impressive for an old wives' tale, they thought.

Then they compared DETAILED notes... one doc was doing it boys high girls low, the other was doing it girls high boys low.

mooandme · 06-26-2006, 08:30 PM

A midwife said that it's an old wives tale however boy's heart beats speed up in the last trimester (still what she said) Its a bunch of whohaa sorry.

deejahd · 06-26-2006, 08:30 PM

Sorry mamma we did a project disproving this 'theory' in stat class in college. It unfortunately is right just as often as it's wrong.

Proverbs169 · 06-26-2006, 08:31 PM

This never worked for me. I have three dds and the first had a very fast hb the whole way through... but this last one was much slower. Normal range, but slower. I asked my MW about it and she said it just depends on if they are awake, asleep, if you just ate, etc.

Proverbs169 · 06-26-2006, 08:32 PM

Oh- and I thought all babies' heartbeats slowed down the larger they got. I will have to check on that.

cblurose · 06-27-2006, 04:19 AM

Am I the only one who has no clue what the baby's heartrate is?
I just can't keep track of all the numbers.
It's hard enough for me to remember birthday/weights/lengths etc.

GrowingUpMad · 06-27-2006, 05:25 AM

My sons hb was 165 and yes, he is a boy!!
My dd's was 145 and yes, she is a girl!!
This one is always around 150ish and it's another girl (took a few peeks so we are certain).

Sorry but I would not trust that, wait for an ultrasound or the big day to be certain.

Psychomom · 06-27-2006, 07:54 AM

My girls had high heart rates (160s), but guess what? My boy's was even higher at 175! This baby in utero right now is consistently in the 150s...I don't know what to guess!

1bigfamily · 06-27-2006, 08:12 AM

The twins were always so close they thought they had the same heartbeat and they are boy/girl. I wouldn't trust it either.

Shannon · 06-27-2006, 09:20 AM

Ok, Ok, I got it...LOL Onlyu 13 more days to go...I need a countdown thingie to make the time go faster...LOL

06-26-2006, 08:13 PM	#11
stellar225 Registered Users Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Iowa, corner of No and Where Posts: 603 Ratings: 7 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Telling gender by the heartbeat My FIL is a family doc. A while back he and another doc decided to test the whole heartrate predicting method. After a couple months they compared notes and they each figured about 80% accuracy. Pretty impressive for an old wives' tale, they thought. Then they compared DETAILED notes... one doc was doing it boys high girls low, the other was doing it girls high boys low. __________________ Lin, coffee addict & mama to Jakob (5yo) & Keira (21mo) eBay feedback \| LJ Co-op feedback

06-26-2006, 08:30 PM	#12
mooandme Registered Users Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 104 Ratings: 2 Feedback: 100%	Re: Telling gender by the heartbeat A midwife said that it's an old wives tale however boy's heart beats speed up in the last trimester (still what she said) Its a bunch of whohaa sorry.

06-26-2006, 08:30 PM	#13
deejahd Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chesapeake, VA Posts: 553 Ratings: 27 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Telling gender by the heartbeat Sorry mamma we did a project disproving this 'theory' in stat class in college. It unfortunately is right just as often as it's wrong. __________________ Deidre SAHM to Nate (2/27/04) & Josh (10/29/06)

06-26-2006, 08:31 PM	#14
Proverbs169 Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New England. Where else? Posts: 6,655 Ratings: 197 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Telling gender by the heartbeat This never worked for me. I have three dds and the first had a very fast hb the whole way through... but this last one was much slower. Normal range, but slower. I asked my MW about it and she said it just depends on if they are awake, asleep, if you just ate, etc. __________________ Jessica. Blessed & joyful child of Christ, wife to B & seriously awesome mama to A, S, K, T & M, born 3/29/12 "Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life." -Mark Twain

06-26-2006, 08:32 PM	#15
Proverbs169 Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New England. Where else? Posts: 6,655 Ratings: 197 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Telling gender by the heartbeat Oh- and I thought all babies' heartbeats slowed down the larger they got. I will have to check on that. __________________ Jessica. Blessed & joyful child of Christ, wife to B & seriously awesome mama to A, S, K, T & M, born 3/29/12 "Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life." -Mark Twain