Pregnancy & Motherhood Forum

by **Katiiz95** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:26 am

So I read in my WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN EXPECTING book that they have found a link to pregnant women who eat more and the sex of there babies. They say women who tend to eat more tend to have boys. What do you guys think..

Poll time..

by **k05003272** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:26 am

I have been eating and eating, and craving really salty things. ive also heard that if youre having a boy you crave salty and girl you crave sweet. Im definetly having a boy.

by **mommyto3+1** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:41 am

I crave things like salad and chicken while pg with my girls. With my boys, solid junk food. Donuts, ice cream, chocolate.

by **jnormandeau** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:46 am

I have eaten like crazy throughout my whole pregnancy, especially the first trimester and I am having a girl. I have craved mostly things like fruit and milk, more sweet then salty.

by **Katiiz95** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:51 am

I just thought it would be fun to see how this fact plays out. No real question about it just thought it would be something fun to investigate. LOL.

So far im more on the salads and sweet things.. well find out the sex in about 4 wks..

by **victoria_1024** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:54 am

That's funny, I hadn't heard that. I have gained like 40 pounds already this pregnancy, I'm hungry ALL the time.... starting literally in the TWW before I even found out I was pregnant I couldn't stop eating. And I'm having a boy, so who knows!

For the most part though none of the gender myths have been accurate for me. Every test I took said I was having a girl.

by **brenjay** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 1:30 pm

I am eating a truly OUTRAGEOUS amount of food - far more than before I was pregnant - and I am indeed having a boy.

I have also not gained weight proportional to the amount of extra I am eating. I guarantee I'm blowing away that "300 extra calories a day" thing by a lot. And I'm gaining at the lower end of normal (14 pounds at nearly 26 weeks).

And - my cravings are all for fat and salt. Not interested in sweet things at all. But that is not super unusual for me, either - craving sweet things would be a huge change, but this is just a continuation of my normal cravings.

by **LaurensMom** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:19 pm

I love food more then any other time in my life!! lol!!! I am having a boy.... I love it all! Sweet, salty, sour, spicy... I am surprised I haven't gained more weight then I have so far! :lol:

With my first pregnancy, I didn't like food this much.

by **jsilly** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 6:47 pm

I basically have to force myself to eat. I've had no real cravings and a couple of food aversions and I'm having a boy

by **munchiemom** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 10:23 am

I have been hungry all the time...but really unable to eat very much most of the time.

I have gained a lot less this time (so far) than I did with both my boys. I'm up 20 lbs. so far with this one and gained about 40-45 with each of my boys.

I'm having a girl this time!

- Kelli

by **danielle-g** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 4:21 pm

With my first- DD - I LOVED food- I couldn't get enough on it- and I packed on a good 30 lbs... but I wasn't too thin to begin with that time.

This time I was at a normal- healthy weight... and I have HG- so I have to force myself to eat... but even when I'm not pukey, my appetite isn't crazy... and it's a girl again!