![]() ![]() These findings have been backed up by multiple other studies, including one by the University of Washington in 2004, as well as Lancet research, and a 2017 small-scale study by Ohio State University, among others. A study of over a million pregnancies in Sweden between 19 showed there was a greater risk of the serious morning sickness condition known as hyperemesis gravidarum in the first trimester for women who were carrying a female child. According to a 2015 Polish study, a woman’s breast volume is likely to increase more during pregnancy if she is carrying a baby boy rather a girl, which is thought to be due to a male infant’s increased lactation demands.įact: There is actually potentially some truth to this one. However, some scientists say that it’s the shape of the breasts rather than stomach that you should be looking at in order to guess the gender. The baby’s position has nothing to do with the baby’s gender – nor does the abdominal strength of the mother’s stomach, or how many children she’s had before, both of which can also affect whether she appears to be carrying her bump ‘high’ or ‘low’. If a baby is positioned with its back pressed up against the mother’s front then the mother’s tummy will protrude outwards, whereas if the baby is positioned against the mother’s back her tummy will look flatter. ![]() ![]() “In fact, the appearance of a woman’s pregnant stomach is entirely dependent on her body shape and the weight and position of the fetus,” says childbirth educator Pranjul Tandon. While boy babies do tend to be slightly heavier than girl babies, this would only affect the size, rather than the shape, of your bump. F act: This is one of folk wisdom’s favourite ‘facts’, prompting anyone from your co-workers to strangers on the street to declare they have special insight into the gender of your growing baby. ![]()
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