Beehives & Butterflies

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Real life women telling real tall 'tales' about predicting gender...

From Susan . . . Have the mother-to-be pick up a a single key. If she picks it up by the round part it will be a boy. If she picks up the long narrow part it will be a girl. If she picks it up in the middle she is supposedly having twins. According to this I will have a son come May.

From Shannon . . . If the expectant mother is eating and coughs, ask her to pick a number, then match the number to the corresponding alphabet letter, eg: A=1, B=2, C=3 etc, then ask her to pick a name starting with that letter. If the name she picks is a girls name, it will be a girl, boys name, boy. I should have a girl . . .

From Candy . . . I was told just today that with subsequent babies, the sex is determined by the previous child's first word. If s/he says mama first, it will be a girl and if s/he says dada first it will be a boy. I have more research to do but this worked for my cousin. I want a girl but according to this, I guess when we get pregnant with our second, we will have another boy!

From Beth . . . Here's another one for you... I found this when I was preparing my sister-in-law's shower. The Mayans determined the sex of the baby by taking the mother's age at conception, and the year of conception. If both are even or both are odd...it's a girl. If one is even and one odd it's a boy. This worked for most everyone in the group. I have tried it several places.

From Kate . . . Before conceiving my fourth child (after 3 daughters), I tried the salty diet and it worked!!! Baby #4 was a boy. I have never been one to eat salty foods or to use salt when cooking, but 3 months before conception I started eating everything salty I could get my hands on. This diet must be started before conception (but do not do this if you are on a salt restricted diet). If you want a girl eat lots of sweets. My daughter, who is in her 9th month, ate lots of salty foods before conception and my grandson is due March 7!!!!!! Good luck.

From Pearl . . . I heard that whoever is more aggressive at the time of conception, the child will be the opposite of that sex . . . might be true, we have two boys!!

From Debbie . . . After a week camping with my 76 year old grandmother she told me she knew I was going to have a girl for this reason: when a woman is pregnant with a girl she will be crabby (to put it nicely) because all women are crabs and if you have one inside you are twice so. If you are pregnant with a boy you are happy and smiling because you have a little peter inside you for 9 months (her exact words)! She cracked me up she was embarrassed while she told it. We'll see in April, it agreed with the Drano test.

THE DRANO TEST...

As with many gender predicting folklore, the Drano pregnancy test has been passed down as an effective way to find out if the baby is a boy or a girl. The legend goes like this: a pregnant woman mixes her urine with Drano and the resulting color predicts the sex of her unborn child. While the accuracy of the test has been widely disputed, it is generally believed that the results cannot predict the baby’s sex since it has no scientific basis. Ask someone familiar with the test, and you are likely to hear a range of answers about which color indicates each gender. The most common theories are that either green, brown, black or blue indicate a boy; a girl prediction is based on the urine/Drano mixture producing red, yellow, or no color change. Others report that a darkened color will indicate a boy, but if there is no change, it’s a girl. Try it out and let us know what you find out!