Pregnancy Myths: True or False

United States
July 11, 2007 10:46am CST
Ive been reading pregnancy myths on the internet and found it very interesting. Do you belive in them? Here are a list of what I read: Belly shape plays a big role on the gender of the baby. If the mother is carrying the baby low, then its a girl. If the mother is carrying the baby high in her belly, its a boy. Women who crave fruit throughout the pregnancy is most likely to be a girl.Women who eat meat and salty foods most likely a boy. Belly shape: basketball shape: is a girl watermellon shape: is a boy
13 responses
@Phlamingho (7824)
• Denmark
11 Jul 07
LOL I think that are myths with a very big capital M... Myths are all they are, there're no way of telling something like that :-)
• United States
11 Jul 07
I know there myths but wondering if there are any truth to the myths.
@red158 (333)
• Canada
12 Jul 07
I'll go out on a limb here. Yes there is truth to these myths at least 50% of the time. lol
@youless (112586)
• Guangzhou, China
11 Jul 07
I don't think the belly shape has something to do with the gender of the baby. I think when I was pregnant, my belly shape was like a basketball than a watermelon. I have a son at last. People often said when a woman who had a girl baby when she was pregnant, she would become a little bad looking. I also don't think it's true. As I couldn't see any difference from my colleague.
• United States
11 Jul 07
Yes I read that as well that the mother starts loosing her looks because the beauty would be used on the baby girl. Did your stomach hang low or high?
@shinobi (389)
• Philippines
12 Jul 07
I don't believe in Myths. But i think those things that you mentioned are observations from people who went over the process...i believe these are observations based on physical evidences. Thanks..and Good Day!
@taymouse (585)
• United States
12 Jul 07
I don't think there are any truth to those myths. Either it's just crazy stuff people have come up with, or there have been coincidences where many women craved fruit and it's a girl, and so people think that's how it always is. But there's not really any way to tell something like this. Myths.
• United Arab Emirates
12 Jul 07
I feel some myths are true and some just myths. If you get dark patches or discolouration on your body particularly the area around neck, then its a baby boy. One more myth (or real) is that if you appear beautiful then its a baby boy.
12 Jul 07
i think it is ture. we have another way to know the baby is boy or girl. the most is a boy if the women like sour food . the most is a girl if the women like hot food.
@wisconsin26 (3859)
• United States
11 Jul 07
I know a lady that carried a girl and she was low, when I had my son I was carrying high it was like my belly was right under my chin... Though I craved French Toast when I was pregnant with my son.. So yes and no it can be and can't be.
• India
11 Jul 07
I dont think so tat all these things are true.....its all myths ...how can you believe them.......k u temme wat if the mother is holding the baby in the middle ...neither to high nor too low...then wat will u say it is.....n if the mother is eating both crave fruits n meat then wat will u say the child is.....these are all things to say.....ppl keep sayin things n ther are other ppl who keep believein these things.....so u see.....all are jus things to say......the whole base of the matter is at the end of 9 mths only GOd knows wat is the baby gonna be....this is the case only if you havent taken the ultra sound and the other banned tests.
@hahzen63 (157)
• Philippines
12 Jul 07
there were even some i heard way back, that if the mom begins to look unattractive during the period of her pregnancy it would most likely be a boy. If she begins to take care of herself more and wear paint on her face it would be a girl. Really funny. But the old folks do believe it though.
@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
12 Jul 07
I usually don't believe them at all, but there is always one person or other that swears they're true. But I can disprove those. My first pregnancy was carried really high. My mother in law kept telling me it was a boy and tried to convince me to buy boy's stuff, I'm glad I didn't pay attention LOL It was a girl:) ALso I didn't really crave any fruits - actually didn't crave anything to be honest. And I always eat meat and foods that are a bit salty... still a girl hehe
• United States
12 Jul 07
Definitely not true. My mom looked horrible while pregnant with my brother, she blew up and looked very wide and her feet got very chubby and she broke out. With me, she had a smaller, rounded belly (which is odd since I weighed more than my brother at birth) and her skin looked great and she had that pregnant women glow. So many pictures she didn't have makeup on and she looked like she did. I'm so not looking forward to having a boy, it runs in my family that boys make us look very rough. Not looking forward to the break outs! Lol.
• United States
11 Jul 07
Everything is different for each woman and for each pregnancy. It's pretty ridiculous to believe something so general as all that when people are so different.
@lattiee (64)
• United States
11 Jul 07
When I was pg with my son He was 'very Low' so false for the myth Ball shape true Meat & salty foods True