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Baby Heart Rate Predicts Gender?

By Robin Elise Weiss, LCCE, About.com

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The Myth

I have heard that you can predict the gender of your baby by using the heart rate of your baby during pregnancy. It was said that 140+ beats per minute (BPM) was a girl and under 140 BPM was a boy. Is this true?

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