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Girl or Boy - Predictions of Your Baby's Sex

Everything from old wives tales to ultrasounds and genetic testing when it comes to guessing if your baby is a girl or boy! Also features the Chinese calendar and other sex selection tools.
Advice for Having a Boy - What did you try to get pregnant wi…
Many couples are taking matters into their own hands when it comes to choosing the sex of their baby. Couples wishing to have a baby boy have lots of things that they can try to help influence the odds of drawing the XY genetics that belong to a boy. So what did you do in trying to get pregnant with a boy? Do you have a special sexual position? Do you time your ovulation? Do you reco…
Advice for Having a Girl - What did you try to get pregnant w…
Many couples are taking matters into their own hands when it comes to choosing the sex of their baby. Couples wishing to have a baby girl have lots of things that they can try to help influence the odds of drawing the XX genetics that belong to a girl. So what did you do in trying to get pregnant with a girl? Do you have a special sexual position? Do you time your ovulation? Do you recommend…
Quiz: Boy or Girl?
The Old Wives Tales abound about the gender of your unborn baby. During pregnancy they are fun to try out to see if you can accurately predict whether your baby is a boy or a girl. Ultrasounds and sex selection be gone - this quiz is much more fun!
Girl or Boy: The Heartrate Test
The heartrate test uses your baby's heartrate to predict if you're having a baby girl or boy based on this old wives tale.
Girl or Boy: The Ring Test
The ring test uses your wedding ring to see if your'e having a baby girl or boy based on this old wives tale.
Baby Heart Rate Predicts Gender?
Does the rate of your baby's heartbeat predict the sex of your baby? Or is the gender totally unable to be caught by something as simple as a pulse?
Boy or Girl: The Drano Test
The Drano Test has long been touted as a method to determine if your baby is a boy or a girl. Is this fact or old wives tale? Test this urban legend.
Boy or Girl?
Ways to find out, fun along the way, and even a section on preplanning gender.
Chinese Gender Calendar
Enjoy this calendar that predicts the sex of your baby based on your age and the month that you conceived. There is also a poll for others to share how accurate it has been in the past for them.
Determing Gender with Ultrasound
Look here for ultrasound pictures of the differences between boys and girls.
The Belly Gallery
Take a look at bellies throughout pregnancy. Out front = boy? High = girl? Watch them grow!
Gender & Ovulation
How to use ovlation to predict gender.
Boy or Girl?
Take this test to determine, based on old wives tales, the gender of your baby.
Chinese Lunar Calendar
Another gender guessing mechanism, based on the Chinese lunar calendar.
Fetal Heart Rate & Gender
Everyone will try to tell you that the rate at which your baby's heart beats is a way to predict if it is a boy or a girl. Here is what the medical evidence says.
Madame Zaritska Predicts
Let Madame Zaritska predict not only the gender but all about your labor!
Gender Selection FAQ
Different methods discussed and reviewed on choosing the gender of your baby.

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