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Girl or Boy: The Heartrate Test

Old Wives Tales for Pregnancy

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To conduct the this old wives take you simply take your baby's heartrate in beats per minute (bpm) using a doppler or fetoscope and look at the chart:

  • Over 140 = girl
  • Under 140 = boy

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