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Tales About Pregnancy

If the fetal heart rate is under 140 beats per minute (BPM), it' s a boy.



False. A baby girl' s heart rate is usually faster than a boy' s, but only after the onset of labor. There' s no difference between fetal heart rates for boys and girls, but the rate does vary with the age of the fetus. By approximately the fifth week of pregnancy, the fetal heart rate is near the mother' s - around 80 to 85 BPM. It continues to accelerate until early in the ninth week, when it reaches 170 to 200 BPM and then decelerates to an average of 120 to 160 BPM by the middle of the pregnancy. Normal fetal heart rate during labor ranges from 120 to 160 BPM for boys and girls.

Extra weight out front means a girl; weight around the hips and bottom indicates a boy.



False. If a woman has a short torso, there' s no place for the baby to grow but out. A long torso may mean roomier accommodations for a baby, making it less likely for a woman' s belly to bulge outward. And a wide belly may just mean that the baby is sideways.

If a woman' s carrying low, it' s a boy; if a woman' s carrying high, it' s a girl.



False. If a woman' s carrying high, this may be her first pregnancy or her body' s in good shape. Stomach muscles have a tendency to become more elastic with each pregnancy, so a belly that' s seen more than one pregnancy may hang a little low.

Dark nipples indicate a boy.



False. This color change has nothing to do with the sex of the child - an increase in progesterone (a steroid hormone secreted by the placenta and ovaries) and the melanocyte-stimulating hormone (which regulates skin pigmentation) causes dark areas of the body to become more pronounced in most pregnant women. Nipples, birthmarks, moles, or beauty marks may appear darker during pregnancy. A dark line also may appear down the middle of the belly. Called the linea nigra (black line), it runs from above the navel to the pubic area. Darkened areas usually fade soon after childbirth.

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