From: rrg@rtp (Rhonda Gaines)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: SUMMARY - Re: Fetal heartrate as a prediction of sex??
Date: 4 Sep 92 13:32:31 GMT
Organization: FiberCom, Inc., Roanoke, Virginia


Following is a summary of the replies I received.  For the past few
weeks the rate has been in the 140-150 range for me.  I've
questioned each OB and none will even hazzard a guess at what this
baby will be except the one I saw yesterday and he said boy.  But I
was forewarned that he always says boy so he's right 50% of
the time :-)).  Yesterday he did say the rate was around 120 and I
thought that was odd since for the 3 previous weeks or so it's been
140-150 (but the baby had been rather quiet yestday morning).  They 
even put me on the monitor last week for about 1.5
hours since the heartrate seemed kind of erratic (120-160) (probably
all that sugar I had for breakfast since that was a *very* rare
thing for me :-).  I was
having Braxton Hicks the entire time and overall the heartrate
stayed in the 130-160 range.  The nurse said she thinks I'm having a
girl since the heartrate stayed in the higher range most of the time.
In Lamaze class we watched a delivery film and in one of the couples
the mid-wife said that if you believe in the heartrate method of sex
prediction that she would have a boy (rate was around 120) and sure
enough she did!  We'll see in the next few weeks for sure I guess.

 -rhonda
  37 weeks and counting!!! (oh boy am I counting!)

SUMMARY:
-------------------ORIGINAL POSTING-------------------
From: rrg@fibercom.com (Rhonda Gaines)
Subject: Fetal heartrate as a prediction of sex??
Date: 27 Jul 92 18:11:43 GMT
Organization: FiberCom, Inc., Roanoke, Virginia

I can't remember whether this was discussed recently or not (I guess
the mind goes right after the body at 31 weeks :-)).  What are the
ranges of fetal heartrates?  More specifically what is the range for
a girl and for a boy?  For how many of you has this been an accurate
predictor in determining the sex of the baby?  I go back to the OB 
Thursday and I'm going to ask him the heartrate this time!

 -thanks
  rhonda

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Date:  Tue, 28 Jul 1992 11:04:59 -0400

My doctor seems to consider the heart rate thing an "old wives tale"
of sorts.  I jokingly said that the heartrate sounded "like a girl"
during one exam, and she said "Yes, if I believed in that, I would
think it was a girl".

When we first went to the hospital, I had an external monitor
on for about 20 minutes.  The heart rate was 159, and I teasingly
told my husband that it was a "boy heart rate".  I truely believed
it was a girl (we already had one girl) though.

I was pretty dumbfounded when it *was* a boy (not to mention elated)!

I don't know what the heartrate was when I was monitored during
my first labor--I was too busy to pay any attention that time!

(Girl heartrate approx 140, Boy heartrate, approx 160)



Date:  Tue, 28 Jul 1992 13:03:05 -0400

Could be--I never really believed in it, and have probably forgotten
all details.  If it *is* girl==160 boy==140, then you can use my
data point against 8^) 

Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 09:01:38 EDT

Hi,

Forget about heartrate sex prediction!  My first boy consistently
had a heartrate in the girl range.  My mom unfortunately took this
way too seriously and was actually expecting a girl and had some
adjusting to do when *Robert* was born!


Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 07:18:01 PDT

You asked: For how many of you has this been an accurate
predictor in determining the sex of the baby? 


In my first pregnancy, the baby's heart rate was high, so my
husband was convinced it was a girl.  It was a boy.

When my husband found out it was a boy, his reaction was
"I guess we get to do this again"  He really wanted a girl.  So
now I am pregnant again.  His reaction? "I hope it is a boy just
like the first one!"  There's a father's love!

Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 12:43:45 PST

Hi Rhonda,

Sorry about the bounced mail... I thought I got your address from
your posting.  Anyway I have 2 girls... ages 3.75 and almost 10 mos.
The oldests heart rate was 150 every time.  Megans was 145-147
each time.  My sister had a boy.  His readings were 125-130.  I
think the range is from 120 - 160.  From my experiences (& most
people I know the low is boys, high = girl...  Let me know what
yours is.  My doc would get upset every time I would ask & say he
did not believe in that "hog-wash", then he would refer to Megan
as "he" or the "little fellow".  Then we got an untrasound done
at 22 wks which confirmed Megan was a "she".

Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 16:30:30 EDT

Hi Rhonda!

	If you receive the above information would you pass it along?
Ours was beating at 140 last week for our appointment, and I, for the life
of me, don't remember which was which. . .

-- 
Rhonda Gaines              INTERNET: gaines@fibercom.com
FiberCom, Inc.             UUCP: ...!uunet!fibercom!gaines   
P.O. Box 11966             PHONE: 703-342-6700 or 800-423-1183 x291
Roanoke, VA  24022-1966    FAX:   703-342-5961