Almost from the very moment of conception, the expectant mother wants to find out who settled in her tummy - a boy or a girl. Today, the most accurate method of determining the sex of the future baby is ultrasound. But sometimes it is mistaken, and sometimes the baby “shows its character” and categorically refuses to show its “identification signs”. And I don’t feel like waiting for the whole 16 weeks when such a diagnosis becomes possible. Therefore, all sorts of folk signs and grandmother's beliefs are used. And one of them says that toxicosis and the sex of the child are interconnected.
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Such a belief has been known for a very long time. Allegedly, two women cannot get along with each other. That is why the girl “fights” with her mother, arranging for her bouts of nausea and other “joys” of toxicosis. The boy, on the contrary, manifests himself as a gentleman and does not want to cause trouble to his mother, and therefore the pregnant woman feels good.
And what does science say?
Let's try to figure out if there are any scientific justifications for this point of view. If a woman has toxicosis, will a boy or girl be born to her? It turns out that research on this topic was carried out in Stockholm. Scientists at the Karolinska Institute suggested that toxicosis depends on the level of hCG hormone in the blood of a pregnant woman. The more it is, the more pronounced toxicosis. At the same time, they revealed that hCG is elevated in those women who are waiting for a girl. If you take into account both of these factors, then we can say that toxicosis and the sex of the child are really related to each other. To confirm, some observations were made. The result has somewhat amazed scientists. They examined women with severe toxicosis. As a result, 56% were born girls, and 44% - future men. That is, the gap is not so large as to accurately state that it is possible to unambiguously determine the sex of the child by toxicosis.
On the other hand, the reasons that cause this condition, which is so unpleasant for a future mother, have not been precisely determined. After all, this can be served not only by chorionic gonadotropin, but also changes in the digestive tract, uterine distension, hormonal changes. And every organism reacts individually to all changes. Therefore, it is hardly possible to connect toxicosis and the sex of the child.
What do mothers themselves think?
Among women, there is also no unequivocal opinion. Each pregnancy passes in its own way. Someone, by personal example, was convinced of the authenticity of this national sign. Some mothers of girls suffered from severe toxicosis, and mothers of boys were safely relieved of this condition. However, there are other examples. So, many girls during prenatal development did not cause the slightest trouble to mothers, while the boys were "mischievous" in full, forcing a pregnant woman to spend many hours in the bathroom.
And if we reconnect science to this issue, we can say that only 30% of pregnant women suffer from severe toxicosis. But this does not mean that boys are born in 70% of cases. Therefore, probably, it can hardly be argued that toxicosis and the sex of the child are inextricably linked.