Whatever you say, the widespread introduction of the method of ultrasound diagnostics has deprived the child of the expectation of the most exciting note - the notorious question “Who?” In the handset or under the windows of the hospital has lost its relevance. Today, long before the birth, most couples are well aware of who will replenish their happy family - a boy or a girl. And only in some cases when the little stubborn assumes a pose inaccessible to the “all-seeing eye” does this sacred secret remain. And then impatient parents and all households vied with each other to recall folk signs of determining the sex of the child, because languishing in ignorance is sweet, but unbearable.
And once it was a whole "science"! Young mothers went to fortune-tellers, spellbound, listened to grandmothers' judgments and, sneezing from the dust, leafed through old, sometimes even pre-revolutionary magazines, in which popular signs of determining the sex of a child were presented in a multitude and very “authoritatively”. However, in some cases, quotation marks can be omitted, since many signs on determining the sex of a child are the result of many years, or even centuries of observations, and it happens that they turn out to be quite reliable. No worse than the weather, at least. So, if it really happened that an ultrasound scan cannot give a definite answer, why not recall the experience of the ancestors. At least out of ordinary interest, in order to then compare the predictions with reality.
Popular signs of determining the sex of the child are very diverse. A significant part of them is associated with external signs, and such signs seem to be the most reliable, if at all appropriate, to speak of reliability in relation to signs. Perhaps the most famous, “true” sign is the shape of the pregnant belly. If he is sharp, "cucumber", protrudes forward so that it is indistinguishable from the back, then this indicates a boy; round, "girdle", visible from the back along the protrusions on the sides - a sign of a girl. Again, a lowered belly - to the boy, high - to the girl. They also assure that if the appearance of the future mother does not undergo large changes, especially if she only becomes prettier, then this is from the boy’s expectation. My daughter seemed to “steal” my mother’s beauty, therefore she was “betrayed” by the ugly look of the pregnant woman, the abundance of spots and redness. But the son gives her mother’s walk “duck” clumsiness, while bearing a girl gives a woman the doe of a doe. Darkened pigmentation (areola) around the nipples - to the girl, light areola - to the boy. It is also believed that irritability in a pregnant woman indicates that she will have a girl; this is logical, if you remember that a mom who is expecting a daughter spoils her appearance - how can you not be irritable!
There are other, let's say, unlikely folk signs of determining the sex of a child, but they can also be the result of observations from which folk wisdom is composed. So, it is believed that if the future dad is more loving in the couple, then a boy will be born, and if the future mother, then, accordingly, a girl. But this method is too subjective - go find out who loves whom more, and it’s not far from the scandal. Another sign has been “allocated” to the pope: if he prefers tight linen, then he will have an heir, well, and free, respectively, to the heiress. For those who already have children, folk signs recommend that they remember what the first word of the previous baby was: if it was “mother” - he will have a sister, “dad” - a brother.
All that has been listed is already signs for pregnant women. Gender of the child, meanwhile, some beliefs allowed to "determine" on the eve or at the time of conception. For example, the position of a man during sex to the left of a woman was considered a sure way to conceive a girl, and the woman’s pressing on her left leg made it possible to “make” the boy. The consumption of salt on the eve of the act of love "worked" for the boy, sweet for the girl. The active sex life of the spouses on the eve of conception promises them a girl, and if the fruit of love was the result of sex that took place after a break, then there will be a boy.
There is also such a sign: during a marital act, a woman to put on a man's hat - then she will bear the boy, and if the man is dressed in a woman’s scarf, there will be a girl. But such dressing, rather, will only add piquancy to the love game and are unlikely to affect the sex of the child. But for his happiness - it’s quite, because a child cannot be unhappy, whose parents are ready to go to any tricks in the name of future children.