The most exciting moment for the entire pregnancy is the second when the girl finds out about her situation. The news that a new life was born inside a woman causes a lot of emotions, from the most joyful to the incredibly disturbing. Now the girl is responsible not only for herself, but also for the baby. This news is endlessly exciting, regardless of whether the pregnancy was planned or whether everything turned out unintentionally.
However, over time, the first emotions subside, the pregnant woman gets used to the new status of the future mother, and she is eager to find out who lives in the tummy? I wonder how long to find out the gender of the child? Most often, doctors can confidently determine the gender of the baby already at 16 weeks, but there are no exact criteria. Some parents do not know who will be born until the birth, because the baby turns away on an ultrasound scan and keeps the floor a secret. In addition to ultrasound, there are a huge number of methods for determining sex, for example, according to the shape of the abdomen, the taste preferences of the mother, toxicosis, and gender can also be determined by the heartbeat. This method cannot give a 100% guarantee of the correct determination of sex, but it is good in that you do not need to wait for the next ultrasound. An experienced doctor can determine the sex of a child by heart rate with incredible accuracy. Too many parents are burned with impatience to find out the gender of the baby, so all means are good.
There are several methods and their interpretations. The first criterion is the number of strokes in one minute. This is an unofficial way in which you can determine the sex of a child by heartbeat, but the result is most often true. Surely you have heard many times that the gynecologist correctly calculated the gender. What is the principle of the calculation? It is believed that the heart of girls beats faster than boys. This means that if the number of strokes exceeds 160 per minute, then there will be a girl, and if less than 140 - most likely a boy. Some argue that this method is relevant only for the twentieth week of pregnancy, while others are sure that it is suitable for any period. Each child develops individually, therefore, it is also impossible to state unequivocally.
Another criterion by which you can determine the sex of the child by the heartbeat is the rhythm. There was an opinion among doctors that for the most part boys’s heart beats more rhythmically, and girls’s slightly different, more excited and chaotic “melody”. Interestingly, in boys, the heartbeat is louder and coincides with the rhythm of the heartbeat of the mother. For girls, this rhythm is slightly different and quieter.
You can also determine the sex of the child by the heartbeat, depending on where it is felt. If the heartbeat is more pronounced in the right side of the abdomen, then there will be a girl, and if in the left - a boy. This is due to the fact that boys and girls lie differently in the womb.
All of these methods are very relative and inaccurate. Even an ultrasound scan cannot always determine if you will have a son or daughter, not to mention “folk” methods. Half of the women whose predictions came true are sure that they will accept it. The other half denies, because reality did not match expectations. In general, sex can be determined by the heartbeat speed, however, doctors claim that the fetal developmental period, its condition (the baby is awake or sleeping), and the position of the mother during the examination should be taken into account. It is difficult to foresee all these factors, which is why the risk of error is so great. In any case, the obstetrician will probably make his assumptions, and if his words turn out to be true, you can argue that this method is effective. In fact, for modern pregnant women this is another way of entertainment, since it is so nice to speculate and speculate about who actually settled in your tummy.