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Today it is generally accepted that ultrasound is absolutely harmless to the unborn child. But some people directly interested don't think so. Others refuse this procedure for reasons of principle. At the same time, foreign statistics claim that every second young family wants to know in advance the gender of the unborn child as early as possible and without any damage to health. This problem has existed for a long time. As soon as pregnancy becomes known, the question immediately arises of who is expected - a boy or a girl. So how can you find out the sex of the child without using an ultrasound, and be 100 percent sure?
Most young couples strive to find out the sex of the child before his birth. A variety of methods are used for this - scientific and not soScientific methods for determining the sex of the fetus
If you do not take into account the most reliable and safest method, that is, ultrasound, then you should contact chorionic villus sampling. This test is usually performed between 9 and 12 weeks of pregnancy. This is an important study aimed at timely warning pregnant women about dangerous hereditary diseases. It is important to know that the procedure mentioned can be transcervical and transabdominal. In the first option, villus sampling is done with special devices through the cervix. In the second case, a syringe with a thin needle is used, which pierces the abdominal cavity in the right place.
The choice of method is influenced by the location of the chorion in the uterus. The test results are determined quite quickly - in a couple of days you can be guaranteed to receive an answer, including the results of the paternity test and information on the sex of the fetus.
The accuracy of chorionic villus sampling is 100%, but there is a possibility of miscarriage. It is used only when necessary. Doing it specifically for the purpose of determining the sex of the fetus is risky.
Another invasive method is amniocentesis. It also allows you to determine the sex of the unborn child without an ultrasound. In this case, amniotic fluid is taken. The latter is analyzed for chromosome composition. The procedure is carried out at 16-18 weeks of pregnancy. There is also a possibility of miscarriage.
Recently, innovative non-invasive tests, which demonstrate how to determine the sex of a child without the use of ultrasound. If all testing conditions are met, they allow you to get an answer to a sacramental question with a probability of up to 100%. Moreover, being absolutely safe, they can be carried out at home within just 5 minutes. These tests are also called pharmaceutical tests, since special reagents are used for their implementation. The latter, interacting with fetal hormones in the mother’s urine, give an appropriate reaction. It is only necessary that at least 8 weeks have passed after conception.
The pharmaceutical test is very convenient because it takes hormones into account and is not invasive Other sex determination methods
One of the ways to find out more accurately without an ultrasound the sex of the child is to know when you had ovulation and sexual intercourse. If you record such events, then you hold the cards. Doctors say that if you had sex a few days before ovulation, you can expect a girl. If sexual intercourse coincides with ovulation or occurs after it, a boy will be born. This is explained by the fact that “female” sperm (carrying the XX chromosome) are slow but tenacious. And the “male” ones (with the XY chromosome) are fast, but not so durable. The method works with an accuracy of up to 80%.
Among other methods, a calculation method based on the phenomenon blood renewal. It is apparently reliable, but there are, as in other cases, exceptions. In accordance with the theory of blood renewal, its composition changes with a certain periodicity. So, for women this period is 3 years, and for men - 4. If the age of the parents is divided accordingly by the indicated numbers, then the gender of the child will be indicated by the representative of the lower result.
Other ways to find out the sex of the child, regardless of the stage of pregnancy, include various table methods, which do not lose their popularity. The Chinese table has the highest rating. Using it, you can accurately determine whether a boy or a girl will be born. The answer lies at the intersection of the mother's age and the month of conception. A more complex option is the Japanese table.
Another table by which the determination of who will be born (a boy or a girl) is associated with blood type of mother and father. So, a mother with blood type 4 can give birth to a girl only if the father has blood type 2. A girl will be born to a mother with blood type 3 in one case - when the father has blood type 1. The first group for women gives boys for the second and group 4 for men. And the second female gives birth to boys when combined with 1 or 3 males.
Folk signs
In an effort to find out the gender of the unborn child in the early stages of pregnancy, potential parents also resort to grandmother’s methods.
Folk signs are largely related to the characteristics of female physiology. It is impossible to say that they work one hundred percent, since each woman is individual.
Methods can be based on:
- belly shape;
- shape and appearance of the breast;
- the nature of changes in appearance during pregnancy;
- taste preferences;
- dominant emotional states;
- degree of manifestation of toxicosis;
- history of past births;
- Rh factor table for future parents;
- intuition.
Folk signs do not guarantee an accurate determination of the sex of the child in the early stages of pregnancy, but for some signs there are frequent coincidences. If the belly protrudes forward or is turned to the right, it will be a boy. If the belly grows wider or sticks out to the left, it’s a girl. The boy is responsible for full breasts in the early stages of pregnancy and dark nipples, the girl is responsible for the light areola in the later stages. As they say, the gender of the child also affects the appearance of the woman. If it blooms, then the boy is to blame; if it fades, it’s the girl’s fault.
According to folk signs, a protruding belly is a sign that a woman is preparing to become the mother of a boy. - According to signs, you will have a “prince or princess,” you can tell by the food. The former prefer meat and fish, the latter gorge themselves on sweets.
- The emotional background can also give a hint. Excessive emotionality in the form of increased capriciousness, sudden mood swings from laughter to tears, inexplicable nervousness indicate that it will be a girl. From the early stages of his formation, a boy will give his mother icy calm and confidence that everything is under control.
- Determining the sex of the baby does not seem difficult if you pay attention to how he torments his mother with toxicosis. Signs claim that daughters are responsible for severe toxicosis.
- The first pregnancy brings a son to young women, and a daughter to mature women. The second is characterized by the appearance of a child of the opposite sex.
- Trust your intuition and you will get the right answer.
