Pregnancy - When Can You Know the Baby's Gender?
PregnancyAs soon as some body is pregnant in the family or neighborhood, there would be a lot of speculation regarding the gender of the baby. The lady herself as well as her husband along with other family members would be eager to know whether the baby is a boy or a girl. If you ask the question why it is required to know the sex of the baby before its birth, there is no single answer. Somebody would be interested out of mare curiosity; somebody might want to plan for its dresses beforehand. But there are some other reasons also. In the developing countries like India, a lot of people do not want a girl child due to some social reason. Some of these reasons are (1) high financial burden for the marriage of a girl child, (2) it is believed that only a boy child would carry the family tradition to the future generation, (3) after marriage a girl child goes out of the family but a boy would remain in the family. There are many more reasons but these three are sufficient to have a desire of only a boy child. Some people might go for an abortion in case of a baby of their undesired sex that is why in India sex identification during pregnancy is made illegal.
How to determine the sex of your baby during pregnancy?
Most often it is found that people are speculating based on some old wives tale which are not supported by the medical science. Some of these tales are stated below.
If the baby is a girl then the mother would be looking uglier during the pregnancy.
If you have terrible morning sickness, it is a girl.
If you sleep on your left side, it is a boy. If you sleep on the right, it is a girl.
If you do not look pregnant from behind and carry low and all in front, it is a boy.
If you are carrying wide and in your hips, it is a girl.
The scientific method
As I told before that these are all old wives tale and do not have a scientific base. The most reliable scientific method which is commonly used for sex determination during pregnancy is the ultra sound method.
When we can know the sex of our baby?
The best time to know the sex of your baby is between 18 - 22 week of pregnancy. Earlier than that will be difficult to identify the sex of the baby due to the insufficient growth and later than that would be also difficult because of crowding in the uterus.
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