There are a lot of old wives tales regarding pregnancy. Everything from taking baths, to the accuracy of ultrasounds will have a tale to go along with it.

Wondering if you’re having a man or teen? Here are 20 old wives tales that have been used to predict the gender of an unborn baby. Have you tried

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A collection of superstitions, beliefs, and old wives tales from various cultures and eras. Includes wedding customs and superstitions and fears about death.

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There are plenty of old wives tales about gender, and I’ll admit it: Early on in my pregnancies I tried to predict my babies’ sex with these myths in mind.

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You’ve probably heard some yourself – from being able to tell the sex of the from the way you’re carrying to how excess tea consumption can harm your

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There wasn’t always a way to find out the sex of the baby before they were born. Now people can take a blood test at 12 weeks or get an ultrasound at 20 weeks to determine if they’re having a man or a teen.

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I’m pregnant with baby no.3 and I found out yesterday he’s a man and when I did wives tale test the majority of them said it would be a teen. So don’t buy teen/man stuff for your baby if you think it’s correct because it’s not always true, I would just wait until the gender reveal scan before you buy particularly teen/man things.

Learning your baby’s sex via an ultrasound wasn’t common until the 90’s. Before then, all we had were a few old wives’ tales — but do they still hold up?

Does drinking Pepsi mean your baby will be a man? To get a teen, should you gorge on chocolate? Read the urban myths of gender selection.

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Please note, the only way to get an accurate baby gender prediction is via a medical test done. An amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling test will be able to accurately predict the gender of your baby.