5 Fun Ways to Tell if You're Having a Boy or Girl

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The best way to predict a baby's gender is through 3D or 4D ultrasound imaging with the guidance of a doctor.

However, if you aren't so far along yet but want to playfully predict what your baby's gender is, here are some early gender predictors you can have fun with:

1.) By number of heartbeats

They say that a baby's gender can be predicted based on the number of its heartbeats inside the womb. The next time your OB listens to the baby's heart rate, ask him and use this BabyBPM gender predictor application online for fun. Regardless of the prediction, only your doctor can confirm the gender of the baby.

2.) Do you like sweet or sour?

Another old wives tale is the belief that the baby's gender is indicated by whether you are craving for something sweet or sour. According to Growing Slower, if you're craving for something sweet like ice cream, you are having a girl; if you're craving for something sour, then it's a boy.

3.) Chinese birth chart

Many people swear by this method as they found it to be accurate. A prediction is made by using the mother's age and month of conception to predict whether you're having a boy or girl. If you're curious if it works for you, go to this website called Your Chinese Astrology to find out if you're having a boy or girl. Additionally, you can also use it to plan a baby in the future.

4.) Are you breaking out?

Another prediction method that the old folks back in the day to determine the baby's sex is based on the mother's acne. If you have a lot of acne during your term, they say you're having a girl, according to Belly Belly. However, if you have clear skin, then you're having a boy.

5.) By nausea and morning sickness

Another method for predicting the gender of the baby is whether the mother has been having nausea and morning sickness during their first trimester. According to Parenting, if the mother has been very sick then she's having a girl, but if she has little to none, then she's having a boy.

So are you having a boy or a girl? How many of these old wives tales have you used to believe? If you have other bizarre "prediction" methods that you believe in, please share it to us in the comments below.