As 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 either 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 particular answer. Somebody would be curious 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 citizen do not want a girl child due to some group 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 hereafter 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 adequate to have a desire of only a boy child. Some citizen might go for an abortion in case of a baby of their undesired sex that is why in India sex identification while fertilization is made illegal.
How to conclude the sex of your baby while pregnancy?
Most often it is found that citizen are speculating based on some old wives tale which are not supported by the curative science. Some of these tales are stated below.
If the baby is a girl then the mum would be seeing uglier while 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 trustworthy scientific formula which is commonly used for sex measurement while fertilization 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 in the middle of 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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