It is said that the gender of your baby can be predicted by the fetal heart rate (how fast your baby’s heart is beating. If the heart rate is higher than 140 bpm then it is a girl, if its lower than 140 bpm then…

Old Wives Tales have been told and passed down through generations for centuries relating to many subjects. Not least when it comes to predicting the gender of a baby. Some stem out of truths that occur within pregnancy, some have remote origins of truth, while most we have to honest are a load of baloney.
Below we have a list of some of the more common and entertaining ones. You can also find our TOP RATED Old Wives Tales here. . .
It is said that the gender of your baby can be predicted by the fetal heart rate (how fast your baby’s heart is beating. If the heart rate is higher than 140 bpm then it is a girl, if its lower than 140 bpm then…
This old wives tale is related to the color of your nipples, or any nipple colour change in pregnancy. The tale goes that if your nipples or areola darken or become brown during your pregnancy then you will be having a boy. If your nipple…
For this tale, it is said that when an expectant mother’s wedding band is attached to a strand of her hair and dangled over her belly while she is lying on her back, it should induce a movement to the hanging ring. Depending on the…
You can predict the gender of your baby dependant on the color a cup of 1 part morning urine and 1 part boiled red cabbage water turns. If the mixture stays the same, which is a purple color or turns hues of blue it’s a…
Are your breast differing sizes while pregnant? It is said that if they are of unequal sizes it points to a specific gender prediction. Now we have to be honest with you here. This wasn’t an old wives tale we at bright pregnancy had heard…
This prediction involves you using baking soda as a make shift gender prediction tool. To perform the test, place a small amount of baking soda in the bottom of a cup then add in a little amount of your urine. If adding the urine causes…
This is the third in the series of the mixing your urine with unexpected household items. It involves mixing one part urine to one part bleach. However we are not going to go into much more detail, as we don’t believe it is one you…
It’s a good job pregnancy makes you pee a lot, as you will need another cup of urine to carry out the Drano gender test. If you didn’t know, Drano is a product for unclogging and cleaning drains. As with the bleach gender test, please…
If you develop or existing acne becomes worse during pregnancy, the tale suggests you will be having a baby girl, as she is stealing your beauty away from you. Being prone to acne during pregnancy is quite normal and sadly, it’s not choosy to whether…
Did you wake up this morning, look in the mirror and say to yourself ‘I look like crap’? Well fear not, this could be a gender prediction. The tales tells that if a mother’s beauty disappears during pregnancy you are carrying a girl due to…