Today most parents want know the sex of your baby before delivery, although there are parents who still respect surprise either because of its personality or some kind of belief. Knowing the sex of your baby before its birth is a fact that can already be consulted with precision since ultrasound exists.
Knowing when it is time to observe your sex can be determined around of the 20th week of gestation with an ultrasound. Although there are more accurate and reliable methods so you can know more safely. For all your doubts we will show you below.
When do you know if your baby is a boy or a girl?
To know exactly the sex of your baby and being pregnant we would have to wait until the middle of the pregnancy. This is due to the fact that their genitals are not sufficiently formed and visible so that it can be accurately determined, and it is reaching 4 months of pregnancy.
At this time you can see by means of an ultrasound some genitals already visible enough. It is easier to distinguish the female sex by the absence of the penis and sometimes the labia majora can even be seen.
Researchers from the University of Granada created a test that also determined the baby's sex from the 8th week of gestation and through a mother's blood test. This test can only be done when the mother is a carrier of a hereditary or genetic disease and you need to know the sex of your baby as soon as possible. If you want to know this test on your own, there are private clinics where you can request it.
La amniocentesis and chorionic biopsy are others two tests that can confirm sex for sure, but it should be noted that they are invasive tests and it is only recommended to perform them when there is a risk of suffering chromosome abnormalities.
Homemade tricks to know the sex of your baby
There are popular beliefs that predict whether it is a boy or a girl. It is something that is tempting, but it cannot be clarified for sure that it can give a reliable result. Apart from these myths there are home tests that can predict the sex of the baby, but we return to the same thing, there is medical research that does not take these results as good. However, we review the best known:
- Signs to know if it is a girl: If the expectant mother has a high belly, have a lot of nausea in the morning, a lot of acne, be very stressed with high levels of cortisol before getting pregnant or have a lot of mood swings during pregnancy.
- Signs that indicate that it is a boy: If the belly has a much lower belly, have a craving for salty and not sweet food, have much healthier hair and skin and / or have a more stable mood without those mood swings.
- As home solutions we can do a urine test: We will pour a little urine into a glass containing bicarbonate. If it reacts and makes bubbles it is a boy and if it does not react it is a girl.
- The red cabbage test: Boil red cabbage pieces in a lot of water for 10 minutes. Then we will add the urine from the first hour in the morning, if it turns light pink it is a boy and if it turns purple it is a girl.
- The calendar test: it can be done when you have a very regular menstruation. For this, you have to know the exact day of ovulation, if you have had sex on the day of ovulation or days after it is indicative that it may be a child. If you have had intercourse days before ovulation, the probability may be that of a girl.
They are just tricks and beliefs that have no great guarantee, the best answer to this is to have an ultrasound on the designated days. It will be the best indicative that outlines the exact sex of your baby.