Does this work when your not PG?

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Does this work when your not PG?
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Sun, 11-02-2003 - 12:51pm
Hello Ladies!

I was wondering if anyone has ever heard of tying a piece of your hair or string to your wedding ring, or a needle, and suspending it in front of your belly to determine if you are having a boy or a girl. according to this, if it moves back and forth in a straight line, you are having a girl, if it moves in circles, you are having a boy. But the thing is, does it work only when you are PG? or can it just predict what your next child will be? I am wondering this, because i have been thinking that i am PG for 3 weeks now, and have taken one test, which was neg. I have talked to a friend of mine who has a baby, and i am having the same symptoms that she had while PG. I have done the wedding ring thing 3 times, and each time it says i will have a girl. So can anyone tell me if this works only when you are PG, or does it work anytime? thanks a million!

*Pixie*

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Registered: 10-27-2003
Sun, 11-02-2003 - 1:37pm
Personally I think its just a wives tale... but thats just my opinion.

Becky

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Sun, 11-02-2003 - 2:00pm
Yes, I too heard its just an old wives' tale ... but just to predict what the sex of the baby was, not to predict pregnancy. But the variation I heard was counterclockwise circles and clockwise circles ... but I forget which direction was for a boy and which for a girl...
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Sun, 11-02-2003 - 3:18pm
sometimes there seems to be truth in "wives tales" - although, i don't think it would tell you whether or not you were currently pregnant. but i know that when i was in school, a bunch of the girls (myself included) were doing a similar thing where you take a needle on string and hold it above your wrist, and it's supposed to predict how many children you will have, what gender they will be, and multiple births. we tried it on one of the girls' mom to check, and it showed all five of her children correctly, with two extras in between where she had had miscarriages. if nothing else, that stuff can be fun to play around with! (according to mine, i'm supposed to have a boy, boy/girl twins, a girl, and then another boy)

*anna~rae*

p.s. i just found out that fraternal twins run in my family - just all of the sets either live far enough away that i've never met them or else they're older. (identical twins don't "run" in families - they're just as likely all over the world (1 in 250 births))

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Sun, 11-02-2003 - 3:25pm
The idea of suspending a charm or ring from string and asking a question is called a pendulum. The reason it moves is because the muscles in your hand are inperceptively moving it. You are asking a question your conscience doesn't know, but one that your subconcious or the Universe may have an answer to. As for its validity, I have found that when I really, really want something (like to have another baby) I cannot trust the pendulum, because I want the answer to be yes and I am subconciously sabbotaging myself. In order for the pendulum to work, one needs to practice a lot and with an open mind. Hope that helps.
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Sun, 11-02-2003 - 4:40pm
yeah, that whole thing is an old wives tale, i know. But i was just curious to see if anyone had ever had it even move if you weren't PG. I tryed it on my fiance just to see, because of course he isn't PG (hehe), and it didn't move at all. but then i thought that maybe you have to have a uterus for it to work....? yeah, its probably just a bunch of made up stuff, but still it is kind of fun just to see.

*Pixie*

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Sun, 11-02-2003 - 11:11pm
So just for fun how can you tell how many you will have, the gender, and if there are going to be twins? I want to try this but have no clue.

Cheyenne

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Mon, 11-03-2003 - 4:45am
"but then i thought that maybe you have to have a uterus for it to work"

Ok, that statement is just funny. :)

I tried it for the sake of science LOL. It moved on me.. back and forth. *shrug* It would be HIGHLY unlikely for me to be pg.. I should just be starting to O (I found ewcm for the first time today!! and my dh is outta town until wed. Dang it) and we last bd'd on.. 10/28. So I REALLY shouldn't be pg. And it still moved. I can try it on my cat.. I know she ain't pg. ;)

Edited because I really did try it with my cat : nothing. :) For science's sake, of course. You have NO idea how hard it was to keep her from batting at it. hehe

Edited 11/3/2003 4:47:45 AM ET by happydwarf1978

edited again because my brain was faster than my fingers :)


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Mon, 11-03-2003 - 9:23pm
You tryed it on your cat?? thats hilarious!! i think that you do have to have a uterus, because when i did it on my fiance, didn't work :-( oh well, its still fun.

*Pixie*
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Mon, 11-03-2003 - 10:20pm
the one that's supposed to predict number and order and all that - you hold a needle on a doubled piece of thread (tied at the top, held above the knot) over your left wrist (well, it's better to have someone else hold it). it should start to circle, then start to swing side to side. if it starts to swing parallel to your arm (twards your elbow then twards your hand), that means boy. if it swings across your wrist, that means girl. number of times it swings doesn't mean anything. between children, it should circle again. normally, it will circle at least three times in between - if it only circles once or twice, that indicates a multiple birth. after the last child, instead of going back to circling, it will stop swinging completely. it may kind of vibrate rather than going motionless, but it won't circle again unless you hold it there long enough for it to start the cycle again.

i just did it again to check the directions cuz i couldn't remember for sure, and it turned around the last two for me this time....b, b/g twins, b, g instead of b, b/g twins, g, b. maybe cuz i was with my x bf every time i did it before and now i'm with my husband? hmmm....

have fun with it ladies!

*anna~rae*

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Mon, 11-03-2003 - 10:54pm
Ok... my family has been a long believer in this technique. and i have to tell you that the reason it moves over women who are not pregnant, and says girl, is because the woman herself is a girl. Its reading you, not your baby or your none baby. so if that helps clarify anything!!! Anyways, good luck to all TTC!!!!

angela

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