Chinese Gender chart-accurate for you?

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Registered: 06-20-2003
Chinese Gender chart-accurate for you?
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Sat, 06-21-2003 - 1:49am
I was just curious to see if that Chinese Gender chart was accurate in predicting the gender of your babies. I am pregnant with my fourth child and don't know what it is yet. On my previous children it was right on each one. For those of you who have checked it out, was it right?

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Registered: 04-09-2006
Fri, 07-28-2006 - 11:44pm
Yep, mine was right - matched my intuition as well!
~Niki
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Registered: 07-29-2006
Sat, 07-29-2006 - 9:43pm
It was right with both my girls!!!
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Registered: 02-20-2006
Sun, 07-30-2006 - 10:47am

For my first I'm not sure if it was right because I was younger than 18. She was conceived in January and is a girl.. but I have no clue if that's what the gender chart would say. My second was conceived in May when I was 19 and is a girl, so the chart is right with her as well.

BUTTTTTTTT... I was 20 when this one was conceived (in December) and it says it's going to be a boy. All my ultrasounds say girl.. but I've had the "boy" thought in the back of my head since I first saw the gender chart! So I guess we will see if it's right with me or not.

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Registered: 07-30-2006
Sun, 07-30-2006 - 4:03pm
The chart was totally right for me! I am 23 weeks pregnant with my first baby and it said I would have a girl and I am! I will definitely check it next time I get pregnant, too.
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Registered: 07-31-2006
Mon, 07-31-2006 - 5:46pm
Hi,
My date of birth is september 14th 1975 and I have a daughter add now I want to have a boy so please can u tell me according to chinese calender which month is for me to conceive a boy and do we have to see according to the chinese age or lunar month or the regular age.
thanks.
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Registered: 10-13-2004
Tue, 08-01-2006 - 1:13am
yes, it was right for me too.
I conceived my son (1st baby)in the month of May 2004 when i was 29.
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Registered: 06-04-2005
Tue, 08-01-2006 - 7:46am
use your actual age right now if you get older before the end of the year then use the according age you turn in the month of your birth so for you use august then september from sept 1 on to see which works out to be the gender you wish to conceive
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Registered: 08-01-2006
Tue, 08-01-2006 - 1:45pm
This chart was right for my first 2 but I just found out yesterday that I am having a boy and the chart said girl. Not too bad of odds if you think about it.
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Registered: 08-02-2006
Wed, 08-02-2006 - 10:16am
When I first found out that I was expecting, I was excited, but scared. When I went in for my ultra sound at 18 weeks, I found out that I was having a little boy. To my suprise, when i got the e-mail on Chinese Gender chart, it was correct. I was skeptical at first, but then when i found the information to be accurate I was quite suprised. So I guess that it does work.
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Registered: 08-03-2006
Thu, 08-03-2006 - 11:04am

It didn't work for me (predicted boy; got girl - extremely happy regardless). Other posts seem to suggest that the results are 50-50 - exactly what one might expect from a statistic possibility that offers only two options. In addition, an ancient Chinese calendar did not correspond to the modern version of the western Gregorian one. Who performed the adjustments to make to two coincide? Was this even done? There are 100 questions one could also ask about the confluence of dates and ages and how these were measured in ancient Chinese culture, etc.

In short, take with a huge grain of salt. A far more accurate predictor to parents who want surprise but enjoy deciphering clues will come as you labor. The corrolation between gender and heartrate during labor is based on real physiological differences between males and females (confirmed by my doctor) and is such a clear predictor that the medical staff at my daughter's birth started talking about the baby as a "she" about a 1/2 hour before she came. Two more caveats - while male heartrates tend to stay low, those of females can be all over the map during labor - so low heartrate doesn't rule out girls entirely. In addition, the heartrate issue doesn't matter at any other time during pregnancy - my little girl's heartrate was in the low 120's the whole time, only to shoot up dramatically during the birth process. Enjoy whatever you have!

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