There are near endless myths about ways to determine your baby's sex, but most of you seem skeptical about seriously trying to influence your baby's gender. That's not a universal truth — news from Britain says a growing number of couples are undergoing procedures at clinics overseas to determine the gender of their babies.
BBC recently captured footage of Londoners at a Turkish fertility clinic that guaranteed if pregnancy occurred it would be of the chosen sex.
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There are many myths about predicting an unborn baby's gender. From dangling a ring above the belly to craving sweets or meats, I've tested almost all of them to guess my child's sex. Recently, a mom friend of mine asked me a list of questions hoping to gain insight into the boy versus girl world.
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To the naked eye, the ad was like any other that pops up mid-browse on the ol' webs: a picture of a pregnant woman with a female symbol on one side and a male on the other. However, the ad featured on Google, is for an illegal gender selection kit.
Google has been ordered by the Indian Supreme Court to respond to a petition to remove the ads — they did, for a short period of time — but as of this week, they're back.
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Last weekend, the multi-talented Minnie Driver bared her beautiful baby bump in a bikini at the beach. It seems by the look of her belly that the lady may be due at any moment.
When I asked you what you thought Gwen Stefani was going to have, only 37 percent of you turned out to be correct by guessing it'd be a boy.
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Stylish mama Gwen Stefani seems to be on the brink of delivering her baby. As with every birth, I wish her a happy and healthy baby and that she bounces back with ease. Having said that, with the gender kept under wraps, I'm sitting on pins and needles wondering if lil Kingston is going to have a little brother or sister.
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Curious to know if that bun in your oven is destined for a life filled with pink or blue? Before you have your ultrasound, you can give the IntelliGender a whirl to predict the baby's sex.
The boxed kit ($35) claims to work as early as ten weeks into gestation, giving expectant parents something to hedge bets on.
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The second you start showing, random people offer their unsolicited opinions on what the baby's sex will be. I couldn't put the kibosh on the predictions, since I didn't know the sex until I delivered. Sometimes it was fun to hear people take a gander, but often it was bizarre and unwelcome.
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The odds are stacked against British mum Wendy Bowen when it comes to having girls.
Sadly, her first pregnancy ended at eight months with her only daughter.
She then successfully had eight boys in a row after the devastating loss.
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Baby blues can strike any new mum but a recent study, released by the Journal of Clinical Nursing suggested that the baby's sex played a role in postpartum depression. It said: When we launched our research, our main aim was to study the effect that gender has on PND. But the overwhelming finding of the study was the fact that gender appears to play a significant role in reduced quality of life as well as an increased chance of severe PND.
When you're pregnant, everybody makes his or her predictions on what you're having. I had waitresses ask me to stand up and turn around so that they could make their best guesses. Once, a homeless man told me I was having a boy. 
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