Baby's Heartbeat

My mom is a big believer in being able to tell what you are having by how high the baby's heartbeat is. (Low heartbeats are a boy, and a high heartbeat is a girl) I was just wondering if anyone else believes that & if it really is a way to guess what you are having before you can find out.

LO's was always high and he's all boy. It's fun to make predictions, though.

My nephew's was always high. My daughter's was anywhere from 140-160.

Both of my boy were in the 140s.

This ones in the 140s-150s. We find out monday(hopefully) what it is.

Not a chance. My son's has always been high.

i dont believ that my ds was always in the 180s

My DS has been at a constant 156 since I was 13 weeks.

Mine was always in the girls range, and she was a girl.
i don't believe in it though.

Quoting Ashley* [16weeks]:" My mom is a big believer in being able to tell what you are having by how high the baby's heartbeat is. ... [snip!] ... just wondering if anyone else believes that & if it really is a way to guess what you are having before you can find out."

absolutely not. Both my boys had very fast HBs

Thanks for all the posts & opinions!

I never heard of this with my first pregnancy (a boy), so I never asked my doc, but with this pregnancy (a girl) its usually about 147

Both my girls had high heart rates and my dr. said from the beginning that I was having a girl because her heartrate was aroun 168, she was not completely serious but my mom (a labor and delivery nurse) said the same thing. We ended up having a girl. I don't think I would put money on it but it was kinda crazy that it happened that way

My son's heartrate jumped around a lot. It went as low as 138 to as high as 182. It wasn't until the third trimester that he stayed in the 140s.

I'm having a boy and he's been all over the place. He's been settled into the 150s so far into my 3rd trimester though

My girl's heartrate has been in the 130's. I promise heartrate does not determine gender.