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In the Race
Now, here, you see, it takes all the blogging I can do to keep in the same place. If I want to get somewhere else, I must blog twice as fast as that! You see, I'm in the Red Queen's Race...
Where The Boys Are
By Janet Evans
Wednesday, Apr 23 2008, 05:42 PM
 (CBS)
I have to admit, I just don’t get it.
All of these young parent-to-be’s who bolt to the obstetrician to get that first ultrasound and then make that decision as to whether they want to know if the baby is a boy or a girl.
First, I don’t understand the reasoning of every pregnant woman having this ultrasound in the first place. I called and spoke to an ultrasound tech at an OB-GYN’s office today and asked what was up with all of these ultrasounds that are given routinely now. See, I had heard that they are just too routine, and may not actually be as safe as once thought. She told me that they are a standard of care now at 20 weeks. But, of course, if everything is going well, they could be refused.
She said at 20 weeks, abnormalities could be seen, so it is beneficial. I asked what types. Any digits missing, malformed organs (hear, lungs, kidneys, intestines), Downs Syndrome (even though there is a blood test for that). Basically the growth and development of the baby is observed. Some medical issues can be taken care of before the baby is born.
One of the greatest joys in the delivery room as a parent, I think, is the moment your child is born and you ask, “Is it a boy or a girl?”
I know, “Oh, but I have to get the nursery ready…it has to be pink or blue.” And “I have to get those baby clothes ahead of time.” “I have to pick the perfect name…it’s too difficult to choose one for each gender.”
I just don’t know how we managed.
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There have always been ideas about how you could determine whether you would have a boy or a girl.
Times Online calls some of them Old Mother’s Tales:
— The mother-to-be must pick up a single key. If she lifts it up by the handle her child will be a boy, by the other end, a girl, and by the middle, she will have twins
— A wooden spoon or pair of scissors placed under the bed, or a pink bow under your pillow, will result in a girl
— Eat only the ends of loaves of bread for a boy. For a girl, eat only the middles
— Eating salty foods, meat and cheese is supposed to produce a boy. Eating sweet food and fruit is said to result in a girl
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Now studies have found that nutrition is playing an important part in whether a woman will have a boy or a girl - and specifically, that cereals and proteins, especially for breakfast, will most likely produce a boy.
“In the quest to select a baby’s sex, success could depend on breakfast cereal and better nutrition, according to a new study that may offer some women another reason to eat their Wheaties. Mothers-to-be who skip breakfast and eat less are more likely to give birth to girls, while moms who consume more calories and a wider range of nutrients — including, specifically, those from breakfast cereal — are more likely to deliver sons.
That’s according to new research by British scientists that provides what they say is the first-ever evidence that a mother’s diet at conception may determine her baby’s sex. “
Read the rest of the article at MSNBC Mom’s Diet May Influence Baby’s Sex – Study Says à here
With this news coming out, I’m sure more women will stop skipping breakfast when they want to think about having a baby.
That’s a good thing.
Then there will be those that over do it and stock up on cereal and protein to try to have the boy. I just hope some women don’t start starving themselves before they become pregnant in hopes of having girls.
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