BBC news story - breakfast determins sex of baby

[tinytoes]

https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7358384.stm
This all seems a little silly to me....isnt it all to do with Xs and Ys?

I thought the sex was determined by the Dad's sperm?!

Arent all eggs XX? i.e a girl? Doesnt the gender of the baby depend on whether the sperm brings in boy or gril chromosomes? (XX or XY?..)

I dunno...maybe i didnt pay enough attention in genetics class

 

[Serene123]

Well, I was on a low-calorie diet when my LO came along.. Well, hardly any calories atall haha

I really doubt this is true though

 

[oOKayOo]

Not true whats so ever, i eat ceral like it goes out of fashion have done since i could eat!! Love the stuff , never miss breakfast ceral in the morning, i have a daughter and expecting another! So its all poo in my opinon!

 

[Serene123]

Sorry I'm laughing, I just read the percentages (56% and 45%) and the calorie intake difference (200 calories)

I could understand if the difference was 1000 calories and the %'s were 90% or 10%..

 

[Kayles1/8/08]

yeah i thought all eggs were XX and if they meet a Y they become little male babies..hmmm
then again i don't have a clue about all that stuff lol!!

x

 

[tinytoes]

yeah i thought all eggs were XX and if they meet a Y they become little male babies..hmmm
then again i don't have a clue about all that stuff lol!!

x

i'm sure we're right you know....

 

[AppleBlossom]

"I would urge women to not to start starving themselves in order to try influence the sex of their baby."

good lord, people come up with some rubbish. I had a high calorie diet and I'm having a girl. Hmmm...

 

[polo_princess]

I think its just a bit of a co incedence and people are clutching at straws with this one

 

[Linzi]

What a load of rubbish.

xxx

 

[Zanny]

I never eat breakfast, & never have, & I had a girl.. but I also eat a high calorie diet so I doubt there's much truth behind it.

 

[Rachel]

I have a high calorie diet and having a boy but I've never eaten breakfast either so I think it's all rubbish

It is the male that determines the sex of the baby. If a womans egg is fertilised with a Y sperm baby will be a boy but if it's fertilised with an X sperm it will be a girl All eggs are X so it depends on the males sperm as to what sex the baby is.

 

[Mervs Mum]

If you study any large group of statistics you can pretty much draw out any conclusion you want to see. It doesnt mean its anything other than a coinsidence.

That said I hope it right......

 

[Mervs Mum]

Well there can be one definate conclusion.....slow news day.....

 

[Serene123]

I hate that they put this in the paper, my OH is now insistant I start eating 2500 calories a day for atleast 2 months before we try for number 2 so we have a boy. ICK. I am not eating that much.

 

[anita665]

Wow.... sounds like a complete load of b*****s to me.

 

[BeckyBoo]

I don't ever eat breakfast and I never eat high calorie diets and I had my son first and then my daughter lol.

 

[PitBullMommy]

I almost never ate breakfast before I pg and certainly didn't eat it after (up until recently...was too sick!). I didn't eat a low-calorie diet either...(didn't get fat from not eating! lol) and LO is definietly a girl.

 

[Margerle]

https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7358384.stm
This all seems a little silly to me....isnt it all to do with Xs and Ys?

I thought the sex was determined by the Dad's sperm?!

Arent all eggs XX? i.e a girl? Doesnt the gender of the baby depend on whether the sperm brings in boy or gril chromosomes? (XX or XY?..)

I dunno...maybe i didnt pay enough attention in genetics class

Yes, gametes (reproductive cells [eggs, and sperm]) carry one set of sex chromosomes.

Eggs - X
Sperm - X or Y

So when egg and sperm combine XX or XY determines gender. XX= Girl / XY= Boy

And diet and lifestyle can certainly effect the cells in our bodies. It is entirely possible (though IMHO highly unlikely for this to be a huge difference) for eggs (as they mature each cycle) to develop an outer membrane that is more suseptible to penetration and fertilization from one sperm gender or another.

 

[ella170]

i would like to think its true (i want a girl!), as before i got pregnant i would never have time to eat breakfast..guess ill find out in a few weeks!

 

[tinytoes]

I hate that they put this in the paper, my OH is now insistant I start eating 2500 calories a day for atleast 2 months before we try for number 2 so we have a boy. ICK. I am not eating that much.

as normally active women we can handle 2000 calories a day anyway so it's not that much more....just a twix, and a kitkat maybe.