ive had a gender scan but midwife said the heartbeat sounds like a boy

[laura109]

We have had two scans to confirm the sex and the midwife said it sounds like a boys heartbeat today. Do u think i have anything to worry about. Everything we have is for a girl pretty much!

 

[mummytobe_93]

No nothing to worr about it's just an old wives tale! Apparently boy heart rates are slower than girls I think. My mum and dad thought I was a boy because of how low my heart rate was but I obviously came out a girl! Don't worry heart rate changes all the time depending on their activity xx

 

[mummytobe_93]

And also changes depending on size the bigger they get the slower the heart rate gets usually x

 

[laura109]

Thanks. The heart rate was 138 today at 36 weeks. She worried me abit lol x

 

[RaspberryK]

My baby is a girl, heartrate always 135bpm. It's a old wives tale.
Xx

 

[lanet]

I think the scans are more accurate. But my OB said she can tell a difference in tone, not just rate of the heart beats

 

[Christinee]

My doctor told me there is no scientific evidence to prove this is true and when they have tried to prove it, it comes back 50/50.. So sometimes true sometimes not... So basically its an old wives tale.

My first DD was always really fast. Like 160 and above all the time.

This one... also a girl stays in the 140 - 150 zone.

 

[SarahBear]

No. As long as it's a healthy heart beat, you're good!

 

[Zephram]

I can't believe it when I hear of medical professionals perpetuating old wives tales. There is nothing in the heartbeat theory, ignore your midwife.

 

[laura109]

Yeah i dont like old wives tales being used to guess stuff. I would of been happy with a boy or girl. We paid for a 4d to get it confirmed for decorating and buying reasons. My sisters a wind up and sent me an article saying if your bumps neat your having a boy too last night. She thinks its funny. I have got the cot bedding and everything now so i hope not.

 

[petitpas]

You can trust the scan as proper evidence and take the rest with a pinch of salt.
Did the midwife perhaps not know that you already had the gender confirmed and was trying to get a guess in? If not, she was just playing with you. Naughty!

 

[Perplexed]

I'd take the ultrasound over the heart rate

 

[laura109]

Yeah i have told her before. The main reason we booked the 4dscan was because she said to not set my heart on the 20 week scan result. X

 

[northern_me]

My first DD was always 160+.

This time they take forever trying to find her because my heart rate (which is 120s+) and her heart rate are so similar. Not true at all!!

 

[kellyc1987]

At my last midwife appointment (28 weeks) when they went to listen to the babies heart beat she asked if I knew what I was having, I said boy and she said that he's heartbeat should sound like a train for a boy and more of a knocking sound for a girl. Probably definitely another old wives tale but it did sound like a train.

 

[aknqtpie]

I am having a girl, and she has always been in the 130s.