Survey: Sicker with boys or girls?

[alicesmum]

Hi everyone
I am wondering whether people tend to get sicker with boys or girls. I am 10 weeks tomorrow and feeling a bit better this time around than with the last pregnancy .

So many people have commented to me that you get sicker with girls. Is this a myth????? For people who have had both a boy and a girl, what was your experience? Or if not, what about the people you know who have had a boy and a girl?

I am hoping for another girl, but have a strong suspision it's a boy, mainly because I feel ok!

A google search showed that "some studies" show no difference whereas other studies show a slight trend for women to feel worse with girls.

What is your experience, and/or of ppl who you know?????

thanks...Rachel :p

[brooke]

Firstly congratulations on your pregnancy!

I can tell you we are expecting a girl and I had cronic morning siickness to the point of a drip and drugs for the first 19wks!

I am feeling much better now... but I also have heard you feel more sick with a girl!

All the best!

[Kylie33]

I was not sick at all in either of my first pregnancies. This time I feel like I have a permanent hangover!

I am hoping this means I am having a girl this time.

[funnyfarm]

I have only got a daughter but with her i was hospitalised with morning sickness and had it terribly until 24 weeks.

It will be interesting to see what other people say.

Janet

[Peaceangels]

Well, my story may throw the "girl" myth out of the water :rolleyes:
I had identical "all day" sickness with both pregnancies that began around 8 weeks and stopped at 16 weeks.
I wasn't hospitalised, but I can tell you it wasn't very pleasant at all especially with #1 when I was trying to pretend nothing was wrong at work until I was 12 weeks. It was just a really awful nauseus feeling, eating made it only slightly better - it is kind of like a hangover but much worse!

[mim]

I have a boy and a girl and I had much worse morning sickness with my boy! I was throwing up and feeling sick a lot of the day. With my girl I threw up a few times but never really felt sick. I have been feeling the same as with DS this time, so I think it's a boy! Only time will tell........... :D

[~Chick79~]

I have to admit, throughout my pregnancy with Ryan everyone told me it was going to be a girl as i had m/s from begining to end (I only got relief towards the end when they put me on a stronger drug...) however they all had to eat their words when i had a boy!!! :p

[Pixie]

I haven't been sick at all, nothing zip, zero, nada and I am having a girl!

[razzle]

I didn't have any morning sickness at all - and I had a girl.... :)

[Rell]

With my DD I threw up a few times and felt sick all the time but with me DS the morning sickness was muck worse and like some of the other ladies ended up in hopital on a drip several times. So for me my Boy was much worse

[H&B'sMum]

I had bad m/s with Harry. Started at 9 weeks and at 26 weeks I was still throwing up. It slowed down after that.

[jaydensmum]

Well i havent had a girl but i can tell you that i was really energised and not sick at all when i was pg with Jayden. It changed towards the end of pg though.

jaydensmum

[Foxymoron]

With both my boys ( one I'm carrying now) I was much sicker. The girls made me ill but only for the first 3 months... with my boys I'm sick on and off all the way through.

[tickle]

I only had a little morning sickness with DS but with this bubba I have had terrible ms!
Everyone keeps telling me it's a girl. I gues I'll know in 3 weeks.
I'm not sure how good the theory is because my SIL had terrible ms with both preg and had 2 boys!

[3cherubs]

I had morning sickness from 5 weeks to 16 weeks with my first and with my second i had it from 6 weeks until 12 weeks. I had 2 girls.

[Biene]

I'm pregnant with a girl and experienced absolutely no morning sickness at all.

[Ky]

All day sickness through all of my pregnancy with Bella!

One day of queasiness with Daniel!

One day of queasiness with Sam in the 11 weeks I carried him!

Nikki was Bella's twin, so all day sickness with her until I miscarried at 9 weeks!

[Mamaduke]

I haven't had a girl but I know with my first son it started on the 13 February and ended on the 10th September!!!! Can't remember the exact dates for my second son but it was very much the same. I recently went to the dentist and he told me that there are signs of acid decay on my back teeth from it - youuuu boys!!!!!!
Carly

[ThomasMum]

Mine was only last around 5 weeks, and I had most good looking baby boy (he he sorry), but a friend of mine had horrible morning sickness from the day one up to, get this....the bub was 2 weeks old!!! And she had a girl!!!

Ouch :o

[2girls&1boy]

Hi,

I had no sickness at all with Grace.

This time I felt off for the 1st 12weeks, but now feel more energised than I did before I was pregnant!!!

A friend of mine was sick for the first 27weeks and had a boy, but she was also sick for most of her pregnancy when she had a girl.

Luck of the draw I think..

[1stbaby]

I have felt pretty awful in my first trimester and now I'm having morning sickness again in my third trimester and I"m having a boy.

[cobysmummy]

well i was lucky... i never had morning sickness.. and i had a boy... i did get a sick feeling every now and again... but nevere threw up!
my friend... who is having a girl has had morning sickness almost everyday of her pregnancy and she is due in 2 weeks! poor thing...
but that proves the theory i guess... with us two anyway!

[Ethereal]

Hi,

When I was pg with my little girl, the morning sickness was tremendous until about 4 months when it began to taper off. :)
I am due to have my baby in March and I had convinced myself it was a boy because there has been very little morning sickness to speak of. :)
However, last week I had an ultrasound and I found out that it's another girl.
Of course either way we are delighted. :)

[Mumof3Princesses]

DD1 - one week of morning sickness
DD2 - one day
DD3 - absolutely nothing! (thought she might have been a boy, but she is all girl!)

:D

[A-J]

I had all day morning sickness right up to even giving birth,

my first, a daughter, was manageable

my second, a son, was a shocker. (lost 16kg, three times in hospital, on constant meds ect - even had to be induced due to sickness)

Amanda-Jane

[carls]

I am having a boy and had no sickness whatsoever.

On the subject of myths.... I did the wedding ring on a string test and it said I was having a girl.

[babytoo]

I have a 3 year old boy and did not once throw up with him and in fact felt really good throughout the pregnancy.....

I am currently 27 weeks and was constantly ill up until about 19 weeks and sickness has just started to kick in again....at the 18 week scan, we found out it was a girl.....

So my theory rings true...sicker with a girl than boys.....but I guess everyone is different!

[aardvark]

I've had two girls, and both times had all-day sickness, worsening in the evenings, from 6 to 16 weeks, then it vanished.

This time I am having a boy. The nausea was worse, and lasted from 3 to 20 weeks. I then had 6 weeks of relative normality, before finding my appetite waning, and being nauseous in the evenings again.

Definately worse with a boy here.

[stormanet]

Hiya :) I had a beautiful boy who for the first 5 months made me as sick as a dog 20 hours a day. I wasn't throwing up with him, just felt really sea sick all the time.... I did throw twice and each time it was a relief. I'd say the myth is a myth :) you feel sick or not depending on your own body :) Hope you keep going so well :)

K

[Miaow]

With Elysha I didnt have any morning sickness apart from say a week or so at about 12 weeks but it was minor and all i had to do was make sure i ate breakfast.

[dannii]

i was sick with both my girls but not when i was pg with son.!
so the girls are what caused me troubles :rolleyes:

[MammaMia]

I was sicker with my DD than my DS. Not pleasant either time though.

[OopsieDaisy]

I had evening sickness with both my girls realllyyyy bad!
Never had a boy so can't comment on that one lol!

[jaydensmum]

Im just wondering do you guys believe that if you have bad morning sickness that you're having a girl? Everyones telling me that im having a girl cause im really sick with this baby than i was with Jayden. I wasnt sick at all with him. What do you all think?

jaydensmum

[alicesmum]

that was why i started this thread. to see if the theory held up, but there doens't seem to be any pattern emerging so far from what people have said on this thread!

i still think i'm having a boy though as i am not sick this time but was quite ill with alice. though there may be no evidence, i am sticking to my theory!! (mark of a true scientist hey!!!! my supervisor would so proud...not!)

:p

[Roryned]

I had no m/s when pg with my dd. I would occasionally feel a little queasy but only if I was hungry, soon as I ate, it stopped. I had a very lucky pregnancy, felt great throughout, so having a girl was fine for me:)

[jaydensmum]

It would be interesting to know if there was a science behind it. A lot of people i know had morning sickness with their girls and not their boys. I wonder if scientists have actually done tests? :)

jaydensmum

[Baby Girl]

2 girls, no morning sickness, bloating, swelling - nothing!!!

Girls were good for me!!

[veve]

I had a gorgeous boy - no morning sickness at all!!!!

xxxx

[alicesmum]

naomi
i did an extensive review of the research literature on the topic (using Google LOL!!!) and basically found out that "some studies" show a slight tendency for women to be sicker with girls, but that "other studies" found no statistically significant differences.

like i said, i am sticking to my theory anyway!! :D

[jaydensmum]

Yeah i agree with you alicesmum. I know too many women that have had morning sickness with their girls and not the boys.

jaydensmum

[jasminesmum]

I have 2 boys and when I was pregnant with both of them I didn't feel sick at all.

Also now I have a little girl and was sick with her from about 6 wks till I was about 5mths. I used to dry retch at all sorts of smells.

[SMBT]

Bailey (boy) Sick From 4 Weeks Until 16 Weeks, Only Vomited Once!

Tyllee (girl) Sick From 8 Weeks Until 16 Weeks, Vomited Every Day And Hated The Sight And Smell Of Meat.

[alicesmum]

well ladies
i just had my 13 week scan and asked about genitalia thinking she would say there's no way they can tell this early, and she had a look about and said, "I think it's a little boy!!!!

so, i have provided evidence (albeit N=1 :D ) to support my own theory that you get sicker with girls. I still feel fine with this little boy inside me. Only had one day of bad sickness at week 9 and that's all!!!!!!!

rachel :p

[reAllytee]

Well with my bubs i was sick from the get go all day everyday & only had one month off which was the 8th. Then the little bugger had me all excited that i could finally have some peace before he was born & then it came back the last month all of which i pretty much spent crying. I then also vomitted the majority of the way through my labour. I lost around 15kgs in the first 6mths & was nearly put into hospital time & time again but i refused as i hate hospitals. I had towels & pillows in the bathroom as i usually spent all day in there so at least i was comfy & i carried a bucket around the house with me.
I was rather miserable. Im hoping the next one wont be so bad. Actually im begging & pleading it wont be so bad. :(

[Terrible2+1cutie]

I didn't have any morning sickness with either of my boys they were straight through pregnancies. My sister in law has had 3 boys and a girl she was sick as a dog with her girl but great witht he boys.

Catherine

[hayleylea]

I had BAD morning sickness for up to 6 months and i had a boy, everyone thought i was having a girl!

[HoopDeeDoo]

I think it depends on you lifestyle. I felt sick with noah for about 14 weeks, no throwing up though, a part from the odd night towards the end where he didn't like what i'd eaten :p
This time I have had no morning sickness or queesyness at all. But I'm at home this time, and eating reguarly and not stressed out at work. Who knows, maybe it's a girl this time, probably not but we'll just have to wait and see :)

[tickle]

Well, I think I posted before about not much sickness with Oliver and being terribly sick this time around. Found out yesterday, it's a girl. ;)

[kimmy]

It was the same with both of my i felt really sick but never throw up so i guess i should think myself lucky hay.

[♥Heaven Sent♥]

with my first bub (a girl) i had all day sickness from 5or6 weeks till about 6 months i threw up a couple of times and nearly threw up many of times from smelling food.I didnt eat much and lost 13kg and then i got my appetite back and slowly started eating again when i was 6months pregnant.I am nearly 12 weeks pregnant now and havnt had one ounce of sickness or nausea some days i dont feel like eating though but i think its great no m/s so i am yet to find out the sex of my baby so maby i am having a boy!!Will find out in 6.5weeks cant wait will come back and tell yas what im having.

I think the theory is right that most ppl are more sick with a girl.But i think there is also the theory that some ppl are more sicker with one of the sexes more than the other.

My friend had 3 girls and had m/s all day every day from day 1 until 2 weeks after having her bubs.Poor thing:(

[CrazyBeautiful]

I had chronic morning sickness with my DD and none whatsoever with my DS.

[Blessed Mum]

Well with DS I was quite ill until about 16 weeks or so and then bliss, found out last week we are expecting a girl (only 4 weeks to go) and I have had the worst morning sickness nearly all the way through and heartburn like you wouldn't believe.:rolleyes: So if that's the way it turns out I definatley have been sicker with my girl.

[sugar n spice]

well i have two boys and i had chronic m/s or should i say all day sickness with my first son and with my second i didn't suffer from ms till about 11wks and then it was yuck but not as bad as the first. Everyone said i must be having a girl but nope it was a boy.
rachel

[Ethereal]

With my first (dd) I had all day sickness for about 4 mths which was really strong and debilatating and now I'm pg with dd #2
and there has been hardly any morning sickness this time around.

[wattle]

I don't remember feeling nearly this bad with ds. bleah. :(