rpwalavalkar
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 Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:36 am Post subject: FHR and fetal sex determination |
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hi all,
Fetal heart rate can't determine fetal sex.
Medline searches came up with these ref --
1. Oguch O, Steer P. Gender does not affect fetal heart rate variation. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1998;105:1312-4.
2. Druzin ML, Huston JM, Edersheim TG. Relationship of baseline fetal heart rate to gestational age and fetal sex. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1986;145:1102-3.
3. Petrie B, Segalowitz SJ. Use of fetal heart rate, other perinatal and maternal factors as predictors of sex. Percept Mot Skills 1980;50:871-4.
a close friend of mine is pregnant and called me last night with --- " my midwife says the baby is going to be a ----- as the heart rate is fast ".
i gave her the usual - there is no basis to surely say so and i hope you get what you hope for, just don't buy too much blue / pink, go for whites, creams, greens etc
now , i have evidence for the above advice.
r
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