During pregnancy, some mothers may experience a significant increase in their appetite, leading many friends to believe that the baby they are carrying must be a boy. Otherwise, how could they eat so much? So is having a large appetite during pregnancy a sign of being a boy for women? Let's learn about it together below.
After some medical investigations and studies, it has been found that pregnant mothers who eat more during pregnancy have a higher chance of giving birth to boys. This is mainly because when the male fetus is in the mother's womb, it secretes testosterone, which causes the fetus to consume more calories and protein than the female fetus.
But this phenomenon is not absolute, and it cannot be distinguished by the size of the food intake to give birth to boys and girls. The idea of determining the gender of a fetus during pregnancy based on the shape of the female abdomen or other characteristics has been around for a long time.
Many elderly people say that during pregnancy, if the shape of the belly is pointed, the belly button protrudes, and the pregnancy line is long, straight, and thin, these are obvious abdominal characteristics when carrying a male baby. Another theory is that if a woman's nose gradually becomes larger during pregnancy, and the base of her thighs, areola, neck, and armpits turn black, it is also a clear characteristic of being pregnant with a male baby.
There are also some folk beliefs that distinguish between male and female births based on changes in the mother's complexion and appearance. Some elderly people say that if a woman's complexion deteriorates after pregnancy, it indicates that she is pregnant with a boy, and vice versa, it indicates that she is pregnant with a girl.
