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How reliable are the "old wives tales" about gender?

Okay, so I am only 7.5 weeks along, and the curiosity of my baby's gender is driving me crazy, lol. I know I won't know there true gender until about another 9 weeks or so by an ultrasound, but I've been taking multiple gender predictor quizzes on google just for fun, & each one of them says I'm having a boy, even the Chinese chart. Some of the old wives tales the quizzes included was; cravings, husband gaining weight, appearance, morning sickness, etc. My mother's intuition is also telling me a boy. But I was wondering if anyone else has taken those quizzes or had any of the tales be correct about your baby's gender.
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Chinese predictor and baking powder test were both right for me (having a girl) but quizzes were wrong
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I did 2 prediction test that a friend told me about were someone hides a spoon and a fork under 2 seats and I can't know which is which and if you sit on the spoon its a girl if you sit on the fork its a boy ... I sat on the fork then I did another one with a chain that someone is suppose to hang over ur tummy if the chain moves in circular motion its a girl if it moves back and forth its a boy .... For me it turned out boy and when I got my sonogram done its a BOY (: so I belive in them lol you should try I had fun lol @amg13
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I did the gender prediction and the chinese chart and said am having a boy.well it was true for me  iam having a boy or  it must be luck.i don't know.
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Both mine said boy with everything but I have two girls roaming around my house.....and if they are boys their penis didn't get the memo lol
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With my first everything said girl I took so many tests my head spun but we had a boy
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5387794 tn?1373257093
The Chinese one was wrong for me. I did the baking soda test and it came out boy. The heart rate was slower (means boy) still old wives tale. I found out at 16+3 weeks we are having a baby boy! I'm currently 19+3 and was still a boy at 18 weeks.
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4678041 tn?1360105479
With this baby every thing I did, the quizzes n Chinese stuff n tests n even symptoms kept saying girl but turns out to be boy so wasn't accurate for me lol
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4654179 tn?1595183520
Its 50/50 I wouldn't start buying anything blue still after the ultrasound if that's what baby shows.
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