Folklore
Old wives' tales
Heartburn, cold feet, a swinging ring. Answer what you like. This is a parlor game your great-aunt would recognize.
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How are you carrying?
Low bump lore leans boy; high and round leans girl.
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What are the cravings like?
Salty and sour sit on the boy side of the old stories; sweet on the girl side.
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Heartburn?
Fierce heartburn is a classic girl tale — hair folklore, nothing more.
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The mood weather?
Calm was supposed to mean a boy; stormy a girl. Science disagrees.
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Glow or breakout?
Clear skin was a boy tell; extra oil a girl tell in the old magazines.
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Are your feet cold?
Cold feet supposedly steal heat for a boy. Or you just need socks.
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Morning (all-day) sickness?
A rougher first trimester is a girl rumor in a lot of families.
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The wedding-ring swing
Dangle a ring on a thread over the bump: circle for a girl, pendulum for a boy.