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For centuries, future parents had to wait for the birth of their child in order to find out his gender.

Now there are different methods for determining the sex of the child ranging from folk signs and ancient Chinese tables to modern medical procedures.


1. How to find out the sex of the child using the table?

According to legend chinese gender table baby was found in an ancient royal tomb in China. She predicts the sex of the baby based on the Chinese lunar calendar.

In this case, you need to know mother's age at conception and month of conception to determine whether you will have a girl or a boy.

There is no scientific evidence that this method works, but you can test it with your friends and family.


2. Gender of the child by date of conception

According to this method, the sex of the unborn child is determined by date when conception occurred and depends on the type of sperm.

It is believed that the Y sperm, which will lead to the birth of a boy, are faster and less hardy than the X sperm, which are slower but more hardy.


Thus, if conception has occurred 2-3 days before a woman ovulates, then you have a better chance of giving birth to a girl... If conception took place directly on the day of ovulation or shortly before it, then the likelihood of a boy is higher.

Day of ovulation can be determined by measuring your basal temperature or using home ovulation tests.

3. Calculate the sex of the child by blood


According to this theory, the sex of the unborn child can be found out based on renewal of parents' blood... It is believed that in women, the blood is renewed every 3 years, and in men - every 4 years. The sex of the child is determined by which parent has "fresh" blood.

For example, a woman is 26 years old and a man is 28 years old. If 26 divided by 3 we get 8.6, and 28 divided by 4 we get 8. Since the remainder of a woman (8.6) is greater than that of a man, there is a greater probability of having a boy.

It is also worth remembering that in case of blood donation and transfusion, operations, childbirth and other blood loss, it is worth taking the date of the last blood loss.


Gender of the child by blood group

Another entertaining theory of determining the sex of the unborn child is based on blood group and Rh factor of parents... The intersection of the mother's and father's blood types, as well as the Rh factors, indicates whether you will have a boy or a girl.



4. Gender of the child according to signs

There are many signs of determining the sex of a child, which were used by our grandmothers and mothers. Of course, these methods are not considered reliable as they have not been validated. Some of them seem to be true because they are approximately 50 percent accurate, and there are some that have been partially scientifically based.

Gender of the baby by the belly


If you carry your child low - you have a boy, if high - you have a girl... There is also an opinion that if the expectant mother the shape of the abdomen is pointed - there will be a boy, and more rounded - a girl.

However, according to experts, the shape of the abdomen is determined by the muscles, uterine tone and position of the child, and not the gender of the baby.

According to the latest data, breast volume is the best indicator of the sex of the unborn child... In women carrying girls, breasts become larger during pregnancy (by an average of 8 cm) than in women carrying boys (by an average of 6.3 cm). This is because boys produce more testosterone and require more energy from the mother, which inhibits breast growth more.

Baby gender by heartbeat


According to the signs, if you have a girl, then the fetal heart rate will be above 140 per minute, and if the boy is less than 140. In fact, the fetal heart rate changes as the child grows and develops, and also as the child becomes more active. However, it has been scientifically proven that girls' heart rate increases more during childbirth than boys.

Folk signs of determining the sex of a child


The couple will have girl if:

Mother's appearance deteriorated, acne appeared

Daddy started gaining weight

Mom is drawn to sweets

The mother-to-be suffers from severe morning sickness

Parents are over 40 years old

If you hang the wedding ring over your belly, it moves back and forth.

The couple will have boy if:

Mother's appearance has improved

Dry hands appear, feet are cold

Drawn to salty and sour

Mother is stressed

Appetite, calorie consumption increased significantly

If you hang your wedding ring over your belly, it moves in a circle.

5. Gender of the child by ultrasound


One of the most accurate methods for determining the sex of a baby during pregnancy is an ultrasound or ultrasound scan, during which high-frequency sound waves create an image of your baby inside the womb.

Ultrasound is performed not to determine the sex of the child, but to find out if the child is developing correctly.

Depending on the gestational age and the position of the fetus, the doctor can tell you for sure whether you are carrying a boy or a girl.

How long can the sex of the child be determined?


Boy ultrasound


Ultrasound girls

Most often, the method for determining the sex of the child by ultrasound is the most accurate from 18 to 26 weeks of pregnancy... Although new ultrasound technologies can determine the sex of the child at an earlier period of 12-13 weeks.

Before 18 weeks of intrauterine development, the male and female genitals are more similar and therefore the likelihood of error is high. Later dates also complicate this task due to the closer position of the fetus.

It is worth remembering that if the child is in an uncomfortable position for examination or crosses his legs, this can hide the genital area from observation.

Gender of the child: is the ultrasound wrong?


Ultrasound is not a 100 percent method, and the probability of error depends on several factors:

Pregnancy period (the higher, the more accurate)

Equipment (3D ultrasound is usually more accurate)

The professionalism of the doctor conducting the ultrasound

Mother's weights (the fatter the mother, the lower the image quality)

Fetal position

Exists more accurate methods for determining the sex of the unborn child (almost 100 percent), but they are carried out on an as-needed basis and are accompanied by a great risk for pregnancy. it amniocentesis(puncture of the fetal bladder) and chorionic villus sampling... They are carried out at an earlier date: in the first and early second trimester.

Amniocentesis is performed between 15-18 weeks pregnancy. The doctor inserts a long needle to take a sample of the amniotic fluid from the fetal bladder, which contains the baby's cells. Typically, this test is prescribed if there is an increased risk of abnormalities in the child and disorders related to the sex of the child.

Chorionic villus sampling is performed between 11 and 14 weeks, and this method is also used only if the child may develop disorders.

Cases of fetal freezing are not uncommon in our time.

The older a woman becomes, the greater the risk of this pathology. But this does not mean that the fetus of a 20-year-old girl cannot freeze.

There are many other factors that affect intrauterine embryo death..

Therefore, it is important to know how to determine a frozen pregnancy at home in order to avoid such sad consequences as intoxication of the female body and even death.

Causes of missed pregnancy

The fetus can freeze as a result of the mother's improper lifestyle or due to various diseases she has:

  • alcohol consumption, smoking;
  • independent use of drugs without a doctor's prescription;
  • infectious diseases, for example, rubella, influenza, cytomegalovirus;
  • constant stress, overexertion;
  • lifting weights;
  • hormonal imbalance;
  • work in hazardous production, etc.

Frozen pregnancy

How long can fetal freezing occur?

A pregnant woman can face such a disaster in any trimester. However, most often the fetus freezes in the early stages - up to 12 weeks... It turns out that the shorter the period, the greater the risk of embryo death.

Of course, the best way to diagnose pathology is ultrasound..

But what to do when there is no way to urgently come to the hospital, for example, the woman has left for the village, and there are no diagnostic devices there? How, then, to recognize a frozen pregnancy in order to take appropriate measures in time?

For this, knowledge of the clinical signs of miscarriage will help. It is possible to determine a frozen pregnancy by its characteristic features.

So, pathological symptoms are divided into 2 groups depending on the timing of pregnancy:

  1. Signs characteristic of fetal freezing in the early stages.
  2. Signs by which one can judge about fetal death at a later date.

Signs of a frozen pregnancy in the first trimester

With the onset of pregnancy and throughout all three trimesters, the woman's temperature rises in the rectum.

If a woman measured the temperature at the time of the onset of pregnancy and after suspicions of a frozen pregnancy, and she became lower, then this may serve as a sign of fetal fading.

Basal temperature during pregnancy rises by 1-2 degrees.

A sharp drop in basal temperature (measured in the rectum) may indicate a frozen pregnancy.

A decrease in temperature occurs due to the cessation of the corpus luteum from performing its functions, as a result of which the level of progesterone drops sharply.

However, you should not rely on this feature alone. There are times when, even with a non-developing pregnancy, a woman's basal temperature is above normal.

As a result, a woman thinks that her pregnancy is going well, but in fact she does not even know what she is carrying a dead child under her heart.

A sharp disappearance of symptoms of toxicosis

One of the signs of a frozen pregnancy in the early stages is a decrease or disappearance of toxicosis. For example, a woman was sick every morning, and then suddenly everything stopped.

Pain with a frozen pregnancy

With any pathology, including non-development of the fetus, pain can be observed. When the embryo freezes, pains are cramping... They begin in the lower abdomen, reach the lower back.

Vaginal discharge

Watery, bloody, bloody discharge in a pregnant woman is an alarm bell... This is the first sign that you need to sound the alarm.

If the discharge is cheesy or transparent, then this phenomenon is not dangerous, it does not mean fetal death.

During pathology, the chest begins to coarse, a woman may experience pain.

Although in some situations it is the other way around: the woman's mammary glands were sensitive, and when the embryo died, the discomfort disappeared.

This is due to the fact that with the death of the fetus, the breast completely relaxes, hormonal processes are disrupted.

Symptoms of a frozen pregnancy can be both single and numerous.

Urination

During pregnancy, women experience frequent urination. If it recovers, the pregnant woman often stops running to the toilet, then this may be an indirect sign of a frozen pregnancy.

Lack of fetal development, its death in the third trimester is a very dangerous phenomenon. If trouble is not detected in a timely manner, then the woman may not survive.

Therefore, every girl should know how a frozen pregnancy manifests itself at a later date:

  1. Lack of fetal activity - it stops moving.
  2. The uterus does not grow in size.
  3. The belly stops growing.
  4. The mammary glands decrease in size. Tension disappears in them, they become soft, as before pregnancy.
  5. Increased body temperature... If a pregnant woman does not suspect that the fetus has died, continues to carry a dead child, then an infection begins to develop in her uterus. This becomes the reason for the increase in body temperature.

If a woman is in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy and within 2 days she ceases to feel fetal movement, then an urgent need to run to the doctor.

Many women ask: "Is it possible to use the test to determine a non-developing pregnancy and what the test can show?" If you suspect fetal freezing, you should not immediately run to the pharmacy and buy a pregnancy test.

Even if a misfortune happened, the test will not show reliable information. The fact is that the test can show two stripes for several weeks after the death of the embryo.

And if the fetus stays in the uterus for a long time, begins to decompose, then this can lead to very serious consequences: from infertility to the death of the mother.

It is not always possible to accurately determine a frozen pregnancy at home.... Only an obstetrician-gynecologist on examination and ultrasound can confirm or deny the diagnosis.

According to the symptoms listed in the article, you will now know how to understand that the fetus froze during pregnancy. But this is just a theory. Because headache, abdominal cramps and lack of toxicosis are not always signs of a frozen pregnancy.

In any case, if you have any suspicions, a change in your health status, you should promptly contact the doctor who is leading your pregnancy.

Sometimes pregnancy ends due to fetal freezing. The death of a long-awaited child can occur at different stages of pregnancy. What to do in this case?

One of the most difficult tragedies in a woman's life is a missed pregnancy. Unfortunately, this sometimes happens, despite the woman's observance of all the recommendations of the gynecologist. The realization that the life of a long-awaited child was cut short even before the appearance of a baby in this world can cause serious depression in both parents.

Most often, missed pregnancy occurs in the first trimester.

It is the risk of freezing of the ovum that makes the first 12 weeks of pregnancy the most critical. This pathology occurs in about 13% of women. As a rule, a woman does not immediately discover that her baby's heart has stopped beating. The first signs of freezing of the ovum can appear only 2-3 weeks after the tragedy. It is after this period of time that the non-developing ovum begins to be rejected from the uterine mucosa. The fertilized egg can independently leave the woman's body, but in some cases, part of the membranes remains in the uterus.

A frozen pregnancy can occur in women of any age. Such a tragedy is due to the impact on the body of a pregnant woman of multiple circumstances. To reduce the risk of death of the ovum in the first trimester of pregnancy, it is necessary to be fully examined by a gynecologist before conception occurs.

Signs of fetal freezing at a later date differ significantly from the symptoms of a frozen pregnancy in the first trimester.

One of the varieties of a frozen pregnancy is anembryonia - a condition when conception occurs, but due to the effects on the body of environmental and internal factors, the embryo does not develop, that is, a woman is diagnosed with the presence of an empty ovum in the uterus.

Causes of a frozen pregnancy

Gynecologists still cannot accurately name the cause of fetal freezing. In the early stages of development, in the first weeks of pregnancy, the cause of the arrest of development and the death of the embryo is severe malformations that are incompatible with life. Genetic disorders occur in 70% of all missed pregnancies.

The dying of the fetus at a later date (after 14 weeks) is often provoked by viral and infectious diseases transferred by a woman at the beginning of pregnancy. Sometimes the cause of fetal death is the mother's abdominal injury from a fall or impact.

In gynecology, there are cases when a normally developing pregnancy freezes for no apparent reason. Some women may have several such cases in a row. In any case, you should not lose heart and put up with the problems of miscarriage. To understand the cause of the tragedy, a woman should be examined by a gynecologist.

Fading of pregnancy in the early stages can happen due to exposure to the body of such factors:

  • Father's smoking while planning pregnancy;
  • The use of alcohol and drugs by a woman in the first weeks of pregnancy;
  • The presence in a woman's body of infections such as cytomegalovirus, rubella, ureaplasmosis, herpes, papilloma virus, mycoplasmosis and others;
  • Infection of a woman with sexually transmitted infections (gonorrhea, syphilis, trichomoniasis);
  • Serious hormonal disruptions;
  • Diseases of the endocrine system (maternal diabetes mellitus);
  • The presence of Rh-conflict (with a negative Rh factor in the mother and positive in the fetus) - the woman's body perceives pregnancy as something alien and tries with all its might to get rid of the fetus;
  • Lifting weights in early pregnancy;
  • Constant stress of a pregnant woman.

At risk are women after 35 years, patients who have had many abortions in the past, women with congenital malformations of the uterus.

How to recognize a missed pregnancy at an early stage?

The most accurate and reliable way to diagnose fetal freezing in the early stages is to conduct an ultrasound examination of the uterus. With the help of ultrasound, it is possible to accurately determine the presence or absence of heart contractions in a growing embryo. A normally developing pregnancy can also be diagnosed by the results of a blood test for the level of the hCG hormone, every day the indicators of chorionic gonadotropin in the blood increase.

It is possible to determine fetal fading using ultrasound

The expectant mother herself may suspect in herself the threat of miscarriage and the possible freezing of the fetus due to the appearance of spotting bleeding from the external genital organs. This symptom is characteristic for the termination of the fetal heartbeat in early pregnancy. In the later stages, in the second and third trimester, a woman may suspect that something is wrong with her baby due to the absence of movements for several hours.

When the fetus freezes in early pregnancy, a woman, in addition to bloody discharge, may experience severe cramping pains in the lower abdomen. If before that the woman suffered from toxicosis, then when the pregnancy fades, all the symptoms of ailments disappear abruptly.

If a woman ignores the above signs and does not go to a gynecologist, then symptoms of severe intoxication of the body soon develop - nausea, vomiting, an increase in body temperature up to 39 degrees, increasing weakness and pallor of the skin. Blood pressure drops and the pulse becomes threadlike. In the absence of emergency medical care, a woman develops sepsis and death.

As a rule, when the ovum freezes in the first weeks of pregnancy, the body independently gets rid of the embryo. The uterus begins to contract intensively, removing the ovum and its membranes from the body. Contractions of the uterus provoke pain in the lower abdomen and lower back in a woman, as well as intense spotting and clots from the genital tract.

In any case, a woman should see a gynecologist. It so happens that the fertilized egg is not completely removed from the uterus, then the woman is prescribed a surgical "cleaning", during which the remains of the embryo and its membranes are scraped out.

Signs of a late pregnancy

Alas, it sometimes happens that a woman goes through the tragedy of losing a child in late pregnancy. The cause of fetal death is the mother's infectious diseases, abdominal trauma or strangulation of the child with her own umbilical cord.

At a later date, the fetus may freeze from infection or injury.

It is possible to recognize the symptoms of the termination of a baby's life in late pregnancy by the absence of movements for more than 5 hours.

A woman can feel the first movements of the fetus starting from the 17th week of pregnancy. As the child grows, the intensity of the baby's movements only increases. A mother-to-be can pinpoint when her baby is asleep and when she is awake. Of course, it all depends on the activity of the kids, some kids push often and intensely, and some develop more calmly. However, if the baby's movements are absent for more than 4 hours, and during various conversations with the baby and stroking the abdomen, there is no movement on his part, the woman should urgently go to the department of the maternity hospital. There is no need to wait for time, believing that the baby is just sleeping. The absence of movement may indicate a strong oxygen starvation of the baby, for example, as a result of tight entanglement with the umbilical cord around the neck or torso. If the expectant mother immediately see a doctor, then the baby's life can possibly be saved.

One of the clinical symptoms of a late pregnancy in a late period is a change in the mammary glands. If the death of the fetus occurs before the 25th week of pregnancy, then the breast in most cases sharply returns to its previous size, but if the pregnancy froze after 25 weeks, then colostrum may begin to be secreted from the mammary glands.

Of course, there are women who absolutely do not listen to the movements of their baby and cannot say for sure when the fetus moved for the last time. Fortunately, there are very few such persons. However, it should be said that another symptom of a frozen pregnancy in a late period is the appearance of pain in the lower abdomen and lower back, nausea and vomiting. And also a significant reduction in the volume of the abdomen. The last symptom is due to the fact that during the death of the fetus, the amount of amniotic fluid decreases. These symptoms can be observed in a woman a few days after the death of the fetus in the womb.

Of course, the death of the fetus is a terrible tragedy, especially for those women who already felt the movements of their baby well, talked to him, stroked their tummy. All this can lead to severe lingering depression and apathy in a woman. If such a tragedy nevertheless occurred and the doctors confirmed the death of the baby in the womb, then the question arises of delivery. One way or another, a dead fetus cannot remain in a woman's uterus, as this can lead to the development of sepsis and death. Depending on the duration of pregnancy, when the tragedy happened, a woman may undergo surgical cleaning or cause labor. Sometimes doctors can remove a dead baby from the uterus by a small cesarean section.

Life after the tragedy

A woman should understand that, despite the depression that happened to her after the loss of the desired baby, before planning a new pregnancy, you need to find out the reason for the fetal fading. If the parents do not know what caused the death of the baby, then both of them are shown a comprehensive gynecological and urological examination. This examination includes a consultation with a geneticist, an endocrinologist and tests for latent genital infections. After establishing the cause that provoked fetal freezing, and undergoing treatment, the spouses should plan a new pregnancy only 6-12 months after therapy.

It is advisable to find out exactly the cause of fetal freezing.

Planning a new pregnancy

What kind of period a married couple needs to wait, before planning conception after a frozen pregnancy, is determined by a gynecologist, depending on the cause of fetal death. This period is at least six months. Until the doctor's permission to plan a new pregnancy, spouses must use a method that is suitable for them. Do not worry about the fact that a woman will follow the same fate when a new pregnancy occurs. Such fears are sometimes completely unfounded. In most cases, a missed pregnancy is an isolated case for every patient who survived this grief, and does not at all indicate that the next time it will be the same.

However, you need to understand that in order not to face this misfortune again, a married couple must carefully prepare for a new conception. For this, the spouses must be examined and, if necessary, undergo a course of treatment.

A healthy lifestyle of the spouses before the planned conception significantly increases the chances of a successful completion of the pregnancy. It is very important that not only the woman but also her husband is preparing for a new pregnancy. To do this, the couple must give up bad habits, revise their diet, engage in light physical exercise and be more outdoors. It is advisable if a woman starts taking prenatal vitamins even before the onset of pregnancy. Thus, with the onset of the desired conception in the fetus, the risk of congenital malformations of the neural tube is significantly reduced.

Separately, it must be said about the moral support of the husband. A woman who has experienced a frozen pregnancy becomes overly suspicious and anxious. She listens carefully to any changes in the work of her body during pregnancy, and looks for signs of freezing of the ovum. The spouse's task is to surround his pregnant wife with care and attention, this will help the pregnant woman to distract herself from negative thoughts. You need to surround the woman with positive emotions and support in every possible way. The successful outcome of pregnancy largely depends on the moral attitude of the woman.

Of course, it is very difficult to survive such a tragedy as the fading of pregnancy in a late period, and the depth of the parents' grief is simply beyond words. In this case, a woman must find the strength in herself and turn all her attention to her health. If necessary, you need to undergo a course of treatment, drink vitamin preparations, go to rest and gain strength before a new pregnancy.

These studies should not be neglected. Thus, the woman will save herself and the unborn baby from a possible repetition of the tragedy. By following all the above tips, a woman will be able to experience the joy of motherhood very soon!

Remember, a frozen pregnancy is not a sentence, a healthy, cured woman cannot have any consequences for the next pregnancy, and she has every chance of giving birth to a healthy baby.