anyone else got...

[missac]

that weird brown line? I have a very faint one but it is definitely there! What is it and why do we get it? Have I spilt my gravy?

 

[lauramumof2]

I think thats called the linea nigra (something like that). I dont know what it is but have read about it, think it was quite common.

 

[hev&madi]

i never got it

 

[maybebaby]

I can't tell under all the hair! I think I've got a very faint one.

Edit: this is the latest bump pic from last week, think you can see:

 

[missac]

i can see it! (love the bump!) why do we get it!?

 

[missac]

There is an old wives' tale associated with linea nigra: if the linea nigra runs to the navel, it's a girl, and if it goes all the way up to the xiphoid, it's a boy.

 

[maybebaby]

Ooh, that's another boy thing for me then... I'm really enjoying guessing, quite glad I didn't find out!

 

[maybebaby]

What's a xiphoid?

 

[Emmylou]

There is an old wives' tale associated with linea nigra: if the linea nigra runs to the navel, it's a girl, and if it goes all the way up to the xiphoid, it's a boy.

C'mon then.....does yours mean boy or girl.........

....I don't have one

 

[Tasha20]

There is an old wives' tale associated with linea nigra: if the linea nigra runs to the navel, it's a girl, and if it goes all the way up to the xiphoid, it's a boy.

Mine goes all the way up and im having a girl

 

[kellie80]

Mine went all the way up and i had a girl but this time i don't have one at all and its a boy!

 

[violet-glow]

Mine goes all the way up to my boobies lol ...we think girl.
Will let you know if the old wives tale is right in a few days

 

[missac]

mine goes up to my tummy button so it will be a girl then - although i don't know what a xyphoid is so it could be going there as well!!!!!!

(I copied and pasted from wikipedia so for the last four or five hours I have come across as really brainy!!!!!!!!! )

 

I have half of one left from Damien only went up to my belly button though. I don't seem to follow some of these wives tales!

 

[Jaidy]

I got it all the way up and im having a boy! Hmmmm I dont believe all the old wives tales, never seems to be enough consistency!

 

[sarah113]

i never got it with any of mine