baby's heartbeat

[MissGobby]

i have been using my doppler, and the sound of baby's heartbeat sounds like a train - arnt you supposed to be able to tell the gender by the sound of the heartbeat?

 

[spink]

a train is supposed to mean a boy,galloping horses a girl x

 

[JulesK81]

They do say that if it sounds like a train it's a boy and if like a galloping horse a girl. I was at the maternity unit Sat night and I mentioned something about my bump being a girl and the MW said 'yeah, definite girl in there, listen to that horse'! BUT I wouldn't take it as gospel, early on I thought the heartbeat sounded more like a train! Another general observation is that girls heartbeats can be faster than boys - Kayla's (my bump) was between 140-158 while I was at the hospital x

 

[nori]

No idea but im now gonna get my doppler out and listen. Apparently girls have a much faster heart beat that a boy but that doesnt help us as we have nothing to compare it with.

Claire x

 

[HideiLu]

My midwife had a listen at 16 weeks and sounded like a horse and she said 'yep, definately a girl in there'...scan showed he's a little man...saw he's meat and two veg and everything, so that was more to go by than the heartbeat!

It's still fun having a guess though! x

 

[dannii87]

I think that's why so many people thought boy for me because the heartbeat was like a train!!

She's a girl! xx