Different pregnancies and gender?

I've been absolutely amazed over the past 16 or so weeks just how different my pregnancies have been so far. Everytime I mention that to anyone, they say "oh, you must be having a boy this time" but I'm not really convinced.

On the one hand, there are 46 chromosomes to a person, any of which could be different to the ones DD has, not just the X/Y one.

But on the other hand, the sex will have some impact on the hormones released by the fetus, and I'm very much aware of how much of an influence hormones can have on how you feel! So maybe there is something in it.

I thought I'd do a very scientific Oh-Baby poll

So, lovely experienced ladies with more than one baby, were your pregnancies similar or different and were your babies the same or different genders?

Different, 2 boys

Similar for the first 20 weeks then very different for the rest. All boys

Ohhhhh love this.

I also had very different pregnancies. Everyone told me id be having another girl that different pregnancies dont mean different sex. But i knew deep down it was a boy this time.

DDs pregnancy was very hard. Sickness whole pregnancy. Just very crap.

This pregnancy which is said to be boy is 100% different, apart from feeling tired in early pregnancy i wouldnt of known i was pregnant. Even now with a toddler its way easier than DDs pregnancy ever was. Finger crossed i havent jinxed it now

Mines been pretty much exactly the same and apparently I'm having a girl (though will be double checked at a growth scan at 28weeks) I think its very individual.

Interesting topic. I obviously have no idea yet what were having but this pg is very similar to my one with Jackson. The only real point of difference is MS was much worse this time and reflux started earlier.

Will be interesting to see how the rest of the pregnancy goes and what we will be having.

I had one of each, bad ms with DD, not so bad with DS. Had lots of different complications with DS. But overall, felt similar with discomfort and the way I was carrying etc and irritable uterus.

Had different pregnancies each time and both are boys.

Totally different pregnancies - and one of each - DD's pregnancy much harder, MS for ages etc etc. BUT also not sure how much of that is running after a toddler the second time round...?

My pregnancies were all fairly similar and I have 2 boys and 1 girl.

The only differences I can remember were I loved coffee with the boys, but couldn't stomach it with my daughter. And the smell of cooking meat made me nauseaus (sp?) with the boys but I didn't mind it so much with my girl.

Also I worked til 36 and 38 weeks with my boys but only until 28 weeks with my girl. This was due to tiredness - BUT I was also breastfeeding at the same time. I stopped b/feeding and work about the same time, and within a week or so I was feeling heaps better so it probably didn't have that much to do with it.

ETA: Oh and I had the metallic taste with my girl but not the boys.

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