Baking soda test
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Topic: Baking soda test
Posted By: AandCsmum
Subject: Baking soda test
Date Posted: 29 January 2012 at 7:11pm
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To go along with the cabbage test
Anyone done it & it's right? Mine lightly fizzed & the cabbage test says girl. Wondering how much fizz you'd need to say boy? I have no idea what I'm having nor do I have any inkling ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: EmDee
Date Posted: 29 January 2012 at 7:43pm
Ooh I did this and there was no reaction which means girl. Cabbage test and scan both said girl and hopefully in the next few days I can say for sure that she is in fact a she  ------------- DS 8 DD 6 DS 4 DD 2 |
Posted By: sarahm
Date Posted: 29 January 2012 at 7:49pm
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I did it in the very early days and it said girl, yest scan says boy. Wonder if I should try again! ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">  
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Posted By: GuestGuest
Date Posted: 29 January 2012 at 10:22pm
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Posted By: KC82
Date Posted: 30 January 2012 at 8:20am
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Did it a few weeks before the scan and it said girl. Scan said BOY. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: EmDee
Date Posted: 30 January 2012 at 8:37am
LR - pee in a cup and then mix a tsp of baking soda in it. If it fizzes then it's a boy, if nothing happens it's a girl. Don't know how accurate it is but it's fun to try  ------------- DS 8 DD 6 DS 4 DD 2 |
Posted By: GuestGuest
Date Posted: 30 January 2012 at 9:30am
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Oh cool, sounds easier than going out and buying a red cabbage
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Posted By: Chickoin
Date Posted: 30 January 2012 at 3:49pm
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I did it in the early days and had no fizz and had a girl :) -------------   
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Posted By: Tissy
Date Posted: 30 January 2012 at 8:27pm
im not pregnant (that i'm aware of) and mine fizzed heaps so i'm having an imaginary boy
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Posted By: Looey85
Date Posted: 30 January 2012 at 8:52pm
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I did both earlier in my pregnancy.
The cabbage test said boy the first day, then I repeated it the next day and said girl The baking soda test said girl. I'm having a boy :) Lol... pretty sure it depends on what you've been eating/how acidic your pee is. |
Posted By: Chickoin
Date Posted: 30 January 2012 at 9:36pm
Hmm, I have heard of someone else who did it when she wasn't pregnant and it fizzed heaps. Perhaps it would work better as a pregnancy test  -------------
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Posted By: Princess_Bubs
Date Posted: 31 January 2012 at 11:55am
I did both this and the cabbage test and they both said girl, which according to my multiple scans is correct. Will confirm in a few weeks though 
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Posted By: tigger,roo
Date Posted: 31 January 2012 at 12:42pm
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Did when i was 10wks - boy. scan at 19wks was boy. there were a few of us in june 2012 group who did it and from memory was correct for most of us. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: boys.boys.boys.boys
Date Posted: 31 January 2012 at 12:46pm
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mine didnt have a hint of fizzing, was rather disapointing really; not coz I wouldnt absolutely love a girl, but more coz of the lack of reaction of the test!!!
Even tried it a few times with lots of baking soda...!! ------------- 4 boys!! 7 years, 5 years, 2 years and 8 weeks... |
Posted By: GuestGuest
Date Posted: 31 January 2012 at 2:10pm
Maybe the fizz is the control - so that's what it would normally do for everyone who isn't pregnant. I might get my DH to do it to test out the theory
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EmptyVessel wrote:Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 31 January 2012 at 2:56pm
I just *had* to have a try after reading that and mine doesn't fizz so there goes that theory, sorry  (I'm pretty sure I can't possibly be pregnant!)
I suspect that everybodies urine has a different pH, and that that could depend on a number of things like what you've eaten and - maybe - whether you're having a boy or a girl. -------------   
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Posted By: GuestGuest
Date Posted: 31 January 2012 at 3:36pm
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But you just had a girl two weeks ago so you could still have girl hormones floating around
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Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 31 January 2012 at 3:49pm
Hmmm, good point -------------
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Posted By: boys.boys.boys.boys
Date Posted: 31 January 2012 at 8:08pm
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Yeah I agree, that everyones urine must just be different pH's regardless of boy/girl. Mostly coz I cant see that boy/girl would produce different hormones that would alter the pH of your urine.... ------------- 4 boys!! 7 years, 5 years, 2 years and 8 weeks... |
Posted By: MamaT
Date Posted: 01 February 2012 at 9:33pm
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I did it at about 13 weeks, it said girl, but two scans now have showed testicles -------------  
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