Patient's question:
It's the second pregnancy, and the fetal movement feels like small feet kicking. When I was pregnant with my first child, the fetal movement felt like the entire body moving, sometimes swimming to the left and sometimes to the right, and I gave birth to a girl. Now the fetal movement feels different—is the gender also different?Medical history and effectiveness: I heard that if the fetal movement feels like punches and kicks, it's a boy, and if it feels like the entire body moving, it's a girl.
Help needed: Could you please advise if determining the gender by observing fetal movement is accurate? Thank you.
Doctor's answer:
Here is the English translation of the provided text, with line breaks preserved as instructed:(1) When the baby is in a head-down position, the girl faces the mother, with her buttocks pointing outward. During fetal movement, the mother's abdomen often feels like a large lump rolling around, and occasionally a small hand will playfully poke out. In contrast, when the boy is in a head-down position, his face is outward, and his movements are characterized by kicks and stomps. He won’t form large bumps like the girl does but will instead resemble small punches and foot movements.
(2) Kicking indicates a boy, while swimming-like movements indicate a girl—this is super accurate!
(3) Experience-based tip: Boys generally don’t move much inside the womb, but they become more active at night when the mother is in bed. Girls, on the other hand, are more active in the womb. Additionally, girls’ movements tend to be larger than boys’.
(4) Most people’s experimental results: Movement on the left side of the abdomen indicates a boy, while movement on the right side indicates a girl.