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 in the abdomen, sometimes swimming to the left and sometimes to the right—I had a girl. Now, the fetal movement feels different. Is it possible that the gender is 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 content, with line breaks () retained 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 bulge 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 fetal movement is characterized by kicks and stomps. It doesn’t create a large bulge like the girl’s, but rather feels like small punches and foot movements.
(2) Kicking means it’s a boy; swimming like a fish means it’s a girl—this is super accurate!
(3) Experience-based tip: Boys generally don’t move much in 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, and their movements tend to be larger than those of boys.
(4) Most people’s experimental results: Movement on the left side of the abdomen means it’s a boy, while movement on the right side means it’s a girl.