This is nothing, but an old wives tale. The severity of a woman’s morning sickness does not relate in any manner to the sex of a child.

Your baby’s bowel movements will tell you a lot about their health, their diet, and how their stomach is doing. In order to detect when something is up, you will need to pay close attention to the daily occurrences and patterns. The color, consistency, and frequency are all important factors. Any sudden changes or inconsistency with their bowel movements may indicate illness. However, just making mental or written notes is usually enough. No samples are needed unless requested by your pediatrician.

Since your body temperature rises after you release an egg (ovulation), if you chart your temperature, it can tell you when you’re most fertile.

If it is very important that you know if and when an egg is released, a urine test kit, called an ovulation predictor kit, works better. BBT also is not a reliable way to prevent pregnancy.

The risk of high blood pressure during pregnancy is about double for women over 35 compared with younger ones; hypertension affects about 10 to 20 percent of pregnant women in this age group. Gestational diabetes is two to three times more common in women over age 35 than in younger women, and recent studies show the risk is even higher if the woman has gained weight over the years. Age 35 to 39 is also when women are most likely to have twins.

These hormones are similar to the hormones naturally produced in women’s ovaries. The progestogen-only pill is sometimes called ‘the ‘mini-pill’ or the POP.