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Stressed women more likely to have girls? |
| Published: September 23, 2007, 6:00 am |
| Tags: baby girls, babygirls, boy top girl baby ratio, boytopgirlbabyratio, stressed moms have girls, stressedmomshavegirls |
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Filed under: 0-3 months, Third trimester, High-risk pregnancyThere are a million old wive's tales about how to create a boy baby, how to make a girl. I'm pretty sure I don't believe any of them. And I'm not so sure about the data in this article, which cites recent research that says stressed out mamas are more likely to have baby girls than boys. According to the study, woman who were 'judged to be stressed' (including sleep quality and ability to cope with stress) were five percent more likely to have a girl than women who were deemed 'relaxed.' Further mystifying: past studies have shown that the number of boy babies being born goes down following major world upheaval. Huh.Though the article is from a somewhat breathless tabloid-ish paper, the researchers sound official enough: they're from the University of Aarhus in Denmark, and note that it's odd that stress seems to skew the sex ratio of babies when gender of a baby is determined by chromosomes in the Father's [ Full article ] |
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