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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jun 4.
Published in final edited form as: Women Health. 2009;49(1):50–65. doi: 10.1080/03630240802694673

TABLE 4.

Maternal Explanations for her Prediction of Fetal Gender

Reason for Gender Conjecture Frequency Percent
Feeling or intuition or prediction 30 35.7
Food preferences 11 13.1
What others said 11 13.1
Somatic reason, referring to body condition or reactions 11 13.1
Dream 6 7.1
Fortune Telling/Almanac Prediction 5 5.9
Body Image-Related 3 3.6
Family History 4 4.8
Emesis 1 1.2
Traditional Chinese medicine consultation 1 1.2
Referred to a book 1 1.2
Total 84 100.0