desperate23

I've had a couple of women tell me that anytime they were pregnant with either a boy or girl they would miscarry only being able to carry the opposite sex to full term. This lady i know only has girls she miscarried evertime she would get pregnant with a boy. Has anyone heard of that it cause of the chromosomes.
Tammy

saluki_fan

I have heard of a few instances like this (I don't know anyone who has been through it personally) - usually both the male and female partner are carriers for a genetic disorder that may only affect boys or girls. A genetic counseler would probably be able to give you more specific instances or details...

SABTeacher

I know someone who had 5 girls with absolutely no problems. She miscarried twice in between them, and both times they were boys. It can happen.

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Canadian Kokopelli

Hmmm, I read something about that once. I think that I read that a mothers body can sometimes see a boy baby as an intruder and m/c the baby. I'll have to see if I can find where I read it. I do think that it is extremely rare for that to happen.

Gnzls924

Not sure if it's an old wives tale, but I was told it was much harder to carry boys, than girls. This was coming from a friend of the family who is a L&D nurse at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Not sure if i believe her, but my loss only gave her more proof for her theory.

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saluki_fan

That's what antiphospholipid antibody syndrome does too (not necessarily towards either gender, though.)

I've read in several places that boy babies (pre-born or preemie) tend to be "weaker" than female babies (pre-born or preemie) and also that "babies of color" seem to have better survival statistics than Caucasian babies. I don't know where I read it, but I've seen it in a few places.

sleepydumpling

I have a friend who miscarried three girls late in the pregnancies, but her two pregnancies with boys went completely without a hitch.

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serenity1981

my mother auntie could not carry girls, but she had two healthy boys.

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MommaPaula

I have 4 healthy boys. 2 pre pcos and twins via injectables after pcos diagnosed.
I have m/c 3 girls in my lifetime. Testing confirmed girls but could not give me a reason for the m/c. My niece (who is also my age) also has 4 boys. She doesnt have Pcos, but has also m/c 2 girls mid pregnancy that they confirmed i/c.

I always considered it a cruel fluke until my last lost. Now I'm sure its just something that wont let me carry a girl to term.

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VivC

I've heard of this if there are genetic causes, as Saluki_fan said.

If a genetic reason IS found, a geneticist can make sure, through IVF, that a woman only gets pregnant with babies that she can carry.

Viv

GoingCrazyInTX

My dh has had nothing but boys born in to his family for 12 generations. It could go farther back but that's as far back as they've been able to track. The husband determines the sex of the baby. When we m/c I had this feeling that it was a girl. We didn't have the testing done and I've regretted that. I'm pretty sure that there is something wrong with the female chromosone in dh's family and that's why there have been no girls born. My mother in law had a m/c also and just knew it was a girl also. While I'm not sure of whether or not the sex of the baby has anything to do with whether or not we can carry the baby full term I do think that sometimes it has to do with the female or male chromosone's being defective. As much as I'd love to have a girl part of me prays it's not because I'm afraid we'd m/c again.

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destin2BaMOM

my maternal side all through mom- great gramma couldnt and havent yet carried boys full term ALL GIRLS

a long time said this could have been a genetic thing? no ones has done testing -
ILL CHANGE THAT

Im going through it all now PCD, DNA, Kyrotyping and EVERYTHING

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emjayah

Yes! My aunty has had 6 pregnancies in total - she has carried to term 4 girls, but has miscarried 2 boys...

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