Chinese Conception Chart for Getting a Guess at Your Baby's Gender

Mar 9
08:46

2009

Henry Fong

Henry Fong

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For centuries, women have used several unusual means for guessing the gender of their baby. One of the more elaborate ways to "figure out" the unborn child's gender is the Chinese Conception Chart.This document was believed to be found in a tomb over seven hundred years ago.The chart is now on display at the Beijing Institute of Science in China.

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Women love ways of guessing what gender their baby will be. A fun way to learn of your baby's gender is with the Chinese Conception Chart. It is an ancient chart believed to have been found in a royal tomb over 700 years ago. Now,Chinese Conception Chart for Getting a Guess at Your Baby's Gender Articles the chart is said to be on display at the Beijing Institute of Science in China.

The chart is not completely accurate.The method of determining gender uses the woman's age and month of conception.The most accurate results use lunar months instead of the regular months. These months run about 29 days.

You can just look at the ages themselves and come to an idea whether or not you will have a boy or girl or not. The ages are ranged from 18 to 45. On the chart the ages more likely of having a girl are 21, 22, 30, 31, 32, and 34. If you are 18, 20, 23, 26, 31, or 43, you are more likely to have a boy. However, there are some ages where there is no higher percentage of one more than the other. These ages are 28, 29, 35, 40, 42, and 45. If you are 19, 24, or 33, there is a 7 to 5 odd that you will have a girl. It is not as definite as the other ages but it is still more likely than having a boy. The exact opposite of having a boy with the same odds 25, 27, 36, 37, 41, and 44.

Based on the conception month the odds on what sex your baby will be change. The months do not have as many one way or the other odds. January, February, May, and October each have 3 to 4 odds of being a boy. April has a to 3 to 4 odds in favor of being a girl. June, August, September, and November are all 15 to 13 in favor of a girl. March and December both have a fifty -fifty chance of your baby being a boy or girl. The only odd month is July where the odds are outstandingly in favor of having a boy at 9 to 19 according to the chart.

The chances of having a boy or girl varies from age to conception month. In some areas it is predictable, but like with the actuality of having a baby it really is fifty-fifty. The odds when looking at age vary a little more than conception month. Either way, the chart leans more towards having a boy than girl. That may be just the Chinese's obsession with having boys, though.

When using the Chinese conception chart, it is good to remember that it is all in good fun. It is an entertaining way to get a guess at your baby's gender. Sometimes the chart proves true, but it is not 100% accurate and in no way scientific. So, use this chart for a bit of entertaining, but not for getting your hopes up about how to design your baby room.