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“You’re going to have a boy!”

A Chinese co-worker in Shenzhen thinks I’m going to give birth to a boy.

07/07/2014

Ruth Silbermayr-Song

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One day, a co-worker says to my husband: “It seems that your wife only eats sour dishes. You’re going to have a boy!”

Do you think that there is any truth to this?

Explanation: Chinese gender prediction says that if you’re craving sour dishes during pregnancy, your baby is going to be a boy. Craving spicy dishes would mean the baby is going to be a girl.