What is the ring gender test and how accurate is it?
THERE are many different things that pregnant women attempt to find out the gender of their child.
One of these methods is the ring test. But what is it and how does it work? This is what we know.
What is the ring test for gender
The test is where you tie a ring onto a piece of string.
The ring on the piece of string moves when held over a mom-to-be's belly, which is supposed to indicate whether the baby she's carrying is a boy or a girl.
The idea is that it should either swing back and forth in a straight line if it is a boy, or in a circle if the baby is a girl.
How accurate is the ring test for gender?
Like most tests used to predict the gender of an unborn child, it's highly unlikely to be accurate.
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In 1999, Researchers at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health asked 104 pregnant women to predict the sex of their unborn babies, using whatever method they preferred.
The women had a 55 percent success rate, which is about the same as taking a wild guess, or flipping a coin.
How can I predict my baby’s gender at home?
There are various methods that people use in order to predict the gender of their child.
The nub theory, also known as the angle of the dangle, looks at how your baby's spinal cord and genital tissues are forming at your first pregnancy scan.
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This is based on studying the baby's genital area at 12 to 14 weeks. At this stage, both boys and girls have a penis-like 'nub' called the genital tubercle.
Although their genitals look the same, some experts think they can use the subtle differences to tell the baby's sex.
There is also the skull theory. is the belief that you can accurately predict the gender of your baby well before the 20-week scan by looking at your earlier ultrasound images.
According to the theory, the shape and size of a baby’s skull can determine whether you’ll have a boy or a girl.
According to , their members have found the test to be accurate, reporting that boys do tend to have bigger heads and that their girls really did have round heads in their scan pictures.