What you've heard: How you're carrying predicts your baby's gender.
The truth: You'll be right 50 percent of the time. As one version of the theory goes, if your belly sticks out straight, you're having a girl; if you carry lower, with weight around your hips, it's a boy. But this isn't an accurate way to predict your baby's gender. It's fun to speculate, but for now only a clear ultrasound or a genetic test like amniocentesis can tell you for sure. Research is also under way to develop a test that could detect the sex of a baby by studying your cervical mucus. Stay tuned.
