Is a tight belly during pregnancy a boy?

When pregnant, expectant mothers find that old people like to touch the pregnant woman's belly. Why is that? It turns out that according to the experience of the older generation, in addition to identifying the gender of the pregnant woman by looking at the shape of the pregnant woman's belly, they can also identify the gender of the woman by touching the belly. I heard that if the belly is hard, it means you are pregnant with a boy, and if the belly is soft, it means you are pregnant with a girl. So, does a tight belly during pregnancy mean it's a boy?

1. Does a pregnant belly mean it's a boy?

No matter where a pregnant mother with a big belly goes, her abdomen will be the focus of everyone's attention. The shape and appearance of the abdomen have also been a popular way of guessing whether the baby will be a boy or a girl over the years. For example, many people think that if the expectant mother's abdomen is too protruding, it means she is a girl, and if the abdomen is not too protruding or the lower abdomen is prominent, it means she is a boy; many people think that a round belly means a girl, and a pointed belly means a boy; a flat belly means a boy, and a soft belly means a girl...

The practice of determining the sex of the fetus based on the pointy or round shape of the belly is widely circulated. Although many people say so, it is actually misleading. Because everyone's body shape is different, the amount of body fat is different, and the shape of the pelvis will also be different. Relatively speaking, a fatter person will have a rounder belly when she is pregnant. On the contrary, if the mother is thinner, the belly will be pointed. Ultimately, it is related to the pregnant woman's pelvis. If the pelvis is spacious, the fetal head will be in the pelvis and the abdomen will be lower; if the pelvic passage is small, the fetal head will float high and the abdomen will be high.

In general, we know that the baby's gender is determined by the male sperm when the sperm and egg combine. The condition of the expectant mother's abdomen has nothing to do with the gender of the baby. After the second trimester, when the expectant mother walks a lot, does not rest well, or is tired from work, she will always experience uterine stiffness, and the frequency will increase as she approaches the late stage of pregnancy. However, most of the time, it is irregular and will improve if she lies down to rest.

If you are an expectant mother who is prone to miscarriage or premature birth, you must go to the hospital immediately if you experience regular hardening or pain in the uterus to prevent the uterine contraction from causing the cervix to expand more than twice, making it impossible to maintain the fetus.

2. Reasons for a hard belly in late pregnancy

In the late pregnancy, some expectant mothers feel tightness and hardness in the lower abdomen, and sometimes some pain. This is mostly common in premature babies, false labor or infection in the late pregnancy.

1. Premature babies. It refers to the birth of a pregnant woman before the 37th week of pregnancy. Generally, expectant mothers may notice uterine contractions, which are mainly manifested by tightness, hardness and abdominal pain in the lower abdomen. If there are 2 to 3 uterine contractions every 10 minutes, lasting more than 30 seconds, or accompanied by pink secretions from the vagina, it is a sign of premature birth and you need to go to the hospital for examination and observation. If during the observation process there is progressive dilation of the cervix and the cervix is ​​more than 2 cm dilated, premature birth will be inevitable.

2. False labor in late pregnancy. It is the irregular, weak, painless contractions that occur during pregnancy. Its characteristic is that it often appears at night and disappears the next morning. This is different from the labor pains in the late pregnancy, which are mainly characterized by short intervals and regular gradual abdominal pain. Most expectant mothers do not feel any discomfort.

3. Infect and him. The causes of premature birth are often infections, including reproductive tract infections and amnionitis. However, urinary tract infection and gastrointestinal infection can also cause the above symptoms. In addition, when the fetus in the belly moves frequently, a few expectant mothers will also experience tightness, hardness, and pain in the lower abdomen.

Experts remind: If you often have a hard abdomen in the late pregnancy, you should be careful about irregular uterine contractions. You can do fetal monitoring to observe whether there are irregular uterine contractions. If there are irregular uterine contractions, you should receive appropriate treatment.