If a woman likes to eat sweets during pregnancy, is it a boy or a girl?

After pregnancy, there are many ways to determine the sex of the fetus. The more scientific method is to do B-ultrasound, but the country has laws that prohibit the sex of the fetus from being identified casually. Therefore, many people use other methods to determine the gender of the fetus. There is a saying that a woman’s liking to eat sweet things after pregnancy can reveal the gender of the fetus. So, is it the boy or the girl who likes to eat sweets during pregnancy? Let’s take a look below.

Rumor: Pregnant women who like to eat sweets are more likely to give birth to a boy, otherwise they are more likely to give birth to a girl.

Scientific analysis:

This statement is inaccurate and has no scientific basis. What kind of food a pregnant mother likes to eat after pregnancy is related to her lifestyle habits. For example, pregnant mothers in Sichuan, Hunan and other places like to eat spicy food, while Shanghai people like sweet food. In addition, after pregnancy, the mother's taste will change due to changes in hormones in the body. This is normal and does not mean that the gender of the fetus will change as the taste changes. Therefore, the gender of the fetus cannot be determined by the pregnant woman’s eating habits.

Reasons why pregnant women like to eat sweets

1. Hormone changes

After a woman becomes pregnant, her hormones undergo major changes, causing her taste to change as well. For example, she may prefer sour or spicy foods, while some expectant mothers only like sweets.

2. Female characteristics

Most female friends like to eat sweets. Some expectant mothers may not like sweets very much before pregnancy, but this characteristic begins to show after pregnancy.

3. Replenish energy

Sweet foods are high in calories and can quickly help the body replenish energy. During pregnancy, expectant mothers eat for two and get hungry easily. Sweets can not only fill the originally bland mouth with sweetness, but also quickly satisfy hunger. This may be one of the reasons why expectant mothers love to eat sweets.

The harm of eating sweets during pregnancy

Pregnant women can eat sweets, but not too much, otherwise it will have adverse effects on themselves and the fetus, as follows:

1. Cause diabetes. Sweets have a high sugar content. If pregnant women eat too much, their blood sugar will rise, making them more likely to develop gestational diabetes, which can in turn cause fetal macrosomia, difficult labor, etc., threatening the safety of themselves and the fetus.

2. Prone to osteoporosis. Eating too many sweets will affect the body's absorption of nutrients such as calcium, and may make expectant mothers more likely to develop osteoporosis and other diseases.

3. Gain weight. Sweets are high in calories and most of them contain a lot of fat. Eating too much can easily make expectant mothers fat. Excessive weight gain is not conducive to delivery and may also increase the risk of pregnancy complications.

4. Prone to gynecological diseases. Long-term consumption of high-sugar foods will increase the glycogen in the vagina, increase the acidity, and cause yeast to multiply, which can easily cause candidal vaginitis.