Is it a boy if I vomit a lot during pregnancy?

It is normal for women to experience severe morning sickness during pregnancy. It is completely unscientific to say that severe morning sickness means a boy. The main cause of pregnancy vomiting is the increase of progesterone, which irritates the gastrointestinal mucosa. In addition, different diets and physical conditions will cause different vomiting symptoms, which has nothing to do with whether the baby is a boy or a girl.

Due to hormonal stimulation, estrogen and chorionic gonadotropin secreted by the placenta stimulate the emetic chemoreceptor area of ​​the medulla oblongata, causing excitement of the vomiting center and vomiting, sometimes also called "morning sickness", which is a symptom of early pregnancy reaction. For some pregnant women, nausea is worst in the morning and then subsides throughout the day. The term "morning sickness" is not quite accurate because the feeling can strike at any time and last all day long.

The proportion of women with multiple pregnancies who experience vomiting is much higher than that of women with single pregnancies, and the symptoms are also more severe. Women who are under mental stress and have unstable nervous function are prone to vomiting. Secondly, pregnant women who are deficient in vitamin B6 are also prone to vomiting.

Some people say that if the woman has severe vomiting, the chance of having a girl is slightly higher than that of a boy. In fact, morning sickness is a normal reaction to pregnancy. The gender of the fetus cannot be determined by morning sickness. This is a saying that has been circulating among the people and has no scientific basis. However, if the morning sickness is severe, it must be taken seriously.

Moreover, everyone has a different diet and physique, and the reactions to the food they receive and absorb are also different. The nutrients consumed by each pregnant mother will also have different reactions in the body. Therefore, different morning sickness does not mean that the gender of the baby will be different. Morning sickness can cause gastrointestinal distension, but generally does not cause gastrointestinal damage. However, severe or long-term morning sickness can cause pregnant women to have a bad mood, loss of appetite, and malnutrition, thus affecting their own health and the normal development of the baby. Therefore, if morning sickness is severe, you need to go to the hospital for treatment.