In line with the popularity of Chinese food, Chinese health products, martial arts, Chinese pregnancy calendar is popular across the continents. Like all other Chinese traditions, based on ancient wisdom, the effectiveness of the pregnancy calendar is fetching immense reputation all over the world.

Child birth, especially the first one is the most memorable and enriching experience of a woman’s life and so nine months of pregnancy preceding it acquire a very special significance. A pregnancy calendar helps her to plan the forthcoming important events and also enables her to keep a record of pregnancy symptoms and associated feelings encountered during pregnancy. The Chinese pregnancy calendar allows her to do something more than that. It enables her to .predict with reasonable accuracy the sex of the unborn child. Moreover, this calendar can also help the couple to plan to have the baby of their choice.

This 700 year old document is a set of months and age in years. The mother’s age at the time of conception should be calculated accurately according to the Chinese concept of lunar month, which is of 29 days, and this age should be cross matched with the months listed in the calendar.   If the color of the cell is blue it shall be a boy, if it is pink the new arrival shall be a girl. The accuracy of the prediction depends on the correct calculation of the inputs that should be according to the Chinese astrology concepts.

Even if you don’t trust such predictions, or don’t believing in planning your family, still it is worth giving a try in order to have fun. The internet is full of sites that offer you the use of this calendar.