Would be mothers and fathers are often curious to know if they would have a baby girl or a boy. For such would be parents, there is a method known as Chinese pregnancy prediction calendar. It predicts the baby’s gender while s/he is still waiting, inside the mother’s womb, to see the world.

It is a traditional method that has been used by ancient people in China and elsewhere, to forecast the unborn child’s gender. Since ancient times, it has been claimed to be one of the most accurate methods, although it has not been validated yet by clinical studies. The Chinese pregnancy prediction calendar has been known by different names like “Chinese conception chart” or “Chinese conception calendar”.

Origin Of The Chinese Pregnancy Prediction Calendar

It was developed around 700 years ago, by a scientist from China and it has been a secret since then. Believing legends, this Chinese pregnancy prediction calendar calculates on the basis of two parameters, to foretell the gender of the unborn child. Those two variables include - the month of baby’s conception and the age of the expecting mother.

In ancient times, this chart was placed at the Royal Tomb, in the city of Peking, China. Presently, the original chart is exhibited at the Beijing Institute of Science, China. It is a Chinese belief that this Pregnancy calendar predicts with almost 100% accuracy.

The Working Method

The studies conducted on this Chinese method for gender prediction revealed that it is almost 97% accurate. It is reported that its high accuracy is because of the working method based on a lunar calendar. It takes the month of baby’s conception and the age of the mother at that time for prediction. Further, an extra nine months is added in the mother’s actual age to adjust the lunar calendar accordingly.

The chart is divided into rows and columns. The top header row lists the months from January to December and the header on left of column shows the age of mother at the time of baby’s conception. You need to follow the basic five steps mentioned below to get an accurate result. These quick, simple steps are as:

Step 1: Think of your age at the time you conceived the baby.

Step 2: Now add 9 months to that to set the lunar calendar accordingly.

Step 3: Write down your conception month.

Step 4: Take the chart, match your conceived month with the months mentioned on top and your age from those listed on the left.

Step 5: Look for the intersecting point of these rows and columns in the chart and you will find either ‘B’ or ‘G’ written in a box there. Needless to say, B stands for Boy and G for girl.

Only Prediction, No Confirmation

Although, Chinese pregnancy prediction calendar predicts the baby’s gender and is claimed to give highly accurate results, yet it cannot be taken as a reliable source for sex-determination. No matter how accurate it may be, it is just a prediction. If you want a confirmation, you can go for a more dependable source, which is an Ultrasound technique. Once you are in the sixth or seventh month of pregnancy an ultrasound can identify the gender of the unborn baby. In fact, Ultrasound can also be used for monitoring week by week growth of the baby and you can see your pregnancy development since you conceived.

To some parents, it hardly matters whether the baby will be referred by ‘he’ or ‘she’ when born but it is fun for would be parents to guess the baby’s gender. The Chinese pregnancy prediction calendar adds a little more fun and anxiousness in the long wait for the baby to be born.

If you are young and considering pregnancy for the first time, then chances are that you may not even have heard about the Chinese pregnancy chart. But given its reputation, it is worthwhile to at least have a look at it. Many people swear by its reliability. What exactly is it and why do people consult it?
Well, it is a more than 700-year-old document, discovered by the Chinese that looks at conception, pregnancy, and childbirth from a totally different perspective. Like all other manifestations of ancient Chinese wisdom, namely, martial arts, Feng Shui, and Chinese medicine, this one too has acquired very good reputation all over the world, thanks to the Internet.
Yes, you can consult this chart from any of the innumerable sites present on the Internet with the purpose to satiate your curiosity about it, to know or even plan your pregnancy, or purely for fun – to guess the sex of your unborn baby. Many couples have reported the predictions of the chart proving right.
When you consult the chart for knowing the sex of your yet-to-be born child it asks you need to input certain dates: conception date and mother’s date of birth including the gestation period. The chart based on the lunar calendar then predicts whether you will have a boy or a girl.
Guess what, that is not all to it. The Chinese pregnancy chart is also consulted to plan your pregnancy. Given your birth-chart, this chart can advise you to conceive on certain days to get the baby of your choice. Yes, people have successfully got a boy or a girl, a child of their choice by actually heeding to the Chinese pregnancy chart. Does reading this arise a wish in you to consider this before you notice a sign of pregnancy, or are you willing to let nature have its own way while you merely sit back and enjoy? The choice is yours, but in any case, HAPPY PARENTING from our side.