Just for fun....(moved to junk drawer for more traffic to build up statistics)

[milliez]

Anyone tried, or want to try this?

http://www.tryingtoconceive.com/needle.htm


I've done it and it says Boy, Boy, Girl, Girl. I actually did some research on it on another site. There was a thread from 2004 where women had posted about doing it and what their results were, and now looking at their siggies in this same thread in 2007, these women had EXACTLY what the needle and thread test said they would. Something to wonder about!

~ Melissa

[Lyoshka]

So wait, do you only do it when you are pregnant, or it doesn't matter? How do you determine how many pregnancies? I am intrigued now :lol: I did it just now and it said BOY, GIRL. (actually, I did it 3 times and it did it the SAME way each time, it's a little freaky, I say :eek: ).... hmmmmm...something to wonder about.

[milliez]

You can do it whenever, pregnant or not. Apparently it also counts miscarriages! As for how many pregnancies, the needle should stop in between each gender. If it goes right from one to another without pause, or stays the same for quite a while, then it's twins. It's pretty interesting!

A lot of the women in that thread that I spoke of earlier, had either had none of their children, or only one or two back in 2004, and here three years later, they had actually had exactly what that test said. It's so strange to me. I am not superstitious at all, but it's just strange.

~ Melissa

[Lyoshka]

Ok, Melissa, Thanks!! i redid it the right way LOL and now it says either BOY, GIRL, BOY, or BOY, GIRL/BOY twins... after the second one, it kind of slows down and goes right into lines.... I did it 3 times and it comes out the same exact way....

[milliez]

Okay, so then hurry up and get pregnant so we can see if it's right!:lol: I think that if it slows down, then it would be boy/girl/boy, but if it goes right into the next one, then it would be twins.

I am almost wanting to find out the gender of this one just to see if I can disprove it or not!

~ Melissa

[milliez]

Also, when I do the needle just over my belly, it says girl.

~ Melissa

[Nocona]

I did this years ago... it said boy then girl. Yep.

[Lyoshka]

Ok, this thing is freaky. I did it THREE times again, and each time it comes out BOY, GIRL/BOY (twins? it went straight from circles to lines without slowing down much)... All of a sudden, i think I'm ready to be done after two kids, thank you :lol:

[MrsPeacefrog]

Ok, I am going to do this now. I will be back.

[MrsPeacefrog]

Well, it seems to think I only have 2 children.

I did it the first time and it came up Boy, Boy.

Then I did it again and it came up Girl, Boy :dunno:

I will do it one more time and see what it does.

[MrsPeacefrog]

okay well that time it did boy, boy, boy, girl but the one between the boy and girl didn't stop, it just started doing circles and we know that Jacob wasn't a twin :giggle:

I don't know, it doesn't seem to be consistant with me, I am amazed it did it the same time every time with you guys

[milliez]

Deb, how weird that it's not working for you and that it's not consistent. I have done it at least 20 times on different days and it always says B/B/G/G. Hmmmm....:scratch:

~ Melissa

[milliez]

Ok, this thing is freaky. I did it THREE times again, and each time it comes out BOY, GIRL/BOY (twins? it went straight from circles to lines without slowing down much)... All of a sudden, i think I'm ready to be done after two kids, thank you :lol:

Okay, if you have twins, I'm really going to believe this thing!!

~ Melissa

[Lyoshka]

Okay, if you have twins, I'm really going to believe this thing!!

~ Melissa I had better NOT have twins, girl!! this is making me wonder if i should put off getting pregnant, not speed it up :lol:

[milliez]

Do twins run in your family at all?? I would be terrified too!!:lol:

~ Melissa

[Girlo]

Okay.....I just did this. :shuffle:

circle - my abortion in 1982
straight - my first mc
circle - my second mc
straight - Alex
circle - my third mc
circle - my most recent mc
circle - :)

Then it stopped.... I left it for about 10 seconds to see if it would start up again, and it didn't. So....with any luck....the next time I get pg, that one will be IT and it will be a girl. :)

This was weird!! I tried really hard to keep my hand still and it still moved just like it wanted to. And then it would stop after a couple of seconds....and then start up again in a couple of seconds!! Weird.....

[Eva]

This is eerie. For me it said :

Girl: Emma
Boy: Baby I m/c'd
Girl: Christine

I was thankful it stopped when it did since we are done. :lol:

[MrsPeacefrog]

Ok, so why isn't it working for me? Am I doing something wrong? I am going to have to try this again, maybe my thread length is wrong, i don't really know what 6-10 inches is, so I guessed, maybe I should go convert it into cm's so I have the right length.

[milliez]

Ok, so why isn't it working for me? Am I doing something wrong? I am going to have to try this again, maybe my thread length is wrong, i don't really know what 6-10 inches is, so I guessed, maybe I should go convert it into cm's so I have the right length.

I believe it's about 15 - 25 cm. Make sure you hold the thread at the knot, which is the part that should be 6-10 inches above the needle. Don't forget to flip your hand over. Let us know what you come up with!

~ Melissa

[Lyoshka]

Do twins run in your family at all?? I would be terrified too!!:lol:

~ Melissa No, not at all.. Damon's sister has twins, but they were IVF, so that doesn't count, of course....

[milliez]

No, not at all.. Damon's sister has twins, but they were IVF, so that doesn't count, of course....

You know that you are going to be begging for an early u/s with your next pregnancy just to make sure there's only one in there!:lol:

~ Melissa

[Lyoshka]

You know that you are going to be begging for an early u/s with your next pregnancy just to make sure there's only one in there!:lol:

~ Melissa TOTALLY :nod: ! Of course, last time they were doing an additional u/s at 13 weeks b/c i was so sick the dr wanted to rule out multiples.... Let's hope the history doesn't repeat itself as far as pukiness goes, but i'll for sure be asking for an extra u/s.. :giggle:

[MrsPeacefrog]

I thought you were dying to have twins, Lena? :scratch:



Well, I did it again, I shortened the thread a bit as it was too long, and both times I did it it came up 5 boys. I did have a pregnancy before Aiden, so going by that it was a boy, and this one in my belly is a boy too. So it's a boyfest for me :heee:

[Lyoshka]

I thought you were dying to have twins, Lena? :scratch:

It seemed like a fun idea at the time, but now that it's actually almost down to crunch time, not so sure :lol: ... I think one at a time is good enough for me...

[milliez]

Well, I did it again, I shortened the thread a bit as it was too long, and both times I did it it came up 5 boys. I did have a pregnancy before Aiden, so going by that it was a boy, and this one in my belly is a boy too. So it's a boyfest for me :heee:

Holy testosterone Deb!!:woa: That's a lot of boys!

~ Melissa

[MrsPeacefrog]

:lol: Lena. Gotcha!

Melissa: I KNOW!!! OY I can't get away from boys!! Hopefully the needle was wrong. I guess we will find out in about 20 weeks time! :heee:

[milliez]

Melissa: I KNOW!!! OY I can't get away from boys!! Hopefully the needle was wrong. I guess we will find out in about 20 weeks time! :heee:

Yeah, I wouldn't place too much confidence in a needle and thread for predicting gender.:lol: It ain't over 'til it's over! I'll probably have a boy and you'll have a girl.:awink:

~ Melissa

[Girlo]

Hey Deb - did you do the needle over your tummy like Melissa did?

[MrsPeacefrog]

No just over my palm.

[milliez]

What happens if you do it over your belly Deb??

~ Melissa

[MrsPeacefrog]

Just did it. It says boy! :lol: With my history I guess I am not surprised.

[milliez]

:lol: Maybe in Australia you can only get lines, because of your latitude. Yeah, that's it!!:biggrin:

~ Melissa

[MrsPeacefrog]

:lol: Maybe in Australia you can only get lines, because of your latitude. Yeah, that's it!!:biggrin:



:giggle: Well I like that theory!

I said to Tony that I was hoping our new house was an omen, because it has ONE pink bedroom :awink: We will see if we need to change the colour or not! :giggle:

[milliez]

I said to Tony that I was hoping our new house was an omen, because it has ONE pink bedroom :awink: We will see if we need to change the colour or not! :giggle:

Oooooh, could be!!!!

Matt talked to his friend's wife last night and she said that everyone she knows that's done this needle and thread test, it's been exactly right. Interesting.:scratchch

I'm going to have my mom do it today. I'll be back later with the results.:awink:

~ Melissa

[Lyoshka]

I had my MIL and SIL do it... MIL had 2 mc, then Destini, Damon and Dustin. Hers came out as GIRL-GIRL-BOY-GIRL-BOY-BOY.. so if she had another mc, it's true. The mc she had very early on...like your period is late...

They have a chromosome translocation syndrom in their family, which means 2 pieces of chromosomes exchange pieces.. usually, if there is a problem with the baby, it's so severe, the body just rejects the baby-that's why the mc is really early on. So it's possible she had another one and didn't know about it..

SIL's was very faint... the needle wouldn't move much... but it came out as BOY (she has one son)... and then, *I think* BOY..it was hard to tell...

I did mine to show them how it goes, and BAM-another EXACT couple of times.... BOY-GIRL/BOY. I hope it's wrong :lol: Maybe i'm reading it wrong and it's supposed to be boy-girl-boy...but it stops after the first boy, then goes into girl, slows down just a tiny bit and does lines again.

[Lyoshka]

So, I"m wondering, how in the world can it come true for so many people? :scratch: I mean, it's a stupid needle and a stupid thread, right? I think i'm looking for reassurance it might actually be wrong, being how I am in a bit of denial about the twin possibility :lol:

[Silke]

I did it. This is way freaky, and I don't believe in this stuff at all. :lol:
So how long doe the needle actually stop? It was like a teeny split second, more of a slow down before the speed took off again.
I did it three times, and, think, I got the same result each time.

[Lyoshka]

What were the results, Silke?

[Silke]

Girl, Boy, Girl, Girl

[Lyoshka]

UGH-HO... you got some work ahead of you, eh? :lol:

Did it not stop between all 4 kids?

[Silke]

like complete stop? well, maybe for a split second. It would slow down, then change course and speed up. Maybe my interpretation of a stop is a long stop :lol:

ETA: I had to do it again. Still the same, and, I guess, you could call it a stop :lol:.............and Lena, I wouldn't have to work too hard...only one. :giggle:

[Lyoshka]

oh yeah, Silke..sorry.. :hug99: one...cool!

[milliez]

Wow Lena, that's pretty accurate!! You too Silky! Wow.

Now, I had my mom do it and it was different every time and wrong almost every time. Interesting. The first time it said boy, boy. WRONG. Then it said girl, girl. Right, kind of. Then it said girl, girl/girl. Right. Then it said girl, girl, boy, girl. REALLY WRONG!

My mom had two girls. I was a twin, but my twin died early in the pregnancy. So, the third time was right, but the other times were wrong. I did it for me just to see if it was the length of the thread or something, but mine came back BBGG again, the same as always. Not sure why it didn't work for her.:dunno:

So, it definitely isn't accurate for everyone.

~ Melissa

[milliez]

So, I"m wondering, how in the world can it come true for so many people? :scratch: I mean, it's a stupid needle and a stupid thread, right? I think i'm looking for reassurance it might actually be wrong, being how I am in a bit of denial about the twin possibility :lol:

I am sitting here wondering the same thing.:scratch: It's really hard for me not to pin all my girl hopes on this stupid piece of thread and a needle. I mean, I'm obsessed!! I do it at least once a day to make sure it hasn't changed. So silly, but it just seems so right!! If I do find out the gender on Thursday, and this is a girl, then you might want to start preparing for those twins Lena!:lol:

~ Melissa

[MrsPeacefrog]

:lol: Well your mum and I can hang out in the same lounge together as "not working for us" people, cause I did it again and it came up girl, girl, boy. :lol2: Totally wrong.

[milliez]

:lol: Well your mum and I can hang out in the same lounge together as "not working for us" people, cause I did it again and it came up girl, girl, boy. :lol2: Totally wrong.

Yeah, that's definitely NOT right!!:lol: Nothing is ever foolproof!

~ Melissa

[Lyoshka]

Any more ppl out there to weigh in on the odds? You seriously got me wonderin', Melissa :lol: ! Maybe we should make this thread a sticky somewhere and have everybody on the board do it, just to see how statistics work out? that would be fun!

[milliez]

Any more ppl out there to weigh in on the odds? You seriously got me wonderin', Melissa :lol: ! Maybe we should make this thread a sticky somewhere and have everybody on the board do it, just to see how statistics work out? that would be fun!

I definitely want more people to try this!! Where would it get more traffic??

~ Melissa

[Lyoshka]

Hmm... I don't know.... Junk Drawer? We could ask Sheila?

[milliez]

Hmm... I don't know.... Junk Drawer? We could ask Sheila?

Yeah, that's the only other place that I could think of.

~ Melissa

[MamaGoofy]

Ok..I am going to try this when I get home. My MIL did it when I was pg with David and it said boy-girl. So if that's true then I won't be getting pg again. :( I hope it was wrong then or I am just not remembering correctly!

[milliez]

Ok..I am going to try this when I get home. My MIL did it when I was pg with David and it said boy-girl. So if that's true then I won't be getting pg again. :( I hope it was wrong then or I am just not remembering correctly!

What were your results??!

~ Melissa

[MrsPeacefrog]

I will move it to the junk drawer for you so you can get a broader statistic on this.

[Shanna]

I just did it two times in a row. Boy, girl-girl (no separation), Boy. Hrm. . . perhaps I'll get #4 after all :love2:

It started up by itself, then after the last boy. . .it just stopped. WEIRD!

[Clare]

Well it was wrong for me. Boy, girl. That's it :dunno:

[milliez]

Well it was wrong for me. Boy, girl. That's it :dunno:

Okay, now I'm convinced that it doesn't work in Australia.:lol:

~ Melissa

[milliez]

I just did it two times in a row. Boy, girl-girl (no separation), Boy. Hrm. . . perhaps I'll get #4 after all :love2:

It started up by itself, then after the last boy. . .it just stopped. WEIRD!

It is weird isn't it?? It was accurate with your first 3, perhaps you'll get that second boy?!

~ Melissa

[AmyP]

I did it a bunch of times because I wasn't sure I was doing it right or reading it right.

Since I'm sure I've done it right, I've gotten:

Girl-boy-boy/girl (switched faintly to circles after a bunch of lines, maybe a disappearing girl twin?)
Girl-girl
Girl-girl-boy
girl-boy/girl-girl
girl-boy-boy

Hmmm....at least its first reading is consistent (and correct too!)

[Lyoshka]

ok this is making me feel better... perhaps no twins for me :lol:

[milliez]

ok this is making me feel better... perhaps no twins for me :lol:

Yeah, there are a lot of inaccuracies, but just as many right on. And Lena, yours has been the same every time. It seems like those it doesn't work for, it's something different every time, but for those that it's correct for, it is the same every time. Hmmmmm.....:scratchch

~ Melissa

[Lyoshka]

:faint:

[milliez]

:faint:

:lol: Do you see that pattern too, or is it just me???

~ Melissa

[Lyoshka]

Yes, I do, but I'm in denial, thank you very much :lol:

[milliez]

Yes, I do, but I'm in denial, thank you very much :lol:

:rotflmao: If I do find out the gender on Thursday, and I am having a girl, then you might want to start preparing for those twins.:hehe:

~ Melissa

[Lyoshka]

Are you sure you don't to just wait :lol2:? No, actually, now I really want you to find out the gender :hehe:

[milliez]

Are you sure you don't to just wait :lol2:? No, actually, now I really want you to find out the gender :hehe:

Wouldn't you be relieved if I'm having a boy??:lol:

~ Melissa

[Lyoshka]

well yeah... but would you? Do you want another girlie girl? (and the thread-needle thingie said girl, right?)

[milliez]

well yeah... but would you? Do you want another girlie girl? (and the thread-needle thingie said girl, right?)

Only enough to pray for it every 30 minutes or so.:blush1: Yep, the needle and thread said girl, Nicholas predicted girl the same day he told me I was pg, Matt was praying for me to get pg with a girl before I got pg and he is convinced this is a girl. I'm about 65% sure it's a girl, but wouldn't be floored if it were a boy.

~ Melissa

[Lyoshka]

......well sounds like your fate is decided :lol: :love3:

...let's just hope mine isn't.....

[MamaGoofy]

I didn't have time to do this last night and probably won't tonight. David is graduating from Preschool tonight. I will try and do this before we go.

[Lyoshka]

Anybody else want to give this thing a try?

[MrsPeacefrog]

Totally off topic, but Melissa. Why are you so keen on a girl? I knew you wanted a girl but didn't realise you were praying for it every 30 minutes and Matt was praying for it. If you don't mind me asking?

[milliez]

Totally off topic, but Melissa. Why are you so keen on a girl? I knew you wanted a girl but didn't realise you were praying for it every 30 minutes and Matt was praying for it. If you don't mind me asking?

I guess it all goes back to my childhood. The two main healthy relationships missing in my life were between me and 1)my mom and 2)my sister. Layla has more than filled the gap caused by my mom. So, I guess now I'm really hoping for a sister for her. A way for me to help nourish a hopefully healthy sister relationship. I don't know why it's so important at this moment. Honestly it didn't even matter to me until a month ago, that's when my "intuition" kicked in. Could be pg hormones, who knows?? It's not like I'll be devastated if this is a boy. My cousin, Nathan, and I were connected at the hip when we were little, so I know she could have a great relationship with a little brother. It's just that ideally, I would love another daughter and I would love a sister for Layla. That to me would be my "ideal" family, so why not pray for it?? I am happy with whatever God gives me.

~ Melissa

[MrsPeacefrog]

Yeah, I understand your intentions but I guess in reality it could go the opposite way. My sister and I had/have a horrible relationship and no matter how hard my parents try to connect us it just doesn't work because we are two completely different personalities and Layla could end up bonding really well to one of her brothers. I am glad to hear that you won't be devistated cause that's what I was worried about, putting so much hope into the sex can lead to serious let down :nod:

Thanks for explaining

[Bridget]

Well... :tapfoot:

I just did it and strongly got

GIRL
GIRL
GIRL
GIRL

So unless I have two more oopses and Caleb actually turns out to not be a boy after all it didn't work for me either! :screwy: :lol:

[MrsPeacefrog]

:lol2: Bridget, maybe you are in for a mardi gras surprise from Caleb :giggle:

[Bridget]

:lol2: Bridget, maybe you are in for a mardi gras surprise from Caleb :giggle:

Come to think of it he did just ask for track lighting...

:scan:

[MrsPeacefrog]

Come to think of it he did just ask for track lighting...

:scan:

You should have named him, Mark, Rick or Steve :giggle:

[Bridget]

You should have named him, Mark, Rick or Steve :giggle:

:lol:

[milliez]

Yeah, I understand your intentions but I guess in reality it could go the opposite way. My sister and I had/have a horrible relationship and no matter how hard my parents try to connect us it just doesn't work because we are two completely different personalities and Layla could end up bonding really well to one of her brothers. I am glad to hear that you won't be devistated cause that's what I was worried about, putting so much hope into the sex can lead to serious let down :nod:

Thanks for explaining

Believe me, I know. There's no guarantee that Layla and I will be close down the road either. And the boys and I have a great relationship. I will be happy with boy or girl, but I would really love some more pink in my house.:awink:

~ Melissa

[MrsPeacefrog]

but I would really love some more pink in my house.:awink:

Ha, remember who you are saying this to, I would love ANY TYPE of pink in my house too. So I understand the desire, I just didn't realise how strongly you wanted it hence why I asked. :lol:

[~LORI~]

Not too sure if this works or not? I tried it 3 times and all 3 times it would do girl and then just stop. No more moving. I guess it's kind of rights since my first is a girl but I do have a son as well. LOL

Just for fun though I tried it on DH to see what it would do and it did the same thing for him. First circles and then completely stop.

My mom has a nurses aide that comes in at night who is pregnant right now and will be going tomorrow for her u/s so I tried it with her and it did a line for a boy. So, we'll see tomorrow if it worked for her.

[MrsPeacefrog]

:giggle: Lori, lucky your husbands was the same and didn't start showing other kids.

[Clare]

Okay, now I'm convinced that it doesn't work in Australia.:lol:

~ Melissa

Maybe us Aussies just aren't falling for it :lol: You can make it say anything that you want it to :dunno: If I was desperate for another baby, before being committed :lol: I could do this trick and "see" another baby of whatever gender I wanted. Sorry, but I'm a cynic when it comes to these old wives tales :lol:

[Cami]

This is one of those offers that's valid only in the continental US. :lol: I can't believe I actually did this... but the freaking needle never stopped. It just kept switching from circles to lines and after about 8 changes, I stopped. I tried three times and it did the same thing. Maybe like Silke, I'm not good at measuring "stops." But I know I'm not having 8 kids... or a litter of them all at once. :lol:

[MrsPeacefrog]

:lol: It's a needle and thread, I think we can all pretty much confirm it's all just BS and a bit of fun. The fact it did the same thing for some people over and over has to be a freak of nature or the fact that subconsciously the hand holding the thread was creating the movements somehow :dunno:

[Cami]

Maybe I subconsciously want to have 8 kids. :lol:

[MrsPeacefrog]

:lol2: FREAK!

[Clare]

Your real name is Michelle Duggar, isn't it Cami :giggle:

[Cami]

There's a reason why we're looking at big ole houses in Texas! :lol:

[milliez]

This is definitely for fun, but neat how it's right sometimes.:awink: The only true gender identifier is birth.:biggrin:

~ Melissa

[Shel]

Maybe I subconsciously want to have 8 kids. :lol:


I'll send you my 4. Then you only have one left to scrounge up. :lol:



I've done it 3 times. The first 2 times it said 3 girls (well, the third one was a girl) and the last time it said 1 boy and 2 girls. I think it's a little off for me

[milliez]

Lena, are you reading all of this???? No worries!!:lol:

~ Melissa

[Lyoshka]

yep :nod:

[Shanna]

Your real name is Michelle Duggar, isn't it Cami :giggle:


:spit: Okay, that's hilarious, considering they just did a news special on them here b/c she's poppin' out another one next month :rolleyes: (They live about 30 minutes from me ;) )

[Shel]

I don't think she pops them out. I think they just fall out

[Shanna]

I don't think she pops them out. I think they just fall out

I'd buy that!

[Girlo]

Wow Cami!! Octuplets!!! :woo: You're gonna be famous!!! :lol:

So.....do you think Michelle Duggar has ever had a m/c? :shuffle:

[Lynn]

I just tried this twice.

I got boy - Aaron
and then girl - m/c

and then it stopped. :)

[bunybomb]

A friend did this when I was pregnant and it said boy. I had a boy.

[Clare]

:spit: Okay, that's hilarious, considering they just did a news special on them here b/c she's poppin' out another one next month :rolleyes: (They live about 30 minutes from me ;) )

OMG, how many is that? 17? 18? That woman is going to drop dead from exhaustion :faint:

[Alyssa]

I finally did this. I believe it was boy, girl, boy. CERTAINLY at one point I got big, wide circle movement, and then it went back to a line. And we all know, I'm drowning in testorone here. ;) I've never had a m/c that I know of.

[MrsPeacefrog]

Holy crap! I had no idea she was pregnant again!!!!! I can't believe her uterus holds up! It's amazing. Here I am worried about my C-section scarred uterus being stretched for a 4th time and she has a C-section scarred uterus being stretched for the 17th time. (well probably less than that considering she had some twins) but still! YIKES!

[milliez]

Ummm, Lena..........

~ Melissa

[Lyoshka]

Ummm, Lena..........

~ Melissayeah?

[milliez]

yeah?

:secret: Mine was right. :)

~ Melissa

[Lyoshka]

OH.MY......... Melissa...................

:bliss: :bliss: :bliss: :bliss: :bliss:

Congratulations, honey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[milliez]

Thank you!!!

~ Melissa

[magoo]

Congratulations, Melissa! :pteddy:

[milliez]

Congratulations, Melissa! :pteddy:

Thanks!

~ Melissa