Morning Sickness & Baby Gender: Why Does Hyperemesis Predict Female Baby

Hyperemesis gravidarum or morning sickness has been linked to births of baby girls. A study by New York researchers found that hyperemesis gravidarum or severe morning sickness almost guarantees that a female baby is on the way.

Morning Sickness Link Discovered

Marie Claire cites study linking severe morning sickness to baby gender by a research team from Colombia University in New York. The team particularly analyzed from 1.65 million pregnancy records in Sweden.

The research team found that 56 percent of the mothers, who experienced severe morning sickness, gave birth to female babies. Research team member Lena Edlund also observed that the number of baby boys is higher the number of baby girls by a slight margin.

Other Interesting Indications On Morning Sickness

One other curious study result by the team pointed out that mothers categorized to be less educated were more prone to severe morning sickness. However, these links to severe morning sickness are merely indicative rather than gospel truth.

Marie Claire points out that Kate Middleton suffered from severe morning sickness when she was pregnant with Prince George and with Princess Charlotte. Kate Middleton, in fact, had to be hospitalized from severe morning sickness before Prince George was due.

Benefits of Morning Sickness

Hyperemesis gravidarum can be as severe as experienced by Kate Middleton or even worse, where mothers lose weight, and experience electrolyte imbalance among other things. However, studies claim that mothers and their babies also have benefit from morning sickness.

The immune system of mothers is suppressed naturally when they are pregnant. This suppression keeps the body from expelling the developing baby from the womb.

APlus cites DNews in reporting that morning sickness protects both mother and baby from harmful substances during the pregnancy. Because mothers cannot be a hundred percent sure that they are ingesting safe food and drinks, morning sickness may be at work to expel harmful chemicals and toxins.