I can see this going all kinds of ways. A recent study has found a correlation between a woman’s diet and the gender of her baby. (I’ve heard of this before, somewhere. I read and watch so many things I can never remember where.) Anyway, this is supposed to be new research that just confirms the previous findings of other people who research such things. The news article is here.
This is not going to help foster marital bliss. Some people are simply obsessed with determining the gender of their baby. After hearing about this study, a husband who desperately wants a baby boy might pressure his wife to eat more bananas, which, because they’re rich in potassium, supposedly help people have boys. (As an aside, I hated bananas while I was pregnant. And I bore a girl! That proves this theory!) Or worse, what if the husband wants to have a baby girl and expects his wife to consume fewer calories because that supposedly helps? Fewer calories mean eating less! I dare any husband to tell his wife she’s eating too much. He would be a brave, brave man.
