Baby's an It (call of the obstetrician?)

[Lynne Murphy]

--On Wednesday, September 10, 2008 12:33 pm -0400 sagehen
<sagehen at WESTELCOM.COM> wrote:

> I have heard that sex of babies can be identified by the hairline.I've no
> idea what the stats on this may be: can't be 100%, but perhaps  good
> enough to be useful.  Definite, neat hairlines indicate male (e.g., the
> "widow's peak" is rarely found in females). Diffuse, unorganized hairline
> characterstic of girls.  Not much help if baby has a cap on, of course.


When I read the first line, I thought that you were going to say that
widow's peak = girl, since many of the girl babies in our baby group have
one (including mine).

L

Dr M Lynne Murphy
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