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Old wives' tales for predicting a baby's gender: Myth or reality?

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Seth Mwikali, a 78 year-old midwife in Machakos County narrates how she could use her hands to predict gender. [Rose Mukonyo, Standard]

Pregnancy evokes different emotions in different people.

Some may enjoy the pregnancy journey while others may not. And this depends on how the pregnancy makes them feel, and for men, how it makes their partners behave towards them.

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