Don't Paint the Nursery: 'Chinese Lunar Calendar' Method of Predicting a Baby's Sex Is No Better than Flipping a Coin

Newswise - If you're among the parents-to-be who've used one of the increasingly popular online Chinese calendar charts to predict your baby's sex, a University of Michigan epidemiologist recommends that you hold off on painting the nursery pink or blue.

Dr. Eduardo Villamor of the U-M School of Public Health and colleagues in Sweden and Boston found that the so-called Chinese lunar calendar method of predicting a baby's sex is no more accurate than flipping a coin.

"We didn't undertake this study with the goal of being myth-busters. We were just curious about it, really," Villamor said. "But based on our results, I would not trust these predictions whatsoever."