Mixed Gender Twins - It's True!

[Hosfac]

Except maybe a winner from a Baby Boomer challenge. Maybe. I don't know (I haven't gone to the Graveyard to see who won them recently).

I doubt that even the winner of any of the Baby Boomer challenges has done the in-depth research that Pam has.  George Foreman has 10 kids, while Dr. Spock only had 2...but I wouldn't consider George Foreman more of an expert on the subject.

...if you really, really want a girl, and you have the time to spare, eat up 50 watermelons - then there'll be no chance whatsoever for a boy.

Wow, talk about "scorched earth" tactics lol.  10 watermelons is plenty enough.  While you prefer au naturale genders, I tend to do this as a rule and have never failed to get the gender I wanted by following this procedure.  And I saw this thread a very long time ago.

[KJSinclair]

It seems to me to be a rather moot point to be discussing how many fruit produce the gender of a child now, this is something that has been tried and tested a million times over, eating three apples may influence producing a male nooboo but eating 10 virtually guarantees it. Using the 10 fruit method I have never failed in producing the gender of my choosing.

I continue to be thankful that there's is an OCD passion about trying and testing rumour or hunches until the people involved with that testing are sick of the sight of the subject they are testing.

It is that fact that makes the creators of our guides be able to stand by their word and defend it until the end of time.

Kindest Regards
KJ

[Sportsfan]

Excellent, Sportsfan.  Thank you.

You're welcome.

And I've had times when 3 apples/watermelons isnt enough, but 10 leaves there to be a minute chance (something like less than 1% I believe) that it will not become what you intend.
I think I read somewhere about how much each apple/watermelon adds to the percentage but I can't remember if it was on the forum and/or it was accurate.

[Seabody]

I read that too, but it also said about using only three fruits, which, as we know, don't do very well at all. Therefore I doubt it was here. I think the skin of the forum/website was white. This is blue.

[Sportsfan]

I read about it here: http://www.ehow.com/info_8360947_sims-cheats-baby-gender-watermelon.html

The base percentage for baby gender is 50 percent male and female. Eating fruit during early pregnancy can tip these percentages toward male or female babies. Apples encourage male births, while watermelons encourage female births. Each piece of fruit eaten increases the odds one way or the other by 5 percent, with a cap on how much you can alter these percentages at 15 percent. The most you can do to influence baby gender, then, is to have your Sim eat three apples or watermelons, giving you the 15 percent increase for your preferred gender.

I believe that this is not a reliable site though.

[Hosfac]

I read about it here: http://www.ehow.com/info_8360947_sims-cheats-baby-gender-watermelon.html

That's where I first read it too.

I believe that this is not a reliable site though.

You believe correctly.  In fact, it shares one common flaw with with Wikipedia in how all of the information is user provided.  The difference is (and it's a big difference) that this site doesn't require citations and there's no behind the scenes discussions about the accuracy or validity of the articles.

When the Sims 3 base game first came out, users copied and pasted information there from anywhere they could.  Mostly from the Prima guide, but where that didn't provide information, they copied it from anywhere else they could, just to fill the void.  I've seen speculation from the official forums (which turned out to be false) posted there as fact, and someone even copied and pasted a list of cheats from the Sims 2 and said they were for the Sims 3.  While most of the codes are the same (or at least similar enough to not raise suspicion), the one that stood out was the "boolprop" cheat.  As we all know, this code was not carried over from Sims 2, and was, for all intents and purposes, replaced by "testingcheatsenabled."

[BlazeGirl12]

One of my Sims had not one, but two sets of mixed gender twins! No Fertility Treatment, no fruit, just kids' TV and kids' music. I plan for her to have two more kids, and if she has mixed gender twins again, I might just fall out of my desk chair.

I have way too many twins in my games! I can think of at least four sets of them in different game files...

[Pam]

One of my Sims had not one, but two sets of mixed gender twins! No Fertility Treatment, no fruit, just kids' TV and kids' music. I plan for her to have two more kids, and if she has mixed gender twins again, I might just fall out of my desk chair.

Did you do anything special to get the mixed gender twins?  I mean, did you confirm the gender with a doctor and then eat the opposite fruit?  I've heard rumors that mixed gender twins can now happen without doing the doctor thing, but haven't seen it confirmed.

[Lasnien]

I had a set of mixed gender twins in a test file without eating any kind of fruit or seeing a doctor to check gender. Had static needs on and just sat the mother in a room with kids radio and TV till it was time to give birth. I think she did have fertility treatment though.

[BlazeGirl12]

Did you do anything special to get the mixed gender twins?  I mean, did you confirm the gender with a doctor and then eat the opposite fruit?  I've heard rumors that mixed gender twins can now happen without doing the doctor thing, but haven't seen it confirmed.

Nope, she didn't talk to the doctor or eat any fruit. Most of the time, she just stayed at home and upgraded appliances while listening to kid's music and TV.

[Alexandria_]

Like I said earlier in this thread, I've had so many mixed gender twins/triplets now (at least 8 lots of them) without eating fruit that I would say that I am 100% sure that you don't need the fruit/doctor trick to have mixed gender twins any more.

[Ricalynn]

But you also said that you had been using the fertility treatment?  I wonder if that is a part of it too.  Or it could be since cats and dogs can have more than one kitten/puppy they made it random all over so you wouldn't only get girl or boy puppies.

[Pam]

And it is true that all of you who have spontaneous mixed-gender twins, had it happen after Pets was released?

[ficklemuse]

I've had three sets of mixed gender twins since getting Pets. The first set the mother had the fertility lifetime reward but she never had a doctor determine the gender of the baby or ate any fruit to choose the gender. The other mother had two sets of mixed gender twins and she had no fertility treatment and no apples or watermelon. What I did do was have her listen to kids music practically nonstop (while cooking, reading, working in her garden - if she was awake she was listening to kids music) because I wanted twins but I wanted the gender to be a surprise...and it was!

[HannahEloiseee]

I had 1 set of mixed gender twins in one of my storys, I ate 3 apples when she was 1 day pregnant then asked a doctor (which was her husband) to determine the gender which showed I was having a boy, then I ate 5 watermelens and watched kids tv. I didnt have any fertility treatment.