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Tips to Conceive a Boy
If you already have a houseful of baby girls or naturally prefer batting practice to ballet lessons, you may be wondering is there a way to conceive a baby boy. If you have your heart set on having a boy, the good news is that the odds are in your favor as for every 49 baby girls that are conceived there are 51 boys. Apparently, this is nature’s method of insuring an even sex distribution as the male of the species is less hardy than the female.
IS GENDER SELECTION UNETHICAL?
There are those that believe that attempting to give birth to one gender over another is wrong and we should be worried about health issues over gender . However, in a recent survey of mothers and fathers who were either trying to conceive or were already expecting the findings were that nearly three fourths of all surveyed said they had strong hopes for either a baby boy or girl.
First time fathers generally have hopes of having a boy while first time mothers are hoping for a daughter . Parents who already have a child of one gender may wish for their expected baby to be of a different gender than the one from a previous pregnancy.
TIPS TO CONCEIVE A BOY NATURALLY
If you have hopes of having a son and are planning a baby boy nursery in blue, here are a few tips that may (or may not) insure you have a boy. One thing you might like to try is the Shettles Method. Dr. Shettles suggests that male gender selection is possible because sperm containing Y chromosomes are faster than sperm carrying the X chromosome. Taking this into consideration, his theory is that if a couple is trying to conceive a boy they should have sexual relations no more than 24 hours before ovulation and no later than 12 hours past the time of ovulation. Dr. Shettles also suggests that depositing the sperm closer to the cervix will give the speedy Y sperm an opportunity to get a head start in the fertilization process.
If you would like to read more tips on how to conceive a boy using the Shettles method of gender selection you can read his book titled “How to Choose the Sex of Your Baby: The Method Best Supported by Scientific Evidence”.
The next method, The Whelan Method, came about as a rebuttal to the previously mentioned Shettles Method . Dr. Whelan’s belief is that timing is everything in determining a baby’s sex and that if you want to conceive a boy having intercourse early in your monthly cycle will give you a better chance of producing a male. The doctor has researched the numbers and has determined that her method helped couples get their boy 68% of the time.
To get more details on when in your cycle to start attempting to conceive a boy , you can read all about it in Dr. Whelan’s book, “Boy or Girl?”
IS THERE A SUREFIRE WAY TO CONCEIVE A BABY BOY?
When it comes to at home gender selection , I would put my money on science before studying Chinese Conception charts and old wives’ tales even though there are plenty of moms and dads who declare they delivered a baby boy after a string of daughters only because they took an over the counter nutritional supplement or waited until a certain month of the year before actively trying to conceive . But the facts are that as things stand today, other than using artificial insemination, you have about a 50/50 chance to have a boy (or a girl) so I would wait for proof before decorating the baby’s room in colors right for a boy.