Archive for February, 2011
If you already have a houseful of baby girls or naturally prefer batting practice to ballet lessons, you may be wondering how to have a baby boy. If you have your heart set on conceiving 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 Mother Nature’s way 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 say that attempting to give birth to one gender over another is immoral . However, in a recent survey of mothers and fathers who were either trying to conceive or were already pregnant the findings were that nearly three fourths of all surveyed indicated they had strong hopes for either a baby boy or girl.
First time dads generally have hopes of having a boy while first time mothers have a preference 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 child they already have.
TIPS TO CONCEIVE A BOY NATURALLY
If you have hopes of conceiving a son and dreams of a baby boy nursery in blue, there are a few methods that may (or may not) insure you have a boy. One thing you might like to try is the Shettles Method. Dr. Shettles indicates that male gender selection is possible because sperm containing Y chromosomes are faster moving than sperm carrying the X chromosome. Taking this into consideration, his theory is that if a man and woman are 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 believes that depositing the sperm closer to the cervix will give the male producing Y sperm an opportunity to get a head start in the fertilization process.
If you would like to learn more about 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 the sex of babies and that if you want to have a boy having relations early in your monthly cycle will give you a better chance of producing a male. Dr. Whelan 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 trying for a baby boy , you can read all about it in her book, “Boy or Girl?”
IS THERE A SUREFIRE WAY TO CONCEIVE A BABY BOY?
When it comes to attempting to have a baby of a certain sex , I would place my bet on science before following the advice of Chinese Conception charts and old wives’ tales even though there are plenty of parents&n