Pick the Gender of your Baby
June 10th, 2009
Is it really possible to determine the gender of a babybefore it is conceived with out genetically modifying the embryo? Can you naturally influence Mother Nature’s intentions to give you a little baby boy or girl? Well apparently it is possible to sway the odds in your favour should you have a preference as to which gender you would like. I use the word sway because I don’t believe that using natural ways you can ever determine your baby’s sex 100% of the time, but I do believe that you can improve your chances of having your baby of choice.
It was only after we had our second child, a second little boy, that I overheard a conversation between by my wife and her nurse, in which my wife was saying how much she would love to a have a little girl next time (what next time I thought!). The nurse suggested that by carefully timing the conception, we could dramatically improve our chances of having a girl At this point I thought it was just an old wives tale. But as she was a nurse I thought that there may be some credibility to the statement.So off I went to “google” the theory, and to my surprise I found quite a few articles on the same subject!
So how does the theory go?
In simple terms, a man has two types of sperm that determine the sex of the baby.X chromosome sperm are female and if they fertilise the egg they will make a little girl, whereas the Y chromosome sperm are male.Therefore if you can ensure that the Y sperm reach the egg first, you should have a little baby boy, whereas if the X sperm wins the race to the egg you will have a little girl. Simple really?
But how on earth can you organise which sperm get to the egg first.Well, apparently, the Y sperm can swim quicker than the X sperm, but conversly, the X sperm live for longer! So that’s why conceiving a boy or a girl comes down to timing. To read more precise information on timing conception based on ovulation cycles, take a look at my baby gender prediction site and you can make your own mind up on the theory then.I do believe that the science behind the theory could well hold some truth.
Baby Gender Guide
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