Making a girl?

[CalamityK2]

A friend of mine is planning her second pregnancy and would like a girl this time (she won't be gutted if she has another boy, she would just quite like one of each).... can anyone explain the theory (of which I only have a very vague and woolly recollection) about trying to have sex as near to ovulation as possible, due to boy sperms swimming quicker than girl sperms, or somesuch?

 

Thanks!

[maggie01]

I can't explain the theory but a friend of my daughter was told she was expecting a girl, she already had a boy so all the nursery was decorated for a girl and all the clothes were girlie. When the baby was born it was a boy. I know this is probably not that common but just encase your friend is told she is expecting a girl just be warned they could be wrong.

[woofgang]

If you google on child sex selection old wives tales, there are loads of websites with advice, no guarantees though

[CalamityK2]

Thanks peeps!

[loopey]

tried it and it didnt work (thank goodness because I now have the most gorgeous baby boy who i wouldnt change for the world)

[loopey]

i worked on a maternity ward and it is very common for them to get the wrong sex of the baby....

[simsfreq]

There's a theory that if you concieve facing north you'll get one sex and south the other. Can't remember which way round though! They could try rearranging the bedroom and see if that helps! (lol)

[Bottom]

Hi Calamityk2

Part 1

It states in my DR Miriam Stoppard book that the gender of a child is determined by whether the fertilizing sperm is a X sperm (female) or an Y sperm (male), as the woman ovum is always female, X.

The X and Y sperm have different properties, The X sperm (female) being larger, slower and longer lived than the Y sperm, (male). The X sperm also appears to be favoured by the slightly acidic vagina.

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Part 2

Bearing in mind there is very little scientific evidence to support them, the following ideas may be of interest to you.

Female baby, Make love up to or three days before ovulation as only female sperm lasts this long:

Male Baby, make love on the day of, or just after, ovulation, as the faster male sperm will reach the ovum before the female sperm.

Frequency- female baby, make love fairy frequenctly, as this lowers the proportion of the male sperm. Male- make love infrequently, as the will increase the proportion of the male sperm.

[Bottom]

I hope this will help your friend, I am not sure how true it is, but if I have a boy that it is true for me x I am 6 months pregnant with my firstx