Guaranteeing the Sex of your Baby

[earthbrown]

conceiving a boy checklist????


as I am told....

1. Fresh swimmers, as boy sperm are better fresh, so ejaculate 1 or 2 times then wait 12-24hrs and then leave one in.

2. Good position for deep penetration.

3. sex day of ovulation

anything I am missing??? Did this the first time was successful, just double checking for the second go around.

K

[Dr Steve]

conceiving a boy checklist????


as I am told....

1. Fresh swimmers, as boy sperm are better fresh, so ejaculate 1 or 2 times then wait 12-24hrs and then leave one in.

2. Good position for deep penetration.

3. sex day of ovulation

anything I am missing??? Did this the first time was successful, just double checking for the second go around.

K

The best way to guarantee a male child is to adopt one. Seriously, I went through all kinds of scientific literature on this one...even the in-vitro fertilization people can only increase the male-female ration slightly through tricks they use, and they're looking at the embryos. (they can do DNA testing, but that's another issue).

Most of the good studies I've seen show that you can do a lot of this stuff and you still have a 49% chance of having a boy. You can flip a coin 10 times and have it come up heads 10 times...it's unlikely but the odds are not zero that that could happen.

There is a TON of stuff on the 'net about influencing the sex of your baby, and most of them are simply folk-lore or they're trying to sell something.

If you find a study somewhere (I know there must be some), we can review it together. I'll keep looking, but until then, none of the things you've thought about doing will HURT anything, so go for it!

your pal,


steve

[Thebazile78]

The best way to guarantee a male child is to adopt one. Seriously, I went through all kinds of scientific literature on this one...

There is a TON of stuff on the 'net about influencing the sex of your baby, and most of them are simply folk-lore or they're trying to sell something.

If you find a study somewhere (I know there must be some), we can review it together. I'll keep looking, but until then, none of the things you've thought about doing will HURT anything, so go for it!

your pal,


steve

What about the (highly publicized) study they did in Britain that found a correlation between eating breakfast and an increased incidence of male babies at live-birth (http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/boy-or-girl-the-answer-may-depend-on-moms-eating-habits/?scp=1&sq=breakfast%20+%20male%20babies&st=cse)? (Link is to Tara Parker-Pope 'Well' blog entry on 23 April 2008, but I'd received a forward earlier in the day from another source discussing the study.)

[I don't buy it, personally, because it relied on a lot of self-reporting and the sample size was pretty small, but it's an intriguing coincidence, no?]

[King Hippos Bandaid]

Im just gonna hope, this seems like too much work


I have 2 Bros , She has 3 Sisters, somethings gotta give


Id rather have a boy, but who am I to fuck with the process


I used to only want a boy, Now I am looking for a healthy child first, then gender




but my sneaky side is taking this all into consideration

[Judge Smails]

Simple solution: Keep having abortions until you get one that's the sex you were hoping for. Damn, sometimes I amaze myself how smart I am. I should have gone to medical school.

[Thebazile78]

Simple solution: Keep having abortions until you get one that's the sex you were hoping for. Damn, sometimes I amaze myself how smart I am. I should have gone to medical school.

Don't they already do that in China and India?

[JPMNICK]

The best way to guarantee a male child is to adopt one. Seriously, I went through all kinds of scientific literature on this one...even the in-vitro fertilization people can only increase the male-female ration slightly through tricks they use, and they're looking at the embryos. (they can do DNA testing, but that's another issue).

Most of the good studies I've seen show that you can do a lot of this stuff and you still have a 49% chance of having a boy. You can flip a coin 10 times and have it come up heads 10 times...it's unlikely but the odds are not zero that that could happen.

There is a TON of stuff on the 'net about influencing the sex of your baby, and most of them are simply folk-lore or they're trying to sell something.

If you find a study somewhere (I know there must be some), we can review it together. I'll keep looking, but until then, none of the things you've thought about doing will HURT anything, so go for it!

your pal,


steve

The odds of flipping 10 heads in a row are 1 in 1024
i know nothing about medicine, but I do know math

[jonyrotn]

I hate you EarthBrown but I'll love your baby until he joins the Hitler youth and dresses in black face for his class halloween party..

Just remember bro, children watch and listen to the way their parents treat people..Dont make him an ignorant hater, give him a shot at making his own decisions about the world and the people in it..
That's one of the best gifts you can give a child..

[ADF]

I don't think you should guarantee sex for babies. I'm against that.

[DarkHippie]

Don't they already do that in China and India?

Nah, they just drown them in the river like kittens. Much more humane

[cougarjake13]

damn i was hoping that would work

[~Katja~]

What about the (highly publicized) study they did in Britain that found a correlation between eating breakfast and an increased incidence of male babies at live-birth (http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/boy-or-girl-the-answer-may-depend-on-moms-eating-habits/?scp=1&sq=breakfast%20+%20male%20babies&st=cse)? (Link is to Tara Parker-Pope 'Well' blog entry on 23 April 2008, but I'd received a forward earlier in the day from another source discussing the study.)

[I don't buy it, personally, because it relied on a lot of self-reporting and the sample size was pretty small, but it's an intriguing coincidence, no?]

coincidence? in Britain? hardly. people eat breakfast there... beans even (yuk)
with 740 study cases it is hardly evidence....

[IamFogHat]

Hot sex? Oh, sorry, wrong thread.

[badmonkey]

"I believe in making the world safe for our children, but not our children's children, because I don't think children should be having sex."

-- Jack Handey

[Dr Steve]

What about the (highly publicized) study they did in Britain that found a correlation between eating breakfast and an increased incidence of male babies at live-birth (http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/boy-or-girl-the-answer-may-depend-on-moms-eating-habits/?scp=1&sq=breakfast%20+%20male%20babies&st=cse)? (Link is to Tara Parker-Pope 'Well' blog entry on 23 April 2008, but I'd received a forward earlier in the day from another source discussing the study.)

[I don't buy it, personally, because it relied on a lot of self-reporting and the sample size was pretty small, but it's an intriguing coincidence, no?]

actually I saw that study and didn't mention it because it seemed just nutty. HoneyNut Cheerio nutty...the baby's sex is determined at conception. Not sure how good breakfast habits could influence the sex of the baby, but my mind is open.

There was a study once that showed a linear relationship between the decline in storks seen in Norway (or some such country, I can't remember exactly) and a drop in the birth rate over the same period of time. Makes you very wary of correlations where no obvious "real" connection can be found. Of course, occasionally, and I mean really occasionally, these kinds of anomalies result in astounding new science so you can't just ignore them! :-)

[~Katja~]

There was a study once that showed a linear relationship between the decline in storks seen in Norway (or some such country, I can't remember exactly) and a drop in the birth rate over the same period of time. Makes you very wary of correlations where no obvious "real" connection can be found. Of course, occasionally, and I mean really occasionally, these kinds of anomalies result in astounding new science so you can't just ignore them! :-)

did this happen during the ice age? makes sense... the cold - storks fly south and no people around to have sex..... = less kids...

[Thebazile78]

actually I saw that study and didn't mention it because it seemed just nutty. HoneyNut Cheerio nutty...the baby's sex is determined at conception. Not sure how good breakfast habits could influence the sex of the baby, but my mind is open.

There was a study once that showed a linear relationship between the decline in storks seen in Norway (or some such country, I can't remember exactly) and a drop in the birth rate over the same period of time. Makes you very wary of correlations where no obvious "real" connection can be found. Of course, occasionally, and I mean really occasionally, these kinds of anomalies result in astounding new science so you can't just ignore them! :-)

One of the things that a lot of people who read about this study "heard" (in the US, anyway) was not "correlation" but "direct connection." (Mostly because the presenters don't understand what "correlation" means, so I think that enhanced the confusion.)

It totally is HoneyNut Cheerios nuts. We both know that, scientifically, gender is determined at conception.

Which is why people need to understand that correlation does not equal causation.

On top of that, I'm HIGHLY suspicious of any study that uses self-reporting, no matter what country you're in!

[epo]

conceiving a boy checklist????

as I am told....

1. Fresh swimmers, as boy sperm are better fresh, so ejaculate 1 or 2 times then wait 12-24hrs and then leave one in.

2. Good position for deep penetration.

3. sex day of ovulation

anything I am missing??? Did this the first time was successful, just double checking for the second go around.

K

Everytime I think you aren't a caveman, you prove me wrong.

[Dr Steve]

Which is why people need to understand that correlation does not equal causation.



which is why I enjoy your posts so much :-)