So you say you’d be happy as long as the baby’s healthy, but admit it: deep down, you’re praying for a baby boy. You’re not alone. Couples have been trying for hundreds of years to increase their chances of getting pregnant with a baby boy. Old wives’ tales have encouraged everything from eating red meat and salt to having intercourse during a quarter-moon. No one knows for sure whether or not these methods actually work, but that hasn’t stopped thousands of people from trying.
In recent years, couples are better able to get pregnant with a boy with the advent of artificial insemination and in-vitro fertilization, allowing those with the means to do so to select the gender of their unborn child. Adoption is another foolproof way to get the gender of your choice. Those without the cash to design their own babies, however, have the option to employ at-home gender selection.
There are a variety of methods out there for getting pregnant with a baby boy, including: timing your ovulation (the closer intercourse is to ovulation, some believe, the greater the chance of getting pregnant with a boy), charting cervical mucus and Basal Body Temperature and using certain positions during intercourse. Boxers are better than briefs if Dad wants to get pregnant with a baby boy, since undies that are too tight can lower sperm counts. To create a more “boy-friendly” passage, with increased alkaline levels, Dad should also take care that Mom has an orgasm.
The process of getting pregnant with baby boy is a complex dance of luck. Of the 200-400 million sperm released into a woman, only one will make it into her fertile egg (kind of like the “American Idol” of conception). Each egg in Mom’s body carries an X chromosome. A meeting with a sperm with another X-chromosome will result in a little girl nine months own the road. If you are hoping to Get Pregnant With a baby boy, you’ll vote for a sperm toting the Y-chromosome to get to Mommy’s egg first. One tip for motivating lazy “boys” is a shot of caffeine; Dad is encouraged to drink soda or coffee right before intercourse, if he wants to get pregnant with a boy.
Some even say that Mom should drink cough syrup before intercourse, as it thins the cervical mucus and makes it easier for the “Y guys” to make it in faster. To improve your odds even more, many people refer to the Chinese Lunar Birth Calendar, which can foresee a baby’s gender based on the mother’s age and the month in which she gets pregnant.
Since 51 boys are born for every 49 girls, you’ve got an advantage if you want to get pregnant with a baby boy. Male sperm, according to Dr. Shettles of The Shettles Method, are faster swimmers than female, but they are also more fragile biologically. So, while you can never have complete control over the outcome, it certainly won’t hurt to try a few tricks and give your baby boy the best shot he can get.
To learn more about the gender selection method that hosts a success rate of over 94%, follow the form to your right by selecting the gender you’d like conceive.
