There should be no shame in admitting whether you and your partner want your baby to be a certain gender. Studies show that a considerable majority of parents do prefer to specifically have a baby girl or a baby boy. Fortunately, if you are one of these parents, you will not find it very difficult to learn how to conceive a boy or a girl-whichever you prefer. For this article, however, the focus will be on conceiving a male child.
The key to learning how to conceive a boy is first understanding how a baby's gender is chosen. All egg cells carry an X-chromosome. Sperm cells, on the other hand, can carry either an X-chromosome or a Y-chromosome. The baby's gender, then, depends entirely on whether what kind of sperm cell fertilizes the egg. If an X-chromosome-carrying sperm gets to the egg first, then the baby will be a girl. If it is a Y-chromosome-carrying sperm, then the baby will, naturally, be a boy. All methods of conceiving a baby boy, then, are simply just ways of helping the Y-chromosome-carrying sperm cells get to the egg first.
Perhaps the most popular way of conceiving a baby boy is through the Shettles method. The Shettles method is based on the idea that Y-chromosome-carrying sperm (also called male sperm) move faster than X-chromosome-carrying sperm (or female sperm). Unfortunately, male sperm also tend to be more fragile and consequently tend to die earlier than their female counterparts.
In light of this, the Shettles method recommends couples to have intercourse as close to the day of ovulation as possible. If you are planning to apply this method, it will be ideal to try for a baby as early as 24 hours before you ovulate, but only as late as 12 hours after. You should also consider going for sexual positions that allow deep penetration, as these allow the sperm to be deposited even closer to the cervix.
The Shettles method is not the only way of conceiving a baby boy, however. Other popular guides on how to conceive a boy include the Whelan method, which recommends intercourse early in the ovulation cycle, and the Chinese Conception Chart, which is a little bit more complicated but is rumored to be highly effective.
You can still become pregnant on any day of the month, but there are days when you are more fertile than others. It is important that you keep this in mind.
The key to learning how to conceive a boy is first understanding how a baby's gender is chosen. All egg cells carry an X-chromosome. Sperm cells, on the other hand, can carry either an X-chromosome or a Y-chromosome. The baby's gender, then, depends entirely on whether what kind of sperm cell fertilizes the egg. If an X-chromosome-carrying sperm gets to the egg first, then the baby will be a girl. If it is a Y-chromosome-carrying sperm, then the baby will, naturally, be a boy. All methods of conceiving a baby boy, then, are simply just ways of helping the Y-chromosome-carrying sperm cells get to the egg first.
Perhaps the most popular way of conceiving a baby boy is through the Shettles method. The Shettles method is based on the idea that Y-chromosome-carrying sperm (also called male sperm) move faster than X-chromosome-carrying sperm (or female sperm). Unfortunately, male sperm also tend to be more fragile and consequently tend to die earlier than their female counterparts.
In light of this, the Shettles method recommends couples to have intercourse as close to the day of ovulation as possible. If you are planning to apply this method, it will be ideal to try for a baby as early as 24 hours before you ovulate, but only as late as 12 hours after. You should also consider going for sexual positions that allow deep penetration, as these allow the sperm to be deposited even closer to the cervix.
The Shettles method is not the only way of conceiving a baby boy, however. Other popular guides on how to conceive a boy include the Whelan method, which recommends intercourse early in the ovulation cycle, and the Chinese Conception Chart, which is a little bit more complicated but is rumored to be highly effective.
You can still become pregnant on any day of the month, but there are days when you are more fertile than others. It is important that you keep this in mind.
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