Choosing your Baby's Gender

  Most couples who are trying to conceive would be quite happy to get pregnant regardless of the sex of the child. Given this fact, please keep in mind that attempting to influence the sex of your baby through timing intercourse may increase the odds of your baby being one gender or the other; but by restricting intercourse to just certain dates, you may in fact decrease the overall odds of simply conceiving during any given cycle. So if you are trying to conceive first time, I advice that you leave the gender selection to God.

There are many baby gender selection techniques available but I will be writing about the two which I at least understand since I am not an authority in this field. I have also seen people who recorded success using these two methods together.

1. Shettles method

What it is: Timed intercourse on specific days of your cycle.

Effectiveness: Shettles proponents claim the technique is 75 percent effective, but other experts are doubtful. Keep in mind that you always have about a 50 percent chance of conceiving the sex you want.

How it's done: The theory is that sperm bearing a Y chromosome (for boys) move faster but don't live as long as sperm that carry X chromosomes (for girls). So if you want a boy, the Shettles method contends, you should have sex as close as possible to ovulation. If you want a girl, you should have sex two to four days before you ovulate.

Pros

• Requires no drugs or invasive medical procedures.
• Free or low cost.
• Relatively safe.

Cons

• You may use an ovulation predictor kit to figure out when you're ovulating, or chart your basal body temperature to estimate the best time to have intercourse.
• There's no guarantee of success.

Availability
Anyone can try it.

2.  Gender Prediction Using Chinese Birth Chart

Is it going to be a Boy or Girl?? This Chinese Birth Chart will help you find out. To use this Birth Chart for gender prediction, you need to know your exact Chinese Age and the month of conception.

How to Use the Chinese Birth Chart

The Chinese Birth Chart is easy to read and interpret. Follow the steps given below to predict your baby's gender using this Chinese pregnancy calendar.

• Find out your Chinese age at the time of conception. Chinese age is different from your actual age. Click here to find your Chinese Age.
• If you have already conceived, find the Chinese month of conception on the upper row of the Chinese birth chart. Then go to the Mother's Age on the left column.
  The month of conception in Gregorian calendar can be converted to Chinese month using our Chinese Year Convertor
• Find the intersection box where the vertical line drawn from month of conception and a horizontal line drawn from mother's Chinese age meet.
• If it says Boy then most probably you're expecting a baby boy and if it says Girl, the chances are more for a baby girl.

For example, according to the Chinese birth chart, a 28 year old (Chinese age) woman conceiving during the 5th month (Chinese month) is expected to give birth to a Girl child.