![]() ![]() There’s nothing concrete that states that the exact time of fertilization can affect the baby’s sex. Researchers posit that the two days leading up to ovulation and the day of ovulation are your most fertile window. “Now, the trick is figuring out exactly when you ovulate!” Because male sperm were believed to be faster swimmers, the theory here is that’d they’d reach the egg first before the females. To increase your chances of a boy, experienced nurse and midwife Carmen Kosicek, RN, MSN, theorizes that you should avoid intercourse in the days (at least four or five) leading up to ovulation. Some experts believe that the day you do the deed (and the days you don’t too!) can potentially influence the gender of your child. Timing is, of course, everything when it comes to making a baby. Plus, shouldn’t pleasure be one of the main goals anyway, even when you’re trying to get pregnant? ![]() So go ahead, enjoy yourself, if you catch our drift (hint, hint). However, having an orgasm, which can provoke contractions around the muscles of the cervix, could help with sperm transport up the cervix in order to fertilize an egg in the uterus, according to American Society of Reproductive Medicine research. ![]() Recent science states that pH doesn’t make a difference in making the vaginal environment more hospitable for one type of sperm over the other. Seriously, we’re not joking! Originally, fertility experts thought that because orgasm causes your vagina to become more alkaline, this shift in pH balance majorly favors male sperm (meaning they have a greater shot at actually reaching that egg and fertilizing it first). More: Sex positions for conceiving a girlģ. The journal article does say that frequency of sex, especially in the days around ovulation, can increases your chances of conceiving, which makes sense (you miss one hundred percent of the shots you don’t take, as the saying goes). Research in the journal Fertility and Sterilityconfirms that there is no specific sex position that increases fertility, and that sperm can make it to the cervix either way. This position, like doggie style, does enable deep penetration, so it’s the same thought process: The “faster” male sperm have an advantage to get to the egg more quickly.Īgain, there isn’t really a science to this. So this sex position, while great if you enjoy it, is not going to make a huge difference in which sperm cells lead to successful fertilization.Īpparently, similar theories are out there that to conceive a boy, you should have sex standing up. However, newer research published in the journal Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology says that there is no different in sperm strength, motility, swimming patterns, based on the X or Y (female or male) chromosomes in their cell DNA. Why? “Because it allows for deeper penetration, and consequently, during ejaculation, the male sperm get deposited closer to the cervix.” In general, researchers believed that male sperm are faster and don’t live as long as females do, so the less distance they have to travel, the better. ![]() Below, we debunk some of those theories on how to conceive a boy.Īlso known as Doggie Style, some experts this position is highly recommended to couples hoping to conceive a boy, says Stacy Rybchin, founder of My Secret Luxury. Some experts have authored books on this topic and other people share o ld wives’ tales that you can predict a baby’s gender. However, there’s a debate as to whether there is anything other than a 50/50 probability of the sex of your child before they are born. Some aspects of his genes could potentially influence gender (for example, it’s been hypothesized that if there are many brothers in a man’s family, they might all have the genetic trait to product more sperm with Y chromosomes and therefore have more male children). If you look strictly at the science, it’s primarily the genetic makeup of the father’s sperm that influences a baby’s sex, giving the baby either XX chromosomes (female) or XY chromosomes (male). ![]()
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