Boston: Factors That Determine the Sex Or Gender of a Baby

Boston,

The other day I got an email asking me to list the factors that go into determining a baby’s gender or sex.  Specifically, the reader wanted to know if the male (dad) or female (mom) determines the baby’s gender or if other factors such as diet or timing / time of the month go into play.  I’ll discuss these things in much more detail in the following article.

The Dad To Be (Male) And His X / Y Contribution:  A male’s sperm contains chromosomes that produce both sexes or genders.  Specifically, a Y chromosome that fertilizes an egg will get you boy.  An X sperm will get you a daughter. Most men have roughly equal numbers of each.  But, it’s typically what happens to these chromosomes once they leave the man that can effect which ones are actually able to do the job.

The Mom To Be (Female) and Her X Contributions: For her part, the mom to be only contributes X eggs to this equation.  She has no Y (boy) eggs.  So, to be really specific about it, if the dad contributes a Y, you’d get XY which is a boy baby.  If dad gets you an X, you’d get XX, which is a girl.

Don’t Count Mom Out. She Actually Has A Big Role To Play In Her Baby’s Gender: Sometimes, when I explain this to women, they’ll sigh and say something like “well, then I guess this is really out of my hands and really up to my husband.  I guess I’ll just hope for the best since there isn’t much I can do.”  This is really not true at all.  The female actually has quite a bit to do with baby gender.  I’ll explain.

Although X and Y are roughly present in equal numbers, they are very different from one another.  The Y’s (boy’s) strength is speed, but it’s weakness is it’s hardiness (it’s not very long lived.)  The X (girl’s) strength is a long shelf life (it can live for days longer), but it’s also quite a bit slower.  These differences are meant to balance out the scales of nature, but you can use them to your advantage if you have one preference over another.

So, if you want a boy, you’ll want to do whatever you can to downplay this short life span.  How can you do that? In a couple of ways.  A woman will a high PH or high acidity will not be as likely to get a boy because this high PH shortens this life span even more.  So, you can change your PH for one thing. 

If you want a girl, you’ll need to go the opposite way and go for the high level PH.  Women will often ask me if these things are really in their control and the answer is a resounding yes.  You can start out by getting PH testing strips and using them as directed.  Then, depending on what you want to accomplish, you can go on an acidic or alkaline diet.  Of course, you should continue to test every few days to check your progress. If you do, you’ll likely see very concrete evidence of the changes you’ve been able to make in a few days or so.

Alternatively, you can douche as well with solutions that are going to depend on your reading and the gender that you want. Again, you can test to make sure that you’re making the progress that you want.

The Woman Or Mom To Be Can Control Timing And Positioning: Another thing that you can control is when you conceive.  For a male infant, you’ll want to hit the tale end of your fertility window.  This is often the day of ovulation and shortly after.  Remember the short life span? Well, this is very important right now.  You can’t dive in too early because by the time you ovulate, no Y’s will be left.

The opposite is true if you’re trying for a girl.  You want to start trying as soon as you’re fertile – three to four days before the egg is ready.  You can gauge this using ovulation predictors since you often can’t afford to guess.

Sexual positioning is another thing within your control. You want to give the Y’s a short trip if your goal is a son (deep penetration.)  You’ll want to do the opposite for a daughter  (shallow penetration.)

Source by Sandy Dean

Factors That Determine the Sex Or Gender of a Baby