In my "What to Expect Before Your Expecting" book, it discusses choosing the sex of your baby. I never really thought that this was possible. It mentions that these methods might just tip the scales in your preferred gender's direction. If you weren't in a hurry to get pregnant would you use it?
Here are the basics of this theory (the Shettles method)
Female Chromosome Sperm are:
1) Slower 2) Bigger and 3) Can live longer in the harsh conditions of the female anatomy.
Male Chromosome Sperm then are opposite:
1) Faster 2) Smaller and 3) die faster in harsh conditions of the female anatomy.
So the idea goes:
If you want a girl, have intercourse 2 days prior to your ovulation date so that the majority of the Male Sperm die and there are only the female sperm left to fertilize your egg. (this also means that if you are off on your date, you wont get pregnant at all)
If you want a boy, have intercourse as close to your ovulation time as possible, so the fast male sperm fertilize the egg first.
More information here:
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/Faqs/Gender-Selection-The-Shettles-Method.html
It is interesting though. Once we start TTC, I may give this method a shot for the first few months and see how it goes...
We just did what it is that married couples do and the results would come as God or science saw fit. Well, at least that's what I was doing. If my wife was scheming I didn't know. Either way it worked out. I hope all goes well for you!
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