Tips on picking baby gender
 

We have 3 daughters currently and my husband and I would like one
more. We are crossing our fingers for a boy, but if it doesn't happen,
we'll still be very happy.

We are not going the medical route, just "natural" methods. Does
anyone have any advice or tips? TIA!

Thank you.

Tips on picking baby gender
 

mommycom wrote in

oups.com:

We have 3 daughters currently and my husband and I would
like one more. We are crossing our fingers for a boy, but
if it doesn't happen, we'll still be very happy.

We are not going the medical route, just "natural" methods.
Does anyone have any advice or tips? TIA!

gender is determined by the father. folk advice works as well
as any random chance ;)
lee

Tips on picking baby gender
 

On Dec 13, 1:05 pm, enigma wrote:
mommycom wrote
oups.com:

We have 3 daughters currently and my husband and I would
like one more. We are crossing our fingers for a boy, but
if it doesn't happen, we'll still be very happy.

We are not going the medical route, just "natural" methods.
Does anyone have any advice or tips? TIA!

gender is determined by the father. folk advice works as well
as any random chance ;)
lee

I was hoping someone had some "magical" information that I had not
heard of. ;-) Oh well. Thank you. :-)

Tips on picking baby gender
 

On Dec 13, 2:22 pm, mommycom wrote:
We have 3 daughters currently and my husband and I would like one
more. We are crossing our fingers for a boy, but if it doesn't happen,
we'll still be very happy.

We are not going the medical route, just "natural" methods. Does
anyone have any advice or tips? TIA!

Thank you.

Well, female sperm are slower but live longer than male sperm or so
I've heard. So, if you have sex right before ovulating, the chances
for a girl are better, since the male sperm have died off before the
egg appears. If you wait until right after you ovulated, the male
sperm have a better chance of reaching the egg first, since they are
faster. But, I think this only improves your odds slightly, since
there are about a million of those suckers.

Renee

Tips on picking baby gender
 

On Dec 13, 3:33 pm, Renee wrote:
On Dec 13, 2:22 pm, mommycom wrote:

We have 3 daughters currently and my husband and I would like one
more. We are crossing our fingers for a boy, but if it doesn't happen,
we'll still be very happy.

We are not going the medical route, just "natural" methods. Does
anyone have any advice or tips? TIA!

Thank you.

Well, female sperm are slower but live longer than male sperm or so
I've heard. So, if you have sex right before ovulating, the chances
for a girl are better, since the male sperm have died off before the
egg appears. If you wait until right after you ovulated, the male
sperm have a better chance of reaching the egg first, since they are
faster. But, I think this only improves your odds slightly, since
there are about a million of those suckers.

Renee

Thanks Renee! Well, here we go again ... ;-)

Tips on picking baby gender
 

"Renee" wrote in message
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On Dec 13, 2:22 pm, mommycom wrote:
We have 3 daughters currently and my husband and I would like one
more. We are crossing our fingers for a boy, but if it doesn't happen,
we'll still be very happy.

We are not going the medical route, just "natural" methods. Does
anyone have any advice or tips? TIA!

Thank you.

Well, female sperm are slower but live longer than male sperm or so
I've heard. So, if you have sex right before ovulating, the chances
for a girl are better, since the male sperm have died off before the
egg appears. If you wait until right after you ovulated, the male
sperm have a better chance of reaching the egg first, since they are
faster. But, I think this only improves your odds slightly, since
there are about a million of those suckers.

Renee

That's what I thought to. Then my husband came home from a tour right at
the end of my menstrual cycle, and we had sex once, and he went back out to
sea. I was pregnant. Technically, the baby should have been a boy under
the scenerio presented by Renee. Because I didn't ovulate for another week
or so. But he wasn't.

Tips on picking baby gender
 

On Dec 13, 7:26 pm, "RosalieAnn Beasley"
wrote:
"Renee" wrote in message

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On Dec 13, 2:22 pm, mommycom wrote:
We have 3 daughters currently and my husband and I would like one
more. We are crossing our fingers for a boy, but if it doesn't happen,
we'll still be very happy.

We are not going the medical route, just "natural" methods. Does
anyone have any advice or tips? TIA!

Thank you.

Well, female sperm are slower but live longer than male sperm or so
I've heard. So, if you have sex right before ovulating, the chances
for a girl are better, since the male sperm have died off before the
egg appears. If you wait until right after you ovulated, the male
sperm have a better chance of reaching the egg first, since they are
faster. But, I think this only improves your odds slightly, since
there are about a million of those suckers.

Renee

That's what I thought to. Then my husband came home from a tour right at
the end of my menstrual cycle, and we had sex once, and he went back out to
sea. I was pregnant. Technically, the baby should have been a boy under
the scenerio presented by Renee. Because I didn't ovulate for another week
or so. But he wasn't.

I think the method raises your odds, but does not guarantee them.
There are just so many variables involved that it can't be that
simple. Thank you all for your input. :-)

Tips on picking baby gender
 

On Dec 13, 3:22 pm, mommycom wrote:
We have 3 daughters currently and my husband and I would like one
more. We are crossing our fingers for a boy, but if it doesn't happen,
we'll still be very happy.

We are not going the medical route, just "natural" methods. Does
anyone have any advice or tips? TIA!

There is a book

How to Choose the Sex of Your Baby (2006)
by Landrum B. Shettles and David M. Rorvik

Al and Tipper Gore read.an earlier edition of the book after having
three daughters, wanting a son, according to biographer Bob Zelnick
(they had a son). Some suggestions made in that book
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...6/ai_n13870823
are

(1) The father should avoid jockey shorts, jockstraps, and other tight-
fitting clothing.
(2) The father should guzzle a couple of cups of strong caffeinated
coffee 15 to 30 minutes before having intercourse.
(3) The mother should try to experience orgasm during the critical
intercourse or multiple orgasms at the same time or, better yet, just
before the male orgasm.

Hmmm.

There is an article "Battle of the sexes"
http://www.independent.ie/health/cas...s-1237916.html
discussing some research.

Tips on picking baby gender
 

"mommycom" wrote in message
...
We have 3 daughters currently and my husband and I would like one
more. We are crossing our fingers for a boy, but if it doesn't happen,
we'll still be very happy.

We are not going the medical route, just "natural" methods. Does
anyone have any advice or tips? TIA!

Adoption.

Tips on picking baby gender
 

On Dec 14, 2:05 am, Beliavsky wrote:
On Dec 13, 3:22 pm, mommycom wrote:

We have 3 daughters currently and my husband and I would like one
more. We are crossing our fingers for a boy, but if it doesn't happen,
we'll still be very happy.

We are not going the medical route, just "natural" methods. Does
anyone have any advice or tips? TIA!

There is a book

How to Choose the Sex of Your Baby (2006)
by Landrum B. Shettles and David M. Rorvik

Al and Tipper Gore read.an earlier edition of the book after having
three daughters, wanting a son, according to biographer Bob Zelnick
(they had a son). Some suggestions made in that bookhttp://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20000716/ai_n13870823
are

(1) The father should avoid jockey shorts, jockstraps, and other tight-
fitting clothing.
(2) The father should guzzle a couple of cups of strong caffeinated
coffee 15 to 30 minutes before having intercourse.
(3) The mother should try to experience orgasm during the critical
intercourse or multiple orgasms at the same time or, better yet, just
before the male orgasm.

Hmmm.

There is an article "Battle of the sexes"http://www.independent.ie/health/case-studies/battle-of-the-sexes-123...
discussing some research.

My husband didn't ever wear any of those things, and he never drinks
coffee. Possible it was #3.

In any case, we tried all the timing methods for the third girl, and
it didn't work for us.