Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Would You Like To Know When Is The Best Time To Conceive A Boy

By Allison Thompson

Couples who are attempting to try and conceive a boy may not realize that it is much easier than they think. Plenty of studies have been carried out and certainly these clearly show that the chances for a couple to have a boy rather than a girl are very high indeed. But one way of increasing these chances further for them is to learn about when is the best time to conceive a boy.

There are a number of different methods that such couples can try that will further increase their chances of them conceiving a boy rather than a girl. In this article we take a look at two such methods which couples may want to consider trying when they are trying to have a baby and want it to be a boy. Both methods clearly define the times although they are different when it is best to conceive a boy.

Method 1 - The Shettles Method

Through using this technique a couple is attempting to ensure that the sperm containing Y chromosomes is able to reach the egg before the sperm containing X chromosomes. Generally the sperm that contains Y chromosomes moves more quickly than that which contains the X chromosomes and this is something that couples will need to factor into the lovemaking if they are attempting to conceive a baby boy rather than a baby girl.

The book "How to Choose the Sex of Your Baby: The Method Best Supported by Scientific Evidence" written by Dr Shettles recommends that couples have intercourse during the 24 hours when a woman has begun to ovulate and that no intercourse should take place 12 hours after her ovulation period has finished.

Along with him giving a specific time period in which to have intercourse he feels that by the man penetrating deeper into the woman will enable their sperm to be deposited closer to the cervix. This means that the more aggressive sperm that contains the Y chromosomes has in fact a head start in the fertilization process.

Method 2 - The Whelan Method

This particular technique was devised by a Dr Whelan in order to rebut Dr Shettles technique. With her technique Dr Whelan feels that for a couple to increase their chances of conceiving a boy they need to have intercourse during the very early part of a woman's monthly cycle. Research carried out in to this technique has found that 68% of the time couples using this one were able to conceive the boy that they wanted.

When it does come to finding out about when is the best time to conceive a boy there are different opinions and techniques that couples will hear about. Although not all these do help couples to achieve what they want some have. For some couples when the made changes to their diet which meant the eating more red meat and salty snacks this helped. Whilst for some other couples they tried the technique where before having intercourse the man drank coffee and this helped them to conceive a boy rather than a girl.

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