Have you been trying to have a baby boy without success? If so, this article will give you some effective tips on how to conceive a boy.
There is no one method that can guarantee a hundred percent success rate, but some have proven to be quite effective in increasing one’s chances of giving birth to a male child.
It is important for you to understand one thing before going forward and this is that the body has a very specialized working mechanism and the same is true when you are trying to have a boy baby.
Many factors play a part when one is trying to make a baby and this will get a bit more complicated if the predetermining sex of a child is added to the mix.
Tips on How to Conceive a Baby Boy
Ovulation and the XY Chromosome: The female and the male both have chromosomes, in their Eggs and sperms respectively, and these determine the baby’s sex. An egg has only X chromosomes while sperms hold either X or Y chromosome.
A male child is born when the female’s egg having X chromosome is combined with male’s Y chromosome (XY) containing sperm and likewise baby girl is born when X chromosome containing sperm fertilizes the egg(XX).
At this point you might be wondering how one would ensure that only the Y chromosome is present during the time of fertilization.
Well, the easiest way to do this would be calculate your ovulation time.
It is always important to calculate one’s ovulation to conceive, but it’s even more important if you are trying to get pregnant with a baby of a particular sex.
Y chromosome sperms usually swim faster than the X chromosome one, but they are not able to survive by themselves and will burn out very fast.
It was previously thought that Y chromosome containing sperms swim faster than the X chromosome containing ones [2], but it has been proved wrong now after observing their motility in computer assisted sperm analysis (CASA) [2].
Y chromosome containing sperms certainly doesn’t swim faster than X chromosome ones [3].
One of the other tips on how to conceive a boy is that you should not have sex two to three days prior to ovulation to allow for the release of the healthiest sperms.
Ways to Have Sexual Intercourse: In addition to knowing your ovulation cycle and having sex at the right time, you should understand that there are some sexual positions and penetration techniques that you could try to have a boy baby. It is said that deep penetration during sex will release the sperm as close as possible to the egg.
Lower Acidic Conditions: A woman’s vaginal environment is very acidic and this can destroy weak sperms. This is something to be aware of when you want to have a boy. You can get your vagina’s pH level and acid content tested with pH strips to know if it is too high. If the test shows that it is highly acidic, you can use certain methods to help lower it and enable sperms to survive for longer. One of the ways to do is to make some changes to your diet to make it less acidic.
Eat Right: This is one of the most important tips on how to conceive a boy because diet and nutrition plays a vital role in determining the baby’s gender. Studies show that women who eat healthy breakfasts and consume 2000 calories daily when trying to get pregnant will have higher chances to give birth to a boy.
In addition, a diet with large amounts of sodium and potassium will help you to have a boy baby. You can get these nutrients from banana, strawberries, and many other high-sodium foods.
Aside from those items, there is an old wives tale that eating a lot of red meat will help you to have a boy. In fact, there are many other tales about this, so you can decide whether or not you want to try any of them.
Additional resources
If you want to further explore the natural ways to conceive a baby boy I’d suggest that you pick one of the books which provide exact steps to take to conceive a baby of a specific gender. Here are a few:
- Pick The Gender of Your Baby by Ashley Spencer
- How to Choose the Sex of Your Baby by Landrum B. Shettles
Surgical and Medical Alternatives
A doctor can implant only male embryos in your uterus if you are doing an In Vitro Fertilization. This is a guaranteed way to have a son, but such procedures are not legal in most civilized countries.
In addition, sex selection is possible with the help of Artificial Insemination although the success rate of getting pregnant with a boy baby is lower than the IVF.
Pre-implantation diagnosis and sperm sorting are done before those procedures to test genetically and separate sperms with the Y chromosomes.
These methods might take away some uncertainty of the two methods above, but the procedures are costly and complicated, plus they are often the last resort if it is difficult to conceive naturally or in case of infertility.
If you have tried these tips on how to conceive a boy without success, you can always consider adoption.
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References
- Shettles LB. Nuclear morphology of human spermatozoa. Nature 1960;186: 648-9. [PubMed]
- Moruzzi JF, Wyrobek AJ, Mayall BH, Gledhill BL. Quantification and classification of human sperm morphology by computer-assisted image analysis. Fertil Steril 1988; 50: 142-52. [PubMed]
- Penfold LM, Holt C, Holt WV, Welch DG, Cran DG, Johnson LA. Comparative motility of X and Y chromosome-bearing bovine sperm separated on the basis of DNA content by flow sorting. Mol Reprod Dev 1998;50: 323-7. [PubMed]
Hi am lily. Please my period started 16th of Sept 2016. I want to conceive a baby boy. When is the right time to have sex?
Hi Lily, you should have intercourse during your ovulation days, if you want to conceive. Regards
I see my menstruation on 2nd September 2016,when will I have sex to conceive baby boy? And which date will be my ovulation
Hi, You can calculate your fertile days here http://womanjunction.com/. Regards
Hi, I am trying for a baby for first time when would it be a right time to have sex .I had my menses on 5th July and I am also trying for a baby boy
Hi Shreya, you should have an intercourse during your ovulation days to get pregnant.
hi my name is carol. my last period was on 19 june 2016, previous one was on 19th may 2016. up until now i haven’t got any signs of menstruation. is it possible that i could be pregnant?
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My period for March was on the 24th and another one in April 18. I had sex on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of May. Is there a possibility that it will be a boy?
Hi,
You can check out our FAQ section http://womanjunction.com/faq-frequently-asked-questions-menstrual-cycle-pregnancy-ovulation-abortion/
There is a 95 percent chance to get a boy
My last day of menses was 17 june 2016 and my this month menses starts on 15 july.i want to know when should i sex to having a baby boy
Hi,
You can check our FAQ section at http://womanjunction.com/faq-frequently-asked-questions-menstrual-cycle-pregnancy-ovulation-abortion/ for some useful information
Please can you tell me all the different signs of when I’m in my ovulation?
please read this post: http://womanjunction.com/usual-ovulation-symptoms/
My last periods start 27 june…. that’s my first menses after my baby’s birth… I want to know my ovulation date, and the method of ovulation calculate
Hi Khushi, you can calculate your ovulation here http://womanjunction.com/
I had my menses on 8 of may 2016 and had next menses 31 of may please tell me my ovulation day
Please refer to http://womanjunction.com/
Please dear my last day of menses was on June 4 to 8 2016. please tell me my best day to have sex for a baby boy
Hello I Am Jenny I had my menses on 9th of May 2016 and had sex one day to ovulation and on ovulation day. I had all the signs to prove that I was pregnant but two days before my menses this month I got my period though it doesn’t feel like my normal periods. Today is the third day could I can still be pregnant? or when should I have sex so as to conceive this month, my cycle is 30days.
Hi Jenny, if your periods were not normal, it might be possible that what you would be having could be implantation bleeding which is a sign of pregnancy. You should take a pregnancy test to check that out. To conceive you should focus on havng sex on your ovulation days and you can calculate that by following this link: “http://womanjunction.com/”
Hi I am Molin. My last menses was on 9 march 2016 and then this month it started on Monday 4 April 2016. When should I time to conceive a baby boy and then I still have coil, when should I go for removal because i want to conceive this month.
Hi Molin, If your periods are regular, then your most fertile days this month will be 13th-15th April. For coil removal, you can get it removed now, it doesn’t have any effect on fertility.
Also, for ‘baby boy’, you never know if you will conceive a baby boy or a baby girl. For any kind of conceiving though, try trying on your most fertile days.
My last day of menses was on 20th feb.2016 and my this month menses starts on 16th march . Want to know the right time to conceive a baby boy this month.
Hi Taashi, according to this info., your most fertile days will be 26th Mar-29th Mar. All the best!
I was expecting my menses on 28th of October , today is 9th can I be pregnant with a baby boy?
You can now take a pregnancy test to determine if you’re pregnant. The result might be even more accurate if the test is done first in the morning as the urine is far more concentrated at this time. The urine-based home pregnancy tests offer great accuracy. If you’re pregnant, then taking an ultrasound later on in the pregnancy is the ideal way of determining the gender of the foetus.
To conceive a baby boy when did we have sex after a menstrual cycle
I had my menses on 2nd may 2015 and had my next menses on 7th june 2015 and I had sex from 11th june to 23rd june and today is 13th July. my menses hasn’t came, can I be pregnant?
Yes, you could be. You gave your body a pretty good chance of conceiving, as that was your period of ovulation. I would recommend you take a pregnancy test soon.