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]
I am Beatrice aged 28, my period will start on 30/may/2017 and ends on 1/june/2017 its regular what date should I have sex for a boy.
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I am 35 years and I saw my period on 19th May 2017, on what day will I have sex on able to conceive a baby boy?
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My friend needs assistance please, her 1st day of her period was 9th may 2017 her period ended 13th this month and she want a baby boy which is the exact date for her to have sex please
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Please sir help me out in this problem my period started on 9th and end on 11th my cycle is 28days,want to conceive a baby boy but don’t no how many days ovulation last and when to conceive a baby boy I even calculate the menstruation in this net but don’t understand anything there,please I want to conceive a baby boy because I have 2 girls already. Please when did my ovulation start and when will I meet my husband to conceive a baby boy, I need somebody’s help.
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Can ovulation predict kit help to give a baby boy
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I had my period on 18th April 2017 and I want a baby boy. Please assist on the day to have sex. Thanks.
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Period start….. 28th March 2017
Period lenth 4 days
Please period cycle 27 days
1) ovulaion date ?
2) symptoms of ovulaion ?
Please answer me sir
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Comment Text*hello how can I have baby boy ?my LMP was 17 march 2017
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Hello there. I have four girls and I have been trying over the years to conceive a baby boy but to no avail. I know my ovulation cycle(30days) but how exactly do I get the exact date when having a male child is guaranteed? look forward to a positive reply soonest
Hi there Candy, there is not an exact date to have sex to confirm the conception of a male baby. All the best.
Hi I had my period on the 27july 2016 and I met with my husband on the 8th of August 2016 and am expecting to have a Baby boy but when I went for ultrasound scan and it was confirmed to be a girl. I want to know the exact time in my ovulation to conceive a baby boy !thank you!
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I got menstruated on 2february and I did sex on 13,15,18 and 20february how much chance I have of pregnancy
Hello there Sweety. You did not say if you had protected or unprotected sex. However to confirm if you might be pregnant, take a pregnancy test.
Hi I want to conceive baby boy ,,,,,,,now I am 26years old ,please let me know in which year and month is best to conceive a baby boy ,,please say me
Hi there Shalini! Please refer to this guide for information. Best Regards
Hi, am confused a bit because I need to concieve, how can time correctly?
Hello Lucy. To increase the likelihood of conception, it’s important to have daily intercourse in the days leading to ovulation and on the day you ovulate. A good approach is to have sex one to two days before ovulation and again on the day you ovulate. That way, there’s more likely to be a healthy supply of sperm waiting in the fallopian tube when an egg is released.
Hi my last period start 1 January when my ovulation how to conceive a boy
Hi there! You can calculate your ovulation days here. If you want to get pregnant, then have intercourse all days during your ovulation days. Best Regards
My last period start 8th november when is my ovulation date
Hi there Munaz! You can calculate your ovulation days here. Regards
I finished my periods on 22 September last month. and ths month I startd my periods on 14 nyt and it end on17morning. please what date can I conceive a baby boy?
Hi Mercy, Thanks for your comment!
To increase the likelihood of conception, it’s important to have daily intercourse in the days leading to ovulation and on the day you ovulate. A good approach is to have sex one to two days before ovulation and again on the day you ovulate. You can calculate your ovulation days here. Regards