Today, every woman knows what ovulation is, how important it is for conception, many keep a special calendar. Calculating the day of your own ovulation is necessary when planning a pregnancy. Keeping a calendar and accurate knowledge of the egg release period make it possible not only to almost guarantee pregnancy, but also to try to program the sex of the unborn child. You can keep an ovulation calendar for conception yourself with a minimum of effort, or you can find the necessary information on the Internet.
How to conceive a boy?
To ensure maximum chances of conceiving a boy, it is necessary to create such conditions so that an XY sperm can penetrate the egg. By their nature, “boy” sperm are more active. Therefore, they rush to meet the egg with much more enthusiasm than “girl” XX sperm.
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It turns out that in order to provide a head start to the “boy” XY sperm, sexual intercourse should take place exactly on the day of ovulation - when the egg has already left the follicle and is ready for fertilization. To increase the chances of conceiving a boy, it is advisable to repeat sexual intercourse the next day.
Determine gender based on external parameters
Many details of behavior and changes occurring in the mother can hint at the expected gender of the future child. Previously, gender was determined by the shape of the abdomen. This method is still effective, of course.
If the belly is small and sharp, resembling an egg, most likely the mother is expecting a son. A large and round belly most often appears with girls.
Here are a few more signs and characteristics that determine gender.
It is believed that if a woman only becomes more beautiful during pregnancy, then she is expecting a boy. Girls “feed” on the beauty of their mothers, so a woman may look a little “dull.”
The first tremors were felt on the left - from the girls, on the right - from the boys.
If you want spicy, salty, meaty and “heavy” - most likely it will be a boy. A craving for fresh vegetables and fruits, flour and sweets is more often inherent in mothers of girls.
Despite the point about beauty, there is also a sign that mothers of daughters are less tired and become more energetic during pregnancy, which cannot be said about mothers of sons, who can become sluggish, slow and absent-minded.
A low belly often indicates that there will be a son.
Dry skin, especially hands, also hints at a boy. If the skin and hands become surprisingly soft, it’s a girl.
It is worth paying attention to the first trimester of pregnancy. If it was not easy and the expectant mother suffered from toxicosis, it will most likely be a girl.
Women pregnant with girls may often feel chills. On the contrary, pregnant women with boys often suffer from heat and thirst.
How effective is this planning method?
It is completely impossible to plan the gender of your unborn child based on ovulation. This technique helps increase the likelihood of having a boy or a girl, but it is impossible to accurately calculate the gender.
The opportunity to determine the sex of the unborn baby appears after a certain period.
The most effective method is ultrasound diagnostics. Also, during this technique, you can assess the general condition of the child and his development according to the norms.
You can find out the gender of the expected child by ovulation with approximately 75% accuracy. To obtain more accurate results, it is recommended to consult a specialist. This will allow you to be well prepared for the arrival of a new family member.
Calculate gender by blood type and Rh factor
Not a bad way to do such calculations. A table for determining the sex of a child can easily be found on the Internet. According to her data, for example, mothers with blood group 3 or 4 are more likely to give birth to boys than mothers with blood group 1 or 2. Although this depends, of course, on the father’s blood type.
There is also a table for determining the sex of a child based on the Rh factor of the blood. But both of these methods are rather dubious, because according to their logic, couples should always have children of the same sex. In practice this is absolutely not the case.
Examples of calculating even and odd cycles
In fact, using a calendar is not particularly difficult.
To do this, the gestation time of the child is subtracted from the date of birth - the standard 9 months. Perhaps the girl was post-term or premature.
In this case, it is necessary to take away the actual gestation period.
Due to the unreliability of the dates of conception, a disagreement may arise between the “evenness” and “oddness” of mother and daughter.
Therefore, experts advise subtracting another 7 days from the result obtained.
For example, a woman was born on June 15, 1969. Subtract 9 months and 7 days from the date. They get the date - September 8, 1968. Most likely, it was on this day that conception occurred. Look at the intersection of the date of conception with the “even year” column.
The type of woman is “even” or “female”, in which in any even months of the menstrual calendar you can conceive a girl, and in odd months - a boy. By the way, you can check the result by date of birth. At the intersection of the date, June 15, and the odd year, 1969, there is also the word “even.”
You can determine the type by birthday. For example, a woman’s date of birth is May 19, 1978. Since the year of birth is even, look for the date of birth in the calendar and look at the intersection with the right column. At the intersection there is an even number. Therefore, the woman belongs to the even type. In any even-numbered month of the menstrual calendar, a girl will be conceived, and in any odd-numbered month of any year, a boy will be conceived.
It is worth considering that when using the date of birth, the calculation error increases significantly.
Calculate gender by dates
For example, by mother's age and month of conception. If the mother's age is an odd number (23, 25, 27, etc.), then conception in even months can indicate a son, in odd months - a daughter. If the age is “even” (22, 24, 26, etc.), the situation will be the other way around. Even-numbered months will be for girls, odd-numbered months will be for boys.
When using this method, it is worth remembering that conception cannot be planned for the mother’s birth month. You also need to choose the month so that ovulation occurs in the middle of the month.
How to conceive a girl?
Despite the fact that “boy” sperm are more active, at the same time they are less tenacious. And they die much faster than “girl” XX sperm.
Therefore, in order to maximize the chances of conceiving a girl, you need to plan sexual intercourse so that it takes place several days before ovulation (3-4 days). Thus, by the day the egg is ready for fertilization, “girl” XX-spermatozoa will already be waiting for it, unlike the “boy” sperm that are still alive.
