proud father of a healthy baby boy
2006-07-10 05:28:42 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
or is it the mother?
2006-07-10 05:29:11 · update #1
Yes its true and the irony is that King Henry VIII, killed and in prisoned his wives for producing girls, and he was at fault.
2006-07-10 05:33:02 · answer #1 · answered by Swordfish 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Yes it is true. In Genetics, we learned that the sperm can carry either an XX or XY chromosome. X is the female, Y is male. The egg in the woman is always XX (female). So if the sperm that happened to fertilize the egg has the XX chromosome, then the baby will be a girl. If the sperm has the XY and it fertilizes the egg, then the baby will be boy.
So with that, it is the man's sperm (and the chromosomes it is carrying) that will determine the sex of the child.
2006-07-10 06:17:19 · answer #2 · answered by hotmomma23 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Men are made of X and Y chromosomes. You have Xs and Ys in your sperm. Women are made of just X chromosomes. So, all our eggs are X's. Men = XY, Women =XX.
If you have a baby boy, it's because your Y sperm fertilized the mommy's X egg.
Now, genetically speaking, men are weaker than women, because if they have a problem with their X chromosome, the Y doesn't back it up. For example, balding. Baldness is carried in the X chromosome. Therefore, since you only have one X, and one Y, the Y has no gene for baldness to compensate. Women have two Xs, so if one X has a bald gene, the other might not, so she's "backed up" if you will, by the presence of the other X.
That's why there are some diseases that only guys get, because they are carried in the Y chromosome.
Congrats on the baby!! :)
2006-07-10 05:33:40 · answer #3 · answered by Tessa ♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it's the father that determines the sex of the child. Mother just has X chromosomes. Father has X and Y.
2006-07-10 05:32:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah!!! Women only carry the X chromosome and the men carries both X and Y and to get a girl the male's X chromosome must combine with the woman's egg and to get a boy the Y chromosome has to combine with the woman's egg so yeah, the man determines the sex.
2006-07-10 05:39:41 · answer #5 · answered by elr212006 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the man. They carry both the X and Y chromizone. Women only carry the X. So it's the father that determines the sex.
2006-07-10 05:31:42 · answer #6 · answered by odd duck 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the sperm are what control which sex the baby is because the mother gives the baby her X chromosome. There are two different kinds of sperm X chromosome and Y chromosome. If it is an X that you give her, it will be a girl XX. If it is a Y you give her, it will be a boy XY
2006-07-10 05:31:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It's the father.
The father sub-conciously decides the sex of the child. Even if the father does not say outloud what he wants the gender of the child to be, the gender of the child is determined by the father's thoughts.
The woman has no say in the gender of the child.
2006-07-10 05:34:36 · answer #8 · answered by TKO 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The woman always provides an X chromosome, a man with provide either and X or a Y. If you child ends up with two X chromosomes they will be female. If they end up with an XY they will be a boy. So yep, the sex factor is all up to the man.
2006-07-10 05:34:22 · answer #9 · answered by Erin S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you not take health education or science in high school? Yes the man determines the sex of the baby.
2006-07-10 05:31:21 · answer #10 · answered by Coast2CoastChat.com 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a way, it is like saying the restaurant determines what your going to eat, if they don't serve it there you wont get it there. And as for the woman's side of this same example. She is her saying " I'll have the special. And guess what ? That is what you two have, something very special. Con- grats and enjoy you are now a Father. good luck Rod
2006-07-10 05:51:01 · answer #11 · answered by rod_talley 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋