What are my chances of having a girl?

Question

I am pregnant with my first child. My mother had 3 girls, no boys. My father had 2 girls 2 boys. My mothers mother had 6 girls no boys. My fathers mother had 2 boys. My boyfriends parents had 2 boys. Does any of this even matter? I am just really hoping for a girl but will be happy with a boy also.

Answer 1

Probably none of it matters. The likelihood of conceiving a girl or boy depends primarily on your boyfriend's sperm production--some men produce a lot of X sperm and few Y, and some the other way around. But there is a degree to which the environment in your vagina and uterus determine whether you get a boy or girl, too. There is *no* way to quantify it, though.

And, in response to all the people who wrote that there's a 50% chance of having a boy (and *especially* to those who added a "Duh" to their answer), it's just not true. There are actually slightly more boys conceived than girls (see sources section below). So the population in general has about a 53 1/2% chance of conceiving a boy, but only about a 51% chance of giving birth to a boy (more boys than girls are miscarried).

Answer 2

Well heredity does have an effect for sure but the most important factor concerns when during your cycle you actually had intercourse. If you had intercourse early in your cycle, such as a a day or two before ovulation you have a good chance of having a girl. Female sperm swim slower than the boys but they live a lot longer so if they were still there when the egg came down then--Voila'! Probably a girl.
There's a blood test you can take a 8-10 weeks to see if you have any Y chromosomes in your blood. If you don't then you are having a girl. The test is pricey though--around $200.
Good luck and Congratulations!!

Answer 3

You have an equal chance of having a boy or a girl. Statistics say that more boys are actually conceived than girls by a tiny margin (107 boys to 100 girls)...probably because the y chromosome is a bit smaller and easier to travel...has a bit of an advantage. But boys have a higher mortality rate in utero and at birth, so in the end, it averages out to about a 50/50 chance. Maybe 51/49 girls to boys actually survive to birth in the end.

Flip of a coin pretty much....no greater chance or heads or tails, and no greater chance of a boy or a girl for the most part.

Answer 4

family history doesn't matter, the gender of the baby depends on the baby's fathers sperm. (If it was an X or Y that made it to your egg first)

You can have some fun playing "prediction" games (like the online chinese prediction calendar, holding the wedding ring over your belly on a string, etc etc), but nothing is scientifically proven.

Even an ultra sound isn't 100% accurate, you'll just need to wait until birth to be 100%.

:-)

Look on the bright side, there are so few good surprises in life, enjoy it :-)

Answer 5

The only real answer is 50/50 meaning you have a 50% chance of having a girl and a50% chance of having a boy. The male sperm cells contain one of two types of sex chromosomes, X and Y. The female egg cell contains only one, which is X. Its the sperm cell that fertilizes the egg that determines the sex of the baby so if the sperm cell contains the Y chromosome then its a boy because it would be XY and if the sperm cell contains the X chromosome than its female because it would be XX

Answer 6

sorry it's still 50/50 all the women in my family have 2 girls then a boy..and i had the boy first then the 2 girls...there is nothing that can guarantee a girl unfortunately.

Answer 7

Chances are 50/50. My uncle had 3 boys and his son had 3 girls so it varies. I hav eheard that it goes by the fathers side though, whick I find untrue also. My bf's grandmother had 10 boys and I had a girl so I think that it depends on which sperm got there first. GOODLUCK AND CONGRATS

Answer 8

You just might get a girl. Hopefully you did not give your parents hell as a toddler because I am surely paying for it with my 5 year old girl. She is my first and I swear it is a little old lady trapped inside her. Kids are great. Girls are cool because they go to the nail shop with you, but for sure she will be a daddies girl and she could do know wrong in his eyes.

However, you would want a boy because he will love you through all your pains.

GOOD LUCK and CONGRATULATIONS!

Answer 9

It's the man's genetic material that decides the gender of the baby. That said, there is an equal chance of having either a boy or a girl.

Answer 10

About 60/40.

From what I read a while ago. All babies posses the female chormosomes until the 14th week of pregnancy. This is when the male chomosome is introduced into the fetus and it devoples into a boy. If that doesn't exist it remains a female.