Although there is no such thing as a "female testicle" or a "male testicle," a baby's gender is determined by his or her father. If the father provides an X chromosome, the baby will be female, and if he supplies a Y chromosome, the baby will be male. The body has no mechanism to segregate the X sperm from the Y sperm.
Because sperm containing X chromosomes and sperm containing Y chromosomes are nearly equal in number and because the chances for either type of sperm to fertilize an egg are roughly equal, each naturally occurring conception leads to an equal chance of having a boy or a girl.\
Mothers can provide only an X chromosome, so they do not have the same influence over gender.
Despite what you may have heard, there is relatively little a couple can do -- through naturally occurring conception -- to alter the chances of conceiving a boy or a girl. Many people believe that position during intercourse, diet, the lunar cycle or gender patterns in the couple's families all contribute to the sex of the baby. In fact, these factors have no well-established effect.
However, the timing of intercourse can have an effect. Sperm carrying Y chromosomes apparently swim faster but do not survive as long as their X-carrying counterparts. So if a couple has intercourse right at the time of ovulation, the faster-swimming male sperm have an advantage, and a male baby is slightly more likely.
But if the timing is a day or two earlier, more of the male sperm die out, and a female baby is a bit more likely. Even so, it is often difficult to time ovulation accurately, and your odds of determining gender do not change much. Without the application of advanced (and sometimes invasive and expensive) technology, such as in vitro fertilization, the chances of conceiving a boy or a girl remain close to equal.
2006-10-12 01:11:30
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answered by tommy g 2
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There is a method which I used to conceive a girl. I must ask you though, what will you do if it goes wrong? No one in this society needs a male child.
If you abstain from sex until you ovulate and then have sex, your child should be a boy. The sperm which decides the sex of a girl is stronger and lives longer, so if you want a girl child, you have sex before you ovulate and abstain from sex for a week or so afterwards.
It's all a risk though. I was lucky - I had two boys and wanted two girls. There were books published about this subject around 1994 - when I fell pregnant. Unfortunately I can't remember what they were called.
2006-10-12 01:17:21
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answered by True Blue Brit 7
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As everybody else has said, there is absolutely nothing you can do to influence whether your child is male or female.
You don't NEED a male child at all. All you NEED is for your children, whatever sex they are, to be happy and healthy.
2006-10-12 01:11:35
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answered by Gail H 4
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NEED is the wrong word to use. Maybe your bloke can only produce girls most of the time. On my husband's side, its all boys except for 1 girl only. We are talking lots of boys. I'd love a girl, but I know the chances of it happening are next to nothing. Be happy with having a child, the gender is irrelevant.
2006-10-12 01:49:26
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answered by ribena 4
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Funnily enough there is a health story doing the rounds today about women who have toxicplasmosis (a cat parasite) having a 72% chance of having male children as opposed to the usual 51%, so I guess you could go and hang out with some cats
2006-10-12 02:15:05
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answered by Nobody200 4
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You should start by not wanting to get pregnant, just have sex everyday or every other day and don't think about getting pregnant, just have fun with your partner. Get more useful information and guides to get pregnant here https://tr.im/Mf9Q9
after sex-put a pillow under your butt or prop your feet up on the wall so your pelvis is tilted
eat healthy
back off caffiene
workout, even if its just a 20 minute walk a day, be active.
2016-05-03 02:58:46
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answered by Anonymous
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There is no absolute NEED in this world for a male. The population of this world is already skyrocketing and draining valuable resources.
After having my third daughter, I told my husband "three strikes, and you're out".
2006-10-12 01:08:58
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answered by rouschkateer 5
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Without going through some specific IVF treatments, which are unavailable in the UK there is no way to be sure. My friend has the opposite problem - she now has 5 boys, who she privately refers to as: this is my first born, this was my hope, this is my daughter and these were my mistake (twin boys).
And just a small point, but I really hope you meant WANT and not NEED????
2006-10-12 01:12:38
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answered by Pington 3
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None of us get this choice naturally.
Don't you know it is the male sperm that decides the sex if the baby, so if you have another girl it won't be your fault it will be your husbands sperm.
Are you foreign,as most English couples are only too pleased to have healthy children regardless of the sex.
2006-10-13 02:50:34
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answered by animalwatch 3
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Get it right you don't NEED a male child you WANT a male child.
2006-10-12 01:07:34
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answered by Anonymous
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