How to plan for a boy or a girl

Statistics suggest that the timing of intercourse during your cycle may have some correlation with the gender of the baby.

 

Boys: Male sperm swim faster but die sooner. If you are trying for a boy, having sexual intercourse the day of ovulation may increase your chances.
 

Girls: Female sperm swim slower but live longer. If you are trying for a girl, having sexual intercourse 2-3 days before ovulation and abstaining afterwards may increase your chances.

Well I dont know about the Mayan, but official figures in China where boy's are highly reguarded are 117 boy's to 100 girls. A high percentage of those baby girls are unwanted and end up being adopted or put into institutions. No- one knows how many girls  discretely vanish from isolated rural areas.  So In my oppinion, if is not working for the cultural body that invented it, it just aint gonna work. But does make fun  and interesting reading. Baby is Baby  in my book, all little miracles each and every one.

Cheers Winnie.x

I read lots and lots of theories on this when we were planning number two.  The most common advice I found was conceiving in the later part of your cycle the better chance of conceiving a girl.  Luke was conceived in the earlier part of my cycle.  I am lucky enough to have a pretty much spot on 28 day cycle.  Anyway, I watched my cycle for 5 months then day 20 of my cycle in October 2003, Alyssa was conceived.  Flukey; probably, worth the try; definitely.  Most importantly, lots of fun.  Odds are good though, 50/50 :)

With all this, it didn't really matter to us, we just liked the idea of having the cliched pigeon pair. 

I found a book "How to choose the sex of your baby" by Dr. L.B. Shettles and David Rorvik to be interesting

Although i had fun reading your information, i dont think anyone can truely say what you will have.Its really a special event and with that in mind we should all be greatful for a living breathing child.My sister has a child with cystic fibrosis and other mothers i know waited 7 years for a child,they are very special.

See, that chinese website to predict what baby you are going to have is wrong. I had my baby in Feburary and on that month with my age it says im suspose to have a boy. Well.. I had a girl!! And why should it matter if you have a boy or not. I dont think you should be able to pick the gender of your baby. Just be happy with what god gives you. I was and I love being a mom. I didnt care what I had inside of me as long as it was healthy.