What’s the Truth About Baby Gender Prediction?
Olivia on Feb 07 2009 at 6:00 pm | Filed under: Babies - Toddler
Many people are wondering about baby gender prediction these days since of course scientific intervention has made so many medical related issues much easier to manage and control. While “old wives tales” about baby gender prediction may still abound – calculating the woman’s birth date versus the Chinese lunar calendar or believing that the baby will be the same gender as the more active partner during sex – it’s best to consider some more accurate and more reliable methods with scientific backing.
Some people feel that the way a woman carries her child is a way of predicting whether the baby will be a male or a female. Many think that boys tend to sit higher in the belly while girls sit lower. This too is not really accurate as often the way a woman’s belly develops during pregnancy is going to be influenced by her own body shape rather than the child’s gender. A woman that is shorter or that has a shorter torso may find that the baby sits lower in the belly simply because there is not much room for it to develop anywhere else. Taller women may find that the baby sits higher simply because it has that much more room. Of course there are many other factors that influence the size and shape of the belly during pregnancy and this too cannot be considered an accurate baby gender prediction method.
It is known that sperm that contains Y chromosomes, which means they will produce boys, usually moves faster and also dies quicker compared to sperm only containing X chromosomes, producing girls, which seems to make it the only real baby gender prediction method. However the Y chromosome sperm seem to die quicker than the X chromosome sperm. There is a belief in many that if you want to predict the gender of the child you should lie still after intercourse for a boy as this will allow the sperm to reach the egg faster for fertilization. {For a girl you should consider have intercourse a day after ovulation as the Y chromosome sperm may then die off before they reach an egg whereas the longer-lasting X chromosome sperm have a better chance of lasting long enough to reach that egg.}
Keep in mind that there is no guaranteed method of baby gender prediction. It is not possible even if you take all the techniques and tricks of the world to control what goes on in a woman’s uterus, so you should be prepared for a baby of either gender whatever you may try.
