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Boy or Girl Part Two
Should You Choose the Sex of Your Child?
By Virginia Gilbert
and information in Dr. Elizabeth Whelan's book, Boy or Girl? to increase their odds of conceiving the daughter they both wanted.
Explaining her reasons for wanting a female baby, Kate says, "I think I really wanted a child of my gender so that we would have more in common. Being a woman in today's world is much easier than it must have been years ago, and I think it will only get better as my daughter grows up. We can do anything we set our minds to."
Anne Maxey, a 28-year-old stay-at-home mom in Texas, used techniques covered in the book, How to Choose the Sex of Your Baby, by Dr. Landrum B. Shettles and David M. Rorvik to conceive her 4-month-old daughter, Sarah. Already the mother of a boy, 4-year-old Blake, Anne was less adamant about having a girl than Kate, though her feelings about parenting a daughter were similar.
"I love being a woman," says Maxey. "I suppose that is part of the reason I wanted to have a girl – to share those experiences that make us women."
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