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Home › Articles › Gender Selection and Family Dynamics › Trying for a Boy or Girl?

Trying for a Boy or Girl?

Use These Tips to Pick Your Baby's Gender

By Kelly Burgess

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The Method
One of the earliest low-tech methods was developed by Dr. Landrum B. Shettles, who wrote the ground-breaking book How to Choose the Sex of Your Baby (Main Street Books; Rev. ed., 1996) back in the 1960s. Dr. Moore's method is similar to the method developed by Dr. Shettles, but Dr. Moore has "tweaked" it to take advantage of recent discoveries in the environmental and behavioral science of conception.

Before trying either of the methods, however, it's very important to track your ovulation date so that you know exactly when you ovulate. Here are some of the ways Dr. Moore says will maximize a couple's chances of conceiving a girl or a boy.

Baby Boy
For a baby boy, the Y sperm need to be more plentiful and to make their way to the egg easier and faster.

  • Avoid sexual activity for three to four days before the calculated ovulation date.
  • No hot tubs or hot baths for the man at least one week before this time. He should also avoid wearing briefs.
  • Have intercourse one time only on the ovulation date. Use condoms for any subsequent sexual activity.
  • The man should drink coffee or caffeinated soda two hours before sex; this increases sperm counts.
  • After sex, the woman should lie still for 20 minutes.
  • Avoid artificial lubricants.

Baby Girl
For a baby girl, the X sperm need to be more plentiful.

  • To lower the sperm count, have frequent intercourse on days 5 through 8 of the woman's cycle.
  • On days 9, 10 and 11, have daily intercourse.
  • The sexual position should be face to face.
  • Avoid artificial lubricants.
  • No sex on days 12, 13 or 14, or for at least two days after ovulation, except with condoms.


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