Although many couples say that they only want a healthy baby, and the gender is unimportant, there are others who frankly admit having a preference for one sex or the other.
So, short of paying huge sums of money on the more scientific methods of gender selection that run anywhere from $2500 to $20,000, how does a couple aim for a particular gender when they are trying to conceive?
Many couples have used the Whelan Method of gender selection.
The Whelan Method was developed by Elizabeth Whelan, Sc. D.
It is the opposite of the well known Shettles Method of gender selection, and is based on an all natural timed intercourse method.
With the Whelan Method, the couple would have intercourse four to six days before the basal Body Temperature rises if they want to get pregnant with a boy baby, and two to three days before the woman ovulates if they are hankering for a little girl baby.
To date, the accuracy rate for the Whelan Method is approximately 68% correct for boy babies and around 57% correct for girl babies.
When you get right down to the nitty gritty, those success rates aren’t really much better than plain old chance.
After all, couples ordinarily have about a 50-50 chance of getting the gender they want without using any sort of gender selection method!
Some couples believe that various sexual positions used in conjunction with the Whelan Method of gender selection will boost chances of getting what you want in the boy or girl department. However, there is no hard and fast evidence to support this theory.
On the other hand, since the Whelan Method doesn’t cost one red cent, and you can try different sexual positions to your heart’s content without spending a dime—you really have nothing to lose by trying.
If you want to try the Whelan Method, you will need to monitor your natural symptoms of ovulation such as Basal Body Temperature and cervical mucous, as well as cervical position.
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MicroSort is another well know preconception gender selection method. http://www.microsort.com
It can be used independently or in conjunction with PGD.