Can You Control Your Baby's Gender?

It's not unusual today for couple's to seek out ways to control or influence their baby's gender; they may have children of one gender already and simply want one of each or may be trying to round out their family in some way, or may prefer one gender over another for whatever reason.  This of course is their personal preference and opinion and no one should question their motives or their desires, but that issue aside, can you really control or influence a baby's gender before the mother gets pregnant?

There have been stories for centuries about how to determine a baby's gender and many of these stories were based on fables and superstition rather than scientific fact or understanding.    As an example many believed that the woman was the one that determined the baby's gender since the woman is the one that carried the baby.  People believed that it was something about the woman's system or insides that made the baby what is was, good or bad.  The baby being female or male is now known to be determined by the chromosomes that the father contributes to the egg and not based on the mothers at all.

There's really not much that the father can do to control or influence the baby's gender.  Rather the best method to do this is to think of the sperm that has the Y chromosome for the male moves faster but it is destroyed more rapidly in contrast to the X chromosome for females that moves slower but it survives longer.  What this translates into is that the sperm which carry the Y chromosome for boys can move more quickly but have a shorter life expectancy than their counterparts which carry the X chromosomes for girls.  The vaginal pH can either kill or preserve sperm; pH that is more alkaline will preserve sperm which can influence a baby's gender.  "Boy sperm" thrive in this environment and have a greater chance to reach the ovum to fertilize it.  If the PH of the vagina has more acid in it then it will destroy the more delicate sperm and give the female sperm a better chance to  get on an egg so it can be fertilized.

There is absolutely no proven method to ensure your choice of a baby's gender.  Even the scientific technology used in vitro fertilization is not totally reliable concerning the baby's gender, so be ready to have either a boy or girl!