subject: Tips To Conceive A Son Naturally [print this page] If you are trawling the internet for tips to conceive a son naturally, you may have realised just how much information there is out there. However, like most things, some is worth taking on board and some is utter rubbish. As a quick rule of thumb, try to disregard any which seems to be based on old wives tales, and take a closer look at any which is based on scientific fact.
There is no single tip or action you can adopt which will guarantee that you will have a son. However, there are a number of useful tips to conceive a son naturally which when combined, can have a big influence on the gender of your child, with some multifaceted systems claiming a 95% success rate.
Male and female sperm are very different. By taking advantages of the differences between them it is possible to sway the odds in your favor.
Male sperm (Y sperm) is much faster than its female counterpart. It is also smaller, but more fragile and normally survives for little over a day. It thrives better in a slightly alkaline environment. What this all means is that if you are trying to conceive a son, you should aim to have intercourse on the day of ovulation and on the following day to enable the faster male sperm to "win the race". Of course this is reliant on you knowing exactly when ovulation happens so to remove any doubt, it really is worth using an ovulation predictor kit for a month or two beforehand.
Other useful tips to conceive a son naturally are using the correct intercourse positions, which take advantage of the alkalinity of the area around the cervix, and testing the overall pH level and using douches if it sways towards acidity.
If you would like to see tried-and-tested, all-encompassing methods which will help you to have a boy baby, there is an excellent guide which is based on scientific rather than anecdotal principles. It includes all the information you need to successfully choose your baby's gender and has been proven to be 95% accurate.
