Is Baby Gender Prediction Possible?

You may be curious about baby gender prediction and how it works.  While “old wives tales” about baby gender prediction may still abound - calculating the woman’s birth date versus the Chinese lunar calendar or believing that the baby will be the same gender as the more active partner during sex - it’s best to consider some more accurate and more reliable methods with scientific backing.

Some people feel that the way a woman carries her child is a way of predicting whether the baby will be a male or a female.  Some think that a baby boy will sit higher in the belly, and a girl will be lower.  This is also not fool proof because often the way a woman’s belly develops during pregnancy gets influenced by her body shape instead of the gender of the child. 

A woman that is shorter or that has a shorter torso may find that the baby sits lower in the belly simply because there is not much room for it to develop anywhere else.  Taller women may find that the baby sits higher simply because it has that much more room.  Of course there are many other factors that influence the size and shape of the belly during pregnancy and this too cannot be considered an accurate baby gender prediction method.

It is known that sperm that contains Y chromosomes, which means they will produce boys, usually moves faster and also dies quicker compared to sperm only containing X chromosomes, producing girls, which seems to make it the only real baby gender prediction method.  It is significant that sperm carrying a Y chromosome lose motility sooner than sperm carrying an X chromosome. 

Many believe that for baby gender prediction you should lie still after intercourse for a boy as this will allow that sperm to reach an egg to fertilize quicker.  For a girl you should consider having intercourse a day after ovulation as the Y chromosome sperm may then die off before they reach an egg whereas the longer-lasting X chromosome sperm have a better chance of lasting long enough to reach that egg.

Remember though that there is no guaranteed method of baby gender prediction.  It is not possible even if you take all the techniques and tricks of the world to control what goes on in a woman’s uterus, so you should be prepared for a baby of either gender whatever you may try.