Can you really up your chances of having either a girl or a boy? The Shettles method says yes. But is it accurate? Read on.
cycle. “This is a treatment where the eggs are fertilized with sperm in the laboratory and embryos are created,” says Bachman. “The embryos can then be biopsied and tested for their chromosomes. This is considered about 98 to 99 percent accurate. More important than the sex, we can know which embryos are most likely to lead to a healthy pregnancy.
“Mainstream belief is that sperm with Y chromosomes tend to swim faster than sperm carrying the X chromosome,” Chuang says. “This has pretty much been debunked because the difference in speed between the two types of sperm is relatively small and may not significantly impact the likelihood of conceiving a male or female baby.”You should have sex during the time between the end of your period and at least three days before ovulation if you want to have a girl, according to the Shettles method.
Doctors stress that there’s no modern science supporting using the Shettles method to conceive a baby with your preferred sex. However, Chuang points out that the Shettles method—along with a lot of the other hacks out there—is pretty harmless. As long as you’re notinvested in it, you might as well try it.
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