Effective ways to plan the sex of a child. How to plan the gender of your unborn child? Methods for planning the gender of a child
Statistics show that for every 100 girls today, 106 boys are born. Male embryos are always more vulnerable, although more of them are formed. This initial imbalance of the male and female sex compensates for the losses of men during the period of intrauterine gestation, in the period up to one year and until the end of life. Boys in the first year of life, like male embryos in the uterus, die much more often than girls.
Is it possible to plan the gender of your unborn child? How to make this more likely?
A little history of floor planning
They first tried to plan the sex of an unborn child in Ancient China. This planning was based on the mother's age at the time of conception and the month of conception. For example, a 25-year-old woman was more likely to conceive a boy in winter and autumn, and a girl in the spring. Then special tables were developed indicating months favorable for conceiving children of both sexes. However, today the accuracy of Chinese forecasts is 60%.
The Japanese also determined the gender of the unborn child. But they already took into account the data of the future father. Thus, calculations were based on the month of conception and the months of the parents’ birthdays. For example, if both parents were born in November, then in July they can conceive a girl, in February -. The accuracy of the Japanese forecast is 54-59 percent.
Blood renewal planning method
Doctors in Europe have developed a theory of blood renewal, which also makes it possible to plan the sex of the unborn baby. According to this medical theory, the blood in a woman’s body is renewed once every three years, and in a man’s body - every four years. Whose blood will be fresher at the time of conception, the baby will inherit that gender. For a specific calculation, it is necessary to divide the woman’s age at the time of conception by three, and the man’s age, respectively, by four. Then you need to compare the division remainders. The parent whose balance in numbers is smaller will have younger blood. The child will inherit the gender of that parent. The accuracy of planning for blood renewal is 51-53 percent.
Gender planning based on ovulation
This planning method is considered the most accurate today. So, a female egg ready for fertilization lives in the tube for 24 hours, and during this time conception can occur. Let us remember that the egg is released in. Male sperm with many sperm can live in the female genital organs for 3-5 days. That is why, if sexual intercourse occurs three to five days before ovulation, then sperm can wait for the egg and fertilize it. Of course, on the way to the egg, many sperm die. Only the most active can reach the place where it is located.
More viable and at the same time “lazy” sperm are the carriers of the X chromosome, that is, the female principle. And carriers of the Y chromosome (male) are more mobile, but less viable. This means the following. If the Y-chromosome carrier sperm reaches the egg first, the expectant mother will become pregnant with a boy and vice versa.
How, based on the above, can you become pregnant with a boy? You should have sex on the day of ovulation or close to its onset. To get pregnant with a girl, you should plan sex 2-3 days before ovulation. Then the "boy" spermatozoa will die and only those that conceive a girl will remain.
The main difficulty of the method is to correctly calculate the date of ovulation. It’s good if a woman always has a stable, regular cycle. For example, with a stable 28-day cycle, a woman's ovulation occurs 13-14 days after the onset of menstruation. The expectant mother just needs to use the data to calculate the date of ovulation.
If a woman's cycle is not stable, then there are special tests to determine ovulation. They can be purchased at a pharmacy and accordingly plan sex on the day of ovulation if you want to give birth to a boy.
It should be noted that the efficiency of this method is the highest and amounts to 85%.
Abstinence method
It is very simple and its effectiveness is 70%. So, to conceive a girl, future parents should refrain from intimate relationships. At the same time, antibodies to spermatozoa carrying the Y chromosome begin to be produced in the male body, and as a result, the likelihood of conceiving a girl increases. If you make love more often, then on the contrary, the chances of having a boy increase.
So, the gender of the unborn child can be breaded. But still, it is better to plan the pregnancy itself, that is, to take a responsible approach to the birth of a new healthy life.
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Some parents dream that the new family member must be a boy or a girl. This question is surrounded by many myths, some of which have a scientific basis, and some even belong to the category of folk superstitions. Is it possible to somehow plan the gender of the unborn child?Myth No. 1: Some women “know how” to give birth only to girls, and some to boys
This also includes the common myth that if the man in a couple loves more, a boy appears, and if a woman, a girl appears. Let's look at physiology. There are 23 pairs of chromosomes in each cell of the human body. The 22 pairs of chromosomes are very similar. Only the pair responsible for the gender is different. In women, the two sex chromosomes are identical (each looks like the letter X, hence the name). And in men, one of the sex chromosomes has “lost” one tail and is not at all similar to the other, resembling the letter Y.
In order for a new little person, a boy or a girl, to be born, two cells must meet: a male cell - a sperm cell and a female cell - an egg cell. When they merge, a fertilized egg is formed - a zygote. Each of these cells contains half the genetic makeup. Moreover, all eggs contain an X chromosome (women simply have no others), and sperm are of two types: with an X chromosome and with a Y chromosome. If the egg is fertilized by an X sperm, a girl will be born, if Y, a boy will be born.
Thus, the main responsibility for shaping the sex of a child lies with the man, not the woman. However, everyone can remember a family where, from generation to generation, only boys or only girls are born. Why does this happen? Apparently, there is some kind of genetic predisposition to having children of the same sex. Or perhaps it’s all about the characteristics of sperm that affect the activity of sperm of group X or Y.
Myth No. 2: Boys are born in the very middle of the menstrual cycle, and girls are born at other times.
Every month in a woman’s body, under the influence of pituitary hormones, a tiny follicle vesicle matures in the ovary, which bursts in the middle of the menstrual cycle, releasing the egg. This process is called ovulation. Having left the ovary, the egg is “captured” by the fallopian tube and, thanks to its contractions, moves towards the uterus. The egg retains its ability to fertilize for an average of 24 hours. During sexual intercourse, 3-5 milliliters of sperm enters a woman’s vagina, which contains 300-500 million sperm. Only part of them enters through the vagina, through the cervical canal and the uterine cavity into the fallopian tube. They make this journey in 2-2.5 hours, and retain their fertilizing ability in the fallopian tube from 2 to 7 days, according to various sources. Spermatozoa carrying the male Y chromosome are lighter and more mobile than those carrying the female X chromosome. However, their viability is lower and they die faster.
Therefore, the myth is partly true. On the day of ovulation, male sperm are the first to reach the egg, but if sexual intercourse took place 2-7 days before ovulation, then the surviving female sperm are more likely to conceive.
To calculate gender using this method, it is necessary to accurately determine the date of ovulation. The simplest home method is to use special test strips to determine the level of luteinizing hormone, the level of which increases sharply before ovulation. The test allows you to record this rise, which will be evidence of the onset of ovulation in the next 48 hours after receiving this result.
There are also devices on sale for determining ovulation using saliva. They are designed for reusable use, but are also more expensive. When saliva dries on glass before ovulation, it crystallizes, and under a microscope you can see bizarre patterns - the “fern symptom”. This pattern appears due to a sharp increase in the amount of the hormone estrogen. This test is also recommended to be performed in the morning, without eating anything beforehand, and it is also not recommended to drink alcohol, smoke or brush your teeth. Inflammatory diseases of the oral cavity can distort the result.
The method of measuring basal temperature is to construct a temperature curve. To do this, you need to measure the temperature in the rectum every morning, without getting out of bed, and mark it in a table or draw a graph. On the day of ovulation, the temperature line suddenly drops sharply, and then jumps by more than 0.7 degrees and remains at a high level throughout the entire second phase of the cycle.
In addition, the day of ovulation can be tracked by ultrasound, which, of course, is used in the treatment of infertility, but not for the purpose of planning the gender of the child.
Myth No. 3: If you follow a high-protein diet (meat, fish, smoked meats), future parents are more likely to have boys, while if you follow a carbohydrate diet (fruits, vegetables, sweets), girls are more likely to be born.
It is also believed that X chromosome carriers survive better in an environment rich in calcium and magnesium, and Y chromosome carriers in sodium and potassium. This theory is very controversial and even dangerous for future offspring.
It is common for any organism to maintain homeostasis - the constancy of its internal composition, including chemicals. To achieve a serious shift in homeostasis, a person will have to consciously achieve a deficiency of any substances, because the body will get rid of the excess itself. A serious deficiency will lead to dysfunction, in particular sexual function. Therefore, a strict mono-diet will most likely lead to a deterioration in the ability to conceive (fertility), but not to the appearance of a baby of a certain gender. Thus, the main guardians of the maturing egg are foods containing vitamin E: vegetable oils, eggs, grain bread, buckwheat and oatmeal, legumes, nuts. Sprouted wheat grains, including flakes and flour made from them, are richest in vitamin E. Spermatozoa, regardless of their gender, need animal and plant proteins, grains and vegetables.
It is also necessary to remember that a deficiency of certain substances can affect the health of the unborn child. For example, if you adhere to a “male” diet, you may develop a deficiency of folic acid, which is found in fresh greens (with the exception of parsley), cabbage, beets, carrots, potatoes with skin, bran, seeds and nuts. With a deficiency of folic acid, the likelihood of having children with disorders such as defects of the central nervous system and spine increases significantly.
If you stick to a “girlish” diet, you may experience a deficiency of B vitamins, and in regions far from the sea, even iodine. Without iodine, the thyroid gland cannot function normally; in women with reduced function of this gland, ovulation occurs very rarely; in addition, a lack of iodine can subsequently have a detrimental effect on the mental development of the child.
Myth No. 4: Conceiving a child of a certain gender depends on the time of year and day.
According to the superstition, boys are more likely to be born during autumn conception, and girls are more likely to be born if conceived in spring. The method is again based on the assumption that male sperm need more comfortable conditions, and with a spring vitamin deficiency, girls have a better chance. How effective this method is in gender planning is unknown, because there are no scientific works on this topic, but, undoubtedly, the nutrition of a woman who has decided to become a mother should be balanced.
According to another sign, closer to the full moon according to the lunar calendar, the time of boys comes, and closer to the new moon - girls. The menstrual cycle is the same length as the lunar cycle (28 days), but if the theory were correct, then all women would ovulate and menstruate at the same time. The Czech doctor Jonas went further and suggested that, along with the menstrual cycle, there is a second, individual cycle of greatest predisposition to conception, set already from birth and throughout the reproductive period of a woman’s life. This second cycle is focused on the phase of the Moon that preceded the birth of a given woman. Each return of the corresponding phase of the Moon means for a particular woman the period of greatest predisposition to conception (fertile period) and reproduction. According to Jonas, conceiving a girl is possible on days when the Moon occupies “female” zodiac signs (Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, Pisces), while conceiving a boy is possible in other (“male”) periods. Perhaps this theory makes sense, since the existence of biorhythms has long been confirmed by scientists. However, as with many other theories, it is confusing to completely ignore the male influence, despite the fact that we know that sex is determined by the sperm.
Myth No. 5: If a man often visits the bathhouse, then the likelihood of having a girl is greater
This method of sex planning, like diet, can be considered dangerous for future offspring. The quantity and quality of sperm produced in the testicles increases at a temperature that is slightly lower than the general body temperature, and when overheated, the ability of sperm to fertilize decreases, some of them die, and some change their anatomy. There is no evidence that only sperm with the Y chromosome die, but it is a fact that visiting a sauna reduces fertility. Those who use a sauna twice a week have a statistically higher risk of developing male infertility compared to those who use a sauna once a week. Any febrile conditions lead to a deterioration in the quality of sperm, and such a decrease in quality can be observed for up to three months - this is how long the maturation of each sperm in the testicle continues.
Myth No. 6: The child will inherit the gender of the parent whose blood is “younger”
According to this technique, every three years a woman’s blood and every four years a man’s blood is completely renewed. The calculation is simple: the age of future parents is divided, respectively, by three for women and by four for men. Whose remainder is greater, that blood is “fresher and stronger”, that gender will be obtained. And an amendment: if the mother is a carrier of a negative Rh factor, then the result will be exactly the opposite. Blood is also renewed during blood donation, childbirth, abortion, and surgery. The accuracy of this technique, according to various sources, ranges from 60 to 80 percent. The very concept of “renewal” of blood is very controversial. Blood consists of a liquid part (plasma) and formed blood elements. Blood plasma delivers and takes away various substances from organs and tissues, molecules of various substances constantly move into and out of the blood, there is no need to talk about any constancy of the plasma, it is completely renewed in a few days. The formed elements of blood also have a short lifespan: The lifespan of an erythrocyte is 120 days, leukocytes - from several hours to several months, platelets - 10-12 days. What is renewed in the blood once every three to four years and how this affects the germ cells remains a mystery. One thing is for sure - this planning technique is absolutely harmless.
Myth No. 7: The sex of the child can be planned using Chinese (Japanese) tables
There are tables that can be used to calculate the gender of the unborn baby based on the age of its parents. According to the ancient Chinese method, only the woman’s age and the month of conception of the child are taken into account. The Chinese forgot about dad, the sex chromosome donor.
Residents of the Land of the Rising Sun have their own method of planning the sex of a child. The month of birth of a man and a woman, as well as the month of conception of a child, is correlated here. Parents' age is not taken into account. It turns out that the same couple in a given month of the year can only have a child of one sex. There are plenty of examples and refutations. Many families have children of different sexes whose birthdays are nearby or even coincide on the calendar.
In Europe, two theories of age have also come into use. The first is based on the fact that if you are an even number of years, then if you conceive in an even month (February, April, etc.) you will get a girl, and in an odd month you will get a boy. And, accordingly, if you are an odd number of years, then if you conceive in an odd month you will get a girl, and in an even month you will get a boy.
The best refutation of all tabular planning methods is the fact of the existence of opposite-sex twins, the conception of which took place on the same dates.
Not myth number 1. The sex of the child can be planned!
However, modern medical science allows you to choose the sex of your unborn child. This can be done using an IVF program, when conception occurs in a test tube outside the woman’s body.
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is a special molecular testing of the chromosomal set of embryonic cells, carried out before the embryo is transferred into the uterine cavity. In addition to determining gender, this type of study allows us to identify about 150 hereditary diseases, which significantly reduces the likelihood of the birth of a sick child and increases the effectiveness of the IVF procedure. Currently, in Russia, PGD is used to determine sex only in cases where the couple is a carrier of severe hereditary diseases linked to sex (hemophilia, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Shershevsky-Turner syndrome). The effectiveness of PGD for sex selection is 100%.
The Erickson method is a sperm sorting method that separates the faster sperm that produce boys from the slower sperm that produce girls. To do this, sperm is applied to a layer of sticky liquid located in a laboratory tube. Y sperm move faster and reach the bottom of the tube sooner. To conceive a boy, the lower fraction is taken, girls - the upper. This method is cheaper than high-tech methods, safe, but does not give a guaranteed result. This method is not used in our country.
Ethical aspects of sex selection
Many scientists around the world are sounding the alarm due to the fact that a number of countries allow medical participation in choosing the sex of a child without medical indications. Free choice of a child's sex can lead to a change in the natural sex ratio.
Thus, in India, where the sex of the child is determined in the early stages of pregnancy, millions of abortions of female fetuses are performed, which has already led to a shortage of female population. In our country, the issue of medical sex selection requires legislative regulation with the involvement of the public, doctors, biologists and geneticists in the discussion.
A child of any gender is a wonderful gift. And is it really so important what color the ribbon on this gift of fate will be?
When planning a pregnancy, few potential parents do not think about how to choose the gender of their unborn child in advance. Some need a boy, others need a girl. Such planning becomes especially relevant when the family already has one child. As a rule, parents dream of having a second child of the opposite sex.
For many centuries, humanity has struggled to solve the riddle of sex planning. Most peoples had priority over boys. In some cultures, newborn girls were even thrown from high cliffs. Agree, this is not the best method.
We are not far removed from our ancestors. Some parents plan the gender of their children using modern ultrasound technologies, which make it possible to recognize the sexual characteristics of the fetus in the early stages of pregnancy. It happens that after “unfavorable” ultrasound results, a woman terminates her pregnancy. Fortunately, this doesn't happen often.
However, there are methods by which you can try to select the gender of your unborn child in advance.
It has been proven that although the genital organs of the fetus are formed at the end of the second month of pregnancy, gender is determined much earlier - at the moment of conception. After this, no matter how the pregnant woman behaves, no matter what she eats or what she looks at, nothing can be changed. Therefore, it is obvious that all “measures” for gender planning should be carried out before conception.
So, what are the ways to “order” the birth of a boy or girl?
Diet for the expectant mother
The first method is associated with restrictions imposed on the menu of the expectant mother. So...
To "program" a boy
To conceive a boy, a predominance of potassium and sodium ions, and as little calcium and magnesium ions as possible, is recommended. To do this, it is suggested to eat meat, fish, potatoes, mushrooms, dry white beans, lentils, dried peas, legumes, and eat only egg whites. Of the fruits, cherries, dates, apricots, peaches, prunes, dried apricots, and dates are especially necessary. Recommended drinks: tea, beer, fruit juices, mineral soda water. Also, cookies, biscuits, semolina and rice are useful for a woman who wants to conceive a boy. In addition, a woman is advised to salt all her food as much as possible, eat canned foods and yeast. Fatty foods are good for conceiving a boy.
Not recommended: milk and dairy products, mineral waters with calcium, shrimp, crabs, fish roe, baked goods made with egg dough, bread, pancakes, waffles, milk-based confectionery, green salad, green beans, green beans, raw cabbage , watercress, dill, walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds, peanuts, cocoa, milk chocolate.
To "program" a girl
In order to conceive a girl, the expectant mother's diet should contain a lot of calcium and magnesium ions, but little potassium and sodium. This combination is provided by: meat in limited quantities, fresh or frozen fish, all types of baked goods without salt and yeast, eggs, potatoes in limited quantities, eggplant, asparagus, beets, carrots, cucumbers, watercress, green beans, peas, peppers, onions, tomatoes. As well as unsalted almonds, hazelnuts, peanuts, sugar, honey, spices, jams and aromatic herbs. Healthy drinks include coffee, tea, cocoa, and calcium mineral waters.
At the same time, salted foods, carbonated drinks, canned juices, and Pepsi-Cola should be avoided. It is necessary to exclude sausages, ham, smoked meats, salted and canned fish, crayfish and shrimp, all cheeses, ice cream, ordinary breads and industrial confectionery, corn and canned vegetables, fried potatoes, raw tomatoes, lentils, salted dried fruits, plums, apricots , cherries, bananas, oranges, currants, melons. During this period, you can not eat salt, yeast, soda, olives, margarine, spicy sauces, and any canned food.
The diet should be followed from the beginning of the menstrual cycle until the intended conception.
Tables for calculating the sex of the unborn child
There are several such tables. The most common is the so-called “Ancient Chinese table for determining the sex of the unborn child.” According to the sites that publish it (and there are dozens of them on the Internet), it “guarantees 99% accuracy. The table was hidden in a temple near Beijing 700 years ago. Currently, the original is in the Institute of Sciences in Beijing. That’s it, What you need to know is the month the child was conceived and the age of the mother at the time of conception."
| Jan | Feb | March | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | sen | Oct | But I | Dec | |
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| 18 | and | m | and | m | m | m | m | m | m | m | m | m |
| 19 | m | and | m | and | and | m | m | and | m | m | and | and |
| 20 | and | m | and | m | m | m | m | m | m | and | m | m |
| 21 | m | and | and | and | and | and | and | and | and | and | and | and |
| 22 | and | m | m | and | m | and | and | m | and | and | and | and |
| 23 | m | m | m | and | m | m | and | and | and | m | m | and |
| 24 | m | and | and | m | m | and | m | and | m | m | and | m |
| 25 | and | m | and | m | and | m | and | m | and | m | m | m |
| 26 | m | m | m | m | m | and | m | and | and | m | and | and |
| 27 | and | and | m | m | and | m | and | and | m | and | m | m |
| 28 | m | m | m | and | and | m | and | m | and | and | m | and |
| 29 | and | m | and | and | m | and | and | m | and | m | and | and |
| 30 | m | m | and | m | and | m | m | m | m | m | m | m |
| 31 | m | m | m | m | and | and | m | and | m | and | and | and |
| 32 | m | and | and | m | and | m | m | and | m | m | and | m |
| 33 | and | m | m | and | and | m | and | m | and | m | m | and |
| 34 | m | m | and | and | m | and | m | m | and | m | and | and |
| 35 | m | and | m | and | m | and | m | and | m | m | and | m |
| 36 | m | and | m | m | m | and | m | m | and | and | and | and |
| 37 | and | and | m | and | and | and | m | and | m | m | and | m |
| 38 | m | m | and | and | m | and | and | m | and | and | m | and |
| 39 | and | and | m | and | and | and | m | and | m | m | and | m |
| 40 | m | m | m | and | m | and | m | and | m | and | and | m |
| 41 | and | and | m | and | m | m | and | and | m | and | m | and |
| 42 | m | and | and | m | m | m | m | m | and | m | and | m |
| 43 | and | m | and | and | m | m | m | and | and | and | m | m |
| 44 | m | and | and | and | m | and | m | m | and | m | and | m |
| 45 | and | m | and | m | and | and | m | and | m | and | m | and |
| Jan | Feb | March | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | sen | Oct | But I | Dec |
In appearance, the table is very simple: the mother’s age is measured vertically, and the month of conception horizontally. According to this document, you will have to come to terms with the fact that all 24-year-old women who conceive in February give birth exclusively to girls. This doesn't sound entirely convincing. If you go further and delve into the table more closely, you will notice that an 18-year-old woman has a very small chance of giving birth to a girl (only if conception occurred in January or March), and at 21 it is almost impossible to give birth to a boy (corresponding only January is marked with a sign).
Any doubts? We also have them. And we decided to check the promised 99% accuracy using a simple survey of site visitors: “Do your table data agree?” The results fluctuated around 50x50% plus or minus 2%. Which, in principle, corresponds to the natural balance between the sexes, existing in nature without any tables.
In addition to the “ancient Chinese” one, there are several other types of tables. For example, Japanese method(published in AIDS-INFO 9, 1995) - it is more complex than ancient Chinese, and consists of one large table and graph.
Table. You need to find the number corresponding to the intersection of the column and row.
| Month of birth women |
Man's birth month | |||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | mar | Apr | May | Jun | july | Aug | Sep | Oct | but I | Dec | |
| Jan | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| Feb | 10 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 6 |
| mar | 7 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 |
| Apr | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| May | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| Jun | 10 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 6 |
| july | 7 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 |
| Aug | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Sep | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| Oct | 10 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 6 |
| but I | 7 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 |
| Dec | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
The schedule is the right time for conception. It is necessary to take the figure obtained from the table and monitor changes in the graph along the vertical axis corresponding to this figure.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | boy | girl | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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| Jan | Feb | mar | Apr | x | x | ||||||||
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| Jan | Feb | mar | Apr | May | Jun | x | x | ||||||
| Feb | mar | Apr | May | Jun | july | x | xx | ||||||
| mar | Apr | May | Jun | july | Aug | x | xxxx | Jan | |||||
| Apr | May | Jun | july | Aug | Sep | x | xx | Jan | Feb | ||||
| May | Jun | july | Aug | Sep | Oct | xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | x | Jan | Feb | mar | |||
| Jun | july | Aug | Sep | Oct | but I | x | x | Jan | Feb | mar | Apr | ||
| july | Aug | Sep | Oct | but I | Dec | x | x | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | |
| Aug | Sep | Oct | but I | Dec | x | x | Jan | Feb | mar | Apr | May | Jun | |
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| Dec | xxx | x | May | Jun | july | Aug | Sep | Oct | |||||
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In addition, there is a folk “method” for calculating the sex of a child based on the age of the father and mother at the time of conception, based on “blood renewal cycles,” which supposedly occurs once every 3 years for a woman, and once every 4 years for a man. However, according to doctors, the blood in the body of any person is renewed three times a year.
"Scientific" methods of floor planning
In addition to speculative methods, which include the above tables, there are more or less scientifically based planning methods. One of them is the use of the ovulation period.
Spermatozoa with a Y chromosome move faster, but live less. If sexual intercourse occurs at the moment of ovulation, then Y, moving faster, are the first to reach the egg and the probability of giving birth to a boy is higher. If sexual intercourse occurs before ovulation, then Y die without waiting for the egg to be released, and at the moment of ovulation the egg ends up with X, then the probability of having a girl is higher.
Another quite reasonable method is also based on the presence (or absence) of the Y chromosome. It is believed that with frequent sexual intercourse, sperm contain more of these same Y-coats, and with rare intercourse, less. Thus, to conceive a boy, a couple should speed up their sexual rhythm, and girls, on the contrary, should slow it down.
It is also credible to say that the condition of the mother greatly influences the sex of the child, which is why restless mothers with problems and worries are more likely to give birth to boys. And, with a shining look, as a rule, girls are born.
There are interesting observations, as well as statistical data confirming, for example, that the frequency of births of boys is higher during the first birth and decreases during subsequent births. The younger the future parents, the more likely they are to conceive a boy, and vice versa. In people with gout, girls predominate in the offspring; in the offspring of bald men, one and a half times more boys.
In addition, it is known that children of the same age are more often of the same sex, and if the interval between births is about three years, then in most cases children of the opposite sex are born. If pregnancy occurs soon after an abortion, girls are more likely to be born.
What do specialists - doctors, obstetricians - think about sex selection before conception?
According to the Medicine 2000 Association, planning the gender of a child is not a fully scientifically substantiated issue. “Blindly” is “planned” by nature for 52% of boys and 48% of girls; in Italy, by determining the day of conception and diet, a 60% “hit” of the desired sex of the child is guaranteed. Such work is not carried out at the CDC MNIIEM.
At the same time, many foreign countries have developed and are already putting them into practice, although the moral side of such actions is subject to serious doubts.
As soon as a woman finds out about her long-awaited pregnancy, she immediately has many questions, one of which is:how to find out the gender of your unborn child? Today, many new ways to study expectant mothers have emerged, but the question of how to determine the sex of a child in the first weeks (or even the first days) of pregnancy remains open.
Which of them are considered the most effective and what are they based on?
How is a child of a certain gender formed?
To answer this question, you have to remember the school biology course. A woman’s egg carries an X chromosome, and a man’s sperm carries an X or Y. If the egg is fertilized by the Y chromosome, then after the due time the couple will have a boy, and if X, a girl can be expected.
It is difficult to predict this natural process in advance, calculate the sex of the child or influence it in any way, therefore, in the first weeks after conception, determining the sex of the child remains a mystery for both future parents and doctors.
What affects the gender of the baby?
There are many theories about the influence of various factors on the formation of a child’s gender, but so far none of them has been 100% confirmed. For example, there is a statement that the future sex of the child depends on the weight of the mother and her nutrition.
According to some studies, women who weigh less than 54 kilograms are more likely to give birth to girls, while heavier women generally give birth to boys. Indeed, the development of a male body requires a little more nutrients than a female one, but the weight of the expectant mother still cannot be a guarantee of the birth of a child of a certain gender - we can remember a lot of cases where small, fragile girls successfully give birth to boys.
The same applies to theories regarding the age of future parents: hormonal changes that occur in the human body over the years can affect the sex of the embryo, but are not a determining factor.
Other studies say thatcalculate the sex of the babypossible with a certain diet. So, in order to give birth to a girl, expectant mothers need magnesium and calcium, that is, eggs, onions, dairy products, nuts, etc. But you can “order” a boy with the help of products such as fish, meat, legumes and fruits - that is, those that contain sodium and potassium.
In addition, acidic foods and drinks (in particular, natural fruit juices without sugar) are considered to be quite effective in planning the gender of the unborn baby: nutritionists advise women who want to conceive a girl to regularly consume them immediately before conception. This fact has a completely scientific basis - thanks to acidic foods, the environment in the vagina also becomes acidic, which is why sperm with the Y chromosome quickly die.
But in any case, the fundamental role inplanning the sex of the unborn childOnly Mother Nature plays, and future parents are unable to influence her decision. The only thing they can do is try to determine the sex of the child before his birth, using existing methods and techniques.
Methods for determining the sex of the baby
The most accessible way to determine the sex of a child today is considered to be an ultrasound examination, but the problem is that this can only be done at a specific period (after approximately the 16-17th week of pregnancy). But what to do if for some reason it needs to be recognized earlier? To do this in advance with a 100% probability is almost impossible today, so scientists are still trying to find a method that will allow not only to calculate the gender of the child immediately after conception, but also to plan it in advance.
The most popular and effective are severaltests to determine the sex of the child, which are based on various factors: the blood of the parents, the date of conception and special tables (Japanese and Chinese). You can test each of them in practice and verify their reliability below.
Determining the sex of a child by blood renewal
Methods to determine the sex of a child based on the blood of the parents have been known to scientists for a long time, and one of them is based on the date of blood renewal. There is an opinion that complete renewal of blood, mucous membranes and tissues regularly occurs in the body of every person, and for men the frequency of this process is four years, and for representatives of the opposite sex - three. That is, if at the time of conception the woman’s blood is “younger” than the man’s blood, the couple will have a girl, and if vice versa, then a boy.
It is quite difficult to say anything about the reliability of this method, since according to some data it “works” in 80% of cases, and according to others - in 50%. But experts say that if the calculations are done correctly, the couple has every chance of getting an answer to their question with a fairly high probability.
To calculategender of the child by blood updateyou need to know the date of conception of the baby, as well as the dates of birth of the future father and mother. True, it is important to remember that there are many factors that can speed up the process of blood renewal: these include transfusions, operations, major blood losses or donations. In this case, the countdown should begin not from the date of birth, but from the day when the last major blood loss occurred
Determining the sex of a child by the blood type of the parents
The method is based on the theory that the blood types of the future father and mother have a great influence on the formation of the baby’s gender. In other words, women and men with certain blood types are more likely to have a child of a certain sex. Of course, this method has the right to exist, but its reliability is subject to great criticism.
The problem is that the table for determining the sex of a child by blood implies one result for one pair of parents, but after all, each of us knows cases when children of different sexes grow up in one family.
Determining the sex of a child by the Rh factor of the parents
To determine the sex of the baby in this way, it is enough to compare the Rh factors of his parents. It’s easier than ever to do this: if the rhesus match, then the couple will have a girl, and if the indicators are different, a boy.
True, as in the case of calculating gender based on blood type, one can strongly doubt the reliability of the result obtained, because it states that a particular couple can give birth to either only boys or only girls.
Determining the gender of a child using a Chinese table
This technique does not have any scientific basis, and it is based on the observations and practical experience of several generations of Chinese. He says that a woman of a certain age can conceive or give birth to a boy or girl only in certain months of the year.
According to researchers, the first mention of the method dates back to the 12th century, anddetermining the sex of a child using a tablehelped many monarchs from the Celestial Empire to plan the gender of their heirs. Howfind out the sex of the child according to the table?
It’s very simple - you need to know the month of birth of the expectant mother, as well as the month of conception or the expected birth of the baby. By the way, modern parents also talk about the high effectiveness of the Chinese table - according to estimates from couples who used this method, the probability of getting the correct result is about 90%.
To determine the gender of the expected baby using the Chinese table, simply find the corresponding cell in the table - the intersection of the line of your age and the column - month of conception.
Interestingly, with the help of this table, you can also plan the gender of the child. In the row corresponding to your age, select the months in which you are most likely to have a boy or a girl. Subtract 9 months from the selected month and you will get the estimated month of conception.
| Age mother at conception, years |
Month of conception | |||||||||||
| Jan 1 | Feb 2 | III
March |
April IV | V May | VI June | VII
July |
VIII
Aug |
IX Sept | X Oct | November 11 | XII
Dec |
|
| 18 | D | M | D | M | M | M | M | M | M | M | M | M |
| 19 | M | D | M | D | M | M | M | M | M | D | M | D |
| 20 | D | M | D | M | M | M | M | M | M | D | M | M |
| 21 | M | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| 22 | D | M | M | D | M | D | D | M | D | D | D | D |
| 23 | M | M | D | M | M | D | M | D | M | M | M | D |
| 24 | M | D | M | M | D | M | M | D | D | D | D | D |
| 25 | D | M | M | D | D | M | D | M | M | M | M | M |
| 26 | M | D | M | D | D | M | D | M | D | D | D | D |
| 27 | D | M | D | M | D | D | M | M | M | M | D | M |
| 28 | M | D | M | D | D | D | M | M | M | M | D | D |
| 29 | D | M | D | D | M | M | D | D | D | M | M | M |
| 30 | M | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | M | M |
| 31 | M | D | M | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | M |
| 32 | M | D | M | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | M |
| 33 | D | M | D | M | D | D | D | M | D | D | D | M |
| 34 | D | D | M | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | M | M |
| 35 | M | M | D | M | D | D | D | M | D | D | M | M |
| 36 | D | M | M | D | M | D | D | D | M | M | M | M |
| 37 | M | D | M | M | D | M | D | M | D | M | D | M |
| 38 | D | M | D | M | M | D | M | D | M | D | M | D |
| 39 | M | D | M | M | M | D | D | M | D | D | D | D |
| 40 | D | M | D | M | D | M | M | D | M | D | M | D |
| 41 | M | D | M | D | M | D | M | M | D | M | D | M |
| 42 | D | M | D | M | D | M | D | M | M | D | M | D |
| 43 | M | D | M | D | M | D | M | D | M | M | M | M |
| 44 | M | M | D | M | M | M | D | M | D | M | D | D |
| 45 | D | M | M | D | D | D | M | D | M | D | M | M |
Determination of the sex of the child according to the Japanese table
Determining the sex of a child according to the Japanese calendar, which came to us from the Land of the Rising Sun, is very similar to determination using the Chinese table, and is also based solely on practical observations. The difference between them is that the first takes into account not only information about the mother and the month of conception (or the expected month of birth of the child), but also the father’s date of birth. Thus, the Chinese methodology can be called more flexible and, accordingly, more reliable.
The only problem that some couples may encounter is the difficulty in determining the month of conception. For example, if a woman ovulates on the 31st, then conception can most likely occur on the 1st or 2nd of the next month, because the lifespan of sperm is from 3 to 5 days. The accuracy of the method, according to various data, is from 70 to 90%.
To determine the gender of the unborn child using the Japanese table, you need to find the number corresponding to your couple in table 1. Then we find this number in the top row of Table 2. In the column of the corresponding number we find the month in which conception occurred. Moving along this line to the middle of the table, we determine the probability of having a boy or a girl by the number of crosses - the more there are, the greater the probability.
Table 1.
|
Month of birth |
Future father's birth month |
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Jan |
Feb |
mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
july |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
but I |
Dec |
|
table 2
| M | D | ||||||||||||
| Jan | |||||||||||||
| Jan | Feb |
x x x x x x |
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| Jan | Feb | mar | |||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | mar | Apr | ||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | mar | Apr | May | |||||||||
| Jan | Feb | mar | Apr | May | Jun | ||||||||
| Feb | mar | Apr | May | Jun | july | ||||||||
| mar | Apr | May | Jun | july | Aug | Jan | |||||||
| Apr | May | Jun | july | Aug | Sep | Jan | Feb | ||||||
| May | Jun | july | Aug | Sep | Oct |
x x x x x x x x x x |
Jan | Feb | mar | ||||
| Jun | july | Aug | Sep | Oct | but I | Jan | Feb | mar | Apr | ||||
| july | Aug | Sep | Oct | but I | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | |||
| Aug | Sep | Oct | but I | Dec | Jan | Feb | mar | Apr | May | Jun | |||
| Sep | Oct | but I | Dec |
x x x x x |
Feb | mar | Apr | May | Jun | july | |||
| Oct | but I | Dec |
x x x x x x x x x |
mar | Apr | May | Jun | july | Aug | ||||
| but I | Dec | Apr | May | Jun | july | Aug | Sep | ||||||
| Dec | May | Jun | july | Aug | Sep | Oct | |||||||
| Jun | july | Aug | Sep | Oct | but I | ||||||||
| july | Aug | Sep | Oct | but I | Dec | ||||||||
| Aug | Sep | Oct | but I | Dec | |||||||||
| Sep | Oct | but I | Dec | ||||||||||
|
x x x x x x x x |
Oct | but I | Dec | ||||||||||
|
x x x x x |
but I | Dec | |||||||||||
| Dec |
Determination of the sex of the child by the date of ovulation or the date of conception
Every woman knows that conception can only occur on certain days of the month: on average, these are two days before ovulation, ovulation itself and two days after it. A technique that allowscalculate the sex of the child by the date of conception(more precisely, the date of ovulation), is based on the “behavior” and characteristics of the X and Y chromosomes.
According to research, “girl” sperm (that is, carriers of the X chromosome) are quite slow, but at the same time more tenacious, so they can stay in the uterus for 2 to 4 days and calmly “wait” for ovulation. But spermatosides with the Y sign, on the contrary, are very mobile, but their lifespan is very short.
That is, if sexual intercourse occurred 2-4 days before ovulation, then there is a high probability that the couple will have a girl, and if it happens exactly on the day of ovulation (or immediately after it), then a boy can be expected.
Freiman-Dobrotin method for determining the sex of a child
Quite a complicated calculation. But it is considered one of the most accurate. It's good that we have a calculator)
Tables: O - father and M - mother
First, in table O1, we find the intersection of the year of birth of the father and the year of conception of the child, remember or write the number in the intersection.
And so on for all tables from number one to number five.
Then we add up the resulting numbers and use table O6 to find the final coefficient.
Similarly, we carry out all the actions for the mother according to tables M1-M6
At the end, we look at who has the higher final coefficient, if the mother has a girl, if the father has a boy. If both are equal to zero - there will be a girl
Tables for father
Table O1
| Father's year of birth | Year of conception | ||
| 1990 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 2011 2014 |
1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 |
1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 |
|
| 1944, 1960, 1976, 1992 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1945, 1961, 1977, 1993 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 1946, 1962, 1978, 1994 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 1947, 1963, 1979, 1995 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1948, 1964, 1980, 1996 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 1949, 1965, 1981, 1997 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 1950, 1966, 1982, 1998 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1951, 1967, 1983, 1999 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1952, 1968, 1984, 2000 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 1953, 1969, 1985, 2001 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1954, 1970, 1986, 2002 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1955, 1971, 1987, 2003 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 1956, 1972, 1988, 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1957, 1973, 1989, 2005 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1958, 1974, 1990, 2006 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 1959, 1975, 1991, 2007 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Table O2
| Year/Month of father's birth |
Jan | Feb | mar | Apr | May | Jun | july | Aug | Sep | Oct | but I | Dec |
| ordinary | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| leap year | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Table O3
| There are 31 days in the father's birth month | ||||||||
| 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 25 | 29 | 2 |
| 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 30 | 1 |
| 3 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 27 | 31 | 0 |
| 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 3 | |
| There are 30 days in the father's birth month | ||||||||
| 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 25 | 29 | 1 |
| 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 30 | 0 |
| 3 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 27 | 3 | |
| 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 2 | |
| There are 29 days in the father's birth month | ||||||||
| 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 25 | 29 | 0 |
| 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 3 | |
| 3 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 27 | 2 | |
| 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 1 | |
| There are 28 days in the father's birth month | ||||||||
| 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 25 | 3 | |
| 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 2 | |
| 3 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 27 | 1 | |
| 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 0 | |
Table O4
| Year/Month of conception | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII |
| ordinary | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| leap year | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Table O5
| Day of Conception | ||||||||
| 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 25 | 29 | 1 |
| 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 30 | 2 |
| 3 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 27 | 31 | 3 |
| 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 4 | |
Table O6 - final coefficient for father
| Sum O1-O5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Coefficient | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
Tables for mother
Table M1
| Mother's year of birth | Year of conception | |||
| 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 |
1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 |
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 |
1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 |
|
| 1944, 1960, 1976, 1992 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1945, 1961, 1977, 1993 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1946, 1962, 1978, 1994 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947, 1963, 1979, 1995 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948, 1964, 1980, 1996 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1949, 1965, 1981, 1997 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1950, 1966, 1982, 1998 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951, 1967, 1983, 1999 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952, 1968, 1984, 2000 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1953, 1969, 1985, 2001 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1954, 1970, 1986, 2002 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955, 1971, 1987, 2003 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956, 1972, 1988, 2004 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1957, 1973, 1989, 2005 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1958, 1974, 1990, 2006 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959, 1975, 1991, 2007 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Table M2
Table M3
| There are 31 days in a mother's birth month | |||||||||||
| 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 0 |
| 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 2 | |
| 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 1 | |
| Mother's birth month 30 days | |||||||||||
| 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 1 | |
| 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 2 | |
| 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 0 | |
| Mother's birth month 29 days | |||||||||||
| 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 1 | |
| 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 0 | |
| 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 2 | ||
| Mother's birth month 28 days | |||||||||||
| 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 0 | |
| 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 1 | ||
Table M4
| Year/Month of conception | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII |
| ordinary | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| leap year | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Table M5
| Day of Conception | |||||||||||
| 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 1 |
| 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 2 | |
| 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 0 | |
Table M6 - final coefficient for mother
| Sum M1-M5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Coefficient | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
Determining the sex of a child using the Budyansky method
Calculation method:
1. If you use the mother's date of birth in your calculations, you need to determine her approximate date of conception. To do this, subtract 9 months (approximately 226 days) from the mother's date of birth.
Next, you need to determine whether the mother’s year of conception was even or odd.
Next, in the table, find the type of mother's cycle: in the first column, look for a suitable month for the mother's conception, and look for an intersection with the type of year (even or odd) - at the intersection will be the type of mother's cycle.
2. According to the preliminary date of conception of the child, do the same actions as the mother. Determine the parity of the year of conception of the child, look in the first column for a suitable period of dates in which conception is planned and at the intersection of the type of year of conception and the date of conception, the type of the child's cycle will be indicated.
If the cycle type of the mother and the type of the child's cycle are the same, then there will be a girl, if they differ, then there will be a boy.
Table of the Budiansky method
| Menstrual months | Odd year of conception | Even year of conception |
| type | type | |
| January 1 - January 28 | odd | honest |
| January 29 - February 25 | honest | odd |
| February 26 - March 25 | odd | honest |
| March 26 - April 22 | honest | odd |
| April 23 - May 20 | odd | honest |
| May 21 — June 17 | honest | odd |
| June 18 - July 15 | odd | honest |
| July 16 - August 12 | honest | odd |
| August 13 - September 9 | odd | honest |
| September 10 - October 7 | honest | odd |
| October 8 - November 4 | odd | honest |
| November 5 - December 2 | honest | odd |
| December 3 - December 31 | honest | honest |
Is it possible to predict the gender of a child with 100% probability?
Unfortunately, none of the methods listed above can give a 100% accurate result. Even ultrasound diagnostic specialists sometimes make mistakes: for example, the fetus may turn in such a way that it will be very problematic to determine the sex of the child.
In addition, until the 18th week of pregnancy, the male and female genital organs are very similar, so even an experienced doctor can confuse them.
There are only two ways to accurately find out the sex of the child:
- ECO. When performing in vitro (artificial) fertilization, doctors usually determine the sex of the embryo before transplanting it into the uterus. But doing such a study only at the request of the parents is considered unethical in most countries, so it is carried out only in order to exclude genetic pathologies characteristic of men and women.
- In utero tests. They most often involve amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling and are performed between 15-18 and 11-14 weeks of pregnancy, respectively. But since these tests carry some risk, they are also carried out only in
And today many experts argue that those tables are very similar to today’s and, in principle, are not far from the truth. If you still believe the forecasts of the ancient Chinese, then the chance of conceiving a child of the desired gender increases slightly - by as much as 60%.
After some time, this issue reached Japan. Most Japanese checked the gender of their child by the month of conception and the month in which the parents were born. For example, if both father and mother were born in November, then in July they will be able to conceive a girl, but with a boy they will have to wait until February. If dad was born in July and mom in January, then a girl can be conceived in June, and a boy in January. But this method of planning the sex of the unborn child is also not particularly effective, and if you believe it, then the chance that your results will coincide with reality is very insignificant and equal to 5-8%
Blood renewal planning method
More recently, Europeans developed the theory of “blood renewal,” which will also help plan the gender of the unborn child. Its basis is that whose blood is fresher at the time of conception, the child will be born of that gender. It is also worth considering that in women, blood is renewed once every three years, and in men once every four. In order to find out the result, it is necessary to divide the woman’s age (the total number of years at the time of conception) by three, and the man’s age, respectively, by four. Then compare the remainders from division. The blood will be younger in that parent. Whose balance will be less?But this method is even less effective than that of the ancient sages. It is only 51-52% correct, which means that your guesses may only be 1-2% correct. Also, after numerous modern studies, it was discovered that blood cells on average can live no more than four months.
Scheduling according to the day of the week
In the modern world, there are two new methods by which you can plan the gender of your unborn child.- When using the first method, all attention is paid to calculating the day when ovulation should occur in the female body. Just like the sperm that help conceive a boy live less than those that help give birth to a girl. If sexual intercourse was performed on the day of ovulation, a boy is most likely to be born. If the hedgehog is 1-2 days before ovulation, then there will be a girl, since the sperm carrying the “male” Y chromosome will already die. But this development of the case also does not give one hundred percent confidence in the result - only 8-13% of the effectiveness of this method.
- The second method may seem somewhat strange. If parents want to give birth to a girl, then lovemaking should wait a while, but if their plans include a boy, then sex should become a daily regular activity. As experiments show, if a man abstains for a long time, his body begins to produce antibodies that block male sperm. Then the probability that a girl will turn out is quite high. The same situation is possible if you do everything the other way around, only then can a boy be born. If you believe the statistics, then approximately 65-70 cases out of a hundred coincide with the expectations and efforts of the parents.
- Another way is to calculate with
