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Medical Video: Fertilization (Conception)
Many prospective fathers who want to have sons so that later can become successful soccer players or even leaders of the country loved by their people. Not a few also prospective mothers who dream of having a strong boy who can protect his family when he grows up later. But is there a way to conceive a boy?
There are a number of tips that he says can increase your chances of successfully conceiving a boy. Scroll down to find out the secret.
How do you get pregnant with a boy?
In fact, there is no surefire way to naturally determine the sex of your baby. Pregnancy opportunities for girls and boys are random and almost exactly the same for each pregnancy.
Even though it can't guarantee your success, it still doesn't hurt to just idly prizes trying a number of tips below. Who knows you and your partner are the next lucky ones to give birth to Steve Jobs or Cristiano Ronaldo in the future.
1. Position making love with deep penetration
The baby's sex is determined by the X or Y chromosome carried by each father's sperm, while the mother's egg cell always provides the X chromosome in the egg. Thus, fertilization with a combination of XX chromosomes produces a female fetus and the XY chromosome produces a baby boy.
Well, according to Dr. Landrum Shettles, MD, author of How to Choose the Sex of Your Baby, deeper penetration during intercourse is an important factor for couples to be able to conceive boys. This is based on two things: First, male sperm (Y chromosome) has a swimming speed faster than female sperm (X chromosome), but has a more vulnerable and short "life". Secondly, the outer vaginal environment near the entrance has a high acidity level. Some scientific evidence shows that the Y chromosome sperm cannot survive in an acidic environment.
Sex positions that provide deeper penetration angles (such as doggy style, sitting, or woman on top) can reduce the distance that sperm must travel to be able to swim faster without having to pass through the acidic outer part of the vagina. With shorter distances, the sperm of a boy can outperform the speed of sperm X to reach the egg.
2. Women need to orgasm
It is important for prospective mothers to orgasm during sex to get pregnant in order to successfully conceive boys. The reason, the orgasm experienced by prospective mothers triggers the production of alkaline vaginal fluids that can help Y-chromosome sperm survive longer by creating a less friendly environment for female sperm.
Women's orgasm also makes it easier for the sperm to move towards the cervix. So, this is like facilitating the sperm of a boy to seize the only chance of fertilizing an egg.
3. Having sex right on the day of ovulation
The ability to swim male sperm is faster than female sperm but dies faster in the vaginal environment. Therefore Shettles recommends having sex as close as possible to the time of ovulation. The best time is to schedule sex sessions to coincide with the day of ovulation (not earlier than 24 hours before you will ovulate).
This trick is said to increase the likelihood of conceiving a boy because a boy's sperm will surpass the speed of a girl's sperm into the egg without having to linger waiting for the egg to appear. If you have sex a few days before ovulation, then the sperm of men who are less resilient can die making it possible for more female sperm to fertilize the egg. If you are not sure how to know when you ovulate, read our article about signs of ovulation.
4. Change your diet
Research from the Proceedings of the Royal Society B in 2008 found that women who consumed more calories for one year before trying to get pregnant, especially those who ate cereal at breakfast and ate high-potassium foods, had a higher chance of being able to conceive boys than prospective mothers who rarely eat breakfast and consume fewer calories.
On the other hand, the acidic condition of a woman's body is said to kill the sperm of a boy. So according to this theory, exchange your daily diet for alkaline foods such as mushrooms, sweet corn, bread, fish, broccoli, paprika / chili, avocado, almonds, tofu, fresh coconut, green beans, long beans, spinach, and even kale can increase your chances of containing a boy.
Increasing sodium and potassium intake by increasing salty food, red meat, and eggs is also recommended for those who try to contain boys. Even if in the end this method does not make you pregnant with a boy, at least this nutrient intake can nourish your body, which can guarantee you and your baby's health during pregnancy.
5. Drink cough syrup
Drinking cough syrup a few hours before intercourse is claimed to increase your chances of getting pregnant with a boy. He said, the content of guaifenesin in cough medicine besides working to thin the nasal mucus is also effective in thinning cervical mucus. This makes the condition in the vagina more beneficial for sperm Y men who incidentally are able to swim more agile.
But be wise if you want to do this one tip. Taking drugs arbitrarily if not needed may come with the risk of its own side effects. Consult a doctor to be safer.
6. Join the IVF program
The only sure way to guarantee that you can get pregnant with a girl is through in vitro fertilization, aka IVF. What needs to be understood, IVF programs need a fairly high cost and the process is also quite complicated. This method is also generally only used as a last resort when all methods of trying a pregnancy do not work. Adoption is another way that can guarantee the sex of a child if you really want to have a son.
Pregnant boys or girls are actually the same. The most important thing is the guarantee that he can grow healthy and smart to be the child you are proud of.
