Pregnancy gender has always been a topic of curiosity. People have been making their own guess when it comes to determining the gender of the fetus inside the womb. Pregnancy is a stage where your body goes to certain strange changes. The process of getting pregnant may seem to be a mystery. Once you get pregnant, you tend to be curious about the gender of the baby. You would be getting a lot of advice on certain things to do when it comes to determining the gender of the baby. It is surprising but true that lot of people do strange things to get a particular gender of their babies.

There are several ways to determine the gender of the baby from old wives tricks to the latest technique of ultrasound. These can indicate the sex of the unborn baby in the fifth month or pregnancy.

Many people usually tell you the gender of the baby by the way you carry the baby in your stomach. For instance, according to the principle, if you are carrying a boy, then you would have a high belly. Most of the pregnancy weight will be seen on your belly. One the other side, a mother carrying girl will be pregnant all over. She will have a larger and lower belly. Some consider the heart rate of the baby to predict gender. According to this principle, baby girls possess a faster heart rate as compared to baby boys.

There are several methods of gender selection of a baby. The process involves several methods to produce a specific gender. This technique was only meant to be undertaken at home in the past. However, these days, one can go for several technical ways of producing a child of a specific gender.

Informal gender selection:

You can choose the sex of your child via using some techniques inside the bedroom. Most Doctors believe that some specific positions during intercourse need to get monitored throughout the conception period. According Dr. Landrum Shettles, writer of how to choose the sex of your baby’, the intercourse should occur on a strict time table for male offspring. One need to have intercourse should occur twenty four hours before ovulation.

Alternatively if you want to have a baby girl, the intercourse should occur frequently from the starting of the cycle of ovulation. Additionally, the couple should use the missionary position while having intercourse. As per this research, 75% success rate was obtained for people who are trying for girls and about 80% success rate was obtained for people who wanted to have boys. However, some Doctors do not agree with the beliefs of Dr. Shettle.

Formal gender selection methods:

Couples may use formal gender selection methods to produce a baby of a specific gender. There are medical methods available wherein the sperm can be easily separated based on X and Y chromosomes to get male or female fetus as desired. Another method is embryo selection wherein one needs to shell out around twenty thousand dollars to get vitro fertilization.