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How to conceive a girl

14 replies

Willsoo · 30/12/2024 14:51

Has anyone found anything worked in their favour when trying to conceive a girl? I know it's a 50/50 but I have two boys and would love, if possible, to try for a 3rd baby and conceive a girl.

Thanks in advance

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HagTime · 30/12/2024 15:46

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Eyresandgraces · 30/12/2024 15:57

I was also told that sex a few days before ovulation date was more likely to produce a girl.
I'm sure many different factors will play a part though.

Nerdlings · 30/12/2024 16:02

There is nothing you can do.

You will hear anecdotal stories about how a particular method worked for some people, but there is no way of knowing whether the method used actually affected the sex of the baby. My friend had 4 boys and then her 5th was a girl. If she had resorted to using one of these methods, the fact that she had previously had 4 boys in a row would have been used to 'prove' the effectiveness of this method.

ilikeeggs · 30/12/2024 16:14

Take cranberry tablets. I have two girls and both were conceived when I was taking cranberry pills (prone to cystitis not because I was swaying). I think I read it makes your body more acidic which favours the female sperm apparently.

TENSsion · 30/12/2024 16:18

Female sexed sperm lives longer but is slower than male sexed sperm. The further away from your ovulation date that you have sex the higher the likelihood that the male sperm will have died before conception.
However, some men produce more female sperm and some produce more male sperm which will affect the probability of conceiving babies of both sexes.

DarkForces · 30/12/2024 16:20

Yes. I had sex under the light of the third new moon of the year while dangling a crystal above my naval and wishing upon a star. Had my girl!

WhatMe123 · 30/12/2024 16:24

People forget that some men just make more female or male sperm so really it's what you get that dictates the sex 🫣

Lucyh999 · 19/09/2025 09:16

ilikeeggs · 30/12/2024 16:14

Take cranberry tablets. I have two girls and both were conceived when I was taking cranberry pills (prone to cystitis not because I was swaying). I think I read it makes your body more acidic which favours the female sperm apparently.

There is no such thing as female sperm. Sex is determined from chromosomes. To make a girl you need an X from the mother and an X from the father.

TENSsion · 19/09/2025 11:30

Lucyh999 · 19/09/2025 09:16

There is no such thing as female sperm. Sex is determined from chromosomes. To make a girl you need an X from the mother and an X from the father.

Yes there is. Google it.
A sperm carrying an X chromosome would produce a female sexed baby.
A sperm carrying a Y chromosome would produce a male baby.

Outside9 · 19/09/2025 15:43

Best way to get a girl is to try for a boy.

Worked for me twice.

Willsoo · 19/09/2025 18:50

Outside9 · 19/09/2025 15:43

Best way to get a girl is to try for a boy.

Worked for me twice.

Hilarious haha! What did you do exactly? Any thoughts on my scan? 12 weeks 1 day xx

How to conceive a girl
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CurlewKate · 19/09/2025 18:52

Correlation does not equal causation.

Silverbirchleaf · 19/09/2025 19:04

Simple. When s/he is born, just assign the baby as a girl, regardless of what’s sex s/he is…

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