Determine the Gender of a Baby - Get an ultra-sound. According to Dr. Elizabeth Pryor, the infant's sex is generally obvious between 18 and 20 weeks. If the baby is in an awkward position and his genitalia can not be seen on the ultra sound screen, the doctor may not be able to determine his sex.
Undergoing amniocentesis, which is sometimes done on pregnant women who are 35 years old or older, can reveal the gender. This test also identifies genetic problems or abnormalities. Amniocentesis is done around the 16th week of pregnancy.
Determine the Gender of a Baby
Have the CVS or chorionic villus sampling test done, which is performed during the first trimester of pregnancy and can determine if there are problems with the baby's chromosomes. This test will reveal the baby's gender. Keep in mind that CVS or amniocentesis are not generally done simply to determine a baby's sex. The primary purpose of these procedures is genetic testing.
Opt to have sex very, very close to the time you are ovulating, preferably right when you are ovulating, and you are likely to have a boy if you are impregnated. Male sperm swims faster than female sperm. The male sperm will beat out the female sperm in the race to the egg. However, male sperm dies off quickly. If you have sex two days before you ovulate you are more likely to have a girl because the male sperm doesn't last while the slow-swimming female sperm does, according to Pregnancy-calendars.net. Many of the stories that you've been told about predicting gender are simply wives' tales. The heart rate is not a accurate tool for determining the baby's gender.
Realize that genetic testing is 99.1 percent accurate when it comes to determining what sex your baby is; however, testing has risks including harm to the pregnancy or even the termination of the pregnancy. One to two percent of those undergoing amniocentesis lose their fetuses; some women experience infection as a result of this procedure or report leaking membranes and pre-term labor. The loss rate with CVS is approximately two percent.
There are accurate ways of determining the sex of your baby before he is born and then there are wives' tales that do not accurately predict gender. An ultra-sound is the only reliable non-invasive method of revealing a baby's gender, although sometimes the results are difficult to interpret. Other tests are more reliable but they are invasive and not generally done solely as a means for determining a baby's gender. - by eHow
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