More couples than you realize would like to choose the gender of a child.
Many see an ideal family as having "one of each", a "boy and a girl".
It is often when couples have had two or more children of the same sex that they begin to look at ways of choosing the gender of their next child.
If you already have daughters, you may be wondering how to have a son.
Natural gender selection methods can have a very high success rate when followed correctly and this is quite understandable as some are based around strong scientific principles.
If you are wanting to ensure that you conceive a boy naturally, stay clear of methods which follow old wives tales or hearsay.
Often, successful methods are based around using the characteristics of sperm to our advantage.
Male sperm is fast-moving and prefers an alkaline environment.
In addition, it is less robust, smaller and does not survive as long as female sperm.
How Can This Help? Having intercourse as close to ovulation as possible ensures that the fast male sperm reach the egg first.
Abstaining from intercourse for a few days before ovulation will mean that there are no "stray" female sperm around ready to fertilize the egg.
Also, the area close to the cervix is naturally more alkaline, so positions which favor deeper intercourse are naturally more supportive of male sperm.
Ovulation kits are very useful to determine the exact day of ovulation and can prove invaluable when you are wanting to conceive a boy naturally.