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From: carlton@masscomp.UUCP (Carlton Hommel)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: How do you get a boy?
Message-ID: <649@masscomp.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 31-Mar-85 15:02:16 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar 31 15:02:16 1985
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Summary: Book Quotation

In article <1660SGL@PSUVM> Steven G. Liptak writes:
>My question is what methods have any of you more experienced baby makers tried
>to determine the gender of the child and how successful did they appear (ie:
>did they work for you?)

The following is reprinted from _Understanding Pregnancy and Childbirth_,
Sheldon H. Cherry, M.D., Bantam Books, 1977, $1.95 p 3.  Available in the
finer second-hand book stores, and recently republished.  The references
to ovulation refer to a day determined by using the Basal Body Temperature
Method.

	Although doctors now know how sex is determined, they still
    have not developed a method of predetermining sex at conception.
    As a father of four daughters, I know this firsthand.  There is 
    a theory that sex can be controlled by certain techniques, and
    while none of these techniques have been proved scientifically
    valid, they result in no harm for the adventuresome couple who
    might want to try them.  The theory suggests that X, or female-
    producing sperm cells, swim faster and live longer than the Y,
    or male-producing sperm.

    FOR A BOY
	1.  Your husband should abstain from intercourse for the
	    five days preceding ovulation.
	2.  You should have intercourse on the day of ovulation.
	3.  Your husband should try for deep penetration at orgasm.
	4.  You should douche directly before intercourse, using
	    a solution of two tablespoons of baking soda to each
	    quart of warm water.

    FOR A GIRL
	1.  Your should cease intercourse two to three days before
	    ovulation and not resume until two to three days after
	    ovulation has occured.
	2.  You should douche with an acidic solution of two
	    tablespoons of white vinegar per quart of warm water 
	    prior to intercourse.
	2.  You should avoid orgasm.
	3.  Your husband should try for shallow penetration at orgasm.


    Good luck!  It may not work, but it will be fun trying.

Alana's friends tried this, and suceeded in getting a boy after four girls.
However, Glenna complained that after all that baking soda, she expected to
give birth to a batch of cookies.

We didn't do any of this, but are expecting our first son.

	Carl Hommel
Wife:  Turn of the tv.  We go make baby now!
Husband:  But Hill Street Blues is on!