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Subject: Re: How do you get a boy?
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Date: Tue, 2-Apr-85 11:58:35 EST
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>    My wife and I are **FINALLY** ready (if there is such a thing) to have
> our first child and would like the first one to be a boy. (so he can protect
> his sisters and play catch with me and carry on the family name and all of
> 
> 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?)  Some of the more popular suggestions I've heard are

	We had a girl first and wanted a boy for our second child so my wife
bought some books on the subject.  They all seemed to have the same message:
the probability of having a boy is increased if you have sex during ovulation.
I don't recall the exact window but it was based on the woman's temperature.
The temperature gave an indication as to when ovulation was occurring.  We
stuck to the procedure and did end up with a boy.

	I can't recall what the probabilities were but there are a lot of books
in the library on the subject.  However we did run into one instance of a 
contradiction between two books where one said to do the exact opposite of
what the other said.  I will have to consult my wife to recall how we resolved 
that dilemma.

					Steve Tenbrink
					Arpa: sct@lanl.arpa