gib65 Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Is it true that you can increase your chance of having a boy or a girl depending on what time of the month you conceive? I was told that during one half of the woman's menstral cycle, her system is more hospitable to X sperms than Y sperms, and that during the other half, it's more hospitable to the Y sperms than the X sperms. Is there any truth to this, and if so which half of the cycle is which, and by how much do the odds increase/decrease? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Somewhere I read that if you soak your testicles in cold water before "attempting conception", you're 100% guaranteed to have a male child. I think it's all a hoax, but that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDG Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 IIRC, sperm carrying an X chromosome have a different density from those carrying a Y chromosome, so that by careful ultracentrifugation you could separate them. Not sure the resulting mess would be viable, though On the other hand, you can apparently sort sperm by flow cytometry: still not 100% reliable, but supposedly >90%... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glider Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Somewhere I read that if you soak your testicles in cold water before "attempting conception", you're 100% guaranteed to have a male child. I think it's all a hoax, but that's just me.Yeah, I'd like to see somebody try to 'attempt conception' after soaking his stones in ice water too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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