There are a lot of creative Folklore stories with suggestions for conceiving a child with the sex you desire. It is said that women should consume more meat and salty foods to be able to conceive a boy.

On the other hand, it is believed that couples who make love with the man on top during a full moon can conceive a baby girl. The methods that are above mentioned are essentially harmless and can be tried just for fun. But there has been no evidence that they are effective.

Another famous natural method for gender selection is called the Shettles method. This method is based on the intercourse timing, which can influence the sex of your baby.

For example, according to this method couples are more likely to have a baby boy if they have intercourse as close to ovulation as possible. it is said so because during this time the conditions in the vagina are more favorable for the “Y” (male) sperm.

Proponents of this method claim that it is up to 75 percent effective. But, there are many experts who dispute this. There are other effective medical techniques for selecting the sex of your child like vitro fertilization.

These methods are usually done for the prevention of sex-specific genetic disorders, like hemophilia and Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy, which mainly affect men.

Many of the doctor groups are against the use of gender selection for non-medical reasons.