Developed by Landrum Shettles in the 1960s, The Shettles Method is a collection of techniques designed to help influence baby gender prior to conception. Known as a pioneer in fertility treatments, Dr. Shettles based his methods around the belief that the X-bearing and Y-bearing sperm characteristics differ and you can use these differences to learn how to conceive a boy. The baby making chromosome math is X + Y = boy or X + X = girl.  The egg from [...]

There’s an old saying amongst expectant mothers and fathers: “I don’t care whether it’s a boy or a girl as long as it’s healthy.”   While there is little doubt that all expectant parents hope for a healthy baby, recent studies suggest that this is not the only thing that matters. Some studies suggest that a vast majority of expectant parents specifically wish to either conceive a boy or conceive a girl. Of expectant couples who used an ultrasound to [...]