How to Have a Boy — Can You Conceive a Baby Boy Naturally?

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Elise Solé is a writer and editor who lives in Los Angeles and covers parenting for TODAY Parents. She was previously a news editor at Yahoo and has also worked at Marie Claire and Women's Health. Her bylines have appeared in Shondaland, SheKnows, Happify and more.

Many people want to know how to conceive a boy naturally. The real answer is, you can't, despite superstitions and old wives' tales that might promise otherwise. It’s an understandable question, and many people are curious about it. You might hope one way or another , but it’s another area of parenthood in which you’ll have no control over the outcome. There is no natural way to determine the sex of a baby — not through supplements, vitamins, sexual positions or manifestations.

As the website states: “PGT can ensure that the embryo selected for transfer has the correct number of chromosomes, thereby reducing the chances for a failed IVF cycle and reducing the chance of miscarriage.” The test is to look for a condition called aneuploidy. “This means there is either one of the pair of chromosomes missing or an additional one ,” Dow tells TODAY.com. “The most common babies born to term are from trisomy 13, 18 or 21.

 

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