How To Conceive A Boy or A Girl: Get the gender you want! Want to know how to conceive the gender of your choice? It is something a lot of people wish they could do, and wouldn't it be wonderful if you could decide whether you want a girl or a boy, and get your wish! Did you know at conception, the gender of your infant-to-be is determined by chromosome characteristics? Did you know it's the male’s sperm that dictates whether your baby will be a boy or a girl? There are a lot of myths and taboos that float through society about how to conceive the sex of the child that you want, but basically, a lot of the picking and choosing really comes down to science! The females unfertilized egg always carries an X chromosome (the chromosome responsible for you having a girl) while the sperm from the male can carry either an X or a Y chromosome (that is, you may be impregnated with either a girl or boy chromosome). So ultimately the gender of your baby will all hinge on whether the chromosome coming from the male partner's sperm is an X (a girl); or a Y (a boy). Here are the facts of gender conception: - Sperm usually reaches the fallopian tubes in anywhere between 20 minutes and 2 hours. - Sperm are viable for up to about 7 day’s tops inside a woman, with the female sperm usually out-living the male sperm. The unfertilized female sperm therefore usually lives the longest inside the female. - The male chromosome sperm is usually a quicker swimmer than the female chromosome sperm, making the journey to the egg before the female egg can. With all of this in mind, there are still things you can do to increase your odds of a baby girl or your choice of a baby boy being conceived. But how can you do that if the sperm carries the deciding X or Y chromosome anyway, you may ask? Well, like many things with fertility it comes down to timing.So which one are you trying for? A girl, or a boy? Check out this video about how to increase your odds of having a baby boy, to find out much more detail, click the link above to go to our conceiving a boy page: