Mintastic
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What line of work is that?
3 or more of the same gender??
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What line of work is that?
emeeorevan
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Well I know its pretty random within each couple cause the male sperm determines gender, no amount of time of dtd or anything else can really help determine gender. The new babies DNA is determined by combining the parents DNA and women always give an X chromosome men can give either an X or a Y. The XY combination is a boy and XX will be a girl. Its all about the men when determining sex. I was just curious to see the percentages of people who have 3 or more of the same gender. I know I have a 50/50 chance of having either right now but that's not as fun as asking and hearing all the possibilities.
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It's the boy that determines the sex so look at his line for family. If it's only ever been boys, I.e, he only has brother, his dad only has brothers, the grandfather only has boys, then pretty likely they have a stronger line of boys and girls for some reason just don't happen. I have friend who married boy in this situation and she's had two boys. If the male has sisters then chances are there are reasonably equal odds.
I have also heard of some theories that some women can't carry one sex so that causes increased odds either way
I have also heard of some theories that some women can't carry one sex so that causes increased odds either way
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I had 3 girls in a row, then 3 boys came in a row..xx
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See I know it's the males sperm that determines the gender but I don't believe their family history makes any difference. There are no girls born in my oh's family for years and years and years, he has brothers, his dad has brothers, his brother has had 2 boys, his cousins have both gone on to have 2 boys each, his cousins are boys. There just aren't any girls born into the family.
Until I got pregnant with my girls. Everyone in their family said they would bet their lives on us having boys and it shocked every one of them when we announced our girls. Their kind of treated pretty special because of it! Lol
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Until I got pregnant with my girls. Everyone in their family said they would bet their lives on us having boys and it shocked every one of them when we announced our girls. Their kind of treated pretty special because of it! Lol
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Same here, OH has a brother, his dad has brothers and his grandad had brothers, there were no girls for a long, long time until we had our girls! Everyone thought that we would have boys too.
Also - I know that the male sperm determines gender, but they say that the male Y sperm swim faster towards the egg and so therefore the closer you had sex to ovulation the more likely you are of having one of the male sperm reach the egg quickest to fertilise it. The theory on the girl X sperm is that they swim slower but live longer and are more resilient to the male sperm, and so if you have sex in the days before ovulation occurs the egg is more likely to be fertilised by a waiting female sperm that has already reached where they need to be and have outlived most of the male sperm.
No idea how accurate that actually is, and it could all just be totally random in the end but interesting nonetheless!
Also - I know that the male sperm determines gender, but they say that the male Y sperm swim faster towards the egg and so therefore the closer you had sex to ovulation the more likely you are of having one of the male sperm reach the egg quickest to fertilise it. The theory on the girl X sperm is that they swim slower but live longer and are more resilient to the male sperm, and so if you have sex in the days before ovulation occurs the egg is more likely to be fertilised by a waiting female sperm that has already reached where they need to be and have outlived most of the male sperm.
No idea how accurate that actually is, and it could all just be totally random in the end but interesting nonetheless!
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Personally I don't believe family history or anything else comes into it, it's pretty much a 50/50 chance every time. The in-gender site has a page of statistics regarding the odds of having another child of the same gender, it's quite interesting. There's too much to quote here, but the conclusion sums it up nicely:
Although we often hear the "statistic" that you are 30% or even 70% more likely to keep having the same gender, this is just an old wives tale. It is NOT a fact. The truth is, your odds stay pretty close to 50% for each child and only vary slightly. If you have had 2 or 3 boys, you are only about 2% to 6% more likely to have another boy. If you have had girls, you are slightly more likely to have a boy next.
Most members of my family had BG or GB, there's only one other family member who had two girls in a row like me.
Although we often hear the "statistic" that you are 30% or even 70% more likely to keep having the same gender, this is just an old wives tale. It is NOT a fact. The truth is, your odds stay pretty close to 50% for each child and only vary slightly. If you have had 2 or 3 boys, you are only about 2% to 6% more likely to have another boy. If you have had girls, you are slightly more likely to have a boy next.
Most members of my family had BG or GB, there's only one other family member who had two girls in a row like me.
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There are several studies which do support men being either x or y 'heavy' and families being more likely to favour one set. Here's just one:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081211121835.htm
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/06/health/06real.html?_r=0
Equally the men sperm are weaker so there is evidence to support that the 'climatic' conditions of a women can kill off the sperm leading to the girl sperm fertilising. Some women are acidic so boy sperm just don't progress
Equally boy sperm are killed more easily so environmental factors on the man can influence which ones are healthier/survive.
It is thought king Henry for example had some issue with his male sperm hence why he seemingly only fathered healthy girls
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081211121835.htm
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/06/health/06real.html?_r=0
Equally the men sperm are weaker so there is evidence to support that the 'climatic' conditions of a women can kill off the sperm leading to the girl sperm fertilising. Some women are acidic so boy sperm just don't progress
Equally boy sperm are killed more easily so environmental factors on the man can influence which ones are healthier/survive.
It is thought king Henry for example had some issue with his male sperm hence why he seemingly only fathered healthy girls
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I wonder about this too. My DH has severe male factor so for this reason we needed ICSI on top of IVF. I personally found it strange that of 6 eggs, 3 didn't even fertilise (which is a high percentage of non-fertlisation) and the other 3 on the other hand made super embryos of the top most quality, two of which were used in transfer and are in result my twin boys that I am presently cooking. DH comes from a long line of "only boys", so I did wonder that if on top of his own problem of crappy sperm, he maybe only had workable male sperm.
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Well I asked this same question when DH and I were expecting our 3rd, I had another son, tried one more time and yup had son Number 4! lol...I am now 6 weeks with our last , and although hoping for the girl I suspect it will be another son, the man determines the sex of the baby and my DH has a bad track record for girls, he has 5 sons no daughters! lol So If we are blessed with a daughter it will be the first daughter to his family since his sister! ( she is 48 YO )
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Could have written this myself.
I have 2 boys and feel the same. We're considering a 4th regardless of the gender of this baby, but it's not 100%. I'm team yellow this time but think it's probably another boy.
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I dk how accurate looking at the family is, my DH is the only boy with 3 sisters. Although his dad has 2 brothers and 1 sister and my brother is the only boy on our side too. This is my first and I thought it'd be girl but nope we're having a little boy. Now I'm hoping when we try again we will get a girl since DH is admit about only having 2 kids.
