Whelan boy: Whelan gender selection method

Whelan method of gender selection was conceived as a betterment of the Shettles method to have a gender of your choosing.

Back in the 1970's, Elizabeth Whelan, Sc. D. created the Whelan method because she found the Shettles unsatisfying. She concluded that you have better chances if you go against the Shettles recommendations.

Since it is originated from Shettles method, the Whelan is also a natural gender selection technique that relies heavily on timing intercourse in relation to your time of ovulation.

You are supposed to time intercourse on specified days of your cycle. Following a gender diet and certain positions is also recommended.

Here is how to get a Whelan boy!

To conceive a boy, according to the Whelan method, have intercourse four to six days before your basal body temperature goes up. To know your basal body temperature take it every day using ovulation prediction kit.

The only scientific foundation for this natural sex selection method is a survey of 1,300 women charting their temperatures done by Dr. Rodrigo Guerrero: Type and time of insemination within the menstrual cycle and the human sex ratio at birth. Guerrero R. Stud Fam Plann. 1975 Oct;6(10):367-71.

Success rates of Whelan gender selection method are, according to the author herself, 68 percent effective for boys and 56 percent effective for girls.

That doesn't sound very impressive, but it certainly is a free, safe, relatively simple, natural gender selection method you can do at home yourself.

All you will need is ovulation predictor.