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Fatherhood 101 - How to Improve Your Odds

Read our Fatherhood 101 guide to improve your chances of actually becoming a father.
Fatherhood 101 - About your little soldiers A healthy man ejaculates about 50 million sperm cells. Only one or two sperm cells (in rare cases more) reach an ovum or egg that is ready for fertilisation. Until recently the shape and movement of sperm cells has been assessed by microscopes. Today, knowledge in the field of genetics enables us a more detailed insight in the behaviour of sperm. According to research, the number of sperm cells in male population in most parts...Fatherhood 101 - How to Improve Your Odds
Want a Son?

Do you want a son? Read the results of a British survey on this topic.
Want a son? He is what you eat Oysters increase our libido, but there is nothing like a sweet breakfast, which is supposed to increase the chances of conceiving a son. On the other hand, diet food, which includes only a few calories, raises the chances of conceiving a daughter, as was shown by a study conducted by the British institute of biology. Fiona Mathews from British University Exeter wanted to determine whether a woman’s diet influences the sex of the conceived...Want a Son?
When are women most fertile?

Women are most fertile during ovulation. And how do you know when you ovulate?
If you’re trying to conceive or just want to avoid counting fertile days, it’s good to recognize the signs with which your body is telling you that you’re in the fertile period of your menstrual cycle. Read on, and get to know your body better! What goes on during ovulation? Ovulation is the part of a menstrual cycle when women are most fertile. A woman’s menstrual cycle begins on the first day of her period and ends with the beginning of the next period. At the beginning...When are women most fertile?
If you do it quick, it will probably be a boy!

The gender of your child is supposed to be determined by the pace of the intercourse.
Will it be a Boy or a Girl? Making love is not only an issue of pleasure and well being but a necessary means of procreation as well. The main purpose of sex is to sire progeny, or so we have been told. Taoists believe that the pace at which sexual intercourse is undertaken determines the gender of the child. This particular hypothesis springs from an eastern philosophical branch that had begun to “lay its spawn” thousands of years ago. However, it isn’t backed by western...If you do it quick, it will probably be a boy!
You Can Get Pregnant without Having Intercourse with the Man!

How is it possible for a man to be the father of your child if you haven’t had intercourse with him?
Subconscious adultery Artificial insemination and adoption are only two among the correct answers. The following option, however, is more interesting: imagine that a man has sexual intercourse with a woman who recently had unprotected sex with another man. During penetration, the sperm that remained in her vagina from previous sexual intercourse may accumulate under the crown of his glans penis. If the man has intercourse with another woman soon afterwards, it’s...You Can Get Pregnant without Having Intercourse with the Man!
Do you want to get pregnant? Then do not abstain from sex!

If you are planning to conceive a baby, you should not “store” your sperm cells! The same goes for sperm cells; more often is better.
It has been believed for a long time that men who want to conceive a child have to practice abstinence. Too frequent ejaculations presumably affect the number of sperm cells, and thereby the ability to conceive. Today, scientists believe that is not the case any more. Less frequent ejaculations do not increase chances of conception – they can even reduce them. Longer sperms cells are accumulated, larger is the percentage of damaged sperm cells, and chances of conception...Do you want to get pregnant? Then do not abstain from sex!