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Is there any particular reason why a woman cannot conceive baby boy? i have four daughters already

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Daddy does it: It is not the woman but the man who determines the sex of the baby. The sperm carries either a male or female sex chromosome to conception and the sperm that gets there first does the deed.

Answered 3/17/2014

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