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Is it true that if you have sex a few days before ovulation you have a better chance of conceiving a girl?

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Dr. Gerard Honore answered

Specializes in Fertility Medicine

Nope: Definitely not at all. Your chances are the same 50/50. Good luck, though.

Dr Ferguson and another doctor agreed

Answered 10/5/2016

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Dr. Oscar Novick answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

No scientific proof: That may be the theory in folklore but there is no scientific proof to back up the theory.

Dr Ferguson and another doctor agreed

Answered 12/10/2013

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No: Not at all. No one has ever developed a reliable theory of how to conceive boy or girl.

Dr Ferguson agreed

Answered 4/16/2014

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