How to Choose the Sex of Your Baby Fully

For almost forty years,How to Choose the Sex of Your Babyhas been the standard reference for couples trying to increase their chances of having the son or daughter they hope for. In this new edition of their classic book, Dr. Shettles and David Rorvik provide authoritative scientific studies and compelling anecdotal evidence demonstrating that the Shettles method continues to produce results unmatched by any other method. Dozens of testimonials confirm its ease of use and rate of success. How to Choose the Sex of Your Babyexplains the simple, at-home, noninvasive Shettles method and presents detailed steps to take to conceive a child of a specific gender. The properly applied Shettles method gives couples a 75 percent or better chance of having a child of the desired sex. Some researchers have reported success rates of up to 90 percent!

LANDRUM B. SHETTLES, M.D., Ph.D., was an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons and director of research at the New York Fertility Foundation. He is the author of From Conception to Birth: The Drama of Life’s Beginnings. DAVID RORVIK is a former Time magazine science and medicine reports and has contributed articles to The New York Times Magazine, Harper’s, Reader’s Digest, and other magazines.

Part One: Is It Possible? Is It Moral?

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Nearly 40 Years of Success!

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Can We Really Choose the Sex of Our Children? Yes!

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Is It Moral? Should We Do It? Will the World Be Overrun by—Gasp!—Males?

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Letters from Home and Our Results to Date

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Part Two: The Emergence of a Scientific Sex-Selection Method

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Hundreds of Years of Trial and Error (Mostly Error)

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The "Facts of Life" Revisited (What You Must Know Before You Attempt Sex Selection)

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The Shettles Method: How It Developed and Has Been Refined

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Row Much Scientific Support Is There for the Shettles Method?

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Other Sex-Selection Methods: How Do They Compare?

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Part Three: How to Use the Shettles Method Successfully

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First Order of Business: How to Determine the Time of Ovulation

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Trying for the Boy—What to Do

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Trying for the Girl—What to Do

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Questions and Answers

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Afterword: Sex Selection in the Near and Distant Future

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The 100 Most Popular Boy and Girl Names (And Some Alternatives)

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Write to Us!

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Reader Questionnaire

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Bibliography

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Index

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How to Choose the Sex of Your Baby Fully revised and updated

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