Boy Or Girl? [Paperback]

Elizabeth Whelan (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 255 pages
• Publisher: Pocket; Revised edition (January 15, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671739018
• ISBN-13: 978-0671739010
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 3.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,547,068 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing conclusion, November 29, 1999

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[e-mail] (Arkansas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Boy Or Girl? (Paperback)

I have a 2 year old son and am hoping to conceive a girl this spring. We didn't practice any gender selection techniques with baby #1 since it didn't matter on the first. We just, shall I say, worked on it nightly. I would love to increase my odds of having a girl this time and am reading everything on the subject I can get my hands on. I was excited about this book at first. She spends a lot of time on the history of pre-selection and telling how all other methods are wrong. But the few chapters that there are on her method are very vague and don't go near into the detail that she went into about the other "wrong" methods. This is the only method I have read that says boy days are 4-6 days before ovulation. I am very skeptical and do not plan to use this method. I would love to hear from anyone who has used any method successfully and those who have not been successful with certain methods.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It Worked For Us Twice!!, June 25, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Boy Or Girl? (Paperback)

I was recommended this book by a nurse friend of mine who tried Dr. Shettles method three times without success. Dr. Whelan explains why her method is the one appropriate for couples who are trying to conceive naturally. Methods written about in other books (namely by Dr. Shettles) were created for couples that conceived by artificial methods.

Dr. Whelan goes on to explain that no method is 100% gauranteed, but gives the percentages of your chances to conceive a child of the sex that you desire.

Her method is not difficult to follow, if you are familiar with your body and monthly cycle. I never did buy a fertility thermometer or any other tool.

She also goes into the ethics surrounding this issue, and encourages the reader to consider why it is that they desire a child of one sex over the other.

I highly recommend this book be read by ANYONE considering using ANY METHOD of sex selection, just so that you know both sides of this scientific story. My husband and I followed Dr. Whelan's advice, and I am excited to have conceived a son, and then a daughter which is what we desired to do!

Good Luck, have fun regardless of what method you decide to try, and don't forget what a precious child you will receive at the end of the journey- even if it isn't the sex you were hoping for!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It works!, March 22, 2001

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Pauline (Beverly Hills,CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Boy Or Girl? (Paperback)

Although out of print, this book's theory really works. After 3 girls and tons of research I found the authors method to be the most logical, and scientifically based. Boy oh Boy! 9 months later our 9 pound boy. I recommended it to a friend who choose Dr. Shetles method instead and got the opposite of what she wanted. She should have listened to Dr. Whelan.