Conceiving A Boy - Tips On Using Ovulation Prediction Kits

Today many couples are looking at ways where they can select the gender of the child that they conceive together. In this article we take a look at just one way which they may find useful when they want to know how to conceive a boy. One thing the couple need to know is exactly when the woman is ovulating so that the sperm carrying the male genes is able to fertilize the egg produced first. An ideal way of determining when ovulation has started in the woman is to use a prediction kit.

More than ever today ovulation prediction kits are proving popular with couples who want to know exactly when the woman is ovulating. The big advantage to using an OPK (ovulation prediction kit) is that it will tell them when the woman is going to start ovulating as it is able to detect increased amounts of Luteinizing Hormone being produced in the woman’s uterus. Generally this occurs 36 hours before actual egg ovulation happens.

There are two kits which can now be used for predicting when a woman is about to start ovulating today. There is either the test strip device or the midstream device, which although they work in the same way, need to be used differently. The test stream method needs the woman to urinate into a container and then the device is dipped into this for several seconds. Whereas with the midstream method the device needs to be held below the vagina and the urine is allowed to stream on to it when the woman goes to the toilet. Generally with this second method you have to wait around 5 minutes before a result is provided.

There are a number of things that a couple can do when using ovulation prediction kits so that they can better determine when the woman’s ovulating time has begun. Below are just a few tips which a couple may find useful if they intend to use an ovulation prediction kit to help when they are trying with how to conceive a boy.

Tip 1 - To get a better idea of when it is likely you are going to be successful in using an ovulation prediction kit is to spend time keeping a record of the woman’s body basal temperature. Keep the information on a chart so that you can quickly see when ovulation takes place each month.

Tip 2 - Although a couple may think it is a waste of time but actually carrying out the tests more than once a day is a good idea as well. The couple need to be aware that the increase in LH (Luteinizing Hormone) only occurs in the body for a short period of time and doing the test say twice each day will hopefully mean that you don’t miss this event when it occurs.

Tip 3 - It is vital that each test you carried out is done at the same time each day and it does not necessarily have to be done first thing in the morning. You can do it at any time of the day, just as long as you do it at the same time each day on the days following the first test. Keeping to set times through out each day increases your chances of seeing when more of the Luteinizing Hormone is being produced by the body.

Tip 4 - It is crucial that the ovulation prediction kit should be used until the level of Luteinizing Hormone in the uterus shows a marked difference. As soon as this difference has been identified then in order to increase the chances of the couple being able to conceive a boy they should make love within 36 hours of this event occurring.