Opposites Attract: The SELNAS method for gender selection
Written by admin on August 11, 2008 – -A couple weeks ago I announced that I was having another boy. This came as a big surprise ‘cause we all had a “hunch” that I was carrying a girl. Of course this hunch was based on a lot of Old Wives tales and other amusing, yet unscientific, methods of gender prediction…but it got me thinking: is there a natural way to influence the sex of your baby? In other words, can you in fact choose to have either a boy or a girl?
Apparently you can by using the SELNAS Natural Gender Selection Technique.
Although relatively new (it was invented in 1985), the SELNAS method is purported to be the most accurate natural method for gender selection to date, and with the “science” to back it up. (I put “science” in quotes as some of it’s opponents say it is pseudoscience at best…).
According to SELNAS USA/BabyChoice.com, in 1933, two Russian Scientists, Koltzoff and Schroeder, discovered that it was possible to differentiate x-chromosome sperm from y-chromosome sperm by the electrical charge they emitted.
Later, scientists discovered the ovum also gives off an electrical charge. Since the charges of x-sperm (-) and y-sperm (+) are invariable, and one of the fundamental laws of electricity states that while opposite charges attract, like charges repel, how can it be, then, that an ovule is able to attract both x- and y- sperm, which have different charges? It was concluded that the ovule must be capable of alternating its charge so as to attract x-bearing chromosomes at one time, and y-bearing chromosomes at another.
This discovery had huge ramifications in terms of gender selection/prediction if a pattern to the highly irregular charge put off by the ovule could be found. In 1994, the culmination of a 15-year study by a French Scientist on thousands of mammals resulted in a complicated method for determining just this.
From these findings, elaborate software was created to interpret the data (based on a woman’s birth date, blood type, onset of menses, reproductive history, and last menstrual period, combined with the variables found on the mammalian study) to determine which days in a woman’s cycle would produce an ovule charge favorable to attracting either a boy-sperm or a girl-sperm.
It was determined that, over a 12-month period, each woman has between 70 and 80 days where the ovule attracts each polarity. This information used in conjunction with knowing her fertile days and when she ovulates allows her to choose the gender by either having sex or not having sex on the days that correspond to the gender she desires.
This software, which came to be known as the SELNAS method, was tested on 155 couples over the next two years and proved to be 98.7% accurate! 153 of the 155 couples conceived the gender they wanted.
As of 1999, the success rate of the SELNAS method, tested on over 15,000 couples, continued to be between 96 and 98% accurate!
A 12-month personalized calendar is not cheap – costing around $400 – but it comes with a 100% money-back guarantee if following this method does not produce the gender of your choice. A virtual no-risk and small price to pay if the sex of your baby is very important to you.
Statistically, if you’ve had 2 children of the same sex (like me), you are more likely to have subsequent children of that sex as well. Although it would be lovely to have a little girl (and a little more balance to our household), I’m not sure how I feel about manipulating the baby-making process to produce a certain gender; if the SELNAS method does in fact work, even though it is a non-invasive and “natural” method, there’s still something a bit creepy feeling to me about it….
How do you feel about it? Would you use the SELNAS method if it guaranteed the bambino/a of your choice? If you do try it out, let me know if it worked!
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Posted in Success Stories | 9 Comments »
By Gina on Aug 12, 2008
wow! sounds complicated! I am planning to will myself to have twins next time around so that I will be done with pregnancies. I will let u know if that works too
thanks for the info. its good to know that nature does allow us to choose if we wish to.
Gina
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By Ardis on Aug 19, 2008
Hi, Gina
Thanks for the comment! That gave me a chuckle. I don’t know much about willing twins, but maybe Joanne could give you a few pointers on that one
Love,
Ardis
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By Joanne on Aug 19, 2008
Gina,
All I can say is: be careful what you wish for!
Love Jo
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By s.k. on Feb 22, 2009
This method does not work, and the claim that “babychoice.com” makes that you can get your money back if you don’t get the sex you want isn’t true!
My wife and I paid “babychoice.com” about $400 a few years ago (to increase our chances of having a girl). Babychoice.com claimed that if we didn’t have the sex of the baby we were trying for, they would give a full refund.
We followed the instructions carefully and even marked information down on a chart. However, we still had a boy.
The company was very good about getting back to us before we had a baby of the opposite sex than we were trying for. However, as soon as we contacted them explaining that we had the opposite sex and wanted a refund (as promised), they completely ignored us!
My wife made NUMEROUS attempts to contact Babychoice.com via e-mail, by certified regular mail, and by calling on the telephone about 10 times (no one ever answered). No one ever retured ANY correspondence AT ALL!
My wife tried to dispute the $400 charge through her credit card company (citicard). However, the credit card company stated that since Babychoice.com is based out of Europe they would not investigate it (they don’t investigate claims from companies based out of the united states).
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By Ardis on Feb 24, 2009
Hi, sk
Thank you for sharing your experience! Hmmm, I thought it all sounded a little fishy….you would think, however, that at $400 a pop, getting it right just 50% of the time, they could afford to refund the other 50%! Now, that’s just not right.
Ardis
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By s on Mar 30, 2010
This isn’t the “babychoice.com” web site. However, I wanted people looking for gender selection to know that the method that “babychoice.com” uses does not work. Also,the claim that “babychoice.com” makes that you can get your money back if you don’t have a baby of the gender you want isn’t true!
My wife and I paid “babychoice.com” about $400 a few years ago (to increase our chances of having a baby girl). Babychoice.com claimed that if we didn’t have the gender/sex of the baby we were trying for, they would give a full refund.
We followed the instructions carefully and even marked information down on a chart they provided. However, we still had a boy.
The “babychoice.com” company was very good about getting back to us before we had a baby of the opposite gender/sex than we were trying for. However, as soon as we contacted them explaining that we had the opposite gender/sex and wanted a refund (as promised), they COMPLETELY ignored us!
My wife made NUMEROUS attempts to contact Babychoice.com via e-mail, by certified regular mail, and by calling on the telephone about 10 times (no one ever answered). No one ever returned ANY correspondence AT ALL!
Their failure to contact us in any way, or to fulfill their promise of refunding our money leads me to believe that this is NOT a very reputable company.
My wife tried to dispute the $400 charge through her credit card company (Citicard). However, the credit card company stated that since Babychoice.com is based out of Europe, they would not investigate it (they don’t investigate claims from companies based out of the United States).
Good luck attempting to get ANY money back from “babychoice.com”!!!!!!!!
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By Amanda on Apr 28, 2011
I read a lot about the Natural Baby Gender Selection Method on this web site. It helped me a lot.You can visit website below:
http://www.havingaboyorgirl.us
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By Krista on Oct 6, 2011
Hi I have become very interested in this topic recently. It is very interesting to me to think that you can plan the family that you want. I have also come across some natural techniques that you could try. This website was very helpful to me.
http://choosingbabiesgender.com
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By Chris on Jan 17, 2012
The Selnas method is one I’ve never heard of. i’ve heard of the shettles method, and just about al of the “wives tales” that are out there, but not this one.
I find it very interesting that the chromosomes can be altered like this. However, i’m wondering how natural this is. I kind of think it may be against Mother Nature to attempt this!
But, if you really have your heart set on a specific gender, this may be the most reliable technique out there. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
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