Recommendations for Contraceptive Use
		Natural Family Planning

Recommendations	Rationale
No, timing intercourse according to fertility indicators does not increase the chances of having a boy or a girl.	A few NFP programs suggest that NFP can be used to increase the probability of conceiving a boy or girl. However, review of several scientific studies shows that the sex of a child cannot be reliably determined by timing intercourse. Gray R. Natural Family Planning and Sex Selection: Fact or Fiction? American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1991; 165(6 Part 2 Suppl):1982-4.

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