A Japanese writer asserts that expectant mothers can ensure the sex of their unborn child by a simple effort of the mind and the repetition of a few words, He declares that the prospective mother should, if she desires a male child, close her eyes and repeat "My child is going to be a boy," until she falls asleep.
This practice must be kept up for at least 15 days before the ninth week. In one year, the writer said, 1,908 out of 1,942 women had iheir wishes for sons gratified by this means.
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