Women who experience severe psychological stress at or near the time of conception may be more likely to have a baby girl, Danish researchers reported. According to their findings, the closer the traumatic event was to conception, the lower the odds of having a male baby. In addition, the researchers suggest that stressful situations may trigger the body to spontaneously abort a male fetus, resulting in an apparent increase in the number of girls born. Exactly how stress affects the sex ratio of babies is unclear, and that is why we called it our Health Mystery!
