Stress while trying for a baby increase the chances to give birth to baby girls, said a new research.

Yes, a new study has recently found that presence of higher levels of the stress hormone cortisol in the body increases the chances of giving birth to a girl than a boy.

The above results have been confirmed post running a study, during which the researchers studied approx 338 British women, who were trying to get pregnant and were experiencing different levels of stress. The women participants (majorly from around the UK) were made kept diaries to write about their lives and sex lives. Also they were given questionnaires to fill about how stressed they felt during the period.

They studied the levels of cortisol and the enzyme alpha-amylase (an indicator of adrenalin) for approx six months or till the time a woman became pregnant. Of the babies born, 58 were boys and 72 were girls.

The team of researchers from the Department of Public Health at Oxford University found during their study that women, who reported highest cortisol levels (long term stress), were up to 75 percent more likely to give birth to a baby girl than a baby boy but no such link was found with alpha-amylase (the short term stress).

The experts are still trying their best efforts to find firm results in context to same and to conclude the genuine existence of any link between stress and sex ratio. The above study will be soon presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine conference in Orlando.