There’s no surefire way to make sure a couple conceives a son or daughter, but The Bachelor alum Jade Roper may have found a trick to help.
Answering questions via her Instagram Story on Wednesday, March 19, Roper, 38, addressed one fan who asked for advice on how to conceive a boy or girl.
“We didn’t try anything specific for either, but I do know that when we conceived Emmy, Tanner made me do a headstand afterwards for a few min, and we didn’t do that with the boys,” she wrote over a pic of her and husband Tanner Tolbert. “Hahahaha. So maybe that’s worth a try for a girl.”
In addition to Emmy, 7, the couple share sons Brooks, 5, and Reed, 4. They met on Bachelor in Paradise season 2 in 2015 and tied the knot the following year.
As Roper has been sure to explain, the family of five does not plan on getting any bigger. She declared “we are done” in a February Instagram Q&A when asked if the couple was “done having babies.”
“I still get baby fever all the time and probably will forever, but I don’t envision us having one more,” she wrote. “Time for Tanner to get the snip!”
She said the same last November, writing via yet another Instagram Q&A, “I think we are done. Which is very bittersweet. I’m that person that I guess I don’t think I’ll ever feel that feeling of ‘our family is complete.’”
She also discussed how she and Tolbert are able to balance the needs of each of their children, saying she wants to make sure they “feel loved enough/feel time is equally spent with each kid.”
“I read once, just 15 minutes a day of true quality one-on-one connection with your child creates the security and bond a child needs to feel safe and connected to their parent/caretaker,” she wrote. “So creating a routine or ritual of that 15 minutes of quality time they can look forward to is key, I feel. Simple as reading books at bedtime and snuggling and talking about the day.”
Roper revealed in 2020 that she had suffered a miscarriage before the couple conceived Emmy and that she had a chemical pregnancy before conceiving Brooks. She suffered another miscarriage in 2023 with a son they planned to name Beau.
“Our sweet Beau was diagnosed with Down Syndrome, so we think his tiny heart wasn’t strong enough,” she explained in November 2023. “A lot of DS diagnoses are accompanied with congenital heart conditions.”
