Are You Trying For A Girl? Things Do To Increase Your Chances
September 23, 2009 by Allison Thompson
Filed under pregnancy
There are lots of people today who feel that there is no way in which couples can influence whether the child they have is a boy or a girl. However, there are plenty of couples who have tried various things in the hope that the baby they have is a beautiful little girl. In this article we provide some answers to question that may be asked of couples “Are you trying to conceive a girl?”
The first suggestion we offer is that couples should change their diet and to eat certain foods which will increase the possibilities of them having a baby girl rather than a boy. Through making the right changes to their diet a couple is altering the levels of pH in their bodies and which can contribute towards what sex of baby they have.
So with this particular method a couple will need to eat foods that have high levels of acidity in them such as oranges, lemons, grapefruit’s etc. It is thought that because the level of acidity is higher this helps to kill of the sperm which contain the Y chromosomes and means that the sperm containing the X chromosomes has a higher chance of reaching the egg and fertilizing it.
But with this particular method not only does the amount of acidity in the food need to be increased by also the amount of calcium and magnesium in it as well. However, they do need to reduce the amount of foods which contain salt and potassium if they want their chances of conceiving a girl to be increased.
The other suggestion provided by some is that couples used the Shettles Method to ensure that they get their timing right to help ensure that they conceive a girl rather than boy. With this method because the sperm containing X chromosomes is more resilient than sperm containing Y chromosomes intercourse between the couple should take place 2 to 4 days prior to the woman’s ovulating period. Then after the ovulation period has ceased they should have intercourse a few days after.
Dr Shettles surmises that time the woman has begun to ovulate all the sperm containing the Y chromosomes will have died off so this means that only sperm containing the X chromosomes will then fertilize the egg. It is crucial however that couples who are attempting to conceive a girl rather than a boy should avoid having intercourse when ovulation takes places. The simple reason being this gives an opportunity to the sperm containing the Y chromosomes to reach the egg to fertilizer it first.
Not only does the Shettles Method determine when is the best time for a couple to make love in order to conceive a girl it is also suggests that a woman should not orgasm as well. If a woman orgasms whilst making love the levels of alkaline within her body are heightened and this proves beneficial to the sperm containing the Y chromosomes. Because of this the chances of such sperm reaching the egg first and fertilizing it are greatly improved.
Above we have provided some answers to the question “Are you trying to conceive a girl?” Hopefully by reading these a couple can work on helping them to determine when is the best time to make love and so increase their chances of having the baby girl that they always wanted.
Would You Like To Know When Is The Best Time To Conceive A Boy
April 8, 2009 by Allison Thompson
Filed under pregnancy
For any couple who would like to have a baby boy then their chances of doing so is much higher than they would have thought. According to a lot of research carried out the chances for any couple to have a boy rather than a girl is very high indeed. Yet if they were to learn about when is the best time to conceive a boy this will further increase their chances of doing so.
There are certain techniques that one can try and which will further boost the chances of a couple when trying to conceive a boy rather than a girl. In this article we look at just a couple of the methods a couple may want to consider using when attempting to have a baby boy. In both of the methods we discuss in the article we explain when is the best time to conceive a boy.
Method 1 – The Shettles Method
Through using this technique a couple is attempting to ensure that the sperm containing Y chromosomes is able to reach the egg before the sperm containing X chromosomes. Generally the sperm that contains Y chromosomes moves more quickly than that which contains the X chromosomes and this is something that couples will need to factor into the lovemaking if they are attempting to conceive a baby boy rather than a baby girl.
The book “How to Choose the Sex of Your Baby: The Method Best Supported by Scientific Evidence” written by Dr Shettles recommends that couples have intercourse during the 24 hours when a woman has begun to ovulate and that no intercourse should take place 12 hours after her ovulation period has finished.
Along with providing definitive times when it would be best to have intercourse for a couple wishing to conceive a baby boy, Dr Shettle also recommends that when intercourse takes place the man penetrates the woman as deeply as he can. This way the more aggressive Y chromosomes sperm is closer to the cervix and so is in a position that places them closer to the egg in order to fertilize it.
Method 2 – The Whelan Method
This particular technique was devised by a Dr Whelan in order to rebut Dr Shettles technique. With her technique Dr Whelan feels that for a couple to increase their chances of conceiving a boy they need to have intercourse during the very early part of a woman’s monthly cycle. Research carried out in to this technique has found that 68% of the time couples using this one were able to conceive the boy that they wanted.
There are many various opinions and techniques that people will suggest to couples about when is the best time to conceive a boy. Certainly it is these couples which have tried them and found them to provide them with the results that they wanted. Some couples make changes to their diet and incorporate more salty snacks and red meat into it. Whilst other couples who are trying to have a baby boy will get the men to drink coffee prior to them making love.

