Can A Mother's Diet Affect Or Influence The Gender Or Sex Of Her Baby? If So, How?
I often hear from women who are trying to become pregnant and who know or suspect that their diet can have some effect on their baby's gender and sex
. I often hear comments like: "if what I eat can influence or help determine my baby's gender, then how does this work? What types of foods should I be eating if I am trying to conceive a boy or a girl?"In the following article, I'll discuss how the mother-to-be's diet can be one of the factors that influences whether she conceives a boy or a girl.
What You Eat Before Pregnancy Can Influence Your PH Level (And Whether You Are Acidic Or Alkaline.) And This Level Can Affect Your Baby's Gender: The first thing that I want to mention is that we're talking about your diet or what you eat when you are trying to conceive and BEFORE you become pregnant.
Any changes to your diet after you get pregnant or conceive won't matter in terms of your baby's gender, which is decided at conception. It's better to begin any changes in your diet well before the day or days you are actually trying to become pregnant.
Now that we've discussed when your PH comes into play, let's get into why it's important. Basically, if a Y sperm chromosome fertilizes your healthy egg and results in a baby being born, then you will get a boy. But, if the process happens with an X sperm rather than a Y, then you'll get a girl baby. Your PH is one of the factors that can either raise or lower the odds of one of these things happening.
For example, an acidic vaginal environment is more favorable to having a girl baby because it's more friendly to the girl sperm and most hostile to the boy sperm. If you're trying for a son, then you would want an alkaline environment instead.
What Foods Make You More Acidic For A Girl? What Foods Make You More Alkaline For A Boy? These questions seem very simple, but the answer isn't as clear as you might think. In general terms, meats and dairy are more acidic (and girl baby producing,) while vegetables and fruits are more alkaline (or boy producing.) But, there are many shades of gray here. Some foods start out one way but then turn once they are digested.
And, different people react differently to different foods. That's why it can be helpful to regularly test yourself (with PH strips) when you introduce new foods into your regimen. This will allow you to see (rather than to assume) which foods are working out well (and changing your PH the way that you want them to) and which are not. It also allows you to see when you've reached acceptable levels and are ready to conceive the gender that you want.
Foods, Diet, And PH Are Just One Of Three Variables That Influence Your Baby's Gender: Changing your PH is a good place to begin, but there are other considerations. Remember when I talked about seeing your optimal PH on those testing strips (depending on which gender you want?) Well, this really isn't the green light to go ahead and try to conceive, unless your timing is right also. Because you also need to take your ovulation time into account too. Conceiving early in this cycle gives you a better chance for girls. And conceiving late gives you a better chance for boys.
When you combing timing on both counts, then you've covered two of three bases. The last variable is the sexual intercourse positions you use. Deep penetration is better when you are trying for a boy. And shallow penetration is better when you're trying for a girl. But, as with the diet and foods, every one is individual so it's best to experiment and see what works best for you and your partner.
I've put together a few websites that take a lot of the guess work out of choosing your baby's gender. You'll find: resources for douche recipes and food PH lists; step by step instructions; resources for determining ovulation times (and examples of good PH and ovulation predictors;)information on when to conceive; and support.
If you want a boy baby, check out http://conceive-a-boy-baby.com/
If you want a girl baby, check out http://conceive-a-girl-baby.com/
Can A Mother's Diet Affect Or Influence The Gender Or Sex Of Her Baby? If So, How?
By: Sandy Dean