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How to Have a Baby Girl

One of the most exciting tasks, next to trying to conceive, is trying to conceive a baby girl. While we can all agree that a healthy baby is a blessing regardless of sex, we can also agree that sometimes we have our hearts set on having the beautiful little girl. The desire to have a little girl has led many women and men to find ways that increase their likelihood of having a baby girl.

Here are number of ways that have been passed down for generations on how to have a baby girl. Keep in mind that many of these recommendations are old wives tales. With that being said, there are great many women that will tell you they tried one or more of them and gave birth to a beautiful baby girl.

The first recommendation is what is known as the Shettles Method. This is a method that was originated by Dr. Landrum Shettles. While the book that he wrote can be used to help sway the sex of the baby to be a girl or a boy, it is particularly success for those who want to have a baby girl. While the theory isn’t that important, what you need to know is this.

First you need to know your menstrual cycle and you need to chart it using your basal body temperature. After doing this for a few months you will be better able to pinpoint when you are ovulating. Then you are your partner should be try after your period ends. Make sure that you are only trying once a day, then stop having marital relations three days before you are expected to ovulate. To create the optimum environment to conceive a girl you are going to want to chose sexual positions that get the sperm very close to the vaginal entrance, so that they have to swim farther (making them work for their target). It is also best if you do not have an orgasm during your attempts because you don’t want the vaginal environment to become to alkaline.

There is also the “How to Have a Baby Girl” diet. Yes, diet. If you are really wanting to have a baby girl then you should make sure that your pantry and frig is stocked with fish, fresh veggies, sweets and chocolate. There are of course other helpful things that you can do to increase the chances of having a little princess.

Consider having sex in the afternoon and not at night. You can also try to only have martial relations on the even days of the month. If the woman initiates sex then she is more likely to conceive a girl (plus what man doesn’t like a woman to make the first move.) You can also make sure that you celebrate the full moon with an attempt to conceive a little goddess.

There are of course medical things that you can do as well to influence the sperm to make sure that the right one gets to the ovary such as the Ericsson Albumin method and Preimplantaiton Genetic Haplotyping. These are not any more effective then the tips listed above and they are probably  less fun.

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How to Have a Baby Boy

Every man gets excited when he finds out that his partner or spouse is expecting. The thoughts of having a little boy to teach how to play baseball, go fishing, box, fly airplanes and so on are almost more excitement then they can bear. Though he has to wait for that ultrasound to find out if he is going to have a little man or not, he will still go buy the catcher’s mitt. What he may not have realized that there are a number of things that can be done to influence the likelihood of having a little boy. If you are determined to help your husband have the little boy he has been dreaming of, follow some of the tips below on how to have a baby boy.

Just as with trying to conceive a girl, the Shettles Method can also be used to help you conceive a baby boy. This technique was created by Dr. Landrum Shettles. The theory here is that the Y bearing sperm are faster but they die quicker than the X sperm. This means then when you are getting ready to try to get pregnant you need to not have any sperm near the egg, and you need to have intercourse quickly so that the biggest concentration of Y sperm are present. Here is what you need to do.

Get to know your menstrual cycle and chart it for a few months using your basal body temperature. After a few months you should be able to pinpoint when you are ovulating pretty quickly. Your husband should avoid ejaculating for about 5 days prior to ovulation. The goal is to plan the intercourse 12 hours prior to ovulating. Use positions that get the sperm as close to the cervix as possible. Men, you want to make sure that your partner is able to have an orgasm because this helps move the sperm closer to the egg.

There is also a “How to Have a Boy” diet. There are many people that believe what you eat has just as much of an impact on the sex of your baby as the position baby was conceived in. To help increase the chances of giving birth to a bouncing baby boy make sure that your pantry and frig are stocked with salty snacks, red meat and caffeine.

There are a number of other tips that you and your partner can follow such as, making sure that your man is wearing boxers and not briefs. This will help cool the temperature of the scrotum. Make sure that the man has the orgasm first, yes I know… typical. To have a baby boy you should also only have sex on the odd days of the month. The man should initiate relations, the man should be in the dominate position, and you should have sex at night. An extra note, if you are trying to have a little boy you should not have intercourse during the full phases of the moon or during a new moon.

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Baby Gender Selection

It is amazing that over 80% of couples trying to conceive a baby state that if they could, they would pick the gender of their baby. While every baby is a blessing and a gift, many of us can’t deny that when we think about getting pregnant or think back to when we were pregnant that we wished for a baby girl or a baby boy. For some reason, we just felt it important… or more ideal to have one over the other.

There are a few things that you can do medically to help increase the likelihood of having one gender over the other. They are expensive and rather inconvenient. Most often they require you to get pregnant their invitro fertilization or other medical means. However, if you are set on having a baby boy instead of baby girl, you may want to talk with your doctor about the different procedures, their effectiveness and the outcome percentages. Some have said that the only way you can absolutely guarantee that you have the baby you want is to adopt, there are others that are willing to give a number of old fashioned recommendations a try.

Some of those methods include the Shettles method. This can be used to have a boy or a girl, though overall it is more successful for conceiving a girl. The method was created by a doctor and there is some sound medical advice the supports the theories. Though it is not 100%.

There are also people that believe baby gender selection can be left to the foods that you consumer. Creating a more alkaline or more acidic environment makes it more favorable for one sex over the other. Some favorite foods if you want to have a girl include sweets and fresh veggies, whereas if you are looking to have a boy then you want to go for salty snacks and red meat.

Some people have said that the date of the month, odd or even, will impact the sex of the baby. There are other people that believe the phases of the moon can impact whether you have a boy or a girl. Different sexual positions can impact whether you are having a girl or a boy as well as who has the orgasm first, or if the woman should have one at all.

Many medical professionals even recommend that when a couple is trying to conceive that the man changes the undergarments he wears. Instead of wearing briefs he needs to wear boxers to help keep the treasure cool.

You may also find it interesting to know that while men do produce less sperm as they age, the sperm that they have only lives for three months. So when couples go to the doctor to discuss ways to increase their chances of conceiving the doctors are going to look at the age of the women. Ladies the eggs you have when you are 35 are the same eggs you had when you were just a fetus in your mom’s womb.

There is nothing wrong with trying different things to influence the sex of your baby. Secretly we all wish we have control over the baby gender selection process.