How to Conceive a Baby Girl Naturally - Ways to Increase Your Chances of Having a Baby Girl

In a study that was published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, a group of newly pregnant women reported their eating habits, before conception. According to the findings those that ate breakfast every day and consumed more calories daily, conceived more boys compared to those who consumed a limited amount of calories and skipped breakfast. This means that if you want to get pregnant with a baby girl, it would be a good idea to stop eating breakfast and avoid eating a lot of calories. More specifically, for conceiving a girl you should consume around 1,500 calories per day. Also, if you want a boy consume plenty of potassium and sodium and for a girl add magnesium to your diet. Another interesting finding was that eating a lot of bananas favors the conception of boys, so for a few months before conception try to avoid consuming bananas.

But what else can you do to sway the odds in your favour?

The X(for girls) and the Y(for boys) spermatozoa have distinguishing characteristics. The Y sperm is faster, smaller and survives in an alkaline environment. On the contrary, the X sperm is larger and a slow swimmer, but is more robust and can survive more days than the Y sperm. By having intercourse a few days prior to ovulation you will ensure that the Y spermatozoa will perish and X spermatozoa will survive long enough to fertilize the egg, when it becomes released. For this reason, you should use charting of cervical mucus and charting of basal body temperature (BBT) to determine the day of ovulation. Then, you must begin having sex immediately after the end of your period and stop 2-3 before ovulation. This way you are ensuring that the only spermatozoa left to fertilize the egg will be the longer-lasting X spermatozoa.

Another natural method for gender selection is altering the ph of the vagina. You can use douches to make the vagina more acidic and increase the odds of having a female child. In short, the "girl sperm" is more resilient to acidity in the vagina and will be able to survive long enough to fertilize the egg. To increase acidity, you can also try consuming a lot of acidic foods like yogurt, eggs, cheese and sweets and avoid alkaline foods such as tomatoes, avocados and garlic. Also, try to limit your intake of red meat and coffee, because their consumption favors the conception of boys.