How to Conceive a Girl - Sugar & Spice - Really?

Apart from the medical procedures of gender selection which can be costly (and with today's economy not a lot of us have a few thousand dollars to spare) invasive (do a search on IVF to see exactly what a woman has to go through) and in some countries against the law and religion. What else can you do to try and conceive a girl?

Old wives tale suggestions to conceiving a girl

There will always be the old wives tales for every situation in life, this is the same for gender selection. Some old tales to conceive a girl include:

* Making love on the even numbered days of the month

* The women should suggest making love! (this will please the guys!)

* You should make love in the afternoon

* Do you have an old wooden spoon lying around? Yes?... then put it under your bed!

* Leave a nice pink ribbon under your pillow

* Make love under a full moon (although this totally contradicts making love in the afternoon!)

The law of averages means that you will of course get the odd one or two women who this worked for! But really, if you're serious about conceiving a girl, I think you should let the full moon do it's job of controlling the tide and not put it off with your frolicking outside! Leave the wooden spoon firmly in the drawer where it belongs.

Natural gender selection to conceive a girl

There is a lot of hype in this day and age about doing things naturally. So can you naturally help yourself to conceive a girl? Some women believe that you can. They believe that there are certain things that you can do in your daily life that can help swing the odds in favour of either a boy or a girl.

These things include:

* Learning about your body and your menstrual cycle so you know when you will ovulate.

* Watching what you eat (you may need to alter your diet slightly)

* Teach yourself about sperm (It's actually down to these little guys whether you conceive a girl or a boy!)

Arming yourself with knowledge seems to be the main aim in natural gender selection. Fitting together the pieces like a jigsaw puzzle will help you to see the bigger picture. This sounds a lot more convincing that the ribbon and even numbered days theory.