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Many people feel that we do not have the ability to actually influence the sex of the child we conceive. However, there are many couples out there who will try anything in order to have a beautiful baby girl. So in this article we try to provide an answer the question “Are you trying to conceive a girl?”

First off some couples feel that making changes to their diet can increase their chances of conceiving a girl rather than a boy. Is it said that if they choose a diet which helps to alter the pH levels in their bodies this will contribute towards them being able to have a girl rather than boy.

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 suggests these time periods because by the time the woman ovulates then the sperm containing the Y chromosomes will have died off and this then leaves the X chromosomes to fertilize the egg. So at no stage if a couple are trying to conceive a girl should they actually make love when the woman is ovulating, because if they do this then increases the chances of the sperm containing the Y chromosomes to reach the egg first.

Along with determining when is the best time for a couple to have intercourse in order to increase their chances of having a girl, Dr Shettle has said that a woman’s orgasm can in fact play a part on whether a couple have a boy or a girl. It is thought that when a woman orgasms her body produces more alkaline and this actually is beneficial to the X chromosomes so the possibility of the child being a boy rather than a girl is greatly increased.

Above we offer some ways to help those who have been asked the question “Are you trying to conceive a girl?” By reading what has been written a couple may be able to use these and so improve their chances of having that beautiful baby girl they always dreamed of.