If you are wondering how to influence the gender of your baby naturally, there are a number of steps you can take which are believed to help tip the odds in your favor. If you take a quick look on the internet, you will find quite literally hundreds of pages of advice and I would suggest here that you dismiss any which are based on heresay or old wives tales.

Male and female sperm have different characteristic and we can exploit these to our advantage. Male sperm is faster and smaller than its female counterpart and is quite fragile. It prefers an alkaline environment. Female sperm is larger and slower than male sperm. It is more robust and lives for longer than male sperm. It can thrive in an acidic environment.

There are a number of valid tips to help you learn how to influence the gender of your baby naturally which are based on the differences between male and female sperm. Below are those which I consider to be useful:

* The Timing Of Intercourse

First of all, you need to pinpoint the date of ovulation. You may already know your cycle or this might take a few months to establish. You can use an ovulation predictor kit for this purpose. If you want to have a girl, you need to have intercourse a couple of days before ovulation. This will give the slower female sperm time to get to the egg. In the meantime, the male sperm are likely to have perished. To have a boy, have intercourse on the day of ovulation and the day after as once the egg is released, it is simply a race against time-and one which the faster male sperm is likely to win!

* The Environment

There are various mild douches which can be used about an hour before intercourse and these will influence the gender of your baby. For a girl, you need to foster an acidic environment in the vagina, so an acidic douche, made from weak lemon juice can. For a boy, the environment should be alkaline, so one example is a mild baking soda douche (of course, you should get a proper "recipe" before proceeding).

* Diet

Encouraging an acidic environment for a girl or an alkaline environment for a boy is appropriate. For a girl, eat plenty of dairy produce, broccoli, fish and leafy green vegetables. For a boy, eat foods such as bananas, apricots, lean red meats, sausages and sweetcorn.

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