If you've found this article, I have to assume that you're trying to conceive a baby and you very much want it to be a girl. The chances are also good that you suspect or know that there are many variables that you can control that will greatly increase your odds of achieving this. One of these variables is conceiving during a very specific and planned time in your fertility cycle, which I'll discuss in this article, as well as other things you can do that will greatly help in your quest to conceive a daughter.

Know That Girl Sperm Are Stronger (More Hardy), But Also Slower:When a couple tries to conceive, the man's sperm contains chromosomes (X and Y) that, depending on which reaches and fertilizes the egg first, will determine the gender or sex of the baby. The girl (or X) sperm are much hardier than their boy counterparts, but to balance out the order of things, they're also slower. If all variables were equal, the boy sperm would likely make it to the egg first. Luckily though, all things are usually not equal, and there are many variables you can manipulate (like timing ovulation, creating an acidic vaginal environment, and using specific intercourse / sexual positions) that can make it a bit harder for the very speedy boy sperm to reach the egg first.

For A Girl, You Should Conceive Well Before Ovulation:Since the girl sperm are strong and hardy, they usually survive for days while waiting around for the egg. This is not true for boy sperm, which would weaken and die off under these conditions.

Many couples use the "try often until you're successful" method when trying to conceive a baby. They'll usually pinpoint what they think is the mom-to-be's "fertility window" and will then have intercourse as often as possible during it, hoping that one of those attempts stick or will be successful and will result in getting pregnant.

While this method can certainly work if you don't have a preference about the gender of your baby, if you specifically want a girl, this method is flawed, because it will deposit and then leave many speedy and viable boy sperm in your vaginal tract. If you're wanting a daughter, you can't afford a foot race to the egg.

So, you should conceive well before you ovulate (preferably three days prior.) Girl sperm can easily survive this wait while boy sperm can not. This leaves mostly girl sperm in the vaginal tract, stacking the odds toward getting a daughter.

Obviously, you have to be extremely accurate in knowing when you ovulate. If you're too late, you'll have many more sperm that would produce a boy in the reproductive tract. There are many ways to predict when you ovulate, (basal temperature, cervical mucus), but many leave too much room for error and too much to chance. That's why I highly prefer and recommend saliva ovulation predictors. They are inexpensive, reusable, can show changes in ovulation by the hour, and are extremely accurate (they're considered accurate enough for DNA testing.)

More Things You Can Do To Conceive A Girl:Conceiving before you ovulate is just one of many variables to get a girl baby. You should also raise your vaginal PH and acidity (making a harsh, non friendly environment for the weaker boy sperm). There are two ways to do this, but using a combination of the two is quicker. One way you can achieve this is by eating acidic foods and avoiding alkaline foods. Or, you can douche with specific douching solutions depending on your current vaginal PH (easily obtained using vaginal testing strips). Gender selection clinics sell these specialty douches for quite a lot of money (usually around $450), but there are also resources and recipes that allow you to make them at home depending on how acidic you naturally fall.

You certainly can achieve your optimal PH or "get in the girl zone," as it's called, by only using foods, however it will take a bit longer and you'll have to be very diligent about it.

You should also use intercourse / sexual positions that place the sperm as far away as possible to the cervix (this is shallow penetration for most couples.) This gives the weaker and faster boy sperm a longer, more hostile trip to the egg. If you want a girl, you have to hope they can't make that trip, as harsh as that sounds.

Conceive A Girl is a website that offers hints, tips, and natural, inexpensive methods for couples wishing to conceive a baby girl, (as well as a resources for the $450 gender selection specialty douche recipe and lists of foods to alter vaginal acidity and PH, as mentioned in this article). Visit us at /