Anyone know the diets for men and women/ or either?
I’ve heard that certain foods are supposed to boost the chances of getting a girl.
Please help because if we have another boy that will make 3. Any sex is ok, but we just want to heighten the chances of getting a baby girl.

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   as far as I know all those diets are myths. You can swing the odds in ur favor my 5-10% I believe by timing the sex relative to ovulation. Traditionally male sperm carry less information and are thus faster swimmers. So if the egg is already waiting for them -55% chance it is a boy, cuz the male sperm will reach the egg first. But sperm can live in the woman for a few days. So if you let the sperm be there and the egg come to the sperm you have a better chance of a girl. As far as I know this is the only way to change the odds at all and it is only a very slight change. Do some more research on this and see if you come up with anything.
   Best of luck

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   try baby center.com they have all kinds of tips

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   I seriously doubt you can eat something to up the chances of having a girl… sperm does not say ohh wait.. you had an apple… how about the girl go through this time…. they don’t have minds yet…. sorry… you get what you get!!!!!!!!!!

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   There are no guarantees but here are some things you can try.
   The boy diet / girl diet theory holds that altering your body’s pH through diet may influence the polarity of the egg (if it has one), or make the vaginal environment more or less hospitable to sperm.
   Diet high in potassium and sodium for a boy.
   Diet high in calcium and magnesium for a girl.
   Here is a website all about gender selection: http://www.in-gender.com/Gender-Selectio…
   Read this on ph levels in food: http://www.ctds.info/acidic-foods.htmlhttp://www.trans4mind.com/nutrition/pH.h… – scroll down to chart
   Some people say to take: Lydia Pinkham’s Herbal Compound .
   According to the Shettles method:
   Shettles says in order to increase the chances of having a girl, you should have sex everyday from the end of your period up to 2 1/2 to 3 days before ovulation. After this point, do not have unprotected sex until several days past ovulation. Intercourse further away from ovulation favors the larger slower moving X (girl) sperm. The weaker Y (boy) sperm will die more quickly in the more acidic preovulatory vaginal / cervical secretions and by the time of ovulation there will be a much larger concentration of X (girl) sperm available to fertilize the egg.
   Shettles suggests that if you are trying to conceive a girl, shallow penetration from your partner, preferably with the missionary position, will deposit the sperm closer to the entrance to the vagina. This area is more acidic than closer to the cervix and acidity will work against the weaker “boy” sperm leaving more “girl” sperm available to fertilize your egg.
   When trying to conceive a girl, Shettles recommends that you don’t orgasm during sex as the body produces substances after orgasm that makes the vaginal environment more alkaline, which favors the “boy” sperm. The contractions which accompany an orgasm help move the sperm up and into the cervix, giving the “boy” sperm an extra chance at being available when your egg is available for fertilization.

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   I just had a baby girl, I didn’t alter my diet at all. I don’t think that diet has to do with it. We really wanted a boy, in fact in the ultrasound the doctor said, “Oh boy this baby is really curled up tight.” All I heard was boy so I said really excitedly, “It’s a boy?!!” But it wasn’t. You just get whatever you get. We really expected a boy too because my hubby has three brothers, no girls there and all of my brothers and sisters have two boys each. There are six of us, three boys and three girls.
   good luck!!

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   When I was pregnant and hoping for a girl, I read an article somewhere that said vegetarians have a slightly higher chance of having a girl. I got all happy ’cause I just happened to be a vegetarian. (And the baby was a girl, incidentally.) I wouldn’t know how to find the article again though.
   Edit: ok, maybe I could find the article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/869696…

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   no such thing, sorry. The chances of getting a boy or girl is exactly equal. Anyone who tells you otherwise is misinformed

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   For a girl: Both to eat: drink plenty of milk and eat dairy products such as cheese and yoghurt, unsalted foods, rice, pasta, certain vegetables, mineral water, limited amounts of meat and potatoes, but avoid salt and any salty foods, wine and beer, fresh fruit, spinach, tomatoes and mushrooms, chocolate, coffee and tea.
   - To improve conditions for female sperm you need more magnesium-rich food (in nuts, soya beans and leafy green vegetables).
   MORE INFO:
   How to Conceive a Girl – Shettles Methodhttp://www.in-gender.com/Gender-Selectio…

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   you’d be better off asking a professional doctor

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    Sorry, but your chances are still going to be 50/50. You can try all the old wive’s tales and eat certain foods all you want but you can still wind up conceiving another boy.

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    I believe its a diet that is high in calcium and low in potassium and salt. I diet high in dairy and calcuim will change the PH in your body to be acidic rather than alkaline. Male sperm have a hard time living in an acidic environment so having your PH be more acidic will increase your chances of having a girl. You can buy PH strips or order them off of ebay (ebay has a big pack of them for super cheap) and test the PH level in your vaginal discharge and make sure you only try when the PH reads acidic! Also taking cranberry supplements help in changing your PH as well. You can buy them at any drug store. Make sure and try 3-5 days BEFORE ovulation as well and have your partner take a hot shower right before intercourse as well. One more thing you can try is using a vinegar douche before intercourse in conjuction with all of the other things I listed. You can buy premade ones at Walgreens, CVS or Snyders. A vinegar and water douche also changes your PH to be more acidic but make sure and try the douche and see if it works for you before doing it before trying to concieve. For some women, a vinegar douche can cause your vaginal discharge to become too acidic killing off all sperm and not just male sperm. So if you get the PH strips, use the vinegar douche and test how acidic it makes your discharge and if it reads at being a good acidic level and not too high, then definately use the douche as well. The PH strips will give you instructions on how to read your results with your alkaline/acidic levels. Be on top and do NOT have an orgasm. Having an orgasm naturally makes your discharge become more alkaline. Being on top makes it so the penetration of the sperm is more shallow so the male sperm won’t get to the egg right away. They will have to travel longer to get there if the sperm is ejected more shallow so they will die off and the female sperm will be the majority left. Having an orgasm also causes your uterus to contract and draw the sperm in. Its a natural way for your body to help you conceive but when trying for a girl, it will work against you. Good luck!