People often ask me whether a woman's diet affects or alters her baby's gender or sex.
And, I'm often also asked if the diet is important before or after the woman becomes pregnant.
I will discuss both of these concerns in the following article.
A Woman's Diet Is Only One Of The Factors That Affect Gender: People sometimes indicate to me that they assume that foods or diet are the sole considerations in terms of your baby's gender.
This isn't entirely accurate.
What ultimately determines gender if whether an X chromosome (girl) or a Y (boy) fertilizes the egg.
But, there are many things that can affect these chromosomes' travels and ultimately which ends up being successful in making it to the egg first.
Diet is one of these things.
The reason that diet comes into play is that the foods you eat can alter the PH of your body.
An acidic environment favors girl babies, while an alkaline one is more conducive to boys.
However, there are other factors to consider as well.
Conceiving early in your fertility cycle favors girl while waiting awhile makes you more likely to conceive a boy.
The sexual intercourse positions that you use can also work for or against you.
In short, all three things work together to give you the best chance of getting the gender you want.
For example, eating acidic foods when you want a girl and then conceiving late in your fertility cycle might just defeat the purpose.
Likewise, it doesn't make sense to wait to have intercourse until you've ovulated when trying for a boy only to introduce those sperm chromosomes to an acidic environment, which helps to deteriorate them.
To have the best chance of choosing your baby's gender, you'll want to address all three variables instead of just one.
When Is Your Diet Important? Can You Change Your Diet After You Get Pregnant?: People often tell me that they are going to change their diet or eat special foods once they become pregnant.
While eating well can be a good idea in terms of your baby's health, this time frame is too late in terms of gender.
Once you conceive and become pregnant, your baby's gender is decided at that time.
Once the sperm fertilizes the egg, the opportunity is lost.
So, if you are going to make any chances to your diet, you need to do this BEFORE you attempt to conceive.
In the best case scenario, you'd give yourself enough time to test your PH, make adjustments, and test again before you reach the time in your fertility cycle when you want to try to conceive (based on which gender you are trying for.
) As an example, let's say you are trying for a girl baby.
In this case, you'll want to conceive early and before ovulation happens.
So, you should certainly not wait until a couple of days before this before you worry about your PH.
You should know your PH and have made whatever adjustments you need to make and then retest before this time frame approaches.
Otherwise, you aren't addressing all of the variables and might be better off waiting until the next month to try again, depending on how sure you are about wanting one gender over another.