I often write articles with information meant to help couples naturally conceive the gender that they want. The other day, a woman emailed me asking if I could give her "ovulation signs for conceiving a girl." I completely understand what she was asking of me. She wanted a list of things (like an egg white consistency of cervical mucus, sore breasts, abdominal cramps, etc) which would tip her off to the time of the month when she could conceive a girl. Although I do understand this, I absolutely believe that there is a better, more reliable, and easier way. I'll outline it in the following article.

Why You Could Be Incorrectly Reading The Ovulation Signs That Tell You It's Time To Get Pregnant With A Girl Baby: Advice from the past tells us that if we want a daughter, we should watch our cervical mucus for a time when it has a consistency of egg whites. We're also advised to take note of any abdominal cramps or breast tenderness. I don't necessarily agree with these things for many reasons. First, in order to get a girl baby, you'll need to conceive three days BEFORE your ovulation. You need at least three days of a heads up. These signals are often a bit late the party. Second, not every woman will have these things happen at the right time or for the right reason. There are other reasons that cervical mucus changes besides ovulation. Breasts changes occur at several times during the month and abdominal cramps can be heartburn or any number of different things.

A Better, More Reliable Way To Predict Ovulation And Get Pregnant With A Girl Baby: Modern technology takes a lot of the guess work out of this equation and is based on science, not guesstimates or our intuition. There are several options available and all are better than trying to interpret signs that may be based on something else. You'll need razor sharp accuracy here because the boy or Y sperm are very fast. You want to make sure that you give them plenty of time to die off because if you don't, they'll beat out the girl or X sperm in a foot race to the egg.

I suggest using saliva or urine ovulation predictors. My personal preference is the saliva models because I find them to be very reliable, fool proof to read, and I really like that you can reuse them over and over and get a reading at any time of the day (without worrying about first morning urine.)

More Considerations When You're Trying To Conceive A Daughter: Timing is vitally important in this equation. I can not over stress the importance of conceiving three days before your egg is ready. However, just doing this is often not quite enough. There are other things to consider.

You'll need to think about not only when you conceive, but how you conceive. You can very easily plan and control the sexual or intercourse positions that you use. For a girl, shallow penetration is best because it gives the vulnerable boy sperm a longer, harder trip, stacking the odds of them dying off and clearing the way for the girl sperm that you want. Things like the missionary position, spooning, and using control with the woman on top can all contribute to placing the sperm far away from the cervix.

Another thing that you will have to look at is how alkaline you naturally are (whether your PH is low or high.) This is important because boy sperm are weakened and deteriorated by an acidic environment. So obviously, if your PH is low, you'll want to raise it as much as you can, and hold off on trying to get pregnant until you get it at a level where it is high enough for you to conceive a girl. You can find out exactly where you are by using strips that test the PH of your saliva.

If you need to raise your PH, you can do this through diet and through douching. This means that you'll consume foods that cause acidity and avoid alkaline foods. You're not in any way restricting your calories, you're just carefully controlling the foods you take in. You should use the douche formulas that correspond with the level that your last test indicated. Unless you're already pretty acidic, you'll often need much more than vinegar and water.

Many people are intimated by this process. You really do not need to be. Start out by first testing and then determining how far you have to go. Using both douching and foods will get you there faster, but you can get there with either method by being diligent. There are food list and douche recipes to help you. Have a plan, follow through, and continue to check your progress until you reach your optimal level. Then, time it right and use the correct positions and you're well on your way. It's said that this method has a success rate that is higher than 90%.

Conceive A Girl is a website I put together to offer step by step instructions, hints, tips, and resources for couples wishing to conceive a baby girl. You'll find resources for douche recipes and food lists, as well as ovulation predictors and PH test strips. Take a look if you like at http://conceive-a-girl-baby.com/