Diet for conceiving baby boy
Here are the basic steps you can take to sway for your little man. Get your protein from eggs, nuts and seeds. The foods you eat contribute to the pH balance of your vaginal secretions and might influence the sex of your baby, according to Dr. I decided I would have my daily quart of milk and follow the rest of the boy diet. A Y chromosome in a sperm means a boy, while X chromosomes lead to girls. Eat plenty of fruits, vegetables and leafy greens. If you have several thousand dollars to drop on seemingly space-age technology, you can sort sperm or choose boy embryos at the time of conception to guarantee the sex of your baby. Eat only very small amounts of oils, dairy and refined grains, as they acidify the body. Milk is generally discouraged on the boy diet (it is high in calcium). Get your protein from eggs, nuts and seeds. If your fluids are still scanty you can use a sperm-safe lubricant like Preseed to help. A Jill-of-all-trades, Lillian Downey is a certified Responsible Sexuality Educator, certified clinical phlebotomist and a certified non-profit administrator. To me the nutrition and fertility boost from grass-fed whole milk was worth the slight lowering of my chance for a boy. The leading theory at this point is that body pH favors one type of sperm over the other.
Since you want to create a more alkaline environment in your body for a baby boy, there are certain nutrients that are important. Many families hope and dream for a baby boy. You want to get plenty of salt and potassium. I had a wonderful pregnancy and an easy birth. These will help balance your cycles and give your fertile fluids a boost. It is possible to sway one way or another to give yourself a greater chance of a boy. Doctors generally advise women to lose excess weight before pregnancy and when trying to conceive. It costs more than regular grocery store salt, but it lasts a long time. Landrum Shettles, who tested this theory independently by placing sperm in vials containing vaginal fluid at varying levels of acidity. Dads can alter their diets to help give the Y sperm an upper hand. I suggest you make sure you are getting plenty of fat and protein. You want to get lower levels of calcium and magnesium. Doing so can help prevent fertility problems and pregnancy complications. What he found was that the more alkaline the vaginal fluid, the better the Y, or boy-causing sperm, performed. One tactic involves getting at least 9 milligrams of zinc each day from foods such as oysters, according to nutritionist Bridget Swinney. I still got a boy, and he was a happy, healthy one.
