I get a lot of emails from women and couples who desperately want to conceive a baby boy and want to know what they can do to make sure this happens. There are many reasons for this, but I do not get into the debate of whether it is correct to prefer one genre over another. Many want a man to continue with the family name. Some couples already have a daughter and want the opposite experience and some women want to give a child to their husband or partner. All of these reasons are completely valid, but I know that these people would love a daughter so much, so I don’t care about any of the debates that sometimes accompany this discussion. Instead, I focus on how to help them achieve their goal, which I will discuss in the next article.

Know what you must overcome to have a baby boy: There are a couple of obstacles that stand in your way if you want to have a son. First, the Y sperm that produce children are weak and vulnerable. You may not think that this would be the case. Many of us assume that since adult men are sometimes physically stronger than women, male sperm would be the same. However, this is not true. Sperm X (which produces daughters) can last longer days and remain strong despite long distances and hostile PH.

So the time frame you have to work with is definitely less. You will have to be more precise with your timing. You cannot start trying too early for the conception of a boy simply because this practice will favor having a girl (since a boy’s sperm does not survive this long window).

Therefore, you should wait until you get an undoubtedly positive reading showing that you have ovulated. Note that I did not say when you think you have ovulated and I did not say to start in the middle of your cycle. I said positive reading which means without a doubt. (I hate to keep insisting on this, but I see a lot of people make these mistakes.) Get an ovulation predictor that you can 100% trust and that is easy to use with very clear instructions. In fact, I like saliva and I really emphasize this if you are trying to conceive a girl because you need to know your ovulation days in advance, which is more difficult. Here, you just need to know after the fact, which may be a bit easier. Still, you must be absolutely sure that you are trying to conceive on the correct day. You can continue to have sex in the days after ovulation, but frankly, these Ys are only a couple days old anyway and your egg is only viable for so long.

The next thing to overcome if you are trying to have a baby boy is a high pH. Even a normal pH is questionable. You want a very low or alkaline pH because anything higher will be hostile to those little Y’s, struggling but working hard. Simply put, being acidic is bad for them. Being alkaline helps them a lot because they don’t have to fight their way through when they are already weak. You can become more alkaline by consuming only foods with a low pH. You don’t want acidic foods and you don’t want foods that are somewhere in the middle. You want foods that are lowest on the scale. There are very extensive food lists that can help with this.

You can also shower. This will often produce more drastic results, but sometimes they are only temporary. You can see your trend using PH test strips (this is a good way to start too). You can also use them to see if you are stable at your target level. And you absolutely must wear them on the day you try to conceive to make sure you still have the green light.

The last hurdle you have (besides time and pH) is distance. You don’t want these guys to work harder than necessary. Therefore, you can use deep penetration when you have sex to ensure that the trips are relatively short.