Danielle Lloyd is finally expecting a baby girl after having four sons.
The 37 year old mum is expecting her fifth child and revealed she used a method called The Babydust Method in a bid to try and encourage a natural sex selection.
Danielle, who is married to husband Michael O'Neill with whom she shares 3-year-old Ronnie, as well as sons, Archie, 10, Harry, nine, and George, seven, with ex-husband Jamie OHara, has been open in the past about her plans to travel abroad to undergo IVF using sex selection.
However Covid and travel restrictions put an end to the couple's plans to undergo IVF in a bid to finally have their much longed for daughter and Danielle instead put her faith in a famed natural sex selection method.
Danielle revealed she had followed the book "to a T" for several months and after having a miscarriage last year finally got pregnant again, finding out it was a girl last month.
The Babydust Method, a guide to conceiving a girl or a boy, was written by Kathryn Taylor, who devised the method and successfully used it to have a son in 2012, followed by a girl in 2014.
Kathryn, who has a degree in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics from the University of California, Los Angeles, then released the now famous book of her method in 2016.
Boasting a success rate of 94%, the method uses both the timing and frequency of sex to sway the odds in favour of having a boy or girl.
Women are instructed to use ovulation predictor kits for three months to fully familiarise themselves with their cycle.
Then in the lead-up to ovulation, when an egg is released from the ovary, women use the ovulation predictor kits to test twice a day.
When the two lines on the test strips are equally dark or darker than the control line it indicates you will ovulate 24 hours later.
If you are trying for a girl, you should only have sex once, two to three days before ovulation, and at no other times throughout the cycle.
If you're hoping for a boy you should wait until 24 hours after the first darkest (also known as peak) test and again after 24 hours but at no other times during the cycle.
There are a number of other tips you can use to increase your odds of conceiving a girl - though it should be noted that there are no scientific researches proving these to be right!
Shallow penetration is the more optimal type of penetration for conceiving a girl. Male sperm cells are actually the faster swimmers, so the shallower penetration means it gives the female sperm cells an opportunity to get to the egg as well.
Missionary position is the best position to try for conceiving a girl.
It's rumoured that male sperm cells are heat averse, and that by having a hot bath before having sex to conceive may slow the male swimmers down and allow the female cells race to the egg to fertilise it! It could be a nice way to bring some romance to what can sometimes be the monotony of trying to conceive on certain days and times. Make it a romantic bath for two!
We do need the male orgasm to release the sperm, as it's his sperm that dictates whether the baby conceived will be boy or girl, and some experts claim that a female orgasm releases a certain alkaline secretion. This allows the male sperm to apparently survive longer due to the fact that the male sperm cells need this secretion to survive.
No orgasm, no alkaline secretion and thus creating a hostile environment for the male sperm cells.
If you are trying to conceive a girl, think about eating foods that are high in calcium to aid your chances.- so eggs, milk, yogurts.
It's also said a diet that is high in fruit and vegetables such as spinach, broccoli, bananas may help to conceive a girl, and a vegetarian diet is one that is rumoured to be very good in terms of conceiving a girl.
Steer clear of Alkaline rich foods such as Apples and Avocados however, as alkaline is said to help the male swimmers along by creating a more welcome space for them.
Eat Acidic rich foods in days leading up to Ovulation to ensure you've created the best environment for the female sperm cells to swim into. Apparently, male sperm cells aren't as good at surviving in acidic environments, so you can alter the pH of your vagina with the help of chocolate and fizzy drinks!
Remember to cut out the salt to boost your chances of conceiving a girl. Put down the olives, step away from the cheese and put that pack of crisps back in the cupboard because eating high salt foods may help your chances of conceiving a boy, and not the girl you want.
Stick with the fruit and veg and foods that are high in calcium in the lead up to ovulation to give your female sperm cells a better opportunity of reaching the egg first.
Remember though, these are just suggestions and you should have fun trying to conceive your much wanted baby!
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