Gender Sway Diet

 

When trying to conceive a boy or a girl, adjusting what you eat (i.e following the 'girl diet' or the 'boy diet') in the 6-8 weeks preceding conception can have a huge impact on whether you conceive your preferred gender. 

Conceiving a boy or girl depends entirely on which type of sperm meets the egg first, the male sperm (carrying the Y chromosome) or the female sperm (carrying the X chromosome). Following the 'boy diet' or the 'girl diet' and taking specific supplements can influence which type of sperm meets the egg first. 

To conceive a girl:
PH: 
The male sperm (carrying the Y chromosome) are less resilient and more susceptible to their environment, so one of the aims of the girl diet is to lower the Ph of the cervical mucous (i.e making it more acidic) and to make the cervical mucous more scant. These changes can alter how well the sperm can survive/travel through the cervical mucous favouring the female sperm. 
Blood sugar levels: 
Lower blood sugar levels (especially in the morning) also seem to favour the more resilient female sperm. Studies show that the X chromosome carrying (female) sperm are better at absorbing glucose than the Y chromosome carrying (male) sperm, and so are better equipped to survive (and thus make it to the egg to fertilise) in a low glucose environment. 
Supplements & Food: 
Increasing the minerals calcium and magnesium and decreasing sodium and potassium levels in the diet has also been shown to sway for a girl.
Below are a few examples of foods that should be included and avoided when trying to conceive for a girl:
Include:
Milk
Yoghurt
Eggs
Cranberries 
Avoid:
Too much meat
Bananas
Potatoes
Salt 

These are just a few examples of the types of foods - the list is much more extensive!

To conceive a boy:
Blood sugar levels:
As mentioned above, the male sperm (carrying the Y chromosome) are more vulnerable to a less favourable environment, so the aim of the 'boy diet' is to provide plenty of resources and nutrients. Maintaining blood glucose levels has been shown to favour the Y chromosome (male) sperm and thus favour the conception of boys.  An Oxford study showed that those women who ate breakfast everyday were significantly more likely to have a boy. 
Hormone Levels:
Higher testosterone levels in the mother have also been shown to favour the conception of boys. The 'boy diet' can increase the testosterone levels in the mother by increasing foods such as red meat. 
Ph:
The 'boy diet' contains foods that make the mother's body and cervical mucous more alkaline. A diet high in foods that make your body and cervical mucous more alkaline has been shown to favour the conception of boys. 
Supplements & Food:
Multivitamins can sway for a boy, as studies have shown that those who consume more nutrients are more likely to have boys. Below are a few examples of foods to include and avoid when trying to conceive for a boy:
Include:
Meat
Potatoes
Bananas
Salt
Avoid: 
Dairy (Milk, yoghurt, cheese) 
Again the list is much more extensive. 

Following the 'girl diet' or the 'boy diet' helps to adjust and maintain a more acidic or alkaline environment as well as different levels of minerals, hormones, and blood sugar levels that are favourable for the conception.
These diets are very specific and should be engaged under the supervision of a practitioner to monitor your nutrient levels, as a healthy pregnancy is the most important outcome. 
Each program is tailored to the individual, taking note of past history, specific dietary requirements and hormone levels. 

Please not that the gender sway program does not guarantee the gender of your choice, however it will sway your odds of conceiving your preferred gender. 

Diet is just one component of the gender sway program, if you would like more information please contact Lisa at the clinic or email lisa@gendersway.com.au

The advantages of charting and observing fertility signs

Charting temperature and fertility signs is an extremely useful tool if you are trying to conceive, gender sway or avoid conception. It provides a woman with an enormous amount of fundamental information about her body and teaches awareness of fertility signs.

Cycle charting enables us to see patterns that occur in your monthly cycle. As you line up your symptoms on each day you will see clear patterns of what is happening in the crucial days preceding ovulation.
Charting and observign fertility signs can identify:
*If you are ovulating
*When you are fertile
*Which days would be best to have intercourse to achieve or avoid pregnancy
*When you will get your period
*The quality of your cervical mucous
*If there are any potential problems in your cycle

It can also be extremely useful when Gender Swaying to determine which days are 'girl' days, and which days are 'boy' days.
Basically, charting enables you to pinpoint when you have ovulated in any given month and the signs that precede this ovulation. After ovulation, temperatures quickly rise above the range of lower temperatures that precede it. This is called the 'thermal shift'.
Below is an example of a standard temperature pattern showing the thermal shift and accompanying mucous changes. 

By recording temperature, mucous changes and other fertility signs, your chart will give you an accurate picture of varying hormone levels and changes throughout your cycle. Once you learnt he basic principles it becomes second nature. 

To learn how to chart and interpret your cycle and observe fertility signs you can make an appointment at the clinic with Lisa, or one of our other very experienced naturopaths. 

Our top tips to relieve anxiety

Avoid caffeine containing drinks such as coffee, energy drinks, and black tea.

Drink chamomile tea its high in magnesium and calcium, which help to relax you, make it strong with two tea bags and leave to steep for 5-10 minutes. A nice addition is 4 drops of the Bach Flower Rescue Remedy.

Avoid alcohol; alcohol has been linked to anxiety states because it raises lactate levels which in turn can increase the production of the neurotransmitter noradrenaline that in excess can cause anxiety.

Drink ginger tea and use ginger as a spice in cooking. This reduces the release of noradrenaline lessening anxiety. Also, drinking soda water increases the body’s carbon dioxide which can also have this effect.

Avoid refined and process food and bad fats such as trans fats found in processed foods.

Eat a wholefood diet full of whole grains, vegetables, seeds, nuts, beans, good quality oils (extra virgin olive oil) and free range / organic meats.

Eat foods high in the amino acids phenylanlanine/tyrosine/tryptophan, which support beneficial brain chemistry. These include beef, chicken, soy beans, fish, eggs, cottage cheese, baked beans, almonds and milk.

Avoid smoking, recreational drugs and talk to your doctor about evaluating any pharmaceutical medication you are taking, e.g. steroids can exacerbate anxiety.

Breathe to relieve

Here is an anxiety relieving exercise:-

- Sit with your arms held loosely at your sides and with hands resting limply in your lap. Both feet should be flat on the floor. Now breathe in through your nose for the count of five. Hold your breath for three counts. And then slowly breathe out for the count of seven. Repeat three times.

-  If you become anxious – bring your attention to your breath paying particular attention to your exhale making it long and even. Another trick to bring yourself out of a panic is to look around you and name things in your environment – i.e. chair, picture etc – this brings you out of your head and hopefully out of the immediate anxiety state.

Get moving – exercise decreases anxiety symptoms

It has been shown that exercise has the power to modulate anxiety sensitivity, which is the fear of anxiety-related symptoms and is a major predictor of panic attacks. The study found that both low and high intensity exercise decreased general anxiety symptoms whilst high intensity exercise only reduced fear of anxiety-related symptoms. Also, exercise has been shown to prevent the occurrence of panic attacks.

A few things to consider:

·      Physical therapies – acupuncture helps to increase your opioid levels (decreased opioid levels can contribute to anxiety). Massage would also be a great way for you to relax.

·      Counselling – talk it through, chat to your doctor to see if you are right for the mental health care plan, where sessions can be had with a psychologist under Medicare.

·      Bath in Epsom salts – use 1 kilo in a bath, drop some lavender in and soak for 30 minutes with your shoulders and neck under water.

·      Lavender steam showers – drop 3-4 drops in your shower – make it nice and hot and put your foot over the plug hole for a minute whilst the lavender gets gives off its relaxing aromatherapy.

·      Meditation – download a meditation app / listen to it on your commute, before you sleep, in your lunch break.

·      Get enough sleep – give yourself enough winding down time before bed – turn off the t.v, make yourself a cup of chamomile, have a hot bath/ shower, meditate etc, avoid stimulants such containing caffeine and alcohol.

Last, but not least – nutritional and herbal medicine.

A Sydney, Health & Fertility we are truly blessed to have a dispensary of lovely calm giving herbs including lemon balm, oats, damiana, St. John’s wort, lavender, vervain to name but a few, these work wonders to calm and soothe. Nutritional medicine is also fantastic; magnesium for an anxious person at the right dose is life changing. 

If you want to know more about how we could help, book an appointment with us and let us tailor make a herbal remedy that would suit you.