Tomorrow morning, I will be going for my checkup again. If baby cooperate well, I may get to know the gender already. If not got to wait till detailed scan. Anyway, I’m not excited about knowing the sex of the baby but I know my friends and relative are. Initially, I very wish to have a baby girl this time round again. I used to get sad over, when the Chinese physician read my pulse said that it seem to be like I am having a boy, I feel like crying after I heard what she said. And when friend guessing that I’m having a boy. I love kid so why am I so concern about the gender… this is what I thought and I know that the baby health is more important than anything else. As long as she/he is healthy, I will be happy. It really doesn’t matter to me anymore.

Anyway this is how sex of the baby determined that I got to learn it from my gynae.

The sex of the baby is already determined at the time of fertilization of the egg and sperm. Because all normal mature eggs contain only one X chromosome (the female sex chromosome). Sperms may carry a Y (male) chromosome or an X chromosome. A female baby results when an X sperm fertilizes the egg, resulted with XX, while a boy results when a Y sperm fertilizes the egg, resulted with XY.

So how do you choose a baby sex?

I don’t really believe baby sex can be choose lah but there are many theories that the baby’s sex can be selected by some regimens. However, none of these have any good supportive evidence.

Anyway, these are some of the theories (based on assumption)

Y chromosome (male) sperm is smaller and lighter, and like alkaline conditions.
X chromosome sperm is larger and are more acid resistant.

The normal vaginal pH is acidic.

Therefore, all factors manipulating the conditions of the vagina pH will affect whether the X or Y chromosome sperm get to the egg first.

As for diet

For baby boy: Choose ”alkaline” food such as vegetables (green vegetable), fresh fruits and soya bean products. On the other hand, husband should take “acidic” food.

For baby girl: Choose ”acidic” food such as meat, beans, coffee, cheese, eggs, fish and diary products. On the other hand, husband should take “alkaline” food.

Anyway don’t take it so serious in determine the sex. Again nothing is more important than the baby health.

Going for the First Mums’ Congress by Abbott after my gynae visit. More interested in Zoe Tay and Ivy Lee experience, how they maintain health lifestyle and stay pretty and also the talk by Shichida Method Executive Director, Mrs Jocelyn Khoo on Secret to a Genius Child.

Labels: 2nd Trimester, Conceive, My views, Myths, Pregnancy