PH and gender

[love being a mummy]

I came across this thread- http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...?53-pH-Balance
I couldn't reply cause it was closed but just wanted to say. Thanks for posting it.
Interesting fact about the moon. I might have to find out what moon it will be I ovulate.

The study about the female animals made me think we should DTD as much as possible for 2 days. What do you think?

[TTC5]

When you say as much as possible, just how much do you mean :P
Personally, I would only go once every 24 hours, 18 hrs at the least but that is just me. Lots of boys seem to be conceived through DTD 24 hrs apart for a few days in a row around O.

[love being a mummy]

I was thinking a few times each day

[love being a mummy]

2. This is an article about promiscuous females in the animal kingdom and the fact that the last male they usually mate with is the father of the baby. So, the more seminal fluid present, thus the more alkaline the environment, it makes it easier for the faster, smaller Y sperm to more in a higher pH environment.

This new research, published in the Journal of Theoretical Biology, shows how the last male can gain an advantage by 'parasitizing' his mate's previous partners' seminal fluid. By taking advantage of the more 'sperm friendly' environment created by those who have gone before, he can 'fast-track' his sperm to the front of the race to the egg.

"The presence of seminal fluid makes the female body a more 'sperm-friendly' place," said David Hodgson of the University of Exeter. "When the first male mates with the female, his sperm are released into a fairly hostile environment. But, by the time the last male mates, the presence of extra seminal fluid can assist the journey of his sperm to the egg."

This is why I thought more often would be best

[TTC5]

I see what you mean now!!!

[atomic sagebrush]

Well, that is written from the perspective of the traditional sway. There are a lot of studies out there that contradict that info and you can also find a lot of gals on swaying sites who conceived opposites with perfect pH unfortunately. The idea that you can truly acidify or alkalinize your entire body via diet is totally wrong, if your body's pH changes, it is due to serious, life-threatening health conditions and not because you ate too much meat or too few oranges, and you can read a good explanation by a real doctor right here:
http://www.drmirkin.com/nutrition/1603redothis.html

You cannot extrapolate animal studies to humans in every instance. I read a lot of biology books and it turns out that human male penile physiology (boy, never thought I would type that ) is unique in the animal kingdom for the very reason that human male semen does NOT usually have to compete with semen from a lot of other guys and that most guys are only mated to one woman at a time rather than a harem. Even the size of the human testicles and the shape of the penis head (sorry, gross I know but them's the facts!) is specially designed for a situation of one man, one woman mated pair. Each creature in the animal kingdom has a "unit" that is tailor-made by God/evolution for their typical living situation, so what may be true for one animal may not be true for any others and esp. not for humans who are the one animal on the planet who has a "hidden" ovulation and can BD any month and get pg rather than coming into season once or twice a year like animals do. Weirdly, humans actually have more in common with many types of birds than they do with other animals, even primates. So take these studies with a grain of salt.

Personally, I believe that while pH can certainly help, other things like sperm count may sway just as much if not more. So if you BD too much in a row relying on the high semen pH to carry the day, you run the risk of depleting your hubby's sperm numbers with BD, when high pH may not even sway as reliably as sperm count does. Plus, there are other, better ways of raising your pH, such as changes in diet, increasing CM, having an O before you BD, using preseed or egg white if you like or even baking soda if you so choose.

To my way of thinking, it is best to rely on these methods of raising pH while using the BD patterns that will maximize sperm count at the same time http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...pink-and-blue&, thereby getting the best of both worlds...higher pH to keep more sperm alive (and possibly benefitting Y sperm in some way that we don't totally understand) while BD to maximize sperm count at the same time.

Plan A - Higher sperm count from best BD frequency + higher sperm survivability due to increased pH in female body = more boys.
Plan B - Lower sperm count from less than optimal BD frequency + higher sperm survivability due to increased pH may still = more boys, but it just seems to me that Plan A is better.

[atomic sagebrush]

I came across this thread- http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...?53-pH-Balance
I couldn't reply cause it was closed but just wanted to say. Thanks for posting it.
Interesting fact about the moon. I might have to find out what moon it will be I ovulate.

The study about the female animals made me think we should DTD as much as possible for 2 days. What do you think?

PS - forgot to add, for an alternate explanation and indepth directions on the moon and gender swaying, check this out : http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...21-Lunaception

[love being a mummy]

So my plan was release every 2nd day. Abstain for 3-4days before O. DTD at first sign of EWCM

[TTC5]

My plan was the same but to dtd when I get my Peak on cbfm. Turns out I O'd sooner than expected so only had a 48 hr abstainance. Ah well whats done is done hey!

[love being a mummy]

when I get my Peak on cbfm

I don't have one of them, so I'll be relying on O tests and EWCM.
My O varies after a +O test so think I might wait for EWCM or maybe DTD 24hrs after +OPK ???