Is It A Boy Or A Girl ?

VM @ GS Tamilan

IS IT A BOY OR A GIRL ?

Once you are pregnant, there starts your journey of 9 months of suspense as to whether it is a boy or a girl. Now with the ultrasound scan you can come to know the gender of your unborn baby but there are some countries, which prohibit this practice and it is a crime to determine the gender of your unborn baby. However the anxiety to know the sex of your child is always there and anxious parents would give anything to find out the gender of their baby. Many women claim to know instinctively the gender of their unborn baby. Some women's intuition proves to be reliable, however, other women's intuition is proven wrong in the delivery room. Well we have brought for you some interesting facts, which will be helpful in determining the gender of your unborn baby.

 BOYS FACTS

• Research reveals that the more easily conception occurs, the greater the likelihood of having a boy
• First babies are often boys
• More boys are born during the first 18 months of marriage
• A diet high in salt and potassium and low on dairy products is likely to produce a son.
• To increase your chances for a boy you should have sex as close to ovulation as possible
• The more sex you have the greater chance you have of producing a son
• More boys are born following a reunion after a long separation
• Scientific evidence shows that tea and coffee drinkers tend to have boys
• A stress-free work environment increases the likelihood of a son

GIRLS FACTS

• Girls tend to be born to parents with more children
• A low salt diet supplemented with potassium produces a daughter
• If you or your partner are in a stressful job you are more likely to have a girl
• Men who work in the alcohol industry have more daughters than sons
• Women who smoke are more likely to give birth to a girl
• Slower sex usually results in a girl
• To increase your chances of a girl you should cease intercourse two or three days before ovulation

FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING DIET IF YOU WANT A BOY

• Eat vegetables like celery and legumes
• Meat & Chicken
• Breads, cereals, pasta and rice
• Fresh or dried fruits
• Sugar, honey, jam,
• Pastries
• Tea and coffee

AVOID THE FOLLOWING  IF YOU WANT A BOY

• Dairy products
• Shellfish
• Egg yolks
• Cakes and pancakes
• Raw cabbage
• Raw cauliflower
• Cocoa and chocolate
• Strawberries, raspberries and gooseberries
• Walnuts, hazelnuts, peanuts almonds, mustard

FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING DIET IF YOU WANT A GIRL

• Milk
• Eggs
• Most meats but in small quantities
• Cereals, pasta and rice
• Mostly vegetables
• Potatoes three times a week
• Cooked tomatoes
• Fruit
• Jam, sugar and honey
• Spices and mustards
• A balanced calcium/magnesium supplement daily

AVOID THE FOLLOWING  IF YOU WANT A GIRL

• Alcohol
• Coffee and tea
• Fizzy drinks and fruit juice
• Shellfish, smoked, tinned salted fish, fish fingers
• All hard or salted cheese
• Pizza
• Ice-cream
• Fresh pineapple, plum, peach, apricot, cherry, banana, melon, orange, grapefruit
• Dried apricots, dates and figs
• Sweet corn, spinach, cabbage, mushrooms
• Soya beans, pumpkin
• Chocolate
• Salted butter and margarine