There are only two scientifically reliable methods of choosing the gender of your child, PGD and sperm sorting. However, those methods do not involve the natural conception of a child. If you are trying to conceive a girl the old-fashioned way, these methods may be able to help you out. There are varying reports of their reliability.

1. Attempt conception from the end of your period until 3 days before your ovulate. This is based on the theory that male sperm only live 12-24 hours and female sperm live can live up to 3-4 days. (Shettles Method)

2. Use the missionary position. (Shettles Method)

3. Attempt conception in the 12 hours after ovulation. (O+12 Method, Whalen Method)

4. Take calcium and magnesium supplements for several months prior to conception.

5. Conceive in the afternoon or during a full moon.

6. Try to conceive your baby on an even numbered day.

7. Eat chocolate.

8. Use the Chinese conception chart to help you plan the conception date.

9. Put a pink ribbon under your pillow and a wooden spoon under your bed.

10. Take cranberry capsules for the week before you ovulate. This lowers the pH level in the reproductive tract, which harms male sperm.

Remember that no matter what anyone else tells you, unless you are planning to use PGD or MicroSort, there is no reliable way to insure that you will be able to select the gender of your child.

Cranberry juice is often taken to help cure a urinary tract infection. Cranberry capsules can be taken to help prevent UTI’s. However, cranberries can also be useful in trying to conceive a baby girl.

Cranberries help prevent UTI’s because the chemicals contained in the berry (and the juice) cause the urinary tract to be acidic. They also cause the reproductive tract to be acidic. Female sperm thrive in an acidic environment, while male sperm become almost immobilized.

You can drink a lot of cranberry juice while trying to conceive a girl, or you can take cranberry capsules. There are available at many healthfood store, some drugstores and online. You should take them from the time your period starts until one day after ovulation.