If you dream of sweeties in pink frocks and “saccharide, spice and everything nice”, then, you need to read on to arm yourself with the best way to conceive a girl.

As I have shared earlier in another article on the “3 Best Ways to Conceive a Boy”, you need to understand that now you are looking at “slowing down” the Y-sperm so that the X-sperm can make its way to the egg to conceive a girl.

In the “battle of the sexes” between the X-sperm and the Y-sperm, you will want the bigger but longer living X-sperm to nudge its way into the egg so that you can conceive a girl. Heed that although the Y-sperm is soft, it is faster! So, make sure you make way for the slower but steadier X-sperm in order to have the best way to conceive a girl

First, during intercourse, do not penetrate deep. Keep it gentle and nearer to the entrance of the woman’s vagina which is more acidic. The Y-sperm do not seem to fare well in acidic environment. To achieve this more “shallow” penetration, try the missionary position if you want the best way to conceive a girl.

Secondly, timing of intercourse. You may have regular intercourse as often as you enjoy it (daily if you and your spouse have the stamina) but, execute restraints when nearing ovulation. 3 days BEFORE ovulation, stop! And, in the next few days after ovulation, take a break or at least, no unprotected intercourse so as to be on track for the best way to conceive a girl. This is so that you can give the longer-living X-sperm time to reach your egg.

Third, try to change to a diet that has plenty of acidic foods if you want the best way to conceive a girl. Again, it goes back to the theory that an acidic environment is not conducive for the Y-sperm so, the X-sperm has a higher chance of victorious the race to the egg.

As this is one of the best way to conceive a baby girl, let me touch a little more about the 2 main groups of acidic and alkaline foods Examples of acidic food are meat, fish, prawns, chicken and bread. Alkaline foods include vegetables, milk, seaweeds, fruits (except plums, prunes and cranberries) and egg white. If you are a coffee fan, you will take comfort that coffee is acidic! Hold on, take in moderation as too much caffeine is not the best way to conceive. So you see, whether the food is acidic or alkaline lies in the end product after our body systems have digested them; not the food per se. A note of precaution, an acidic diet may not be the best for everyone so, talk to your family Dr. or dietitian before you embark on this diet change.

Hope you enjoy reading and all the best! In any event, just 2 cents worth from me, count your blessings for the best way to conceive, be it a boy or a girl, so long as you can have a baby, you are already the most fortunate woman in the world! After all, what can be more precious than giving life!

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So you’re anticipating a brand new child and you are new to the entire parenting thing. It is your very first baby and there is so many questions that you need clarified. Things are humming around in your thoughts because you’re not quite sure which way to turn.

Being a first-time parent isn’t easy. You learn on the job, and there is lots to learn. A brand new child does not include an instruction  handbook and so you must work a good deal out for yourself.

One of the eternal questions is should you use a bassinet or crib. Should you start your child sleeping in a bassinet or should you just go straight to a crib?

It is a good question and something without a particular answer. Everything boils down by the end of the day to a matter of choice and like all these things you will find advantages and negatives to each.

A bassinet is compact, easy to maneuver, can be put in your room next to your bed effortlessly, and looks excellent. Your first child can snuggle in the delightful bassinet between frilly edgings and bedding and all your friends can ogle jealously at your new inclusion to the family.

A good bassinet is developed on a stand so that it will be right at eye level beside your bed if you want to have your baby sleeping in your bedroom through the night with you. And a good bassinet needs to have a basket which may be removed so that you can take your baby and its bassinet with you where ever you decide to go very simply.

However bassinets have really low sides, and therefore are only created for very young babies who can’t stand or to climb. Inside a few months your baby will be learning to become a lot more mobile and the likelihood arises of her or him falling over the sides.

As well the baby outgrows a cradle in a short time. For these reasons the crib bassinet is basically only useful for the first few months of life. You’ll move your child to a crib in a short time.

A crib is big and less mobile. It is harder to keep in your bed room and lots of bedrooms don’t have the space for a child crib. It is more difficult to maneuver and a tiny newborn baby seems almost as a speck in the huge crib.

If you choose the bassinet first you also have the added expense of purchasing the bassinet and purchasing the crib.

That’s the crib bassinet debate.

At the end of the day it’s a simple matter of choice. Whether you opt for the cradle for the initial few months of life or simply go to the crib doesn’t really matter as long as it matches your needs. There is no right and wrong, consider the benefits and drawbacks of each and go with your choice.

And enjoy your new child, your entire life has just changed.

Check out this

Dark Denim Maternity Skirt

at Mommy Appelseed!

Comfortable, unique and stylish for any pregnant women. This sexy yet sophisticated skirt has an under-belly fit with an inverted front pleat, front slit pockets, and faux flap pockets in the back.

It’s totally versatile so it’s perfect for any occasion.

More Cool Maternity Clothes to Go with Bellysonic!

Great Autumn markdowns at our favorite online maternity clothes shop!

Everywhere we look, moms-to-be are looking for cute maternity clothes that are affordable. So we’re really happy to be able to tell you about the sales that are going on at MommyAppelseed this month.

This is their “Unbelievable Markdowns!” sale. Lots of cute, affordable clothes now marked down as much as 50%, or more! Here are some of the deals you can get this month:

Chiarakruza Sexy Maternity Jean $126.00 now $50.00

Brynley Maternity Top $68.00 now $28.00

Love Maxi Maternity Dress $56.00 now $15.00

or the Ruffle Wrap Top shown above marked down from $87
to just $15.00 this month only!

Don’t miss this chance to save big time on very fashionable maternity clothes for fabulous prices!

If you’ve got friends looking for great deals on maternity clothes, tweet this blog post to them and let them get in on the sale, too. (here’s a shortened URL for you to use: http://bit.ly/a7p9gzmoms2be)

And when you’ve gotten your great deals at MommyAppelseed come back here and post a comment. We’d love to hear from you!

I just ran across a blog post giving tips for taking pictures when you, or a loved one or friend, are pregnant. There is a link below so that you can read them all.

From my own experience, photos taken this special time will always be different than any others you take. And your kids will get a kick out of them as well.

Document this time well – it may only come once!

Get all the tips here: http://www.mommyappelseed.com/pregnancyblog/2010/03/10/tips-for-your-maternity-photography/

Cool Clothes to Go with Bellysonic!

Bellysonic and MommyAppelseed Team Up

We are pleased to announce a wonderful affiliation with MommyAppelseed.com who offer pregnant women a stunning array of clothes for those special months.

They offer everything an expectant mom could want to be both fashionable and comfortable. Check them out to find:

=> Tops
=> Bottoms
=> Dresses
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Just click on the pictures above to get more details or click on the banner to the right and see the whole offering.

Pregnant women are always beautiful, but in MommyAppelseed clothes, they are turning heads.

And make sure you check out their blog and see the great blurb on our very own Bellysonic pre-natal sound delivery system.

Bellysonic and MommyAppelseed setting the bar high for expectant Moms!

Does Music played through your Bellysonic Help Your Baby?

We have been getting questions from expecting mothers since we introduced Bellysonic as the first prenatal music player as to whether playing music to a fetus really helps. Since fetal development involves so many variables, many of which we are normally not even aware of, the question may never be adequately answered.

Scientists and doctors are usually not ready to commit that music can help, but they also are at least ready to concede that it may not hurt. Of course, the eternal other question is “What type of music?” We’re not talking here about the type that is supposed to create another Einstein. We discuss that in another post on the Mozart Effect. We’re talking now about music that may simply calm or soothe your baby when they are restless.

How Do You Know When to Play the Music?

So how do you know when to play music to your baby? When are they restless and maybe a bit stressed and when are they just stretching or practicing to be the next Karate Kid! The answer is, of course, one that the mother begins to learn how to answer herself. Who else is as close to the baby as Mom? And pregnant women have an increased sense of intuition when it comes to these matters.

Common sense probably plays the biggest role and a fairly easy rule-of-thumb is: if the music calms the mom, it will calm the baby, too. The other side of that is that if it disturbs the mother, the baby won’t be happy either. So, think about lullabies that mothers have sung to their babies for millennia, in the womb and out. What kind of music is that? Probably closer to Schuman than to Metallica.

What do Researchers Say?

Here is part of an article I found on the website www.Early-Pregnancy-Tests.com dealing with the subject. Even though they tend focus on pre-pregnancy products (they are the Internet’s largest retailer of preconception products), potential parents also have these questions.

“At best, doctors surmise there may be a positive connection, but only based on a web of anecdotal evidence. Other researchers, however, do indicate that unborn babies do respond to various rhythmic qualities of music, based on fetal breathing patterns that conform to musical rhythm, suggesting music does have a “sympathetic” effect.

At any rate, there are tons of musical kits and products out there promising to “Build Your Baby’s Brain”, calm your baby with “Healing Lullabies”, or tone the synapses with sonic “Prenatal Education Systems”. And certainly, you do not need to buy a “kit” to surround your child with the sounds of Bach, Beethoven, or Chopin. Ambient sounds from your stereo will reach your baby, and some women elect to put headphones around their stomachs for a more direct approach. In either case, doctors do advise avoiding loud music that might startle or possibly hurt the baby – as well as avoiding overly long sessions that may “overstimulate”. In short, because the jury is still out on how music affects fetal development, experts suggest moderation and mild volume when it comes to sonic stimulation. Perhaps the best suggestion is to simply relax and enjoy music the way you normally do – and chances are your baby will relax along with you.”

As with so many things, we are left having to make the best decisions we can because no one else can, or will, make them for us.

Although the evidence is anecdotal and not scientific, Bellysonic has many satisfied customers. Not only from the prenatal player itself, but from the wide range of soothing music for your baby we have that seem to chill out both Mom and her “little one”!

What have been your experiences with playing music to your baby? We’d love to hear from you and so would our other readers!

Our congratulations to Mom-to-Be, Celine Dion. According to the LA Times’ gossip blog, The Envelope, Celine will be the proud mother of twin boys.

Dion underwent two rounds of in-vitro fertilization over four months, and announced the happy news at the end of May. The new brothers of 9-year-old kiddo Rene-Charles are due sometime in November.

Our Bellysonic Gift to You!

If you read this Celine, we’d like to offer you one of our beautiful pre-natal music players and two of our most popular music CDs. Join the Bellysonic Revolution and share carefully selected relaxing music with your babies.

Here are some interesting statistics on teen pregnancy in the US:

• Teen pregnancy: Three out of 10 girls in the United States get pregnant before age 20. About 7 percent of women ages 15-19 got pregnant in 2006. That represents a small rise from 2005, when rates dropped to a 30-year low.

• Birth: 57 percent of teen pregnancies end in a live birth.

• Abortion: 27 percent of teen pregnancies end in abortion.

• Miscarriage: 16 percent of pregnancies end in miscarriage.

• Adoption: Of the births, less than 3 percent result in adoption.

• Comparison: 83 percent of abortions performed in the United States are to women older than 20.

• Education: Fewer than half of the teens who have a baby before age 18 ever graduate from high school. Fewer than 2 percent earn a college degree by age 30.

• Money: Two-thirds of families started by an unmarried teenage mother are low income. A quarter of all teenage mothers receive welfare within three years of their child’s birth.

• The dads: 80 percent of fathers don’t marry the teenage mother of their child.

These stats come from The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy; the Guttmacher Institute.

The famous (or infamous) so-called “Mozart Effect” is the result of people taking some test results and supposing that they will apply universally.

In 1993, a researcher named Frances Rauscher at the University of California, Irvine, found that adolescents listening to Wolfgang Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D major performed better in reasoning tests than those listening to something else or sitting in a silent room. But what happened afterwards?

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