Can you use pH strips to know if you are pregnant? I’ll tell you

I recently received a question from a woman asking if pH test strips can tell if she is pregnant or not. I also wanted to know if these work better or sooner than the pregnancy tests you can get at any pharmacy or supermarket. I will address these concerns in the next article.

What are pH test strips used for in terms of conception and pregnancy: In truth, these strips are not often used to find out if you are pregnant. The best tool to determine that is your standard pregnancy test which measures the surge of hormones that occurs after (and if) you have conceived. Actually, these strips are typically used to tell you if you are more likely (at least during the time of the test) to conceive a boy or a girl.

See, if you are acidic or have a higher pH, it is said that you are more likely to conceive a girl, as this state is more detrimental to male sperm production or Y. Similarly, if these little strips show that you it is alkaline in nature or has a lower pH, then it is said that it is more likely to conceive a boy since the environment is not as hostile or detrimental to these more vulnerable little ones.

Many women will also continue to use the strips while trying to change their pH. For example, if you are acidic but trying to have a child, you can change your diet to include foods with low pH, and you can shower with certain things to lower this level. She would then continue to use the strips to see how well her efforts are paying off or to determine which foods or douches are giving her the best results. The same process is true if you’re trying to have a girl, but instead you’ll be trying to become more acidic.

People sometimes combine the use of the strips with urine or saliva ovulation predictors, as timing is another aspect of this process that you can control to get the results you want. People who want a baby boy will need to conceive later in their fertility cycle than people who want a baby girl. This is where ovulation predictors also become very important.

However, once conception occurs, both tools have already done their job and you will then move on to pregnancy tests and ultrasounds. I hope this article has cleared up any questions you may have about when and how pH strips come into play.