Will anyone be "trying" for a particular sex?
After having two beautiful healthy boys, we often get asked 'Will you try for a girl?'. It sort of bugs me, the decision to have a third baby has to be based on more than preference for one sex or the other.
We want (well, *I* want, hubby is 90% sure) to have another baby knowing that its likely we will have three boys (which would be awesome!) but part of me has always wondered what raising a girl would be like. So if we are going to TTC then we are thinking about trying some of the methods to conceive a girl.... Does anyone know anything about it?
According to the Shettles method, if you want to increase your odds of having a girl, start trying right after your period and continue trying until 2.5 -3 days BEFORE ovulation (if you can pinpoint the day you will ovulate). If you would like a boy, the method says to try on the day before and day of ovulation Good luck! I know a lot of people who have tried this method and it has worked! Nothing wrong with swaying the odds
Thank you! I think we might try that..... It can't hurt, right? I have been looking into charting and getting some ovation tests. Its a while off yet though...
Shettles has actually been disproven and is surprisingly more accurate if you reverse it (methods to "get boys" are more likely to "get girls" and vice versa). Definitely something to look into!
I know I PM'd you, but you can visit genderdreaming or ingender to learn about how diet, lifestyle, and supplements can help you sway for one gender or the other.
I would actually love to have twins my first time , a boy and girl.
Lol I was thinking the same thing, I can't even imagine how hard it has to be.I would actually love to have twins my first time , a boy and girl.
That's what I was hoping for my first time... but after seeing how much work 1 was (and how much I had to learn) - I'm glad I didn't get my wish lol.
There's an interesting chapter on gender swaying evidence in "the impatient women's guide till getting pregnant"
Aww, so sorry about your MC kessI was reading up on swaying as I've a slight preference for a girl next (want another boy too, but girl first would be my ideal) though I'm not overly fussed. But the diet and a couple of the other things may well increase risk of miscarriage (on one of the gender sites they admit as much), and since my MMC was the worst thing ever to happen to me, no way am I increasing the risk of it happening again. I may use a couple of the things that seem safe to me, but overall healthy pregnancy and baby takes precedence for me.
Aww, so sorry about your MC kess
Sorry for your loss Kess I had a mc before conceiving DS2 so I know your pain xx
I have also read that by only DTD at certain times to conceive a boy or a girl can actually reduce the chance of conceiving that month at all! So I guess if after trying to conceive in the "girl window" for a few months, if I dont conceive I would just start TTC the normal way, just to get pregnant! If that makes sense... LOL
A lot of the dietary things to conceive a girl I seem to do anyway.
I also read that to conceive a girl, the woman shouldn't "enjoy" herself.... That would suck