Any tips on how to have a girl?
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Topic: Any tips on how to have a girl?
Posted By: jazzy
Subject: Any tips on how to have a girl?
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 11:36am
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Hi all. Does anyone have any advise or tips on how to have a girl. I would love a little pink thing, after having 3 boys.
Did anyone try anything to have a girl and then fell preggy with a girl? Love to hear stories and idears, Thanks. 
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Posted By: McPloppy
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 12:16pm
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Hi...i just pm'd you cause i thought it might be tmi for on here. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 12:20pm
Thanks for that, DH loves his hot bathes, so will take advantage, hehe. 
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Posted By: Redbedrock
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 12:35pm
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Isn't there something about when you have sex. I think that if you have sex on ovulation day you are more likely to have a boy and if you have sex a couple of days before hand you are more likely to have a girl. something to do with girl sperm (sorry can't thinkof a more approprite way of expressing that) being more resilient than boy sperm and they live longer so can hang around a bit more for ovulation.
Not sure if that's how it works we think we conceived bang on ovulation but as you can see we had a girl ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com"> 
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 12:46pm
| Google Shettles method, I think it has a 70-80% success rate. Good luck. |
Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 1:46pm
I would say this is exactly how both my girls were concieved ------------- 
 
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Redbedrock wrote:Posted By: Redbedrock
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 1:55pm
I knew it had a better name than my ramblind description ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com">
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Posted By: McPloppy
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 2:09pm
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We conceived a day before or on the day of ovulation and had a girl. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 6:12pm
We followed Shettles method this time around (even did the diet) for fun more than anything, EXCEPT for the time I actually conceived  as it was just after my grandad died so I wasn't exactly thinking about it all lol
I hate to tell you too, that Science says if you have more than 2 boys in a row, the chance of getting boys for the subsequent pregnancies is around 75% 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 6:20pm
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LOL I think you and I have slim chances now, unless we arrange swaps -------------  |
Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 7:04pm
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Ha ha, yip I joke that if I do fall preggy it will proberly be twin boys, watch this space lol.
Wow, busymum 3 little pink things & so cute, if you have another girl & I have a boy, swaps will be on the cards. lol. Congrats on #4. Funny how things work out. I thought all 3 of mine would be pink had girls named picked out. I have been getting rid of my blue stuff & going to try hard out this year as this is the last year I have given myself for any more babies. So if lucky enought to have another & its a boy its all good. But am starting tonight, so watch out DH, haha.
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 8:08pm
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hehe your DH is probably going to be very pleased!
Yup you guessed it, our #4 is a girl as well. We were so sure she was a boy though - until we saw a very clear scan LOL ------------- |
Posted By: Aithne
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 8:20pm
Oh no, my plan is to try 2 more times to get my little pink one, but if i have anoher boy next chances wont be good 
Haha listen to me, i still havent had this baby yet. I just really want one little pink one and have decided in a few years, maybe to try again. |
Posted By: linda
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 8:27pm
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Can honestly say I don't know. Tried for a girl baby and have ended up with twin boys so now I'll have four boys. I wonder if it really can be planned! Good luck though ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Alex 6 and Harry 8 |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 9:01pm
| My friend had 4 boys then a girl, so it can happen,...suppose it depends how mnay times u are willing to try! |
Posted By: xox6Girls1Boyxox
Date Posted: 01 February 2009 at 10:32am
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Hi my DP & I used this method but we were trying for a boy after me having 6 girls & i'd like to thing it was the method that helped us to have our baby boy whos now 7wks old YAY......
Anyway good luck i hope you get your little pinki...
I'll send you some of my girl vibes.... ------------- http://www.bump-and-beyond.com/"> 
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Posted By: xox6Girls1Boyxox
Date Posted: 01 February 2009 at 10:53am
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Hehe I finally had my boy after 6 girls so theres still hope for you ------------- http://www.bump-and-beyond.com/">
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 01 February 2009 at 11:19am
xox6Girls1Boyxox, congrats on your little blue thing, thats so cool, very cute pic. Yip send me pink vibes, I have a need to put pink ties in hair but don't thinks my boys would like it, hee hee. 
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Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 01 February 2009 at 2:57pm
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We were trying for a BOY - but had another girl.
DH tried alsorts of things, including wearing tight undies. So I suppose if your man wears boxers it might do the trick! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: chonny
Date Posted: 02 February 2009 at 9:51pm
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well i tried for a girl this time & even tried to have sex a couple of days prior to ovulation. not sure when in the cycle i concieved but it didn't work as i got a very clear lil boy. -------------   
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Posted By: Nikki
Date Posted: 03 February 2009 at 1:20pm
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I have tried for a girl this time ... will let you know next mon if it worked .... my doc seems to think the timing method has worked for more than 200 of her patients (only 1 couple didn't get what they wanted apparently).
Really hope it isn't a boy cos then I will want another one and may end up with 3 boys!?!  ------------- DS (5yrs) and DD (3yrs) |
Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 03 February 2009 at 2:17pm
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I looked into all of this when i was pregnant with my boys but now i actually think its more to do with how fertile your hubby/partner is (so my doc has told me), how young they are, non smoker, non drinker, fit and healthy usually means very fertile which would mean more boys swimmers and vise versa for girl swimmers.
I also think you have a good indication by looking at your partners side of the family eg: boy/girl ratio. For me my partner is young, fit and healthy and wasnt a smoker when we concieved boy#1, young fit and healthy but a light smoker when we conceived boy#2 and now he is a heavy smoker and has 1 beer a day but still young fit and healthy so who knows this time (we will know in 18 weeks i guess! lol). At first i was itching for a girl this time but after hearing from people who cant have kids i will take what im given and would be over the moon with another boy
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Posted By: Nikki
Date Posted: 16 February 2009 at 11:00am
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OK, I had to come back and update ..... we didn't find out at our scan on monday, but had to have a fetal cardiology scan on fri (long story) .... and ITS A GIRL!!!!
So we BD'd on ov day and got Jake and 3 days before ov and got a girl - I'm a believer now!!!  ------------- DS (5yrs) and DD (3yrs) |
Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 16 February 2009 at 11:47am
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Wow Nikki, that is fantastic. Congrats. Well time to buy pink frilly stuff. he he.
I am going to try it will move up DH action days. lol. Good luck to you & family
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Posted By: Nikki
Date Posted: 16 February 2009 at 12:42pm
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Thanks! Good luck to you too!! It has worked for heaps of my doc patients .... so fingers crossed.
We went for 3 days before based on my shortest cycle (a bit irregular) ... so if my cycle happened to be longer that month it would have been too soon to get pg ... but I did do an ov predictor test to check as I'm so nosey and it was a "short" month. DB'd once and got pg first month!! We had been told it would probably take longer trying that way .... must be very fertile though!! ------------- DS (5yrs) and DD (3yrs) |
Posted By: chonny
Date Posted: 16 February 2009 at 6:22pm
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Congrats on the girl. will have to remember that for next time. to make sure i check it more accurately. tried to bd a few days before i though i ov'd but either got it wrong or dh was only shooting boys? lol -------------
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 16 February 2009 at 6:34pm
| chonny, what a cutie. I am giving it a try, but think we only make boys, lol. |
Posted By: chonny
Date Posted: 16 February 2009 at 6:38pm
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hehe, thanks jazzy -------------
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Posted By: busyissy
Date Posted: 16 February 2009 at 8:04pm
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I had a friend who desparately wanted a girl and she used a method called the shettle method. Basically, you need to have sex everyday from the end of your period up to 2 1/2 to 3 days before ovulation. After this point, do not have unprotected sex until several days past ovulation.
Apparently sex further away from ovulation favors the larger slower moving girl sperm. The weaker boy sperm die more quickly in the more acidic environment and by the time of ovulation there will be a much larger concentration of girl swimmers available to fertilize the egg. Shettle also says that the missonary position is best for concieving girls and if you want a girl that you shouldn't orgasim during sex. Don't know about that one,doesn't quite seem fair!
And if all that fails you could always send your hubby scuba diving, I've heard that kills off all the boys! Good luck!
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Posted By: chonny
Date Posted: 16 February 2009 at 9:22pm
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lol saffron, sounds like an interesting method. hehehehehe espesh since we only use missonary & i never O anyways. -------------
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 16 February 2009 at 10:12pm
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Our girl was an accident LOL but I'm sure we were at least 3 days off Ov & Mummy was on top
Even had the "nah she'll be right" comment as well DOH! Tried for a boy & bang on Ov, can't remember position  weren't expecting to get preg considering the TTC track record.
Bright note, my friend had 3 boys & then her girl ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: chonny
Date Posted: 17 February 2009 at 9:14am
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so there may be hope yet -------------
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 17 February 2009 at 9:21am
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I am starting to think you get what you get, so It may be another boy for me & that's ok, I like playing trucks.
It is really interesting reading everyone's comments, I bet if we all put them into a book it would blow some theories out of the water.
Keep them coming cause I'll try nearly anything, or I will start a new trend for pink for a baby boy, hee hee.
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 17 February 2009 at 9:23am
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Oh & have to say, love seeing the baby pic's, a lot of little cuties out there.
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Posted By: chonny
Date Posted: 17 February 2009 at 9:26am
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