Timing to select gender
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Topic: Timing to select gender
Posted By: Mattsmum
Subject: Timing to select gender
Date Posted: 05 November 2009 at 1:36pm
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Hi
First up I would like to say I am asking this out of curiosity rather than any strong desire to have a specific gender of baby. I would be thrilled to have either. BUT I have read on a few websites that if you bd at different phases of cycle you are more likely to have a boy or girl - I think it is earlier for a girl and just on ovulation for a boy - something about the strength of the different swimmers.....? (one example is this website:http://www.thebabywebsite.com/ovulationCalendar.php) Has anyone tried this? has it worked? I'm just really curious. I didn't know it worked that way I just thought it was totally random. Thoughts? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: sweetpea
Date Posted: 05 November 2009 at 1:58pm
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I too have heard this and often wondered if it works. i have also heard and i have no idea where she got this from but if you concieve in September it will be a girl. Now i know plenty of guys born in June. ------------- http://daisypath.com"> 
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Posted By: jem
Date Posted: 05 November 2009 at 2:34pm
| yeh i have heard that as well appearently its because the girls are slower swimmers but last longer where the boys are fast swimmers and die earlier. so if you bd bang on OVing its more likely to be a boy becasue they would get there faster where if you BD'ed the day before most of the boys would be dead where the girls are still going and more likely to be the winner. lol |
Posted By: WestiesGirl
Date Posted: 05 November 2009 at 3:19pm
Yep girl swimmers are slower but last longer and boy swimmers swim faster but die earlier, in the right "living" environments that is. There is a method caled the Shettles Method which explains it http://www.fertilityfriend.com/Faqs/Gender-Selection-The-Shettles-Method.html - here  ------------- Our Angel July 08  Gone but not forgotten
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Posted By: Mattsmum
Date Posted: 05 November 2009 at 3:42pm
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You would have to be pretty sure of your timing to make it work. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 05 November 2009 at 5:22pm
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And it's no guarantee - we BDed on the day of ov (by fluke only) which is supposed to be a boy, but got 2 definite girls
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Posted By: freckle
Date Posted: 05 November 2009 at 5:34pm
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this site has a few ways... http://www.in-gender.com/Gender-Selection/Natural.aspx - natural gender selection
the O+12 sounds a bit tricky to me... you could easily miss Ov and you'd have to be really sure when Ov is... ------------- mum to 3 lovely girls :D |
Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 05 November 2009 at 6:36pm
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Worked for me :)
You do need to know when you ov, whether this is by EWM or have a proper test or what every but I used the calendars, I figured I had a normal ov cycle. You also I think need a clockwork cycle length wise otherwise you will probably be oving on different times each month that you actually ov. We based it on the peak days of the ov calendars. I used the ones that plan it out on an actual calendar rather than like the one you did. It shows you when your AF is as well as a rise & fall in peak times. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |
Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 05 November 2009 at 6:37pm
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http://www.ovulation-calendar.net/
Like this one ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com">
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |
Posted By: Mattsmum
Date Posted: 05 November 2009 at 7:41pm
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Very interesting. I don't think my cycle is regular enough to do that but it is interesting to know it can be done. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 06 November 2009 at 2:56pm
| We followed the shettles method, not first time as we were awaiting my fertility appt so don't really know when I ov'd but the dates would say we did what you would do for a boy. This time we thought it would be fun to try for a girl so by charting (temp and CM) we did it. I was on clomid and had been temping for months so I knew when I was due to ov etc if it was going to happen at all. |
Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 06 November 2009 at 9:41pm
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Just to let you know our girl was a "she'll be right" moment. My DH still gives me ribbing about this! I thought that I was past when I could have got preg. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com">
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |
Posted By: Shezzey
Date Posted: 07 November 2009 at 8:36am
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Great website Aliasmum... I like the way it forecasts ov time, fertile time and gender timing for the next cycles |
Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 07 November 2009 at 9:15am
We used that chinese calender thing .. it says how old you are and what month to conceive to get a certain sex .. it worked for us. (although it could have been a complete fluke)  ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: Nikki
Date Posted: 07 November 2009 at 8:21pm
We used the timing method and it worked for us. If your cycle is irregular (like mine) and you want a girl, you bd 3 days before you would ov (14 days before the last day of your cycle) in you're shortest cycle (and move a day closer if that doesn't work next cycle) but it worked for us first month. I tracked my cycle for about 4-5 months before we tried. We only had one bd per child - Jake on ov day and Morgan 3 days prior. 
My doc has told this method to hundreds of her patients and only one didn't get what they wanted - so I believe it works if done properly (ie 3 days out for a girl). ------------- DS (5yrs) and DD (3yrs) |
Posted By: Jelly
Date Posted: 09 November 2009 at 7:53am
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Ooh, that's interesting... I always thought things like this were rubbish but I guess not. I'll have to give that a go in a couple of years ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 09 November 2009 at 4:30pm
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Well we mucked up this month but if we dont get UTD I will doing what you suggested emz.. it was the plan I just thought I was about to ov and didnt then had to get another bd in to make sure we got a baby LOL.
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