Gender swaying

[LG]

Hi!

So, I've read a lot of the posts about gender swaying, and it all looks soooooo daunting and complicated!!!!
Just wondering if anyone can explain in (simple terms!!) some techniques to sway towards a pink one Obviously i shouldn't need to say to all you mums and mums to be that another blue one would be ADORED as much as any girl. But having had 2 boys, a daughter would be lovely (I need someone to shop and luncheon with).

So i'm taking extra magnesium and calcium supplements. I've also heard to avoid red meat and salt (soooooooo hard on both accounts for me!!). Oh and i know to try to BD before ovulation (which is another little issue since i have PCOS and don't fall pregnant easily so i would find it hard to resist BDing at my most fertile time!!!).

What else is there? Positions?? And what on earth is all that about a vinegar soaked tampon ??? I just need to work out how much of this i can fit in to my life to sway towards girls, but don't have the time (or will) to get completely obsessed about this!

ETA i don't get the whole pH thingy either - is there gels or something you need to insert?? dear dear i feel so ignorant!!

Thanks xxx

[JellyBean]

Hi LG,

According to the Shettles Method- missionary position favours a girl- but I personally don't think that matters too much.
I haven't heard of the vinegar tampon- that's probably going a bit too far for my liking!
I think the timing factor is the most convincing of all the methods (pre-ovulation for girl). Having said that, it seems that many women have DDT in their peak CM phase in order to conceive a boy, and have still ended up with a girl, so its certainly not foolproof. Maybe you could try DTD deed the night before the day you ovulate so its not too far away from your peak fertile period?
I know that doing a detox (both male & female) leading up to TTC significantly increases the chances of having one stick- but that goes for both male and female sperm. The Quick Cleanse 15 day one from the chemist/health store helped friends of mine to conceive after long term TTC.
Can't offer much more advice I'm afraid. I've read heaps of info on TTC a girl too and I'm not convinced by a lot of it. My diet has always been very low in red-meat and salt and my first bub is a boy (although I didn't do any gender swaying techniques for my first and did DTD at EWCM time).

Goodluck with your attempts!! Hopefully your DH will be more open to the gender swaying methods than mine!!

[myson]

Also for a girl its advisable that the female does not have an orgasm before or during BD..... sorry...you might have to wait and get yours a few hours later. Missionary is good or get him to pull out slightly at the crucial time.

FWIW. Just found out today that my swaying attempts worked! Its a boy!

[ShootingStar]

Hey there.

We used alot of Shettles Method to get a girl (DD). Worked for us.
What we did was mostly to do with sperm count and timing.
Firstly you need to work out when you ovulate. I found OPK great for this.. even though i would vary from month to month by a few days. At the end of the day its just a guess and hope things work out.

This is what we used from it:
* DH wears undies for 5 days *only* (by day only) during AF..
This is to adjust sperm count. Only use this method for the first 2 months TTC as it can reduce the sperm count too much if continued.

* Regularily DTD every second day after AF until 2 days before O..- with this, they recommend you start with a cut off of 5 days before O. If not pregnant that month, reduce it to 4 days before O, then 3, then 2. I had tried the 5, 4, 3 before my rubella so just started at 2 days before O
Female sperm lives for up to 5 days and male sperm up to 3 days. So yeh id definately try anything more or including 3 days cut off. And then obviously not to DTD until O is well and truely gone.

* Use missionary position and do not orgasm- this is suppose to be one of the shallowest positions. Being boy sperm swims faster than female sperm, but dies sooner.. using this position, hopefully all the boy sperms die before they reach the egg. Your orgasm helps sperm swim.. with the whole sperm count.. you want the boys to die off.. similar to the adjusting the sperm count.

* DH withdrew a little on ejaculation
For the same reason as using the missionary position

Thats all i did. I didnt use any diets, suppliments or douches. My sister also used the above only and got a girl aswell. Ive also passed that info onto a friend in Jesse's BBs and she has also conceived a girl.

I also kept track of everything on ferility friend website.
Just make sure you dont stress yourself too much. I think thats a big key to it. Im not too sure about all the douches and things like that. Someone else might be able to point you in that direction if you want to give them a go.

Best of luck.. looking forward to your pregnancy announcement and hope you get the outcome you strive for

[Tanya]

There are plenty of threads on here about ttc a girl....

A couple of things I can think of.... there is a lube called acigel... favours girls, acidophilus (like in yoghurt). When the time to conceive comes, get your partner to O into a condom, then DTD again without the condom and get him to withdraw a bit on ejaculation. Also you can buy pH sticks and test your CM... try to get your CM into the lower region (can't remember the numbers now)

Again, have a seach through the gender swaying info thread. Lots of info in there.