As for your OPK it may be that your urine was less concentrated the 2nd time around. Did you test the next day or only that once and then 6hrs after? It is quite possible you were catching the VERY beginning of your surge.
TBH, I would say you O'd late Saturday.
When TTC a boy if the best attempt you should keep BD to a minimum (about 4 days abstinance is gives the best sperm cound which also favours boy sperm) and only with EWCM.... So if you haven't fertile CM then you probably aren't O'ing... Don't panic, your body will tell you when you are O'ing.
Well I have some strange pains going right about now, around my right ovary.
I would love them to be implantation pains. It would be around day 7.
I wonder if you get ovulation pains then you'd think you'd feel something if you had implantation.
did / does anyone get implanation pains? is it a common thing?
Okay, I'm tentatively popping in here to ask where I might get some credible info to read on trying for a boy.
While we only have one DD, I have reason to believe the women in my family only breed girls! I have two sisters and all girl cousins. My girl cousins and I have all had girls, with the exception of one cousin, who has two boys and a girl. That makes for seven girls and two boys in my DD's generation, so far (my two sisters are yet to have any children).
I'm not terribly concerned about having trouble TTC, since my fertility seems high. Where do I start? We're not TTC for some months yet, so I have plenty of time to get this on track.
I recently came across and have been reading up on the Jonas method - which claims a 98% accuracy rate for determining gender based on the position of the moon and planets in the lunar cycle etc.
According to this theory, you are most likely to conceive a boy when the zodiac is in a positive sign, and a girl when the zodiac is in a negative sign (I have very little knowledge of astrology so have no idea what the negative and positive refers to exactly - perhaps someone can enlighten me?). Proponents of this method have a very fancy, in depth and apparently 'scientific' explanation for the success rate.
I have to admit that I was more than a little skeptical, but after going back to my charts from when I conceived my 2 boys (one in early June and the other in early Feb), I was surprised to find that both support the theory as they were conceived in the middle of a positive sign. I also worked out my friend's kids (2 girls), which again supported the theory.
The supposed weakness of this method is that, when ovulation occurs around the time of a shift in the zodiac, and due to variations in the life of sperm/egg, exact position of the zodiac at conception cannot be guaranteed. I hope that makes sense? This method also takes into account lunar conception based upon your natal lunar angle, but that is a whole other thread....
So anyways, although I am skeptical i am also curious, so i thought it would be fun to start a little 'study' - where you can post the sign that you conceived within, along with the gender of your child for that pregnancy. It is probably only worth posting if you are absolutely sure of when you ovulated/conceived, and if this time falls well within the boundaries of a single zodiac sign, otherwise if it was on or near the borderline than specify this as it may affect the 'validity' of the method - LOL. To make it easier, I have put the positive signs in blue for boy, and the negative signs in pink for girl.
Aries: Mar 21 - Apr 20
Taurus: April 21 - May 21
Gemini: May 22 - June 21
Cancer: June 22 - July 23
Leo: July 24 - Aug 23
Virgo: Aug 24 - Sept 23
Libra: Sept 24 - Oct 23
Scorpio: Oct 24 - Nov 22
Sagittarius: Nov 23 - Dec 22
Capricorn: Dec 23 - Jan 20
Aquarius: Jan 21 - Feb 19
Pisces: Feb 20 - March 20
So I'll go first:
Conception #1 - Positive (Gemini), Gender - Boy
Conception #2 - Positive (Aquarius), Gender - Boy
I can't believe I am posting this, but hey - there are apparently many women out there who swear by it, so I am interested to see the results!!
Thanks in advance for your participation.
Last edited by JellyBean; March 16th, 2010 at 05:42 PM.
Well.... silly me got my days all mixed up and now I'm up the duff!! I was still trying to convince DH to try for a little girl so this was not at all planned nor were there any girl swaying techniques in practice I was charting however and we at least DTD three days before O, so here I am hanging on to the hope that this will be my time to get the little girl I have always wanted
congratulations yomama! fingers legs and toes crossed ur growing a little miss!!!
our last we dtd 2-3 days b4 ovulation and got ourselves a girl.
hope u have a very happy and healthy 9 months xxx
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Gender Prediction Jonas Method 'Study'
This method also takes into account lunar conception based upon your natal lunar angle, but that is a whole other thread....
I was charting however and we at least DTD three days before O, so here I am hanging on to the hope that this will be my time to get the little girl I have always wanted
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