TTC & Gender Swaying #4

[Miklaoz]

sorry all, i didnt mean to offend!!! to someone new looking into this i hope you can appreciate its kinda quirky to be mixing the lil swimmers with egg whites - i am sure sooner or later it will seem second nature to me, but ive just read it and its still quirky

I agree with you. the whole egg white and collecting the swimmers seemed a ewwwy to me, but i would totally respect of anyone else doing it. Evereyone is different .
I guess if you think about it, years ago people would have thought eww about inserting a egg and swimmer in you to fall pregnant , now it is really common. So who knows!

[Miklaoz]

I have no idea what time i was born it ask that....

does daylight saving count?

thank you

[myson]

Hey AJP, your predictor says Boy for me .... that is if I caught the egg this time... woohoo!

Its just a waiting game for me now. I am going away on Monday for a few days so that is good. It will pass some of the tww quickly for me.

How long will you keep your little secret Miklaoz?

[Miklaoz]

Hey AJP, your predictor says Boy for me .... that is if I caught the egg this time... woohoo!

Its just a waiting game for me now. I am going away on Monday for a few days so that is good. It will pass some of the tww quickly for me.

How long will you keep your little secret Miklaoz?

Yeah i put it 10 for both time zone things i was just guessing and it said boy for me too. Grain of salt i had every man and their dog telling me my others where boys too...

What date can you tell by? 2 weeks right????

I am not sure how long i will keep it to oursleves, they way i am feeling not much longer.. but it is nice to keep it to oursleves. I will see how i go. Have a nice trip away
xx

[myson]

Have a nice trip away
xx

Thanks for that. What better way to spend a few days than a shopping trip in the city with my two DD's. Can't wait. Also going to catch up with an old friend I haven't seen for yrs, very exciting.

I was entering data on FF this morning and found a GAME. In the chart gallery you can play "guess the ovulation day". That was pretty cool, helped to pass about Oh... maybe 6 minutes... of my tww. only 11 more days to go. Unless i get an early test for 10DPO, then its only 7 days to go. See... VERY impatient!

I am now going to call the tww something else... maybe the 10dwoti (ten day wait of temporary insanity). Yes. That sounds much better.

GL girls! that we all get what we came here for.

xx

[Diamond Girl]

Hi Girls,

GL Myson. As I said in an earlier post, I think I totally missed O (BD 3-4 days before O). I know O is today/tomorrow b/c I had a +ve OPK this morning, and as we are trying for a girl we need to stop 2 days before. I was just too cautious this month.

Trying for a DD is much more difficult than I thought it would be so I have started charting so that I wont make the same mistake next time. Im pretty depressed about it actually because Im totally ready for another baby now. (DH didnt want to TTC until DS was 13 months).

[myson]

Sorry you missed out DG. But I'm sure you will do better next month. Charting is VERY helpful. I found Ovulation Calendar and Ovulation Chart - FertilityFriend.com to be great. You can cross reference all your signs in one place and use as many different methods as you like.

I think it will be great info to have also if i need to see a FS this time around. otherwise if i go there with nothing then they would probably say "ok chart everything for a few months then we will see how to proceed from there" meaning - more waiting. So at least i will have already done that.

I hope it doesn't come to that. I feel pretty confident because Ovulex has given me an almost textbook cycle by the looks of it. whereas last time i was TTC i had cycles between 20-60 days. And then 6 yrs of implanon after DD2.

[Diamond Girl]

Thanks Myson. I started a Fertility Friend chart on Friday, and I can see how useful this will be in future months for myself as well. I really hope you get your BFP this month as it sounds like youve done your fair share of waiting.

[AmandaJ]

DG when trying for a girl, they usually recommend a 2-3 day cut off before O, so you may still be in with a chance, fingers crossed.

Well we're getting into BDing now, I think I will be Oing on Aust Day, so will most probably stop next Thursday so that will be a 2 day cut off.

hugs xoxo

[Diamond Girl]

Amanda, I hope you get your two day cut-off. GL for the next few days.

Im feeling a little more positive than I did before, as you said Im still in with a chance.

[myson]

fingers crossed for you amanda. hope it all goes to plan. and you to dg. don't give up until the old crone arrives (af).

hope your not too sick miklaoz. my cousin nibbled on crystallized ginger for her m/s. personlly i think ginger is yuk but i may give it a try if needed in future. I threw up every morning for 5 months with both my girls, remind me ... why i am doing this all over again

[Miklaoz]

DG when trying for a girl, they usually recommend a 2-3 day cut off before O, so you may still be in with a chance, fingers crossed.

Well we're getting into BDing now, I think I will be Oing on Aust Day, so will most probably stop next Thursday so that will be a 2 day cut off.

hugs xoxo

Crossing my fingers for you AmanadaJ. Come on little Aussie!

[myson]

DG when trying for a girl, they usually recommend a 2-3 day cut off before O, so you may still be in with a chance, fingers crossed.

Well we're getting into BDing now, I think I will be Oing on Aust Day, so will most probably stop next Thursday so that will be a 2 day cut off.

hugs xoxo

take care Amanda, dont peak too early and wear yourself (or him) out.

[Tanya]

Here are some journal artiles for TTC a specific gender

The male disadvantage and the seasonal rhythm of sex ratio at the time of conception.

Interplay between maternal weight and seasons in determining the secondary sex ratio of human offspring.

Human sex ratio at birth and mother's birth season: multivariate analysis.

How nature tries to compensate for the vulnerability of male babies

Glycerylphosphorylcholine diesterase activity of uterine fluid in conditions inducing secondary sex ratio change in the rat

Semen pH

Want a boy? Eat burger!

Process for separation and collection of viable female and male spermatozoa

Process for magnetic separation and collection of viable female and male spermatozoa

Influence of moonlight on the birth of male and female babies.

Potassium-dependent increases in cytosolic pH stimulate metabolism and motility of mammalian sperm.

Offspring sex ratio in hamsters is correlated with vaginal pH at certain times of mating.

Further evidence that mammalian sex ratios at birth are partially controlled by parental hormone levels around the time of conception

There are so many more!!

A new one...very interesting! The Relationship Between Placental Location and Fetal Gender (Ramzi?s Method)

[AmandaJ]

Some very interesting stuff there Tanya , thanks for the info.

hugs xoxo

[Kitt3n]

wooooo hooooo! so if we want a boy i shouldnt be tryng to lose weight before TTC, what a great excuse, cheers!! LOL

[Miklaoz]

I ate the burgers!

But loosing weight is not for me, i am not keen on my shadow weighing more than me

But what is done is done for me.. Good reading though

Any news girls...

Tanya - Can i still post here if i am NOT TTC??


I had to have a Ultra sound yesterday. (bleeding of course!) But as you can imagine at 6 weeks not much to see my a flickering heart beat. Of course i cried ... Embarrassing....

[Tanya]

Mikloas... of course you can!! I'm noit ttc. Having pregnant girls and previous swayers in this thread is good for the TTC'ers.