Conception of Boys and Girls - the practical not the theory

[myson]

we dtd one time in the month... two days before i Oed. and we got a boy. exactly what we wanted. but i did a lot more than just timing to try and make it happen.

some have said they got a girl when they dtd on the day they o. Which may seem a contradiction to the 48 hrs rule but....there is also the theory that if you dtd 12 hrs after the release of the egg you are more likely for a girl as environment changes dramatically as soon as you o. So those who got girls on O day probably had sperm reaching egg AFTER release of egg... not sperm waiting for egg to arrive.....

really hope that makes some kind of sense ... i am so jumbled up today!

[visitor1]

#1 We DTD 3 days before i O'd in a 28 day cycle and we had a girl
#2 We DTD alot abut 2 weeks after DD1's birth so no idea and we had another girl
#3 We DTD on the day i O'd and the day after of a 28 day cycle and we are having a boy

[NaeNae]

Hmmm interesting Thanks so much to all who have replied so far, keep the replies coming the more info the better

Tanya - I have read all the gender swaying stuff its pretty interesting.

I am just curious about how it works in real life whether timing DOES in fact make a difference so all the responses have been very very interesting

[Karina]

On the cycle we conceived, I o'd on day 18. Just going by my chart, we DTD 3 days before that and one day after that. We have a little girl!

[CathyS]

Daughter no1 we DD 3 days before I Ovulated
Son we DD on the day before or ON ovulation
Daughter no 2 we DD 3 days before ovulation
This one we DD the day before ovulation...so I expect a boy again...we will see. I find out Jan 9!

[mrsmac]

With the first 2 I had no idea what I was doing with regards to timing etc but #3 we tried specifiaclly for a boy and DTD when EWCM was present and used a couple of other things reccommended in the book How to chose the sex of your baby. I didn't know anything about charting even then so it was a bit hit and miss really!

[BabyButterfly]

hi

all of mine have followed the rule, after O then a boy and before 0 a girl.
The twins obviously been a boy and a girl, didn't follow the rule.
My last 2 daughters were day 10/11 of a 28 day cycle, this pregnancy was day 9 of a 28 day cycle but don't know what bubs is until Feb........

[JellyBean]

I'm interested in this issue too- as to how much faith I can actually put in these theories!!
Anyway, with my one and only (boy), we DTD on day 15 of my cycle (my previous cycle was 31 days), when EWCM had only just appeared. I still had lots of EWCM 2 days later (day 17). Temperature peaked on the morning of Day 19, so I figure that I ovulated day 18.....
I felt very strongly I was having a boy from day dot.
Perhaps if we had DTD a couple of days earlier, it may have been a girl- who knows? We will test the theory next time around!!
I have also been looking into lunar conception of late and how the moon affects the cycles, fertility and gender at conception. Once again- the theories are theories even if they do work- but I'm still willing to test them out!!

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