Hi all, Wondering if any of you used the Shettles Method to conceive? (where you have sex early in your ovulation cycle to have a girl and later in the cycle to have a boy).
Our first time around we did have sex more toward the end of my ovulation cycle because we wanted a boy and we got one! But that could be coincidence because the end of your cycle is simply the most effective time to have sex.
I ask because this time we want a girl, and I worry that only having sex 3-5 days before ovulation may mean no baby at all.
Re: Did Shettles Method work for you? (Boy/Girl conception timing)
I can't say.
I think your first might have been a very good coincidence. Sperm is said to carry the gene that determines sex. I don't see how that can be true, but gender is affected by the beginning/end of ovulation cycle.. But I'm no expert.
The sperm decides the sex because it carries the X or the Y chromosome. Men =XY Women=XX.
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I just want to say that typical sperm only have ONE chromosome, either X or Y.
To the OP: Shettles seems like BS. GL TTC, though!
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Um, yes and no.
With my first two, we had lots of sex before, during and after ovulation. We had two boys. We weren't following Shettles, but it the genders did line up with the theory.
This time we had sex twice, and 3 and 5 days before ovulation, trying for a girl. We're having another boy unless Harmony is wrong.
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