Intro - TTC #3 and a question about shettles for a girl

laney75

Hey everyone,

I'm a regular over on the SAHM board but we are going to try for baby #3 soon so I thought I'd come over here to say hello and see what I can learn.  

One question I have is about those of you that have used shettles method to conceive a girl and it's been successful...  How many days pre-ovulation did you do the deed?  And was it just once?  TCOYF says try 2-4 days before ovulation, but I'm unclear about whether we can only do it once in this time frame or if she means 4 days out and then again 2 days out. 

Thanks!

LLB430

You are probably going to get flammed for asking this ? on this board.....but I will tell you that we had sex the day I got a pos OPK and that was it. This was not intentional....dh was traveling.  We had a girl.  Most people here don't have a baby yet and haven't even given thought to trying only for a girl or boy.

laney75

LLB430:

You are probably going to get flammed for asking this ? on this board.....but I will tell you that we had sex the day I got a pos OPK and that was it. This was not intentional....dh was traveling.  We had a girl.  Most people here don't have a baby yet and haven't even given thought to trying only for a girl or boy.

Yeah I wondered if I was asking in the wrong place... and I've noticed this board deifnitely has an "edge", for lack of a better word.   

Well I didn't mean to offend anyone, I just thought there may be some mamas on here that have 1 or more kids and would share their wisdom... no biggie.

Thanks for your insight though!

lovetheme

LLB430:

You are probably going to get flammed for asking this ? on this board.....but I will tell you that we had sex the day I got a pos OPK and that was it. This was not intentional....dh was traveling.  We had a girl.  Most people here don't have a baby yet and haven't even given thought to trying only for a girl or boy.

all this. I might get flamed for saying THIS but if you go the website in-gender.com there is a lot of information about gender selection. You might find more support there.

That being said..we have 2 girls. #1 we had sex 4 days pre ovulation [and not again until after O] and with #2 we had sex 5 days pre ovulation [and not again until after O]. Not intentional..but I guess shettles was "true" for us.  

sweetgotham

LLB430:

You are probably going to get flammed for asking this ? on this board.....but I will tell you that we had sex the day I got a pos OPK and that was it. This was not intentional....dh was traveling.  We had a girl.  Most people here don't have a baby yet and haven't even given thought to trying only for a girl or boy.

 

Yeah...any baby would be a welcome baby around here and we are newbies around here...maybe there is a better board for this elsewhere....like one of the Babies..." boards. 

 

laney75

sweetgotham:

LLB430:

You are probably going to get flammed for asking this ? on this board.....but I will tell you that we had sex the day I got a pos OPK and that was it. This was not intentional....dh was traveling.  We had a girl.  Most people here don't have a baby yet and haven't even given thought to trying only for a girl or boy.

 

Yeah...any baby would be a welcome baby around here and we are newbies around here...maybe there is a better board for this elsewhere....like one of the Babies..." boards. 

Message received.  Thanks.

 

lovetheme

sweetgotham:

LLB430:

You are probably going to get flammed for asking this ? on this board.....but I will tell you that we had sex the day I got a pos OPK and that was it. This was not intentional....dh was traveling.  We had a girl.  Most people here don't have a baby yet and haven't even given thought to trying only for a girl or boy.

 

Yeah...any baby would be a welcome baby around here and we are newbies around here...maybe there is a better board for this elsewhere....like one of the Babies..." boards. 

 

sorry but I had to comment on your siggy..is that the weirdo 16 year old who married the 51 year old? I remember this clip from the Soup lol. 

laney75

lovetheme:

LLB430:

You are probably going to get flammed for asking this ? on this board.....but I will tell you that we had sex the day I got a pos OPK and that was it. This was not intentional....dh was traveling.  We had a girl.  Most people here don't have a baby yet and haven't even given thought to trying only for a girl or boy.

all this. I might get flamed for saying THIS but if you go the website in-gender.com there is a lot of information about gender selection. You might find more support there.

That being said..we have 2 girls. #1 we had sex 4 days pre ovulation [and not again until after O] and with #2 we had sex 5 days pre ovulation [and not again until after O]. Not intentional..but I guess shettles was "true" for us.  

Thanks, this is helpful.

And for the record, we would be thrilled with either sex.  Healthy is the main goal.  We have 2 boys and love them.  3 would be a blast.

chattabox

This probably doesn't help you at all, but we did the exact same thing all 3 times I got pregnant and we have 2 boys and a girl.   So I don't know that there's all that much you can do about it!  Good luck TTC #3! 

sweetgotham

lovetheme:

sorry but I had to comment on your siggy..is that the weirdo 16 year old who married the 51 year old? I remember this clip from the Soup lol. 

 

Oh...yeeeees...I love her...they are my favorite...it;s like the best/worst David Lynch movie come to life...with clear bra straps! Always and only clear bra straps.  

laney75

chattabox:

This probably doesn't help you at all, but we did the exact same thing all 3 times I got pregnant and we have 2 boys and a girl.   So I don't know that there's all that much you can do about it!  Good luck TTC #3! 

Ha!  Yeah you just never know right?  I am not super focused on having a girl, but think it'd be fun to switch it up.    Especially b/c this will be our third and last (whoa). 

behapy2day

I am not familiar at all with shettles, but wanted to share that if you sign up for fertility friend, they have message boards and one of them is exclusively for "swaying". I only lurked there briefly, but you might find it hepful. They have a lot of threads on how to sway toward a specific gender when TTC.

xnbride

I recommend browsing through the fertility friend charts and set the search feature to look for pregnancy charts in which they conceived a girl and look for patterns. GL

Juleslynn79

I have two boys and am hoping for a girl this time around, too! Good luck!

With that said, we didn't want it to take months and months of trying, so we figured we'd just bd as much as we could and close to O, and boy or girl, we'll be happy.

Wild_flower25

When I got pg with DS, we only did it once, 3 days before ovulation. and obviously, it didn't work (but we weren't trying thats just how it happened)

abfromva

sweetgotham:

lovetheme:

sorry but I had to comment on your siggy..is that the weirdo 16 year old who married the 51 year old? I remember this clip from the Soup lol. 

 

Oh...yeeeees...I love her...they are my favorite...it;s like the best/worst David Lynch movie come to life...with clear bra straps! Always and only clear bra straps.  

I also have to say that I love your siggy. I am mesmerized by her "sexy" eyes and her buttaface.