Shettles method

mom2b22013

When I was a few weeks pregnant I posted on the 2nd Trimester board asking if the Shettles method was true for those woman or not. (To have a girl you have sex a few days before you ovulate, to have a boy have it when you ovulate)

It was interesting because most of the woman who replied said it was true for them. 

We were not trying this method, (And I never believed it would work)  but I do know that based on this method, we should be having a boy, but are having a girl. So I was just interested in seeing these results.

So was this method true for you? 

2u2wow

i haven't read about this method but when a friend of mine was trying to get pg and she was having a lot of trouble (...long story - turns out she had a brain tumour!) the Dr said that female sperm is more resilient than male sperm which allows them to last longer and stand up to fertility issues. this is usually the case when women have trouble conceiving, they are more likely to have girls. so i'm guessing this works with the theory of having sex a few days before ovulation because then the female sperm would last long enough to fertilize the egg once if finally happens...

and lets be honest boys don't have that kind of patience!!

 

bearkatjen

We were not trying, but I know when we did the deed and when I Oed (5 days later, which was two days earlier than it should have been) so we should most definitely be having a girl. We're having a boy.  

JennaOs

The shettles method sounds like it could be accurate most of the time, but think about TWINS and some woman carry and BOY and a GIRL at the same time. So, I would not plan around the shettles.

melaniedel

With DS, it happed to be everyday during FW, and O day so I guess it would have worked for us. As far as this one, it would have been four days before O day, and twice on O (so either one I guess). We hope to find out tomorrow, but have a hunch it's another boy.

Rynleigh

We did this with every cycle when trying for the boys - I went through LH strips like candy. I had very irregular cycles with a lot of failed ovulation - took a year of trying... but we did our best to plan around those surges. In May, we had a huuuuuge spike (3 full days of positive LH strips), and did the baby dance at the end of day 1 through the rest of the week  

We ended up with twin boys so while it might have just been coincidence, I'd do the exact same thing if we were doing it over. I never did LH monitoring with my girls, but I was practicing calendar-planning with them and never had sex between days 12 and bleed - so they were more likely lurking survivor-sperms by the time I ovulated, rather than speeder-sperms.  

KYmama9286

We never have used this method to try for a boy or girl but from charting with both pregnancies I can tell you that it was accurate for when I got pg with my boy and with my girl. This pregnancy was a complete surprise so I have no idea what to expect as far as gender (and we are team green so we wont find out for a while). I will also say that out of my friends that have charted while TTC (or not even charting to get pg but just happened to be charting when conceiving) it has been true for all of them- I just correctly predicted my SIL's and my best friends babies genders based on their charts haha Obviously its a 50/50 chance but it seems pretty accurate to me but I wouldn't use this method to TTC one gender over the other. 

jessvan96

It was true for us! 

jinnymb

We tried it this time to sway towards girl.  We aren't finding out though, so we will see if it made any difference, lol.

I charted and nailed my exact O date with both boys, so techincally it worked with them, but who knows!

steph620

I wasn't trying this method, I just wanted a baby. But I will never know which day/sperm was the one to reach the egg, because we DTD 2 days before O, and the day of O. So it could be either day.

ETA: I don't know what I'm having yet.

javagrl

We never deliberately tried this with either pregnancy, but we do the every other day sex around ovulation, and when we got pregnant with our daughter we did not do it on the day of ovulation, and with our son we did, so it kinda worked for us on a smaller scale I guess.  Due to all our difficulties I am not sure if we will have another baby after this one, but if we do, I think we might try Shettles for a couple months just to see if we can have another girl.  We have been through so much that we don't really care what we have at all- we just want to bring at least one baby home.

Lariah14

Wasn't true last time for us. Not sure about this time. 50% chance

joecubed

We weren't trying for a particular gender, but DS was conceived with sex on O day and day prior. DD was conceived with sex 5 days before O DH had to go out of town... Thought we had missed our window :.

We aren't finding out until delivery with this one. I wasn't charting but believe sex was either on O day or day before.