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So, I was thinking about the Shettles Method...

mamarazzimamarazzi
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If it worked (and I don't think it does), shouldn't the vast majority of babies conceived with IUI be boys?

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Re: So, I was thinking about the Shettles Method...

  • EMTEMT member

    I wonder what the statistics are for IUI babies?  Even if it does work, I don't think it would be a VAST majority.

    It worked in theory for my two kids.  Not that we were trying for either; just if I look back at the timing.

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  • stillhopingstillhoping

    not always. yes you have a general idea of when you are going to ovulate when doing IUI, but that is only if the medication works right. I was expected to ovulate on Tuesday, however I did not ovulate till Wednesday. I did B2B IUI meaning on both Tuesday and Wednesday.

     

    and not everyone doing IUI does injections, so there is no guarantee you will ovulate as planned or expected it could very well be one to two days later. 

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  • marrymemylovemarrymemylove member

    Even Shettles own literature only claims to shift the stats from 50/50 to about 53/47. That's still a close enough balance that you'd need a HUGE sample to know if IUI babies were skewed by it.

    The evidence says it doesn't work to a statistically significant extent, which really it doesn't claim to. It only claims to shift the stats very slightly. 

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