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What do you think of the Shettles methond?

Lacey711Lacey711
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Is anyone trying this? What do you think about it?

https://www.fertilityfriend.com/Faqs/Gender-Selection-The-Shettles-Method.html

TTC #1 w/stage III endo & PCOS Lap in '07 to remove cysts, lesions and who knows what else Last round of Depo. 08/20/2009 Diagnosed with PCOS 07/2010 First appointment at fertility clinic 08/2010 Husband started new job with great health insurance 08/2011 First round of Clomid scheduled 09/2011
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Re: What do you think of the Shettles methond?

  • LnR70707LnR70707 member
    I've spent the past 14 months trying to get pregnant with any baby, I never gave that a second thought, even in the beginning.


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  • kofmkgkofmkg member
    I'm just trying to get good timing in for any baby. 

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  • j_luvs_rj_luvs_r member

    imageflgirl79:
    I think it's a bunch of crap.

    This.  Also, I just want a baby.  I don't care if it is a boy or a girl.

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  • Mrs. MoMrs. Mo member

    imageflgirl79:
    I think it's a bunch of crap.

    Ditto



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  • jessalynn221jessalynn221
    yeah i would love a boy, but really i just want to get pregnant so i am just trying for the best timing in general!
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  • gymnst1013gymnst1013 member

    imageflgirl79:
    I think it's a bunch of crap.

    Yes

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  • Kitty1225Kitty1225 member

    I dont know if it works or not...as others have said, I just want a baby.  I know woman who have sex on O day and conceive a girl, so who knows.

    I think it was Heidi Klum that said she believes in it because when she got pregnant and found out she was having a girl, she looked back at her calander and realized her O date and sex with her husband were far apart so she said she belives in it.

    Who really knows. 

    Jenn

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  • Lacey711Lacey711

    That's what I figured... it advocates waiting and only having sex once while you are ovulating...

    It reminds me of that chart that factors your age and month you get pregnant to determine the gender.

    What a waste of time.

    TTC #1 w/stage III endo & PCOS Lap in '07 to remove cysts, lesions and who knows what else Last round of Depo. 08/20/2009 Diagnosed with PCOS 07/2010 First appointment at fertility clinic 08/2010 Husband started new job with great health insurance 08/2011 First round of Clomid scheduled 09/2011
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  • sroszcsroszc member

    I read the book and I think it's interesting but it's already hard enough to time things accurately so I'm really just wanting to get KU, with either gender. 

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  • Kitty1225Kitty1225 member
    The sad part is that I read online about woman who are ttc their FIRST and are not getting pregnant because they want a girl and wont have sex near their O day....give up and just try to have A baby instead of a certain sex..UGH
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  • LadyXaverianLadyXaverian member

    I find it interesting, but I'm not willing to wait until "O" day to BD, even though I would love to have a boy first.

    Not sure I believe it anyway. I bet there are many people who could give testimonies against it.

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  • JennyAnne022776JennyAnne022776 member
    imagesroszc:

    I read the book and I think it's interesting but it's already hard enough to time things accurately so I'm really just wanting to get KU, with either gender. 

    This x100.  We've had sex once in our fertile window, we've had sex 3-4 times in our fertile window with no success at all.  I will be having any and all sex and hope that something sticks without ever giving a second thought to the gender.

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  • MSC03MSC03 member
    I have learned that the only thing that really matters is having a healthy baby. Preferrably with kidneys.
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  • gymnst1013gymnst1013 member

    imageMrsSummitCounty:
    I have learned that the only thing that really matters is having a healthy baby. Preferrably with kidneys.

    Sad  (((hugs))) MSC

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  • MSC03MSC03 member
    imagegymnst1013:

    imageMrsSummitCounty:
    I have learned that the only thing that really matters is having a healthy baby. Preferrably with kidneys.

    Sad  (((hugs))) MSC

    Yeah, I'll admit it--I used to have a preference. But now it drives me crazy when people refer to the big u/s as a "gender scan."

    Guess what? It's an anatomy scan--they are looking at much more than your baby's junk. And after they count each of those organs and you thank jeebus for them, then the gender part is the icing on the cake.

    I swear to god next time we get pregnant if anyone asks me if we have a gender preference, I will reply with, "I want a baby with kidneys."

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  • Lacey711Lacey711
    MSC, I'm sorry if I upset you... All I want is a healthy baby too. I just thought this Shettles thing was a joke. For the record, I think it's up to God what gender your baby is.
    TTC #1 w/stage III endo & PCOS Lap in '07 to remove cysts, lesions and who knows what else Last round of Depo. 08/20/2009 Diagnosed with PCOS 07/2010 First appointment at fertility clinic 08/2010 Husband started new job with great health insurance 08/2011 First round of Clomid scheduled 09/2011
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  • MsNessaMsNessa member

    I think it's an interesting concept and it makes sense--I just don't know how accurate it is.

    For our second baby we really want a boy (we're planning to only have two) so we'll be trying it.  If it takes longer to get pregnant that's okay with us.  DH knows it's definitely a possibility that we'll end up with two girls, but he'd be really bummed if it happened.  I don't mind giving it a try for him.

    We'd also do it the second time around if we were having a boy first--I really wanted at least one girl.

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  • MSC03MSC03 member

    imageLacey711:
    MSC, I'm sorry if I upset you... All I want is a healthy baby too. I just thought this Shettles thing was a joke. For the record, I think it's up to God what gender your baby is.

    Not upset in the slightest--just offering a reality check.

    I'm not religious, but I think all of this stuff--gender, birth defects, etc is just completely out of our hands. I just give up on the idea of having any sort of control over things because control is just an illusion.

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  • californiastarscaliforniastars member
    I think you should be happy just to get a baby and not worry about what sex it is.
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  • kb75kb75

    I think it works...

    50% of the time.

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  • ShanaNChrisShanaNChris member

    To Get A Boy (According to Shettles):

    • Time intercourse as close to ovulation as possible:  did this
    • Abstain from intercourse for four to five days prior to ovulation. Have intercourse only just at the time of ovulation and just before. did this
    • Have intercourse that allows for deep penetration. did this
    • Men avoid tight clothes: heat kills off both types of sperm, but will kill off the less protected, smaller Y-chromosome sperm faster, according to Shettles.
    • Women have an orgasm: did this

    I have a girl  ::cue sarcasm:: obviously this works

    Who does this? Isn't everyone just happy to get KU?

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  • MaybeBaby2MaybeBaby2
    I could care less. I'm just trying to get PG again. We have such craptastic timing as it is.
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  • hello_im_tashhello_im_tash member
    There was a whole section in "What to Expect Before You are Expecting" dedicated to these sorts of gender selection methods and they all contradict each other which I found sort of funny. One will say for a girl have sex before you O and then another will say not until after.
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