Curious: Boy or Girl based on when you BDed?

AbsoluteLM · December 2011

So, the boy vs. girl posts has me thinking--for those of you who were charting and know the gender of your baby, does the gender fit with the fact that male sperm are quicker and female sperm are slower? That is, did you BD right on or close to ovulation (boy) or BD a few days before ovulation (girl).

Obviously, those of us who were trying were probably BDing all the time and probably don't really know, but it is still interesting to chat about! We BDed right on the ovulation mark with DS and with this baby, so I think we're having another boy. We'll find out Tuesday!

Mrs.Deputy · December 2011

No! Not at all! We were only able to be together 3 days before I ovulated and I'm having a baby boy!

NewlywedInNewYork · December 2011

This was really interesting for me. We had been taking a break since I had just had a chemical pregnancy and BD'd several days before ovulation.. far enough away that I didn't think there was any chance of pregnancy. And then what do you know! I was totally shocked.

xnbride · December 2011

we have sex every day so the odds would be higher that we conceived a boy. I actually have no idea when I actually ovulated but I assume that we did have sex on that day. Chart in sig.

Same thing with my other boys too.

huskymomma94 · December 2011

We had sex on the day before I ovulated, and I'm having a boy.

I do also wonder about other factors: we used preseed and DH had been taking mens fertility supplements.

Recene · December 2011

We BD'd on the day of ovulation and it's a boy.

cmb820 · December 2011

I'm interested in knowing this too! We BDed 2 days before ovulation, but we're Team Green so we won't find out until May how that worked out haha

ECUGirl2004 · December 2011

Well, we had an IUI and we're having a boy, which would fit that argument. But by that argument, wouldn't most people with IUIs also have boys?

Jess & Drew · December 2011

AbsoluteLM:

Obviously, those of us who were trying were probably BDing all the time and probably don't really know

This! We went at it like rabbits, and we're having a girl.

But DH is in the military and works with radars, and almost everyone in his work has girls (unless they had a boy before they got there). So they all have this theory that the radar kills off their male swimmers. Strange, but something to think about.

AbsoluteLM · December 2011

ECUGirl2004:
Well, we had an IUI and we're having a boy, which would fit that argument. But by that argument, wouldn't most people with IUIs also have boys?

I guess it would depend on how accurately the ovulation date is predicted? It isn't an exact science, but its interesting!

We should predict all the team green genders based on this and see if we are right in the end. Lol. Above poster, two days before ovulation... I will guess you are having a girl.

AbsoluteLM · December 2011

Jess & Drew:
AbsoluteLM:

Obviously, those of us who were trying were probably BDing all the time and probably don't really know
This! We went at it like rabbits, and we're having a girl.
But DH is in the military and works with radars, and almost everyone in his work has girls (unless they had a boy before they got there). So they all have this theory that the radar kills off their male swimmers. Strange, but something to think about.

Wow! That's interesting too! I guess there are so many outside factors that making guesses based on BD is just as 50/50 as any other way of guessing, but they're all fun to try. Next we'll be getting out a ring and some string and holding it over our bellies.

kcwags · December 2011

Fits for me. I was charting, so I know when I ovulated. We BD'd the day I ovulated and we're having a boy.

Somethingclever25 · December 2011

I don't know yet but with my las girl we BD 5 days before I ovulated and I ended up pregnant so apparently my hubs has serious swimmers one way or another.

easjer05 · December 2011

Sex was had:

6 dbo

5 dbo

3 dbo

2 dbo

1 dbo

Ovulation day

So, the Shettles theory is null and void. There, in theory, should have been a mix of both slow moving girl sperm and fast moving boy sperm.

noycela · December 2011

Interesting! I had never heard this. We weren't trying, and I actually thought it was a few days past ovulation time and were we "safe". So by this, the guess would be boy ... DH will be so excited that another one of these predictors indicates boy! We are Team Green though so it'll be awhile to find out

fyziksgirl · December 2011

easjer05:
Sex was had:
6 dbo
5 dbo
3 dbo
2 dbo
1 dbo
Ovulation day

So, the Shettles theory is null and void. There, in theory, should have been a mix of both slow moving girl sperm and fast moving boy sperm.

This sounds pretty much like me, though maybe DH wasn't *quite* as lucky with our frequency. So I'm thinking Shettles is out for us!

Hautecoco · December 2011

We did 2dbo and on the day of ovulation and we're having a boy. Also, we used preseed.

farelenore · December 2011

Hautecoco:
We did 2dbo and on the day of ovulation and we're having a boy. Also, we used preseed.

What's preseed?

I don't know what we're having yet, but used cervical mucous as my ovulation indicator and we BD'd on that day and 3 other times within a 5-day period. We were tired. lol I hope it's a boy!

Hautecoco · December 2011

It's a fertility friendly lubricant. I'm not sure if it really helps we weren't trying for very long, but we did get pregnant the first month using it.

UOduckBride2be · December 2011

Only on ovulation day and he is a BOY.

elli-m-f · December 2011

Our goal was just to get pregnant. We weren't really keeping track of how many days before ovulation we BDed.

Obsidiandreams · December 2011

No it wasn't true. We BDed 3 days before O and we're having a boy.

ohbabyboy · December 2011

With DS we bd'd every day from when my fertility monitor gave went to fertile until after OP sticks confirmed I ovulated. I had a boy.

With this one, we BDed once about 2 or 3 days before ovulation and it's a girl.

jbeck78 · December 2011

I also got pregant from IUI and the nurse said that I was most likely ovulating that day based on CM (also 48 hrs after trigger shot) and I am having a girl. I did alot of research on this when I was too impatient and wanted to know what I was having and it seems to be close in numbers. So not sure what is true or not!

katrod · December 2011

This is such a interesting theory. Pretty sure we were together right on O-day, although we weren't trying to get pg, just must have been meant to be. We won't find out until next month, but hubby wants a boy and for some reason I just have this feeling that it is- steak and potatoe cravings are severe! I found this blog intriguing and glad to see we have one more vote towards leaning for a boy.

mrsbecky07 · December 2011

We don't know the sex yet, but based on that theory it should be a girl (we had sex on CD15 and 16 and I ovulated on CD18 - I just went and looked at my chart haha.) We'll see what the baby is and how true that theory is for us on Monday!