Any secret to having a boy?

starsjaime · April 2012

I know it's super silly, but DH and I are going to start trying for #2. We really want a boy, and DH has been doing a ton of internet research to see if there is any secrets to success out there.

Any helpful hints ladies?

Manda422 · April 2012

I know it sounds crazy but it worked for both DH and myself and friends who have a boy and a girl. Both DH and our friend did a bunch of internet research about when to do the deed in regards to a woman's cycle. It worked for us with our boy and it worked for our friends with having a boy first and a girl second.

You have to track your ovulation and for a boy wait until the closest possible day for ovulation or even the day after ovulation to have sex. They say that the sperm that will end up being a boy aren't able to survive a long time like the sperm that will end up being a girl, so a lot of them will die before they can reach the egg. So the key is to make sure your egg is ready to go to try to ensure it will be reqched by a male sperm.

I'm not saying it's true, but it's def worth trying for because it worked for us and our friends! We want a girl for the next one but I still haven't had AF so it will be hard to track like before with DS!

Good luck!!

RubySB3 · April 2012

I don't have any REAL advice... but it seems like the chinese prediction calendar (when you use your age according to the chinese calendar) is better than 50/50. I also have a friends mom who is a L&D nurse and she says the "scientifically planned" babies are more often boys. For example, charting.

We didn't try for a boy, but the calendar and this nurse predicted boy, and thats what we have. GL!

lucylea · April 2012

My niece and her husband very carefully (and somewhat fanatically) followed the Shettles Method trying to get a boy three times. They now have three girls.

Amitchell0626 · April 2012

Manda422:

I know it sounds crazy but it worked for both DH and myself and friends who have a boy and a girl. Both DH and our friend did a bunch of internet research about when to do the deed in regards to a woman's cycle. It worked for us with our boy and it worked for our friends with having a boy first and a girl second.

You have to track your ovulation and for a boy wait until the closest possible day for ovulation or even the day after ovulation to have sex. They say that the sperm that will end up being a boy aren't able to survive a long time like the sperm that will end up being a girl, so a lot of them will die before they can reach the egg. So the key is to make sure your egg is ready to go to try to ensure it will be reqched by a male sperm.

I'm not saying it's true, but it's def worth trying for because it worked for us and our friends! We want a girl for the next one but I still haven't had AF so it will be hard to track like before with DS!

Good luck!!

This! The male sperm are faster, female are slower. So if you want a girl, have sex a day or so before you O, boy have sex day of or after.

LnR70707 · April 2012

You can look into the Shettles method, but I wouldn't waste your time with it unless you are super fertile or don't care how long it takes to get KU, because technically you are decreasing the amount of sex in your fertile window, particularly for a boy and you need to have charting and expected O date down to a science.

jetskreemr · April 2012

Amitchell0626:
Manda422:

I know it sounds crazy but it worked for both DH and myself and friends who have a boy and a girl. Both DH and our friend did a bunch of internet research about when to do the deed in regards to a woman's cycle. It worked for us with our boy and it worked for our friends with having a boy first and a girl second.

You have to track your ovulation and for a boy wait until the closest possible day for ovulation or even the day after ovulation to have sex. They say that the sperm that will end up being a boy aren't able to survive a long time like the sperm that will end up being a girl, so a lot of them will die before they can reach the egg. So the key is to make sure your egg is ready to go to try to ensure it will be reqched by a male sperm.

I'm not saying it's true, but it's def worth trying for because it worked for us and our friends! We want a girl for the next one but I still haven't had AF so it will be hard to track like before with DS!

Good luck!!

This! The male sperm are faster, female are slower. So if you want a girl, have sex a day or so before you O, boy have sex day of or after.

I have heard this before to!

As far as the Chinese gender prediction chart, I have had 2 girls now, and the Chinese chart showed I should have had boys both times, so it never predicted correctly for me.

CocoBrynne · April 2012

Have sex, you have 50/50 odds Wink

jssica2 · April 2012

Hi my jessica a have a boy that is 3 i did not thank i wold have a boy frist becuas ever one in my family has girls no boys on my side of the family but dh had a lot of boys on his side. thith #2 come out 2 be a girl thank god 4 that.. im son is someing els just like his daddy...

clineak · April 2012

Manda422:
I know it sounds crazy but it worked for both DH and myself and friends who have a boy and a girl. Both DH and our friend did a bunch of internet research about when to do the deed in regards to a woman's cycle. It worked for us with our boy and it worked for our friends with having a boy first and a girl second.
You have to track your ovulation and for a boy wait until the closest possible day for ovulation or even the day after ovulation to have sex. They say that the sperm that will end up being a boy aren't able to survive a long time like the sperm that will end up being a girl, so a lot of them will die before they can reach the egg. So the key is to make sure your egg is ready to go to try to ensure it will be reqched by a male sperm.
I'm not saying it's true, but it's def worth trying for because it worked for us and our friends! We want a girl for the next one but I still haven't had AF so it will be hard to track like before with DS!

Good luck!!

Interesting! I've never heard this before. I know we had sex the day I O'd, and we got a girl. Good luck, though!

kimmyberly26 · April 2012

Manda422:
I know it sounds crazy but it worked for both DH and myself and friends who have a boy and a girl. Both DH and our friend did a bunch of internet research about when to do the deed in regards to a woman's cycle. It worked for us with our boy and it worked for our friends with having a boy first and a girl second.
You have to track your ovulation and for a boy wait until the closest possible day for ovulation or even the day after ovulation to have sex. They say that the sperm that will end up being a boy aren't able to survive a long time like the sperm that will end up being a girl, so a lot of them will die before they can reach the egg. So the key is to make sure your egg is ready to go to try to ensure it will be reqched by a male sperm.
I'm not saying it's true, but it's def worth trying for because it worked for us and our friends! We want a girl for the next one but I still haven't had AF so it will be hard to track like before with DS!

Good luck!!

We followed this method and had our girl

Saltina11 · April 2012

Not sure what your financial situation is, but you can go to a place that "spins" the sperm and scoops out the lighter Y's which theoretically would rise to the top. Then only that (assumed to mostly be Y's, I'd imagine a few errant X's would still end up in the mix) is placed inside you, heavily weighing the odds for XY in your favor.

I'm guessing it's pretty pricey.

starsjaime · April 2012

Saltina11:

Not sure what your financial situation is, but you can go to a place that "spins" the sperm and scoops out the lighter Y's which theoretically would rise to the top. Then only that (assumed to mostly be Y's, I'd imagine a few errant X's would still end up in the mix) is placed inside you, heavily weighing the odds for XY in your favor.

I'm guessing it's pretty pricey.

I wonder how much that would run? Very interesting, i have not heard of that.

Thanks everyone for the responses! I think we will try the one method, been doing lots of research. we will see what happens! It's worth a try!

Firefly9 · April 2012

CocoBrynne:
Have sex, you have 50/50 odds

This, with a little bit of wishing and hoping mixed in.

Your odds are 50/50 no matter what.

Mason&Mama · April 2012

Go to a Halloween party dressed up as a Mounds (SO as Almond Joy cuz he has nuts). Drink by the fire all night. Make sure to play beer pong and drink Jaeger-bombs like you are 21 again. Have sex that you barely remember. Wake up naked, hungover, and pregnant. It is a guaranteed boy. Worked for me!

lucylea · April 2012

Mason&Mama:
Make sure to play beer pong and drink Jaeger-bombs like you are 21 again. Have sex that you barely remember. Wake up naked, hungover, and pregnant. It is a guaranteed boy. Worked for me!

Uh oh, that's pretty much how we ended up with our girl.

swimiz500 · April 2012

Mason&Mama:
Go to a Halloween party dressed up as a Mounds (SO as Almond Joy cuz he has nuts). Drink by the fire all night. Make sure to play beer pong and drink Jaeger-bombs like you are 21 again. Have sex that you barely remember. Wake up naked, hungover, and pregnant. It is a guaranteed boy. Worked for me!

This is absolutely fantastic. Now, when we find out if Mo is a boy or girl, you'll have to tell us that story too

losmitty · May 2012

No guarantees of course, but boy sperm should swim faster while girl sperm last longer. So for boys do it right at the peak of ovulation, for girls, a few days before ovulation. That said, the Chinese gender chart was right on for me both times, you can always give that a shot. :P

JennV514 · May 2012

I guess Jager is the magic ingredient. I too drank a sh!t ton the night I got pregnant, and ended up with a boy.

jlsimon56 · May 2012

starsjaime:
Saltina11:

Not sure what your financial situation is, but you can go to a place that "spins" the sperm and scoops out the lighter Y's which theoretically would rise to the top. Then only that (assumed to mostly be Y's, I'd imagine a few errant X's would still end up in the mix) is placed inside you, heavily weighing the odds for XY in your favor.

I'm guessing it's pretty pricey.

I wonder how much that would run? Very interesting, i have not heard of that.

Thanks everyone for the responses! I think we will try the one method, been doing lots of research. we will see what happens! It's worth a try!

I do science and we have one of those "spinners" in my lab....I don't know if it would work but it makes sense to me. I have also heard the theory about male sperm being faster but dying sooner. We were charting and DTD on my O date and still ended up with a girl....

Good luck!

Saltina11 · May 2012

AuburnGirlSC:
Saltina11:

Not sure what your financial situation is, but you can go to a place that "spins" the sperm and scoops out the lighter Y's which theoretically would rise to the top. Then only that (assumed to mostly be Y's, I'd imagine a few errant X's would still end up in the mix) is placed inside you, heavily weighing the odds for XY in your favor.

I'm guessing it's pretty pricey.

Do you know many people who have done this? I find this fascinating.

A former boss had 2 girls and really wanted a boy. They did the spin. They now have 3 girls.

IlliniQT · May 2012

Nothing is 100% unless you do IVF and have an embryo biopsy to determine the sex. Easily about $20,000, but microsort is the most accurate, and non-invasive way to choose the gender.

https://www.microsort.net/

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