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Conception

When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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Hoping to concieve a particular sex?

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prizeelliott · 12/02/2012 21:49

Hi, i'm just wondering if anyone has any experience or advice about natural sex selection? Have 3 wonderful DD's, a little DS would be the cherry on top! (Before anyone jumps in... I realise I am so lucky to have 3 healthy children, and I do realise that the sex of the baby is irrelevant).

Would be great to hear from anyone in same or similar boat xxx

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fizzwhirl · 13/02/2012 08:52

The Shettles method is based on the idea that different conditions favour male or female sperm, and suggests some things you can do to influence the outcome.

Here is a summary, or you can just google 'shettles method'.

FriendofDorothy - it might be hard to hear from someone who has the luxury of even thinking about which gender they'd rather have, but you could have avoided this thread: it was pretty obvious from the title what it was about.

Prize - I know you realise how lucky you are, and I love how indignant you are on behalf of your DDs when people say 2 would have been enough if you'd had a DS Smile I see no reason why you should feel bad about wanting to skew the odds towards having a DS to join your family. It also sounds like you're relaxed enough about the whether/when of another pregnancy that you might not be too put off by the downside of shettles: which is that because you abstain at certain times of your cycle, it might take you a bit longer to get pregnant.

Chunkychicken · 13/02/2012 07:33

I always thought a good rule my mum taught me was 'if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all...' It would apply on MN far too often IMO.

Big prize there is some suggestion that boy sperm (y's) are smaller & quicker than girl sperm (x's) so if you want a boy you should DTD when the egg is there/immediately after ov, whilst for girls you should do it in advance so the y sperm have given up but the x sperm are going strong!! However, this relies on knowing exactly when you ov...

Good luck! :)

Blx2thelotofem · 13/02/2012 06:54

Oh, give her a break! OP, there are many different things you can do to 'sway' the odds, obviously, nothing is guaranteed, but if you would be happy with either gender, which it sounds like you would be, then what's the harm?

cheekycurls · 13/02/2012 06:48

Yep, it does indeed look like utter self indulgent bollocks. Grin

just be great full that u have 3 children and have no problems conceiving a 4th, if u want 4 children, have 4 children! 'socially acceptable'?! who cares, seriously?!

FriendofDorothy · 12/02/2012 22:11

Yep, it does indeed look like utter self indulgent bollocks.

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prizeelliott · 12/02/2012 22:05

How fab is that!! If nothing else, sounds like a good giggle!!!

I wonder what the chances are of concieving a child of a particular sex after 3 of the other??!

Anyone else got 3 hoping for a 4th? Is it even socially acceptable to have 4 these days? Everyone I come into contact with seems to be of the opinion that 3 is too many! Make out that I would have ony neede 2 had DD2 been a DS... the cheek!!!

(Please forgive me anyone who finds this offensive... I realise and have the upmost respect for what people may be going through which makes this look like utter self indulgent bollocks!!!)

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items · 12/02/2012 21:52

We have this really cool Chinese book that is meant to be 90% accurate. We have checked all our kids, cousins etc etc and all have been accurate. Of course I would never go just off that but it might help. Takes your age at conception and month to conceive. We haven't used it but given we never found out the sex before the birth, it was right each time...