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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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Sex at a certain time for a boy or girl

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Pebblespony · 28/04/2018 21:16

Does this work? My friend told me something about having sex during ovulation for a boy and before for a girl or something like this. I must admit I just nodded and smiled at the time. I'm not ttc myself at the moment. Just curious.

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BusySittingDown · 28/04/2018 21:32

There’s The Shettles Method that I’ve heard people using to try for a certain sex.

I’ve never tried it as I wasn’t bothered whether I had boys or girls but my friend tried it after 2 boys to try for a girl and she got one. I doubt it would work for everyone though.

Buckingfrolicks · 28/04/2018 21:30

That's why more boys are born after a war - lots and lots of sex tends to makes boys

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Pebblespony · 28/04/2018 21:30

Cheers Lilymoss, I'll have a gawk at it. This friend had a boy, girl, boy and now a girl. Just wondering if she's engineered it all. When I have another one I'll be grateful for 'baby'.

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Emma198 · 28/04/2018 21:28

*boy sperm is faster

Emma198 · 28/04/2018 21:28

Apparently girl sperm lives longer but not sperm is faster so if you do it's few days before it's more likely that the girls will be alive but if you do it on ovulation day you're more likely to get a boy. I can't imagine caring enough about the sex of the baby to risk doing it too soon or too late!

BamBamIsALittleShit · 28/04/2018 21:27

It doesn't work that way. You can't influence conceiving a boy or a girl.

Stephisaur · 28/04/2018 21:25

My mum reckons there’s something in it 😂 overheard her telling my sister today that the reason she kept having boys was because she had sex at the wrong time 😂

Lilymossflower · 28/04/2018 21:21

Read the book ' taking charge of your fertility ' xx

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