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I tried to sway girl and it worked!

89 replies

Goodnewsday · 07/03/2023 22:40

I know gender swaying is so controversial but I’m purely posting this here for anyone who (like me last year) doesn’t know much about it and might want to give it a go. It’s just a bit of fun and doesn’t guarantee anything. Ultimately a healthy baby is all anyone wants, please scroll past if this is triggering in anyway to you.

We have a little boy already, who was conceived on ovulation day. I didn’t know anything about gender swaying at the time but according to the shettles/baby dust methods this would be likely to sway boy. This time we thought it might be nice to sway our odds the other way although would have been lovely to have either (and will hopefully have three kids so would be delighted regardless).

We tried for three months with a 2-3 day ‘cut off’ as the baby dust method suggests. So you have sex 2 or 3 days before ovulation, just one attempt on one day then stop. Clearly after 3 months this wasn’t working and the baby dust method suggests then going closer to ovulation but instead I decided to do a bit of the shettles method and try every day in row then stop and have the same 2 and a half day cut off. So we ‘tried’ three nights in a row then stopped.

It worked! I’ve had it confirmed this week, it’s a girl! 💕 Has anyone else tried it? Did it work for you?

OP posts:
Moonicorn · 08/03/2023 09:25

I had a girl and am now pregnant with a boy. No swaying! It’s 50/50 each time 🤷🏼‍♀️ So your odds of a girl were good anyway.

lolilola · 08/03/2023 09:25

Palmfrond · 08/03/2023 09:23

Goodness me, what utter bullshit!
You only produce X chromosome gametes.
Nothing you do can change that.
The sex of the embryo is determined by the chromosome contained within the male gamete.

THIS

Palmfrond · 08/03/2023 09:25

Sorry, correction; you only *have X chromosome gametes.

SnowLemons · 08/03/2023 09:24

Nah sorry I think it was just chance.

Glad you got a girl though as sounds like if it were a boy you'd not be as happy

Palmfrond · 08/03/2023 09:23

Goodness me, what utter bullshit!
You only produce X chromosome gametes.
Nothing you do can change that.
The sex of the embryo is determined by the chromosome contained within the male gamete.

RudsyFarmer · 08/03/2023 09:15

You basically conceived a girl. Congratulations.

MeMyCatsAndMyBooks · 08/03/2023 09:14

No you had a 50/50 chance. Don't sprout a load of rubbish. 😂

carriedout · 08/03/2023 09:12

This is medieval nonsense Grin

SwordToFlamethrower · 08/03/2023 09:08

You just had a 50/50 chance. The sperm finds the egg and the sperm is either female or male. You have absolutely no way to influence this. None.

That is like saying a woman can choose if and when we can get pregnant, which we can't. American law makers try to justify forcing women who have been raped and became pregnant to keep their pregnancies on the grounds we "wanted" it.

Please don't validate this because it hurts all women.

whatyoulookingfor · 07/03/2023 23:47

Gender is a social construct. How do you know what gender your child identifies as?

Also, this is nonsense. In case I wasn't clear!

Dudum · 07/03/2023 23:19

Total garbage 🤣

LadyGAgain · 07/03/2023 23:11

Congrats that you have what you wanted but this defies biology and is utter nonsense!

oranga · 07/03/2023 22:57

I'm pleased you got the outcome you wanted OP but this does just sound nonsense.

Nimbostratus100 · 07/03/2023 22:41

Obviously there is nothing in this, all fertility clinics would otherwise only ever produce boys