desperate for a girl

Have 2 dds that I'm sure were conceived "before" ovulation. I too know my cycle well and can pinpoint the day. It is supposed to be due to the fact that sperm can live for 5 days in your system, the male sperm swim fast but not for very long but the female swim slower but have a longer life span. Therefore it's more likely a female sperm will be "there' at the right time when you ovulate. HTH

In the libary there should be a book called something like choose the sex of your child?by Heather .... I think .not much help am I so far all I can tell you is that l read it and followed the sex just before ovalation method for three months and avioded it during and I now have my girl after two boys.I tried to get pregnant at ovalation time with the boys and fell straight away before reading this book as I didn't know.still love my boys to bits though.She is a bonus.

I can only say what worked for me! I know when I ovulate as a) I get a pain that day and b) my cycle is regular and ovulation is usually 14 days before your next period, however long your cycle. So my ovulation date is normally day 18 and has been for some years. I know I conceived both sons more or less dead on the date, as having a very busy husband somewhat limited the opportunities for making love more than once or twice a month!!! When I conceived dd3 and dd4, it was because we conciously made love early in my cycle to within a day of ovulation. I've always thought that that's what did it for me. My sister had 3 boys and then conceived a girl without trying, but was shocked to get pregnant because they had only taken a risk very early in her cycle, too.

Vegetarian AND no 'business' for 7 days???! No wonder there are (slightly) more boys born than girls.

Soupdragon. Just don't let my dh find out - will put him off trying for any more girls

I heard the opposite of "make love loads prior to concieving" which was that your partner should not ejaculate for 7 days prior to conception, the theory being that female sperm live longer including whilst "in storage". I wonder which is right??!

Yes, but these will only sway the odds by a maximum 10% either way.

Feed your husband lots of veg, in fact make him vegetarian for 6 months. The same goes for you. Its meant to alter your chemistry slightly making it easier for the female ones to swim through. (or it could be that it makes it harder for the males)

Make love loads prior to concieving (if he likes meat this could be a way of tempting him to stay vegetarian). Its meant to increase the % of female to male sperms.

Make love early in your cycle. Females can last longer (and don't we know it) and therefore keep going higher to the egg whereas if you are later then the males are meant to be intially faster (getting to an egg lower down) but die out quickly.

That's all I can remember and I'm sure that they only sway the odds slightly. I was desperate for a little girl and followed them completely. My dd is now 3 and I have another on the way. Since the odds are normally 50/50 I'm not sure that I could say that these methods work, I could have had a little girl regardless.

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