Can you influence conceiving a girl?

[Yawnsy]

Hi
This is lighthearted.
To be honest. We would secretly like a girl second time around. One of each and all that.

Do you believe in any of the malarky that claims to influence the conception of a girl? For example, eating 27000grams of watercress before you do the wild thing.

(Disclaimer- I love my son. I would love another son. This is not for religious reasons.)

Well if you want a grand sample of one - you eat too much, mix with a penchant for tv bingeing, count fizzy fruit flavoured Haribo as your 5 a day, have sex when and how you fancy it and add the most laidback partner imaginable and there you go - worked for me three times.

It's called the Shettles Theory but I'm not sure how solid the research is or if it's been discounted.

Liking the pilot thing.
Might go to an arcade and find the simulator thing. Treat him to £40's worth of the jet fighter programme.

Laid back man, eating too much and TV bingeing resulted in a boy.

Might be worthwhile thinking about the Haribo.

Girl and a boy here.. Girl took nearly a year and DTD roughly x100 times to conceive, boy took one... On the day/day after I ovulated. I think there is some basis to the thought that girl swimmers are slower but live longer and boys are speedier but die off more quickly. Obviously I don't know which of DH's sperms resulted in our DD but can be sure DS was the result of a speedy one!

Oh and I did read somewhere that a study had shown a higher percentage of daughters born to long-distance runners (I think men running more than 25 miles a week).. So maybe add a new pair of trainers to your list?!

A quick Google reveals some other things that might help

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Google the shettles method for a girl. It's really helpful!

It's not in the least bit scientific of course, but I'm certain that all three of my boys were conceived on the day of ovulation.

I read somewhere that if you have a small age gap you are more likely to have children of the same sex. So maybe wait a few years of you want a different one.

Yeah to conceive a boy (apparently) you need to have sex as close to ovulation as possible, for for a girl I'd assume the opposite.

Anyway they are books etc available.

I am gonna chime in and say as a DM of 2 girls, neither of which were conceived at peak ovulation ( i.e ... little surprises!) ... I anecdotally accused my partner of having "camping sperm" . Not so long after, I read about the female sperm being stronger and able to survive longer til the egg was in the right spot . Campers is what they are- vindicated !

Actually of people I know (well enough to discuss when we DTD to TTC) the ones who know the exact date they conceived have boys. I've never really realised that until this thread. I have a DD and we DTD lots in the 10 days running to ovulation.

I need Mr Yawnsy to....
be a pilot
Vegetarian
Runner, good runner
Low calorie diet
Interested in 'science'
Enjoy the bicycle position
Tolerate stress

I'm wondering if I could save him the hassle and ask Tom(Cruise) if he is free on the day before I ovulate?

Ph can influence sex. Acidic for girl alkaline for boys. During fertility investigations I was found the have acidic cervical mucous and they thought this was why I wasn't conceiving. I had to do sodium bicarbonate douch pre sex to bring the ph down. I had a girl. I think I read similar in a fertility book. If your ph is normal they suggest dilute lemon juice for a higher chance of a girl.

Ask Sarah Champion

I don’t think shettles is at all reliable. Anecdotally, I conceived one boy on day of ovulation, one boy from sex six days before ovulation.
There’s a lot of theories out there but I’d take them all with a pinch of salt. I’m expecting a girl now after two boys and honestly don’t think I did much differently, dh is more stressed with work now so I guess that could be a factor.

We attempted the shettles method. I fell pregnant straight away and had a girl but pretty sure that would have happened anyway 🤷🏻‍♀️ I like to think it worked though!

I conceived day 13 which should have resulted in a boy. I had a girl.
I think its a simple case of you get what you're given

Schooled again on Mumsnet. Thanks for your replies.
DH has returned to a vegetarian meal. He's confused by why he has to go on the flight simulator. I have asked him how much he likes the smell of lemons. I suggested he should try running tonight and that he can take a salad for lunch tomorrow. I told him that female sperm are so much better than his lazy male camper sperm. He's getting a bit pissed off.
I think this might just work.

But no, male swimmers=speedy but peak too soon, female=slow and steady, play the long game

Yawnsy 

The egg also decides which sperm to let in, so maybe not as simple as who is the fastest swimmer.
I have 2 girls and 1 boy, cannot remember when or how many times we dtd for the first 2 but the 3rd was a drunken fumble just after i thought my period had finished and it was safe, she is now 23

I think testosterone levels in the man do also contribute.. which is why there has been research showing men with infertility issues (ie low sperm count) do have a higher percentage of daughters.. That's the basis for why hardcore runners have more girls in that that level of running reduces testosterone levels.

And very scientifically, in people I know, there does often seem to be a correlation between the, erm, outward masculinity of the man and the sex of the offspring

I have 2 dd's conceived a year apart, both after only dtd on day 23 of a 28 day cycle.

Google the Shettles method.

I think that's what it's called.