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to be wanting to try this experiment? Related to determining the sex of babies

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wokeupwithasmile · 13/09/2014 18:30

I come from a farming area. Apparently older generations 'decided' or 'guessed' the gender of their babies using information they had on how to breed 'the right' livestock (for example in the case of dairy cattle).
The information I was given actually matches my experience. With my first born I thought it was pure coincidence, but I recently found out whether, if all goes well, I will be having a boy or a girl next, and this time, too, the gender matches.
I am now curious to find out whether other women also find that this information matches their experience/reality (but I do not know enough pregnant/women with babies). However, I do not want this to be in any way understood as a 'gender engineering' experiment. I think it could be fun and I am curious.
What do you think? Should we try this or is it going to be very messy?

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wokeupwithasmile · 13/09/2014 19:35

You made me laugh!

Right, so it is really really simple. I used this lunar calendar:
www.moonconnection.com/moon_phases_calendar.phtml

BUT, I just realised that I do not know the correct words for what I am trying to describe in English, and the explanation on the website above is not so helpful, so if you could help...

If you ovulate between new moon ('no moon') and full moon (maybe a couple of days before full moon) then it will be a boy. If you ovulate between a couple of days after full moon and no moon then it will be a girl.

Does it make sense?

So, if you know when you ovulated and are currently pregnant or have children, would you try to see whether it matches?

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LRDtheFeministDragon · 13/09/2014 19:39

Does it make sense?

No.

Because it is bonkers. There are things that slightly bias you in favour of one sex or other, but if all boys were conceived in one moon phase and all girls in another, don't you think we'd have noticed?!

Also, humans, not in fact cows.

HTH.

FoxSticks · 13/09/2014 19:43

A boy according to that, I'll let you know in three weeks time. Or maybe a werewolf?

Wouldn't that mean though that everyone giving birth at the same gestation would give birth to the same gender?

CoffeeandChocolateplease · 13/09/2014 19:44

Well it works for my DC but as a mathematician I would never base results on a sample size of 2! Smile

Would there not be a 'run' of boys or girls if this was actually true? Not entirely of course, but enough to be noticeable since the majority of women in labour at a particular time will have conceived around the same time?

Dinosaursdontgrowontrees · 13/09/2014 19:46

If I've understood it correctly.. I think I have.. it works for my dd.

TrixieLunamoon · 13/09/2014 19:48

Well it's right for my DD but that chinese prediction calendar thing got it wrong so I'm guessing the moon thing is a coincidence, it has a 50/50 chance after all.

Andrewofgg · 13/09/2014 19:48

DragonReena Please enlighten us: how do you try to conceive loosely?

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wokeupwithasmile · 13/09/2014 19:49

I don't know. We are talking about a 15-day period. Counting that the 'in-between periods' are not that clear, and that women do not give birth necessarily at the same time if they conceived on the same day even, it does not seem to me that we would get 'batches' of boys and girls born in the same week, for example. If the moon remained the same for a month and the change was much more clear-cut it would be obviously impossible.
That's why I am curious about factual evidence!

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jacks365 · 13/09/2014 19:52

According to that dc4 should be a boy however she is very definitely a girl.

LRDtheFeministDragon · 13/09/2014 19:53

Don't forget us when you earn your millions for a rigorous contribution to science, will you? Wink

Pico2 · 13/09/2014 20:01

I'm with LRD.

DragonReena · 13/09/2014 20:01

andrewofgg bad choice of words maybe! Grin We decided to start 'trying' but not obsessively. I know my dates, but we aren't in a huge hurry yet and also next June would be a bad time for us to have a child so have been not trying this month!

Bulbasaur · 13/09/2014 20:02

I followed some wives tales on how to have a boy. I have a daughter. Grin

But it was still fun to try! :)

Mumoftwoyoungkids · 13/09/2014 20:03

Well according to this I would have two girls.

Probably made an error in calling one James then! Grin

Fitzers · 13/09/2014 20:06

Hmmm for DS it's right but probably a coincidence. It's coming up with a girl for the current bun in the oven, we'll see.....

mrsm16 · 13/09/2014 20:07

according to that my ds should be a dd and my bump is a dd, il see how that one goes!

Lizardc · 13/09/2014 20:10

Girl according to this. Have 2 boys already, so we'll see! Hopefully find out at 20 wk scan next month.

Don't believe a word of it though!! :)

MrRabbitsUtopia · 13/09/2014 20:13

It worked for my one DD.

DeWee · 13/09/2014 20:14

Those charts make as much sense as the person who seriously said that she'd conceived a boy, but it had changed to a girl because she had eaten so much ice cream. Grin

Can't remember who told me that story, but I don't think it was one I heard on MN. It was a friend of the person telling me.

LilacCroc · 13/09/2014 20:19

Wrong for me both times

tumbletumble · 13/09/2014 20:21

If this method was right I'd have three girls, in fact I have a girl and two boys.

biscuitsandbandages · 13/09/2014 20:23

Works for all 3 of mine.

MollyWhuppie · 13/09/2014 20:30

I have two boys - conceived a few days after a full moon (I still have my fertility friend charts so I know exact dates!) .

So completely wrong for me.

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wokeupwithasmile · 13/09/2014 20:32

Damn, I was hoping on a 90% success rate to patent it and sell it! Grin

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reallywittyname · 13/09/2014 20:39

Hang on, isn't it the sperm that determines what sex the baby will be?