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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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Trying for a boy

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Twinmumum · 02/01/2018 12:53

Hi, we’re going to start trying for our third this month. Obviously a healthy child regardless of gender is the main thing, but I would like another boy deep down. If I use an ovulation test

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Twinmumum · 02/01/2018 12:55

...didn’t mean to press enter.
If I use anovulsukn test and it shows positive, should we have sex that day or wait 12ish hours to make it as close to ovulation as possible? Also not sure as I ovulated more than once last time to get twins!

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Santasbigredbobblehat · 02/01/2018 12:55

It won’t make any difference.

FundayMorning · 02/01/2018 12:56

Do it as soon as you get the smiley on the ovulation stick then stop and don't do it again.

You could also try sex from behind - the angle sends the sperm further towards the cervix and the males swim quicker anyway so have a better shot at finding the egg first.

FundayMorning · 02/01/2018 12:57

I think it does make a difference.

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Twinmumum · 02/01/2018 12:57

Sorry for the spelling! an advert keeps popping up over the text box! Grin I thought that might be the case. Oh well, no harm in trying I guess!

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Twinmumum · 02/01/2018 12:58

Interesting! Thank you! Just out of interest why do you stop after one go and not try again?

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Santasbigredbobblehat · 02/01/2018 13:04

You can read about the Shettles method, it says that if you have sex on the day of ovulation there’s more chance of male sperm reaching the egg.

Nancydru · 02/01/2018 13:07

What do you have currently op? Boys or girls?

Growuphelen · 02/01/2018 13:11

OP said another boy and she has twins, so presume two boys

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Twinmumum · 02/01/2018 13:12

I’ve got boy/girl twins. I want to try and get it as close to ovulation as possible, but just not sure when that is in terms of the ovulation sticks. I don’t know whether it would be better to hold off for the day or whether by doing that I’d miss my chance of a bfp altogether!

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Growuphelen · 02/01/2018 13:14

I was wrong then !

Twickerhun · 02/01/2018 13:15

There is no science behind any theory here.

FundayMorning · 02/01/2018 13:29

There is science behind it. Just not scientific proof that it works iyswim. There's certainly scientific theory.

And lots and lots of anecdotal evidence.

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Twinmumum · 02/01/2018 13:32

I get what you mean Smile I’ll be giving it a go anyway!

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Twickerhun · 02/01/2018 13:47

If the dubiously scientific theory had any merit the majority of ivf babies would be boys. They aren’t.

Brownbear84 · 02/01/2018 13:51

We have two girls and also trying for a boy,sort of got caught in the moment though and dtd the day before ovulation then day of ovulation. Also been taking evening primrose oil I read somewhere makes the cervix more favourable for male sperm xx

Oysterbabe · 02/01/2018 14:46

Shettles has been debunked as nonsense and based on incorrect assumptions.
If it worked DD should have been a boy.

DailyMaileatmyshit · 02/01/2018 16:21

Yes, based on this 'science' DS should have been a girl!

headintheproverbial · 02/01/2018 18:21

You know that you've a high chance of more fraternal twins, right?

Tinselistacky · 02/01/2018 18:25

I conceived girls a year apart from only dtd on day 23 of a 28 day cycle. Assume for a boy would need to get busy well before ovulation!

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Twinmumum · 04/01/2018 00:03

I’m going to try the evening primrose oil brownbear! I read that too. Good luck! x

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Twinmumum · 04/01/2018 00:06

Apparently the odds range from a 1 in 4 to 1 in 12 chance 😱😂 hoping for just the 1 this time for many reasons, but if we are blessed with twins again then I’ll count myself lucky :)

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Brownbear84 · 04/01/2018 16:24

Anything is worth a try I think it can't harm can it xx

Bubblegum89 · 04/01/2018 17:42

There’s absolutely no scientific evidence that the shettles method works. It is all coincidence and biologically speaking, you can’t determine the gender of your baby any more than holding a wedding band on a loop of hair over your stomach can tell you what the gender is. I mean, it won’t harm you to try it out but gender assignment is totally random and shettles has been debunked many times so I wouldn’t rely on it as gospel.

DramaAlpaca · 04/01/2018 17:47

I agree that there is no scientific evidence, but anecdotally I can tell you that I have three boys & I know without doubt that all of them were conceived on the day of ovulation.