Do you believe in the baby dust/shettles method to conceive a boy or girl?

[Sparklythings1]

We already have a little boy and are now ready to try for baby #2. Ideally we hope to have three children so I would be delighted with a boy or girl this time but I would (in theory) like to experience both if I was lucky enough to have another so it would be nice to have a girl now then leave the last one up to fate.

I’ve been loosely following the babydust method and ‘trying’ 2 days before ovulation with only one attempt. It says boy’s are conceived closer to/on ovulation day so you should go no closer than 2 days out for a girl. This could be a load of nonsense and I’ve seen so many mixed reviews on it. I’m aware this could be lowering our chances of conceiving though and we’re on cycle #3 so far. Should I just forget this method and do it every other day or is there any truth to it do you think?

@SaulHudsonDavidJones oh that’s interesting, people will say it’s just chance but it does seem to work for a lot of people 🤔

@middleofthelittle I had no idea boys were more likely to be miscarried!

How does it work when there's only 2 outcomes 😂

It's going to 'work' half the time! 😂😂😂

It's exactly the same as flipping a coin but standing on one leg hoping for a tails.

If it lands on tails do you really believe its because you stood on one leg? Or is it just tails because half the time it's going to be tails?

How did things work out OP?

My little girl is sleeping beside me 😊 it works! (Or does for me anyway) 😂

Just in case anyone else sees this old thread - I’ve just read back what I was originally trying. I got a negative 3 months in a row doing that so decided on the 4th attempt to still leave it 2 days before ovulation but to try a few days in a row prior to this. I thought if the male sperm was going to die off anyway in the 2 days then it wouldn’t harm anything to have a couple of extra goes (The baby dust method said not to do this I’m sure because it altered the PH environment). Did it anyway, got pregnant and sure enough had a girl 😊 My friend mentioned on the month she was successful (just in getting pregnant) they only tried once 3 days before ovulation. She also had a girl. Hardly conclusive evidence but it worked for me and if I ever do go on to have a third I’m not going to do any swaying and would just have a surprise when baby is born (for the first time) so it has worked out perfect 😊

DTD bang on ovulation with first child, came out a girl.

If you a flip a coin wherever it lands is the same likelihood of the method working.

It’s a load of rubbish. I have fertility issues so ovulation was triggered meaning I timed sex exactly on day before and day of ovulation and it resulted in 2 girls.