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Dtd every other day and the day of ovulation. Did u conceive a boy or girl with this ?

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Mina8620 · 07/02/2025 17:27

I know that if u do the Dtd before ovulation and not on the day u conceive a girl. But with my boys I just Dtd every other day after my period and on my ovulation day I did too. I know it's not 100% but the replies ive read stack up. Wonder what women got who have carried on till the day of ovulation. Wonder what u guys found. Just curious to know

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sky1267 · 07/02/2025 17:29

I don’t think this is how it works. It’s random.

thehorsesareallidiots · 07/02/2025 17:33

You don't know that, because that is not how it works. Shettles has been extensively discredited.

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 07/02/2025 17:51

Confused That's really not how it works.

Overthebow · 07/02/2025 17:52

I did that both times and have a boy and a girl.

Businessflake · 07/02/2025 17:53

This can’t be serious?

DoYouFeelLikeAPlasticBag · 07/02/2025 17:53

What?😂

Springflowersmakeforbetterhours · 07/02/2025 17:54

I had 2 x dd's a year apart only dtd on day 23 of a 28 day cycle
. Dp worked away so I know precisely when!

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 07/02/2025 17:55

This is basically what we did. Didn't realise it had a name. We have a son and a daughter. HTH.

AyrnotAir · 07/02/2025 17:55

Shettles method isn't reliable. At all.

MillicentMaybe · 07/02/2025 17:55

What does it matter? I fail to understand this desperation to know the sex of your baby before birth. Finding out ourselves when our babies were born was utterly magical!

Quinlan · 07/02/2025 17:55

Do none of you understand biology?
The sex has nothing to do with the woman or her ovulation cycle. It comes down to the sperm.

BathtimeScroller · 07/02/2025 17:59

2 girls - both conceived as one offs on day of ovulation

DoYouFeelLikeAPlasticBag · 07/02/2025 17:59

Quinlan · 07/02/2025 17:55

Do none of you understand biology?
The sex has nothing to do with the woman or her ovulation cycle. It comes down to the sperm.

By 'non of you' do you just mean OP?

To3ornot · 07/02/2025 18:09

We did every other day until after ovulation with our boy and just on ovulation day with both our girls. I’m sure it’s random though!

lnks · 07/02/2025 18:11

I did that all 4 times and had both boys and girls

Plaitedplait · 07/02/2025 18:11

Every other day - conceived a girl very quickly both times. No idea when I ovulated.

lnks · 07/02/2025 18:12

Quinlan · 07/02/2025 17:55

Do none of you understand biology?
The sex has nothing to do with the woman or her ovulation cycle. It comes down to the sperm.

None of us said that. Just the OP

TheLurpackYears · 07/02/2025 18:14

Dtd all the bloomin time for first dc- a girl.
Twice on ovulation - boy

Original poster
Mina8620 · 07/02/2025 21:30

No I am not going to credit the negative comments it was simply because I wanted to know the method and how it swayed myself. I have both genders and I don't feel less or more for one but I also am curious and I'm allowed to be 😊

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thehorsesareallidiots · 07/02/2025 21:38

It's not a "method", and you can't "sway". Shettles just... randomly decided that the two different types of sperm he was looking at were "boy sperm" and "girl sperm", and obviously the faster-moving ones were boy sperm 🧐. He was dead wrong. It is, and always has been, horseshit, but you have a 50% chance of getting what you want anyway, which is more than enough for confirmation bias.

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