Baby sex and ovulation - your experiences!

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I'm really curious about this theory. It states that men create more male sperm on average because male sperm is weaker as is a male fetus (so more male sperm is created to compensate). Male sperm is also quicker. Therefore if you have sex on the day of ovulation you are more likely to have a boy.

Alternatively, if you have sex around 4 days before ovulation, then the female sperm is more likely to 'stick around' as it is stronger and be picked up on the ovulation date.

For anyone who tracked their ovulation dates and pregnancy - has this been true for you? I've heard it a lot but want to see how often it works!

It's calles The Shettles Method

In my case, it’s definetly true!
Fell pregnant with DS after having sex on the day of my ovulation.

I have 2 DCs and pregnant with DC3 now, and I’m aware of my ovulation (regardless of TTC, I’ve always tracked it as I get ovulation symptoms more than I get symptoms during my period). All have been conceived very close to ovulation (eg day before/day of/day after).

I have two boys and pregnant with a girl, so no idea if that proves or disproves the theory!

Obviously this is just anecdotal, but I have three boys and I'm as certain as I can be that all of them were conceived on the day of ovulation.

I didn't track ovulation as the tests available now weren't around when I was having my family but I had a 28 day regular cycle and I knew when I was ovulating.

Sorry OP it’s been pretty much debunked www.google.co.uk/amp/s/theconversation.com/amp/mondays-medical-myth-you-can-control-the-sex-of-your-baby-12896
Any ‘positive’ stories are just anecdotal and coincidence afaik

I conceived dd's a year apart, both times dtd on day 23 of a 28 day cycle. I know this for sure as dh worked away!!

I think the Shettles method has been debunked.

I conceived a girl with sex days before ovulation, and a girl with sex just before ovulation.

Hm we dtd every other day on the cycles we conceived and I have a boy and I am pregnant with I think a second boy (sonographer not 100%) so I'd say it isn't true.

Sorry OP, there’s no evidence to suggest that the Shettles Method works.

Personally when I was TTC I was so desperate to get pregnant and so I bothered by the baby’s sex I wouldn’t have risked only having sex further away from ovulation as I wanted to maximise our chances, so we had sex three days before, two days before, the day before and day of ovulation.

Just watched a video where a vlogger explains so clearly why it doesn't work. Watch:

Oh well! I guess we just have to let nature take it's course after all

Have a look at the genderdreaming website. They've researched this subject to death and concluded that to conceive a girl you should have sex once every 4 days. Which day you dtd is not important. It's very different to the Shettles theory.

Both pregnancies I had sex once the month I conceived, first time was 5 days before ovulation and had a boy, second time I had sex the day of ovulation and had a girl.

Fairly sure from GCSE biology that men do produce equal amounts of male and female sperm - they have X and Y chromosomes so when the DNA splits (I know this is simple explanation) you get two sperm, one with an X and one with a Y.

It was true for me. I knew I’d be ovulating on our wedding day and we conceived a honeymoon boy. I had pregnancy symptoms and stopped drinking before the end of the two weeks.

We then had a DD and had deliberately waited until day 3 of ovulation, to try and facilitate this. Not that I would have minded another DS, but we thought we may at least have a go.

Not for any particular reason as we really didn't care which sex our babies were, DH and I used the Shettles method for all three of our children. We had the 1 girl and 2 boys we planned. I was given the book by a friend who had 2 girls and 2 boys she planned. Coincidence or not 7 out of 7 is not bad.

So far it’s true for me - DD was conceived around 3 days prior to ovulation and DS was conceived the day of ovulation.

I’m now pregnant with no3 - I think conceived around 3 days before ovulation so we’ll see if this one follows the theory and is a girl!

True for me for my boy and girl...

My ivf baby is a girl. She swam faster. Shettles is hokum. 50(ish)% of people will have it ring true.

Which are you hoping for op? If its girl do you want one badly enough to possibly miss your other fertile days and reduce your chances of having a baby overall? Fwiw we had sex every day on the run up to ovulation (didn't care) and we are having a boy, but our dating scan put me forward 3 days so it would seem he was conceived a few days before ovulation?

This is bunkum. I conceived my son two days before ovulation and my daughter on the day of ovulation

@MrFlibblesEyes do you actually know when you ovulated ( I mean, were you tracking)? Dating scans putting dates forward don't mean you conceived before ovulation (which is impossible!), It means that your measurements are bigger than the 50% percentile for your ovulation date and they then back calculate an EDD as if you did conceive earlier!