Did anyone conceive contrary to settles/babydust method?

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I want gender to be a surprise but I have heard a lot of people swearing by the babydust method. One thing babydust method says is having sex multiple times near, or on ovulation day almost guarantees a boy whereas having sex once a few days before ovulation is more likely to mean a girl and if that's the case then I pretty much already know what gender. Does anyone have experience of the opposite happening, I'm trying to convince myself it's still a surprise?

Not even heard of this before. I had sex the day before ovulation and I am having a girl.

I conceived on ovulation day and had 3 girls

I should add that this goes against that method so I don’t believe in jt

I conceived each time on ovulation day and had three boys.

I don't believe it either, pure coincidence.

Conceived on ovulation day & having a girl.

I don’t believe in any of those methods if I’m honest x

It’s genetics. I don’t see how timing could impact anything..?

@RedRobin100

It’s genetics. I don’t see how timing could impact anything..?

I think the theory is that ‘boy’ sperm are faster, but don’t tend to live as long whereas ‘girl’ sperm are slower but live longer. So if you have sex a few days before ovulation then you’re more likely to conceive a girl as the fast boy sperm have died, but if you have sex very close to ovulation then it’s more likely to be a boy as they get there first.

It’s basically chance.

Still not sold I don’t think - although am definitely not a geneticist!

It’s really 50/50 when it comes to the sex (not gender) at conception. It’s probably more important to know that conception is most likely in the 6 days prior to ovulation.

This can’t be true! The sex is determined by the sperm? How would it work?

@TheAbbotOfUnreason

It’s really 50/50 when it comes to the sex (not gender) at conception. It’s probably more important to know that conception is most likely in the 6 days prior to ovulation.

You mean 6 days AFTER ovulation?

@TheAbbotOfUnreason. Sorry, what I meant was your fertile what can be the 6 days prior to ovulation, but conception can only actually occur after ovulation
Fertile window and conception/actual fertilisation being different things

Our 3 DCs (1dd, 2ds) were all the opposite of what you'd expect from that method.

Have you ever heard of boy/girl twins?!

I believe this theory has been de-bunked. There's no evidence that sperm is faster or slower depending on whether it's a girl or boy. I thinks odds are affected by the number of girl and boy sperms the man carries. Some men have more boy sperm and some have more girl - this is genetic. So, as the woman, there's not much sway you can have to be honest.

I really don't think it is as simple as that

Dc1 sex once few days before ovulation
Girl

Dc2 sex frequently around ovulation
Boy

Dc3 sex frequently around ovulation
Girl

Dc4 sex frequently around ovulation
Girl

Dc5 sex frequently around ovulation
Girl

Dc6 sex once few days before ovulation
Boy

Dc7 sex once few days before ovulation
Boy

Dc8 sex once 6 days before period due
Girl

[quote RedRobin100]@TheAbbotOfUnreason. Sorry, what I meant was your fertile what can be the 6 days prior to ovulation, but conception can only actually occur after ovulation
Fertile window and conception/actual fertilisation being different things[/quote]
Timing of Sexual Intercourse in Relation to Ovulation — Effects on the Probability of Conception, Survival of the Pregnancy, and Sex of the Baby

CONCLUSIONS
Among healthy women trying to conceive, nearly all pregnancies can be attributed to intercourse during a six-day period ending on the day of ovulation. For practical purposes, the timing of sexual intercourse in relation to ovulation has no influence on the sex of the baby.

www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199512073332301

The perm have to be in place before the egg is released as the spermicide
Live longer than the egg and have a fair way to swim t go meet the egg. So yes sex before ovulation conceives babies.

both times everything was pretty much the same for me and I have a boy and a girl.

It's all down to the sperm. Nothing else at all

Sorry wriggling tiny baby - keeps knocking my phone so I can't type

I think I'd question the scientific rigour of any method called "babydust."

@DoobryWhatsit

Have you ever heard of boy/girl twins?!

Surely this is all the evidence you need that it’s nonsense OP?

Anecdotally I always conceive on day of ovulation and have 2 girls.

@SockQueen

I think I'd question the scientific rigour of any method called "babydust."

This is an extremely good point