Myth-bust getting pregnant and TTCing "old wives" tales with Clearblue: chance to win £250 NOW CLOSED

[AnnMumsnet]

We have all heard "old wives" tales about how to get pregnant and now the team at Clearblue would love to hear which ones you have heard of - and which you believe in and which are a load of tosh!

Inspired by threads like this, they'd also love you to share the myths/ pre conceived (gettit)! notions you had before you TTCed about DTD and trying to get pregnant - what was an absolute revelation to you once you entered the land of TTCing?

Clearblue say "At Clearblue we love hearing about the journey women go on when trying to get pregnant, and especially when our products have been able to help in some way, please do share your experiences on this thread!"

Everyone who posts will be entered into a prize draw where one lucky MNer will win a £250 Love2Shop voucher.

Please note your comments and photos may be included on Clearblue's website and social media channels, and possibly elsewhere, so please only post if you're comfortable with this.

Thanks and good luck,
MNHQ

You can tell if you are having a boy or a girl by how your bump lies , I don't think this is true

Pillow under bum and legs in the air was one I actually believed for a long time! Then of course there the old myth that you can't get pregnant if you have sex standing up!

this actually worked for me, i drank an awful lot of grapefruit juice and ate lots grapefruits for about three months and i git p-regnant after a year of trying

I don't believe any of them

I guess legs in the air or using certain positions to fall pregnant are the most common myths. I do believe that the stress of trying TOO hard can be counter productive. That is not to say that telling someone to relax about it WILL make it happen, since for some people, it is unfortunately not going to work. I do think it is the first option to try though

I do have a magic formula which predicts the sex of the child, or when to try for him or her.

i struggled for 4 years to conceive and was told by a number of friends and family to stick my legs in the air as if doing bicycle exercises and within weeks of doing this i was pregnant with my eldest.....i can see people are saying its a myth but it worked for me or i just conceived and believe this helped but what ever it was i have been blessed

Avoid morning sex, only have sex during the hours of darkness lol

The only sure fire way that worked for me was having sex.

lol Esme's gran told her to have a cold bath then do the deed and then lie on her stomach for half an hour... she tried it once and guess what....no it never worked

Our first was unexpected! Then the following five came along with the help of your digital ovulation kits!

My old Gran used to say that having a "union" outside meant you would never conceive! Love that.

Having already had a boy we tried some of the old wives tales to try and have a girl the second time round (laying off the red meat and having more dairy products, having sex earlier in the cycle, and some of the weirder ones like only doing it on even days of the month and putting a wooden spoon under the bed and a pink ribbon under the pillow). And sure enough at the 20 week scan we found out we were having another little boy.

Someone told me, that if you share a bottle of home made wine, pregnancy is a sure thing (really?!) So thought we'd give it a go.

Managed to get hold of a bottle from a friends Dad. Think it might have been Blueberry & Bile flavour but to be honest, it was hard to tell.
First few sips were a struggle but we persevered.

Well, the next 24 hours are hazy mix of having to sleep on the bathroom floor because I couldn't be too far from the loo (nice) and feeling like I may have been run over at some point but couldn't remember it happening. The headache lasted for 3 days! Not really ideal for some "making babies" time.

Eating cereal for breakfast will give you boys!

I thought it would be really easy! You always hear about people who miss one pill and get pregnant. So I thought it would happen the first month!

omg when we tried for my little girl we tried lots of things, eating certain foods, certain positions for sex and lying with your feet against the wall and your bum on a pillow lol We also had sex on certain days , it was all very organised and not much fun ............but we did end up with a little girl so well worth it :)

I believe the one about women getting pregnant when they are not trying, it happens all the time! Not sure about the tip of putting your legs in the air after sex though in order to conceive!

Less kicking meant a boy, as they are lazier than girls.

I don't believe in old wives tales at all

Just relax... in my case what worked was giving up the idea after some years, working on a crisis, 12 hour days 6 days a week for 6 months. So yes, was distracted from ttc, but certainly not relaxed!

Eating pineapple

I tried the old wives tale of raising your hips on pillows for ages and I did get pregnant so I believe it LOL

about eating shellfish to increase libido and therefore increase chances of getting pregnant. uurrgg nasty.

put your legs up on the wall to let the sperm swim down quicker. i actually believe it