not disney related...but have to ask

[bethbuchall]

I think the Drs say if you have 3 same gender kids the fourth will be the same. Has been the case for all the ones that I know.

My brother and sister-in-law had three boys and then a girl. I don't think they were "trying" for a girl, but I don't know that for a fact.

Beth

 

[Dina]

No, honestly I wouldn't. I have two boys, and we are thinking about a third as well. I can't say that a girl wouldn't be really nice, but I wouldn't do anything to make it a girl rather than a boy. I don't think there is anything wrong with doing that-- I just personally don't care what the sex is-.

 

[mask_w03]

We tried for a girl too and got a wonderful little one. If you hae sex a few days befor ovulation your chances for a girl are better, if you try (day before,day of,day after) chances for a boy are better. It's all due to the boy sperm being fast, but don't live long and the girl sperm live longer and aren't fast.

We ended up getting a Clear Blue Easy fertility monitor to help us, mainly since it was taking 6months already to get pg and my ob suggested it would help me know when and if I was ovulating.

Good luck and both the books mentioned so far are great!

 

[JennyW]

I've read both the Choosing the Sex of your Baby book and Taking Charge of your Fertility. Both good books with sound information. We didn't try one method or another for our first child, we just tried to get pregnant during my most fertile days. This should have produced a boy, but we got a girl. Our theory is that my husband was very active in martial arts at the time, probably lowering the number of his male sperm. For the second, we didn't try anything special, and we got a boy. My husband was not active in exercise at the time. So another thing I suggest, if you're trying a boy, is to make sure your husband isn't terribly active or overheated in a certain sensitive area. It will lower your boy sperm count. =)

Good luck!

jenny

 

[matthew&haleysmom]

I hope that you get what you want!

It took us 2 years to concieve our beautiful 6 year old girl! When we were ready to start trying for another child, my dh wanted a boy. The SINGLE GUYS who worked for him told him ways to have a boy. DH came home and told me we were going to concieve a boy that night. I couldn't quit laughing! However, we did concieve that night and it was a BOY! I still can't believe my DH took the advice of a bunch of single guys with no children. But I'm not complaining!

 

[graciespeaks]

Oh my! Some of the folks here are something!
Clearly a baby of any sex is a great blessing! But its only natural for a parent to want a boy or girl! AND of coarse we all want a healthy baby!!! Why can't we want it all !!!
Even if one of my two WONDERFUL children ( DS 10 and DD 6 ) had a handicapp I would still want THEM, no exchanges!!!!!!
So to "kind of" slap someones hand for wanting a boy or a girl, seems silly. We all want a Healthy baby, but if the baby is not healthy do we love them less?? NO!!!!!! If we want a girl and its a boy do we love them less?? NO!!!!!!

But to the OP! I really believe that a COLD shower will help bring on a girl and a hot one for a boy!
My Daughter was conceived after my husband had been out in the cold!!
Good Luck and I hope you get that healthy baby girl!!

 

[Momerath]

What an entertaining thread! I wanted to comment on the boxer/brief thing sameyeyam posted, I find that interesting because we are expecting a little princess per the ultrasound and my husband wears briefs! I didn't chart my temperature or time anything...we got romantic without protection and poof we're expecting. We are both so excited to be parents to a little girl and are grateful for such a healthy pregnancy, but DH hopes for a son someday...I'll have to tell him to wear boxes next time around!

 

[rainy~daze]

we had a boy in 2001, when we got pregnant again the following February, i wanted another little boy so bad, when I found out he would be a she, i was actually sad. But kept telling myself it all happens for a reason. My dear little DD is now 3 1/2 and i don't think a day has gone by that we haven't looked at her and said, THANK GOD SHE'S A LITTLE GIRL!! she is so magical, so is my DS(and they are the best of friends), but every day it just confirms our belief that everything happens for a reason!!! The joy they both bring to our lives, I know they were meant to our babies!!

 

[hockeymomoftwo]

We used both books and it didn't work for us. We concieved another boy. Love being the queen of my castle now and if we were to have another I think I would be leaning towards a boy.

 

[grlpwrd]

Well, I am a mom of 4 dd's and a surprise son. I used to belong the boards at parentsoup.com and parentplace.com (which is now ivillage.com) and was heavily involved in gender selection issues. When some of the women went too far and even to the point of going to clinics and doctors to increase their chances to get their preferred gender (with certain procedures) ...and did and said crazy things if they did not get their preferred gender... I pulled away and quit going to those boards altogether. For us, we didn't do anything to increase our chances either way - we just let it be. I had 3 daughters, a surprise son, then another daughter. Really, after my research time and time again it was 50-50 no matter what except if you completed a gender selection procedure proven to increase your chances.

I was among women who knew the vast majority of studies proving that the Shettles method did not work based on scientific research, but it was cheap and seemingly promising. Those who really wanted more proven results and who could basically afford it used Microsort sperm spinning, Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, or the Ericsson albumin method.

Yes, clearly all children are gifts no matter what gender.

 

[noodleknitter]

I always thought it was silly when asked if they want a boy or girl they say, "I just want a healthy baby". Really? I would never have guessed that. LOL
I understand where they are coming from but there is nothing wrong with dreaming of one or the other. Just because you are dreaming of pink and are blessed with blue it in no way means you won't love your little bundle the same.

Silly? How odd. We didn't care which sex our babies were, and were just incredibly thankful that they were born healthy. Not caring about the gender isn't silly.

 

[sara74]

Here I am PG with #3. And we already had one of each so this was the 'bonus' baby. It didn't matter what the sex was at all. Ecept that little girl clothes are so DARN CUTE!!!! So knowing this baby is another little boy, I am resigned to more stripes and dinosaurs. If I have a gender preference, it is entirely clothing related - not child related. DS is sweet and gentle and kind and he and DD adore each other and we couldn't ask for more....

I will say that the poster who mentioned that if you have several children of one gender you are more likely to continue with that gender is somewhat right. The mom's 'environment' may favor X over Y or vice versa, so if a family does have 3 little girls, they are more likely to have a fourth than to have a little boy. Not 100% but still more likely. It is not a 50/50 each time.

When we were TTC DS we were 'trying' for a boy, figuring we had a DD and would like one of each. The week we conceived Newsweek ran a cover story on how most of these methods are baloney! Whatever the reason (and DH attributes it to him having a fever that week) we have our DS and are glad to have another next month!