Inadvertently the month we received 
we followed the Shettles method trying for a 
almost to the T. However, according to the the Chinese Gender chart we will have a 
.
The Shettles method in a nutshell is BD several days before you O a for a and BD only when you O for a . If you used the Shettles method on purpose or like me just happened that way, what was your result?
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blogger / watermelon / 14218 posts
you need to make it multi-select... for us we tried for a boy, got a boy; tried for a girl, got a girl! 
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
We BD O-2 and O, and we had a girl. But we weren't specifically trying for one over another. I don't put any stock in the Chinese gender chart.
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
We didn't "try" for either, but based on our BDing, the Shettles method was correct. We BD'd both times on and right around O date and got a boy both times.
papaya / 10473 posts
We didn't try either way, but according to Shettles we should have a boy, and we did!
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
We didn't try, but it said we'd have a girl and we did.
cantaloupe / 6869 posts
We weren't trying for one gender over the other. However, according to Shettles (DTD at O-4 and O-6) and the Chinese gender chart, we were supposed to have a girl. We had a boy.
cantaloupe / 6791 posts
Ours was O-2 and O, so I guess it could have gone either way, but we got a boy. For my first pregnancy (m/c), it was O-3, O-1, and O, and it was a girl. So who knows.
blogger / eggplant / 11551 posts
We weren't trying for any specific sex, but we did BD on "O" day and got a boy... so it was accurate for us!
nectarine / 2936 posts
We weren't trying for one or the other, but according to how things went down we would've had a boy and we didn't.
persimmon / 1364 posts
We didn't try for any specific sex but based on Shettles we should be having a boy. We're having a girl 
pomelo / 5469 posts
We didn't try for either, but I know I had already O'd when we BD and yet we got a girl.
persimmon / 1194 posts
We didn't try for either but according to shettles we should've have 2 girls and we did! According to the chinese gender predictor we should've had boys both times.
kiwi / 687 posts
Didn't use Shettles but in retrospect our BD pattern would favor boy, which we got! And Chinese thing said he'd be a girl.
pomegranate / 3706 posts
We didn't use the method, but with our timing, according to the method, we would have had 2 boys. We have 2 girls
persimmon / 1328 posts
We didn't try for either but according to this we should have got a girl, but we had a boy!
cantaloupe / 6086 posts
both cases we mostly only BD'd right around O. maybe day of OPK+ and day after (presumably O date). got one girl and one boy.
cantaloupe / 6692 posts
We weren't trying either way but we BD more pre-O than after so we should have had a girl. But we got a little boy!
Chinese chart said girl though.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
Well we did Shettles this month b/c of Dh's travel; it predicts we're having a boy. We'll see!
olive / 55 posts
Didn't try specifically for a girl but according to shettles method we would have had to have a girl considering it was 7 days before O. But no we had a boy. I thought that theory has since been proven wrong and now they say it's the uterus 's pH that determines which sperm is more likely to live in those conditions.
blogger / nectarine / 2600 posts
Both mine are Shelties correct babies though we weren't necessarily trying for those sexes
blogger / nectarine / 2600 posts
@candymum: I think Shelties is debunked simply because of B/G twins since they are probably conceived at the same time so if timing favors one sex then they shouldnt be B/G twins but I guess its been such a popular method its still sticks around. According to Shelties both my kids are correct even if it doesnt mean anything
olive / 55 posts
@Mrs. Chocolate: yeah that makes sense. I read somewhere that it's not that boy sperm is fast and girl sperm is slow. It's actually that girl sperm travels in a zigzag and boy sperm straight. So depending on the conditions of the medium I.e the mucus in your cervix/vagina it can favor one of them more. Also the male may have a slightly higher rate of male or female sperm which also can favor either one. Something interesting I read was that skipping breakfast favors girls as the body thinks it's going into hard times and girls are more resilient ? Anyway I could be saying a loooot of BS here so if anyone reads something wrong rip it to shreds
blogger / nectarine / 2600 posts
@candymum: Honestly I have no idea and your info sounds good to me I dont really know anything about this stuff other than that I thought about B/G twins and realized they are probably conceived around the same time so one favoring wouldnt make sense, I have no science or evidence to back me up either
pineapple / 12566 posts
We didn't specifically try for a gender for either of our babies, but based on BD and when I O'd I think it worked correctly both times.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
We didn't try specifically for gender, but we BD'ed nearly everday and on O day, and ended up with a DS
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