https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:41:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-thr-shettles-method-accurate-for-you#post-1841752 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 08:24:22 +0000 mrsjyw 1841752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't try specifically for gender, but we BD'ed nearly everday and on O day, and ended up with a DS :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-thr-shettles-method-accurate-for-you#post-1841666 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 06:49:11 +0000 lamariniere 1841666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-thr-shettles-method-accurate-for-you#post-1841651 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 05:27:10 +0000 Mrs. Chocolate 1841651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@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 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-thr-shettles-method-accurate-for-you#post-1841632 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 02:46:22 +0000 candymum 1841632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@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 :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-thr-shettles-method-accurate-for-you#post-1841148 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 18:52:13 +0000 Mrs. Chocolate 1841148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@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 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-thr-shettles-method-accurate-for-you#post-1841146 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 18:50:28 +0000 Mrs. Chocolate 1841146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both mine are Shelties correct babies though we weren't necessarily trying for those sexes </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-thr-shettles-method-accurate-for-you#post-1841044 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 18:03:32 +0000 candymum 1841044@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-thr-shettles-method-accurate-for-you#post-1840930 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 16:20:41 +0000 kml636 1840930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>According to shettles I should have two boys and I have two girls! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-thr-shettles-method-accurate-for-you#post-1840774 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 14:42:48 +0000 blackbird 1840774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well we did Shettles this month b/c of Dh's travel; it predicts we're having a boy. We'll see! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-thr-shettles-method-accurate-for-you#post-1840764 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 14:36:36 +0000 artsyfartsy 1840764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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!</p> <p>Chinese chart said girl though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-thr-shettles-method-accurate-for-you#post-1840757 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 14:31:47 +0000 bhbee 1840757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-thr-shettles-method-accurate-for-you#post-1840740 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 14:22:47 +0000 Bubbles 1840740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't try for either but according to this we should have got a girl, but we had a boy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-thr-shettles-method-accurate-for-you#post-1840681 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:43:28 +0000 erinpye 1840681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't use the method, but with our timing, according to the method, we would have had 2 boys. We have 2 girls :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-thr-shettles-method-accurate-for-you#post-1840671 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:35:36 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1840671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@leelee: same for us. BD=2 girls, Chinese chart =2 boys. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-thr-shettles-method-accurate-for-you#post-1840659 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:32:25 +0000 anandam 1840659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-thr-shettles-method-accurate-for-you#post-1840625 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:22:51 +0000 leelee 1840625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-thr-shettles-method-accurate-for-you#post-1840590 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:14:00 +0000 illumina 1840590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't try for either, but I know I had already O'd when we BD and yet we got a girl. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-thr-shettles-method-accurate-for-you#post-1840579 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:08:11 +0000 Meowkers 1840579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't try for any specific sex but based on Shettles we should be having a boy. We're having a girl :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-thr-shettles-method-accurate-for-you#post-1840527 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:52:55 +0000 mrs. 64 1840527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-thr-shettles-method-accurate-for-you#post-1840515 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:49:57 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1840515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-thr-shettles-method-accurate-for-you#post-1840502 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:47:04 +0000 lilteacherbee 1840502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-thr-shettles-method-accurate-for-you#post-1840497 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:46:09 +0000 MrsKoala 1840497@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-thr-shettles-method-accurate-for-you#post-1840486 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:42:40 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1840486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: updated with multi-voting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-thr-shettles-method-accurate-for-you#post-1840477 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:40:54 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1840477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't try, but it said we'd have a girl and we did. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-thr-shettles-method-accurate-for-you#post-1840474 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:40:02 +0000 Boheme 1840474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't try either way, but according to Shettles we should have a boy, and we did! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-thr-shettles-method-accurate-for-you#post-1840473 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:39:48 +0000 loveisstrange 1840473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't try, but based on it it was correct. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-thr-shettles-method-accurate-for-you#post-1840472 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:38:53 +0000 Adira 1840472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-thr-shettles-method-accurate-for-you#post-1840458 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:35:40 +0000 lawbee11 1840458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>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. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-thr-shettles-method-accurate-for-you#post-1840457 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:35:26 +0000 mrs. wagon 1840457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>you need to make it multi-select... for us we tried for a boy, got a boy; tried for a girl, got a girl! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-thr-shettles-method-accurate-for-you#post-1840449 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:32:46 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1840449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Inadvertently the month we received :bfp: we followed the Shettles method trying for a :boy: almost to the T. However, according to the the Chinese Gender chart we will have a :girl: .</p> <p>The Shettles method in a nutshell is BD several days before you O a for a :girl: and BD only when you O for a :boy: . If you used the Shettles method on purpose or like me just happened that way, what was your result? </p>