Trying for a boy

[Evergreen]

I am hoping someone understands. I am in the process of ttc right now. I am doing everything that isn't totally invasive to have a little boy:Shettles, boy diet, even timing it by the Chinese gender calander. The other night my husband who actually has always wanted a house full of little girls asked me why I was so committed to having a boy. I did some soul searching and honestly the only reason I can think why it is so important (didn't care either way with the girls) is so there can be one more intact boy/man on the earth. So many people I try to talk to about circumcision brush me off as if my opinion doesn't count since I have only girls.

[tutucrazy]

Hahaha! I want a house of boys. My hubby and I want to add as many intact boys to the population as possible. I always hope that intactivist have boys.

As a side note...
From the 'Now You Can Choose' book:
For having a boy you'd want to DTD on the exact day of your ovulation. This is b/c boy sperm swim faster but do not live as long (only 24 hours). Female sperm are slower swimmers but live longer (a couple days). If you DTD over 24 hours before ovulation only the girl sperm will be left to fertilize the egg. So to try for a girl you'd want to DTD 2-3 days prior to ovulation but not on the day of ovulation. For a boy you'd want to DTD ONLY on the day of your ovulation.

So I have not actually read the book but this is what my mother says that the book tells you to do. This is how she claims to have conceived me. Now this could be complete hogwash but it makes more sense than the Chinese calendars and I've heard of quite a few people who have had success with this method. I know that my son was conceived on my exact ovulation day. The hard part about this is that you have to be sure not to DTD prior to the day of your ovulation. This is a hard thing to do when you are ttc.

[tutucrazy]

I believe this is the book:

http://www.amazon.com/Your-Babys-Sex.../dp/0553204327

[perspective]

Whats funny is I just read an article talking about this:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar...hers-sons.html

[AnalogWife]

Yaaay, one less circ!!! :

I believe my DS was shettled, inadvertently. I wanted a baby but looking back on 12 months of charting my timing was consistently early off until the 12th month I caught the O twice in one day , and voila---BFP and BOY!

GL! I love having an uncirc'd boy. I rarely get in conversations about his status, but my heart beams knowing that his father and I did him right.

[Evergreen]

Both my girls were inadvertently Shettled too. Dang! I'm rich either!

[perspective]

What does "shettled" mean?

[BabyHaysMama]

I agree with tutucrazy. We conceived DS1 2 days after my ovulation signs (mucus) and DS2 the day I had signs of ovulation. I had heard this theory before so I wasn't too surprised that they both were boys.

[purplestraws]

I was ecstatic we were having another boy...and honestly, a good portion of it was that it meant that there would be another little boy that could be left whole...the way he was meant to be. I wouldn't ever really tell anyone that...except my husband, that is...because I know people would think I was weird and crazy.

I'd love a little girl some day...but I'd also be very happy to have lots of little boys. I love little boys in general...they're SO much fun...but it's just a bonus that our family recognizes that it's better to just leave the poor kid's penis alone.

[MCatLvrMom2A&X]

I actively used shettles timing to get my ds. I didnt do the diet but I made sure to follow the no bd rule without protection until I was sure I was going to o in the next 24 hours. Charting was a huge help.

After all the grief I put up with over saying that I wouldnt circ it was such a relief/pleasure to stand by my word and keep ds just how he was meant to be.

[BlessedMommy2006]

I totally understand! I wanted a boy this time so that I could add another intact boy to the population. DH wanted a boy so that he could see what a foreskin looked like. We got our little boy.

[Evergreen]

Originally Posted by BlessedMommy2006

I totally understand! I wanted a boy this time so that I could add another intact boy to the population. DH wanted a boy so that he could see what a foreskin looked like. We got our little boy.

Congratulations!

[liseux]

I can relate! I wanted a boy the 1st time b/c I was so anti-circ and I got 5 boys in a row!

[Evergreen]

I guess we could say you are really doing your part to promote intactivism!

[zinemama]

Much as I am against RIC, I think that is a really strange reason to want a boy. It's like you want him for his penis alone and what you won't do to it. That just kind of squicks me out.

[Evergreen]

I know it actually squirks me out too which is why I posted this.

[BlessedMommy2006]

Originally Posted by zinemama

Much as I am against RIC, I think that is a really strange reason to want a boy. It's like you want him for his penis alone and what you won't do to it. That just kind of squicks me out.

I forgot to add that I also wanted a boy because of the fact that my first baby was a girl, hehe.

[MCatLvrMom2A&X]

: 2 kids was the limit for me and since I had a dd I wanted a ds. Back then the anti circ movement wasnt even something I was aware of didnt even have internet access.

[Evergreen]

Just so no one gets the wrong idea:

I want a baby period. I would not be upset or anything if it was a girl, but I do have that boy preference.

[tutucrazy]

Originally Posted by zinemama

Much as I am against RIC, I think that is a really strange reason to want a boy. It's like you want him for his penis alone and what you won't do to it. That just kind of squicks me out.

No we don't "want them for their penis". We want to have boys for many other reasons too. It's just in this crazy genital-cutting world it is nice to be able to say, "hey, I have an intact boy and he is perfectly happy and healthy". This is often one of the most powerful forms of intactivism, thy own experience.