Did You "Try" for a Boy or Girl & Either Got One or Didnt?

I guess when you come close to loosing a baby like i did with my son it didn't matter what the next one was. And besides I don't think there is anything you can do to get get the sex you want anyways. So why even get worked up over it. I have a friend who did all the stuff to have a girl and ended up with twin boys! I think people need to look past not getting the baby they want and be happy it's healthy

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After 4 years of trying to conceive, and finally getting pregnant with the help of a fertility specialist, we was so happy just to be pregnant we didn't care which it was.
We would've been just as happy with a girl but we had a boy and he's a wonderful child.

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With our second I really wanted a girl and my husband preferred a boy. When we decided to start trying I was looking up positions that would give you better odds of having a girl, my husband thought it was ridiculous and often would say " I only make boys" because he's so manly or something it would be impossible for him to make a girl. So, to humor me when we were trying we only did the positions that are said to give you a better chance of having a girl, and I did get pregnant with a girl.
Sorry, I totally skipped the part where you said you are 5 weeks along, CONGRATS!!

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We weren't trying for a girl per se, but we did conceive our daughter pre-ovulation. I would have been happy either way; but I do love having a daughter and since she's our only child, I don't know anything different.

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We tried for a boy first and then a girl. Worked both times. :) And the "recipe" we used has worked for everyone I've sent it to.

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We have 3 boys--didn't exactly try for it, although I'd always joked that I wanted an army of boys to protect 1 little girl.

We do put great stock in the timing theories. Our 3 boys were conceived on days 14, 15 & 17.

My sister and her hubby have a boy and a girl. The boy was conceived on day 15, the girl on day 10 (they tried to do it this way).

Hubby wants to try for a girl in a few years, so he jokes to me that we'll only have sex once a month--4 days before ovulation, so he can increase the odds of having a girl. We laugh, but I think he may be half serious ;-)

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I have a daughter that I have raised since she was 6 months old. She is my husbands child and the "mother" left right after her birth. I have been with my husband for 18 years now and about 5 years ago we decided to try to get pregnant. It took me 3 years to conceive. I prayed for a blue eyed boy. I went online and looked at the ovulation calendar and the baby boy tracker because I have already experienced raising a baby girl and when i finally got pregnant I was going through a very tough time with my daughter in her teen years. When we went to the specialist to see what we were having I was a nervous wreck being afraid the doctor would tell me I was going to have a girl. I could not sleep the night before. Everyone said I should be ashamed and I should just be happy that I was having a baby. Don't get me wrong, I was very blessed to finally be pregnant but I was going through the worst teen years with our daughter and I knew this was going to be my only baby so I wanted a boy since I had my girl already. I wanted him to have blue eyes so they would be just like my Grandmothers eyes who raised me. That way I will always be able to look into her eyes. I got my blue eyed boy and my girl is on the right track. I am so very blessed. Don't feel bad.

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I was a little sad when I found out my 2nd was another boy. See, I was planning on having my tubes tied and I really wanted one of each. When I found out he was a boy I shed a tear because I had a name picked out and everything. But in about 48 hours I was totally ecstatic that he was who he is.

Today I have 4 healthy boys. My thought is that God has given me a very special job with these guy or He has a really odd sence of humor and I am really in for it. Either which way, I love ALL my boys and am just a lucky mom for them.

Good luck. I wish for you that you have a healthy baby.

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I wanted to give my 1st husband a boy. He grew up in a house full of women, no dad, just mom, sister, aunts and gramma. Then me. He was an Eagle Scout and was really looking forward to having a jr to go camping and fishing with and do guy stuff. I tried to give him a boy. Our daughter is a wonder to behold, but she's all girl. She's 19 now, so, I doubt he'll ever get a boy, but honestly, he never complained, never said it was an issue. It was just something I wanted for him.

It is written somewhere that if the women orgasms the odds are higher for a boy. This worked for me. (2) Boys. Our girl was conceived when we were trying to get pregnant and not too worried about the act itself.

We did read the "how-to" on how to have a boy and loosely followed since we were hoping for a boy but didn't want to put all our eggs in one basket, per say. Anyway, we did get a boy. I know of 2 other women that did the "girl method" and ended up with girls. The girl way is much harder b/c it involves much more planning and a shorter window, but it worked for them!