We Want Baby Number 3 to Be a Boy

Hi B.! Certain positions or foods have nothing to do with gender. Read the book "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" by Toni Weschler (sp?). She talks about when to have sex within your fertile cycle to achive the gender you want. Although, I don't think any method is a guarantee.

I have read that if you conceive later in your ovulation cycle, you are more likely to have a boy. It worked for my husband and me. I used the electronic ovulation testing kit and waited til I got the "smiley face" - then we tried the next day. Obviously, it can't be guaranteed but it's worth a try! The only problem is that if you don't get pregnant on that try, you are less likely to have another chance in the same ovulation cycle... So it could take longer to get pregnant

Sorry to say this, but there is no way to plan to have a certain sex. Just pray that God gives you a healthy baby. If its ment to be you'll have a boy next. Best wishes.

I second the mention of the Chinese Birth Chart. I haven't used it to plan yet, but have checked it with many babies (including myself & siblings!) and it has always been correct!

I created a prettier version of it myself at http://chinesebirthchart.bestwd.com/ You match the age of the mother at conception with the month of conception.

I also want our second child to be a boy, whenever we decide we are going to have a second! So, to help with planning I made another page to help with that! LOL http://chinesebirthchart.bestwd.com/dates.php

You select YOUR birth month and put in year (so it can calculate your age) and then select a month and enter a year for the chart to start with. It recreates a few years worth of the Chinese Birth Chart data specific to your age and the month/year.

Yes, I get a little bored sometimes.... haha!

I hope it works!!

Hi B.,

I have two kids, a 19 year old girl and a 13 year old boy. Just for the fun of it,I checked the Chinese chart. It was right with one and wrong with the other,so I would say it is right half of the time,not 99% like it says. I understand that you want a boy. I have one of each,a six year age difference,and I wouldn't change a thing. We did not plan it that way,but I love the age it. Good luck on whatever sex you have,as long as the baby is healthy.

C.

I too have two girls and desperately wanted a boy. I did a TON of research on the topic and found a great site on babycenter.com called y wishers. There were so many tips on this site. I followed all suggestions on the site and it worked! Not sure if this was why we had a boy but I thought the more we could "sway" the odds in our favor the better. Hope that helps.

My husband and I also used the Shettles method to conceive a boy. Just thought it would be interesting to try and we did have a slight preference for a boy. We have a boy, not sure if it worked or if we'd have had a boy either way, doesn't matter much really. (The Chinese Calender said I would have a girl.)

I am one that believes in many things, but with this it is up to your genetics and a higher power.

Many of the old wives tales are just old wives tales~ in this case, I totally believe it is matter of coincidence.

I feel if you do conceive, then consider it a blessing as so many others have tried or are trying and are unsuccessful and they would just be happy with any baby. I see many coming in to see me and it just breaks my heart to see their struggle.

Best of luck and may your third baby be blessed and healthy.

Check out a GREAT website before you ttc a boy. It is filled with advice and methods.

http://in-gender.com

Hi there. With all 4 of my kids I used the Chinese birthing chart to check the sex of the baby after I was prego. Here's a link to it.
http://mypage.direct.ca/j/jfeng/gender.htm
It was right for all of my kids. I have used it to determine sex of LOTS of babies of friends and it has been right 9 out of 10 times. Maybe you can use it to decide when to get prego.

There are so many baby boys that need adopting. It's a wonderful way to add your family and from certain countries you could probably be guaranteed a boy (China for example has a shortage of parents requesting boys, and with international adoption you can adopt an infant (sometimes as young as 6 months). We adopted through Holt International www.holtinternational.org/adoption, but Bethany www.bethany.org is local and is also an excellent agency. I know you are talking about conception, but I just thought I would suggest adoption in case you hadn't thought of it. If you have any questions about adoption, please feel free to contact me (I have a daughter whom we adopted and a biological son).

~A.

hi there,
i think its just luck? i know several people who wanted a boy after a couple girls and they got another girl every time HEEHH but you never know... good luck!!!!!!

the chinese calendar was accurate for us..we are having a boy which is surprising because there are no boys in our family but i look at it as just a coincidence. were being blessed with what were supposed to have. i understand you want a boy but you just gotta wait and see what fate has planned for u.

Lol i am sorry bonny but god makes those decisions all you can do is try for another and if god says a boy than its a boy. The reason is its true!! we are currently expecting. I want a boy i have one boy three girls. I went 3 weeks ago it was 98 percent a boy and than i went a week ago it was 05 percent a girl. So really we dont know what we are having. Its all in gods hands

I too also used Dr. Shettles method twice and (for me) it worked twice. My first child is a son, so I used the method and my second child was a girl. I also used it again for my third, a girl. I got the book from the library. I think it was called - How to choose the Sex of your child by Dr. Shettles. Mostly, it was timing with a bit of position choice and diet - for both partners. The hardest part was the timing. Sometimes months went by because we did not get it right.