Moms of girls, a few questions about conceiving

I have been reading different books and different things online, and was just wondering if some of the information held true.

Did you cut out all caffeine?

Did you increase your dairy?

(TMI-sorry) Did you use a lubricant (they say it lowers your PH)?

Do you know how many days before O that you conceived?

Did you drink alot of diet soda, crystal light, or stuff with aspartame?

Anything else special that you did to help you conceive?

Thank you

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I did not cut out caffeine

I always have a lot of dairy

No lubricant

I never have aspartame

I drank grapefruit juice daily, and did put my legs up after BDing LOL

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Message edited 9/8/2011 9:05:42 AM.

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I dont remember which CD I conceived DD but I do know that cycle I did increase my full fat dairy intake and cut out caffeine. I was on cycle #8 of TTC and wanted to try some other things to help things along. not sure if that worked to help us conceive a girl or not. But I didnt do any of that when TTC baby #2 and we had a boy. dont know if there is a correlation there or not.

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Did you cut out all caffeine?
I could never cut out my coffee. I had a cup a day like always.

Did you increase your dairy?
I limited lowfat dairy for nutritional reasons, but don't know if that had any effects on ttc.

(TMI-sorry) Did you use a lubricant (they say it lowers your PH)?
Don't remember...

Do you know how many days before O that you conceived?
I O'd really early that cycle (CD9, I think) and we had a fun weekend. We bd -2,-1, and O day... but didn't realize it until weeks later when I went back to look at my chart (I temped).

Did you drink alot of diet soda, crystal light, or stuff with aspartame?
I never drink soda/diet drinks. Can't have it when you're pg, fyi

Anything else special that you did to help you conceive?


Please remember that there's no surefire way to have one gender or another. Aim for having a healthy baby - everything else is icing.

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I did not cut out any caffeine.

I had the same amount of dairy I always did.

No lubricant.

I used splenda in my coffee, and ate yogurt with aspartame. (but I didn't eat yogurt daily)

Never drank grapefruit juice But with #1 I put my legs up afterwards. I don't think I did with #2.

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I didnt intentionally do anything special. I did know when I O'd and when I conceived.

I did drink a lot of crystal light at the time. .

I don't really consume a lot of dairy

No lubricant

Message edited 9/8/2011 9:30:44 AM.

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I didn't cut out caffeine....I didn't do anything differently with my diet at all.

With DD#1 we were TTC and we DTD 2 days before, day before and day of O.

With DD#2 we weren't trying (I was on BCP) and we only DTD on I guess the day of O.

I don't think I was drinking anything with asparatame with it at the time.

No lubricant.

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I was not specifically trying either time, so I will answer based on my regular routine at the time:


Did you cut out all caffeine? DD1- no- I was drinking a lot of caffeine at the time. DD2- I was drinking limited caffeine because I was still nursing DD1

Did you increase your dairy? I generally have a normal amount of dairy.

(TMI-sorry) Did you use a lubricant (they say it lowers your PH)?--no

Do you know how many days before O that you conceived?--with DD1, I think it was maybe 2 days before. But that is in retrospect based on sono calculations that showed when I conceived, and when I remember DTD. It was either 2 days before or 4 days before if the sono was correct. DD2- I think it was day of O.

Did you drink alot of diet soda, crystal light, or stuff with aspartame?--yes. trying to cut back now, but at the time, I did.

Anything else special that you did to help you conceive? Nope. wasn't thinking about it.

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No to everything. We just got lucky and had a !!

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I didn't do any of those things, but we did BD 2 days before O, the day of O and the day after. I think DD was conceived 2 days before O....just my theory!

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I did not cut caffeine and didn't change any of my dairy intake. We when I had a On OPK and we used preseed.

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Did you cut out all caffeine?

no

Did you increase your dairy? i usually have a lot, but if anything, I may have decreased at the time.

(TMI-sorry) Did you use a lubricant (they say it lowers your PH)?

We almost always use astroglide

Do you know how many days before O that you conceived?

at least 2 (I think this was a big part - our two boys were on the exact date)

Did you drink alot of diet soda, crystal light, or stuff with aspartame?

not a lot, but in moderation

Re: Moms of girls, a few questions about conceiving

Did you cut out all caffeine? I cut back a little. But not for conceiving a girl—just because I knew I'd have to when I did conceive and I wanted to get used to not having it.

Did you increase your dairy? No.

(TMI-sorry) Did you use a lubricant (they say it lowers your PH)? We used Pre-Seed which is a sperm-friendly lubricant.

Do you know how many days before O that you conceived? I think it was one or two—not positive.

Did you drink alot of diet soda, crystal light, or stuff with aspartame? No, I don't drink diet stuff.

Anything else special that you did to help you conceive? We used OPKs. When it was positive, we BD'd three days in a row.

Thank you

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I did the same things with all 3 of my kids and I have 2 boys and a girl. BD timing was exactly the same too. We were shocked when they said it was a girl. I honestly don't think it matters what you do it's more about luck either way! Good luck!

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I didn't do anything differently.
Had twins the first time - boy/girl.
Had a girl the second time.
I really don't believe in any of the gender selection methods.

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Posted by ko123

I think DD was conceived 2 days before O....just my theory!

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Posted by LoveyQ

Posted by ko123

I think DD was conceived 2 days before O....just my theory!

I'm a boy mommy, but just curious - why do you think you conceived before you O'd? You conceive when egg meets sperm so technically you can only conceive after you O (and therefore release the egg). Unless I'm missing something? When I was TTC my DS, I always noted my conception date as the date I O'd even though we didn't BD on that day. His due date matched up perfectly to O date too so I thought that made sense.

Message edited 9/8/2011 2:46:41 PM.

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No to everything you posted, and we wound up with our baby girl.

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Honestly the only "special" thing we did with DD was we used OPK's and for almost a week straight. I did nothing different with either of my pregnancies and I am expecting a boy now.

I have heard that if you bd earlier then O the female spermies are more endurance swimmers and get there easier, but male spermies are sorta either i'm implanting or dying...no endurance DOes that even make sense

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Posted by NervousNell

Posted by LoveyQ

Posted by ko123

I think DD was conceived 2 days before O....just my theory!

I'm a boy mommy, but just curious - why do you think you conceived before you O'd? You conceive when egg meets sperm so technically you can only conceive after you O (and therefore release the egg). Unless I'm missing something? When I was TTC my DS, I always noted my conception date as the date I O'd even though we didn't BD on that day. His due date matched up perfectly to O date too so I thought that made sense.

I think she meant they BDed 2 days before her O...I know certain sperm are slower to the egg, some are faster- and that is where all these theories come from that if you BD before you ovulate you get more of one sex (don't know which) because certain sperm stick around longer...

But who knows!

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Did you cut out all caffeine?
No. Didnt make any dietary changes to TTC

Did you increase your dairy?
No, I dont eat/drink that much dairy

(TMI-sorry) Did you use a lubricant (they say it lowers your PH)?
Don't remember...

Do you know how many days before O that you conceived?
I didnt do any tracking of my cycle. Each time I put my last period date into a website on the computer to find out when they estimated I would O. DS1 I wasnt trying to get pregnant, but didnt understand my cycle. lol. DS2 I got pregnant 1st try

Did you drink alot of diet soda, crystal light, or stuff with aspartame?
I drank diet soda before concieving. Switched to regular soda while pregnant.

Anything else special that you did to help you conceive?


My advice is to take some time and ENJOY TTC. try not to make it work! Stress doesnt help!

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We didn't sway for either of my kids, but I'll still answer


Did you cut out all caffeine?
No, I had actually cut out caffiene when we were TTC #1 (had a boy) and was having atleast a cup a day when we conceived #2 (had a girl)

Did you increase your dairy?
Nope

(TMI-sorry) Did you use a lubricant (they say it lowers your PH)?
Nope

Do you know how many days before O that you conceived?
around 2-3 with both pregnancies

Did you drink alot of diet soda, crystal light, or stuff with aspartame?
Yes I am a BIG diet soda drinker

Anything else special that you did to help you conceive?
My DH was taking magnesium at the time we conceived my DD. We found out afterwards that sometimes it is used by people who try to sway for a girl (we didn't)

Message edited 9/8/2011 10:26:44 PM.