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Re: Likelihood of having a second boy after having a son?
I don't think I buy that.
In my family, well, my brother was the first and then me.
And with my 1st cousins on my dad's side, my dad's sisters 4 kids all had Boy/girl. My dad's brother's 4 kids - one had boy then boy/girl twins and the other one with kids had 2 girls.
However, for myself, it is true - boy and another one on the way.
Mostly random I think.
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Re: Likelihood of having a second boy after having a son?
My first is a boy... this one is a boy too 
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| Posted 5/23/13 12:49 PM |
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Loveme
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Re: Likelihood of having a second boy after having a son?
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IMO and once you have that little boy believe me you won't mind at all if the next is a little boy   
Aw, totally agree! That and I think it's nice to have same-sex siblings!
Also agree!!!!
And to answer your question I also think its a 50/50 chance.
DH has a brother, I'm an only child, my parents both have one same sex sibling each.
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Re: Likelihood of having a second boy after having a son?
My mom had 2 girls and a boy. My mil has 3 boys. My sister has 2 boys and a girl. I have 2 girls
There is absolutely no rhyme or reason to it.
My mil claimed both of mine would be boys because of her family's history. I feel like if we kept coming we'd have nothing but girls. 
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Re: Likelihood of having a second boy after having a son?
From what I understand, it has nothing to do with your side, it has to do with DH's side.
Every single male in DH's fam is the first born followed by a girl. Every. single. time.
There are all thoughts, opinions, and wives tales about if the baby is going to be a girl or boy. In the end, I think it's just luck of the draw.
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Re: Likelihood of having a second boy after having a son?
Posted by MrsDrMatt
When it comes down to it, unless there is a medical reason, its a 50/50 shot.
yup
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Tina1117
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Re: Likelihood of having a second boy after having a son?
Not sure if it's true but I have 2 boys and my 3rd on the way.
My DH is 1 of 2 boys, my father is 1 of 4 boys and my uncle had 3 boys (NO GIRLS). So it's proven to be true for mine and DH's family.
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drpepper318
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Re: Likelihood of having a second boy after having a son?
Not sure about that BUT I have read that some men inherit the gene to be more likely to have boys.... so if a man has a lot of brothers, he might inherit that gene from his dad & he may then be more likely to have boys as well.... I'm sure it doesn't happen all the time but I know a few families where it did work out like that.
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| Posted 5/23/13 6:00 PM |
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Re: Likelihood of having a second boy after having a son?
Scientifically there is nothing that would suggest that as a woman, having a boy would lead you to be more likely to have another boy immediately after.
I also don't believe that boy/girl is a 50/50 shot.
Yes -- if you say 'well it can only be one or the other.' That's true. It can only be a boy or a girl. But the percentage chance of one or the other can change for a variety of reasons...
I totally believe in the whole Shettles method thing. We originally intended to 'try' for a boy but later changed our minds. But the science behind that absolutely makes sense.
Ultimately the man's sperm decides the sex -- but it's a 'two person job' so to speak if a couple was going to TRY for a specific gender.
Sex further out from ovulation if the desired sex is female -- as female sperm have a longer shelf-life (so to speak) but are slower and more resilient swimmers.
As close to ovulation as possible if you are trying for a boy because they are much faster and will beat the ladies to the egg.
There's also a list of things you can do to sway the odds in favor of a specific gender that can adjust the pH of the woman's internal environment -- so I do think a woman's natural ph can naturally lend itself towards a woman conceiving all or most of one sex.
Growing up, my best friend was from a family of 5 girls. Her maternal side cousins were a family of five boys.
For all the people who responded saying 'it was true for me/dh' saying that there was a boy and then another boy... followed by any amount of girls -- that automatically 86's that theory. Because then in theory it would be setting up shop for another boy to come along.
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MandJZ
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Re: Likelihood of having a second boy after having a son?
Posted by MaPetiteLoutre
For all the people who responded saying 'it was true for me/dh' saying that there was a boy and then another boy... followed by any amount of girls -- that automatically 86's that theory. Because then in theory it would be setting up shop for another boy to come along.
This is what I didn't say to MIL - because, then, how come she didn't have THREE boys KWIM? She already had two so wouldn't this theory mean she was even moe likely to have another? But nope, a boy.
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Re: Likelihood of having a second boy after having a son?
Let me also tell you that my friend from the family of all girls... was from a very very very very VERY Irish Catholic family.
And they DO say that (for exactly the reasons why using shettles WORKS for so many people) when using the Rhythm Method -- many 'oops' babies are girls. Because couples think they are still far enough away from ovulation to not be likely to get pregnant... sperm can live inside the body for 5 days for some people. And BAM, girl babies galore.
The above is not science but funny to me lol.
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Re: Likelihood of having a second boy after having a son?
i am still sticking with the 50 50 theory,just easier lol
but my mom had a boy then 4 girls in a row
my sister has a boy then 3 girls in a row
my nonna had a boy then 4 girls then a boy
my other nonna 4 girls
and then they start to become one of 16 children so to may to count lol
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Re: Likelihood of having a second boy after having a son?
There have been multiple studies that have debunked the shettles method, timing has nothing to do with it. If it did babies produced from iui's would be heavily boy, and it is only slightly higher statistically to have a boy conceived through iui's.
There is some research that says it has a lot to do with the ph of a woman's body making either the environment more male friendly or female sperm friendly.
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MandyK07
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Re: Likelihood of having a second boy after having a son?
It's a 50/50 shot. We had a first and then a  - so not true for us!
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Re: Likelihood of having a second boy after having a son?
Posted by DitD
There have been multiple studies that have debunked the shettles method, timing has nothing to do with it. If it did babies produced from iui's would be heavily boy, and it is only slightly higher statistically to have a boy conceived through iui's.
There is some research that says it has a lot to do with the ph of a woman's body making either the environment more male friendly or female sperm friendly.
this argument is invalid based on the logistics of how iui works and the conditions under which shettled is intended to be used: having to make the full length journey to the egg.
the speed and longevity of boy vs girl sperm plays into shettles based on natural regular ol' intercourse.
it's certainly not a guarantee and therefore it can only ebe used for curiosity's sake but the simple " directions" are very much so only for people going au natural.
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Re: Likelihood of having a second boy after having a son?
My family
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My kids
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Re: Likelihood of having a second boy after having a son?
Posted by DitD
There have been multiple studies that have debunked the shettles method, timing has nothing to do with it. If it did babies produced from iui's would be heavily boy, and it is only slightly higher statistically to have a boy conceived through iui's.
There is some research that says it has a lot to do with the ph of a woman's body making either the environment more male friendly or female sperm friendly.
This is absolutely correct. Many found Shettles to be a quack. His theory has been debunked scientifically. Sounds good in theory and logic yet has no scientific backing. Please feel free to read MEDICAL studies pertaining to the so-called shettles method (and not the opinion/thoughts on non-medical sponsered websites).
Anytime I read about the Shettles method on here I have an instant headache.
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Re: Likelihood of having a second boy after having a son?
If anyone has a method to have a boy I would love to hear it! Lol. We have 2 girls and would love to have a boy next!
Found this to be interesting - doesn't look like the odds are in my favor! Gender Odds
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Re: Likelihood of having a second boy after having a son?
Quack or not... I know a lot of babies that were Shettled correctly.
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Re: Likelihood of having a second boy after having a son?
I wouldn't believe that entirely
I don't think a previous pregnancy would have any influence on the next, more that if you timed conception the same way as previously there are better odds it would be the same gender.
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Re: Likelihood of having a second boy after having a son?
Posted by MaPetiteLoutre
Posted by DitD
There have been multiple studies that have debunked the shettles method, timing has nothing to do with it. If it did babies produced from iui's would be heavily boy, and it is only slightly higher statistically to have a boy conceived through iui's.
There is some research that says it has a lot to do with the ph of a woman's body making either the environment more male friendly or female sperm friendly.
this argument is invalid based on the logistics of how iui works and the conditions under whicuqh shettled is intended to be used: having to make the full length journey to the egg.
the speed and longevity of boy vs girl sperm plays into shettles based on natural regular ol' intercourse.
it's certainly not a guarantee and therefore it can only ebe used for curiosity's sake but the simple " directions" are very much so only for people going au natural.
Okay, I see what you are saying, so lets take iui's out of the equation. Most women who TTC do not use cut offs but BD straight through ovulation. And there isn't a drastic increase of first time moms having boys.
As for the while journey getting to the egg, shouldn't a faster sperm just be a faster sperm, therefore a much higher % of boys with iui's?
I am not trying to be snarky, FYI, truly just having a conversation. Want to make sure my tone isn't coming off wrong :)
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Re: Likelihood of having a second boy after having a son?
Posted by dlj97
If anyone has a method to have a boy I would love to hear it! Lol. We have 2 girls and would love to have a boy next!
Found this to be interesting - doesn't look like the odds are in my favor! Gender Odds
There are gender swaying sites I know one is called gender dreaming. I posted my nub shot there, I didn't sway or anything.
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Re: Likelihood of having a second boy after having a son?
Posted by MrsDrMatt
When it comes down to it, unless there is a medical reason, its a 50/50 shot.
This. I remember learning that in Bio 
In my family it was
My cousins are
And
Each pregnancy is it's own situation. This egg and sperm have no clue what the last egg and sperm did.
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Re: Likelihood of having a second boy after having a son?
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Posted by DitD
There have been multiple studies that have debunked the shettles method, timing has nothing to do with it. If it did babies produced from iui's would be heavily boy, and it is only slightly higher statistically to have a boy conceived through iui's.
There is some research that says it has a lot to do with the ph of a woman's body making either the environment more male friendly or female sperm friendly.
this argument is invalid based on the logistics of how iui works and the conditions under whicuqh shettled is intended to be used: having to make the full length journey to the egg.
the speed and longevity of boy vs girl sperm plays into shettles based on natural regular ol' intercourse.
it's certainly not a guarantee and therefore it can only ebe used for curiosity's sake but the simple " directions" are very much so only for people going au natural.
Okay, I see what you are saying, so lets take iui's out of the equation. Most women who TTC do not use cut offs but BD straight through ovulation. And there isn't a drastic increase of first time moms having boys.
As for the while journey getting to the egg, shouldn't a faster sperm just be a faster sperm, therefore a much higher % of boys with iui's?
I am not trying to be snarky, FYI, truly just having a conversation. Want to make sure my tone isn't coming off wrong :)
Given that IUI basically 'drops off' the kids as close to the egg as possible -- also because the sperms have gone through testing, clinical washing and quality control so to speak -- you probably have the best of the best of the best sperms.
Look at it this way... it would be like if trying to get pregnant through just intercourse alone was a marathon:
If you were dependent on speed -- the boys would win.
If you were dependent on stamina - the girls would win.
But if you said 'hey, skip the whole distance thing... and we're gonna drop you guys off 20 yards from the finish line... go to it!' then I don't think the boys speed would have as much of an effect on the results.
As in - there's not much of a 'race' because they're placed so close to the endzone.
I'd be interested to know if the sperm washing process has an effect on the ratio of male/female sperms. Because female sperms are not only able to live longer but also withstand harsher environments (apparently). So I would think that from any given sperm sample -- more females would survive the wash process. So there might actually be MORE female babies from IUI?
(I'm totally not taking offense, and please don't take any to my replies here either... I find this topic very interesting.)
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Re: Likelihood of having a second boy after having a son?
Posted by MaPetiteLoutre
Quack or not... I know a lot of babies that were Shettled correctly.
Then the other 50% don't talk about it; b/c they didn't! LOL.
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