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Hey Lani, I live in Aust. where abouts are you from? How are things going with you? Anything yet??

Hi we are in New Zealand. Have been reading alot on this subject for some time. Also on gender selection. We are already very lucky and have two boys 2 and 3 and a half. I stoped ovulating about a year ago but started again three months ago. I have been trying to chart my clycles so might of actually just stressed myself out with this and once I have mellowed a bit with the charting I have ovulated again. Interesting month this month!!

Hello, I am sorry to hear that you aren't regular. Did you receive the list of herbs that I sent you to help with irregularity?? I have purchase these herbs from a shop on Ebay called Accolent. They have lots of herbs available for resonable prices and she even gave me a good rate on postage because I had bought a few herbs from her. She recommended the following "Herbs such as the red raspberry leaf and chaste tree berry are most used (by the lady) along with green tea, nettle leaf, ladies mantle and evening primrose". I really hope this helps. I have ready about the Chaste Tree Berry (Vitex) helping people become more regular so maybe this will help. The item you bought off ebay in relation to twins.... does that suggest anything different than what I have said above. My husband and I are looking at all of these things before we try for our first. So many people have said that we are being selfish for wanting a multiple and that it's soooo much hard work and things can go wrong. We are really healthy people and would not do anything to harm a child. We know that it would be hard work but it is something that we would just love to do. Let me know whether any of this information helps. Also if you are having problems with ovulation and the herbal teas and medicines don't seem to work, you might want to speak to your doctor about Clomid. There is a lot of information around about it and with monitoring from your doctor this is a safe way for you to become pregnant. I must say that it is so nice to talk to someone about this without any judgement. ~~Baby Dust to you~~ Melanie (Zerafa05)

Zerafa05, Do you ovulate normally and are trying for multiples? I have been considering this, but everytime I start to read a discussion here, things become abusive! What steps are you taking to achieve this?

Brendansmom, I have been researching the twins thing for sometime. I do ovulate normally and have not had children yet. My husband and I would love to have twins but would like to try herbs rather than something like Clomid as I do not have any problems ovulating. I have been told about the following herbs to increase chances of twins and as far as I am concerned this is a healthy way to increase your odds of a multiple..... "Herbs such as the red raspberry leaf and chaste tree berry are most used (by the lady) along with green tea, nettle leaf, ladies mantle and evening primrose" I am not an expert in this but again have been doing a lot of reading in regards to this subject. I have noticed all the negativity in regards to wanting a multiple pregnancy and I must say there are far worse things that you could do than that. I have read people talking about taking harmful drugs such as narcotics whilst pregnant and this i far worse for the health of your child than wanting more than one. I have spoken about Clomid in my earlier post so have a read on that. If you don't feel comfortable taking that then the herbs are a safe and healthy way to increase your chances. Increasing your diet with Diary and taking Calcium and Folate tablets have can also increase the chances. Again I am no doctor but I have been reading a lot about this subject. Good Luck and ~~~~Baby dust to you~~~~

Thanks for the info. I have not yet decided if Clomid is the route I will take, so the additional info is greatly appreciated!!! Thanks again and Baby Dust to you!!

No worries, glad I could help! Good Luck and please let me know if you hear about anything else. One good thing is that the lady that recommended me those herbs actually has twins. Ohhh I forgot to mention Wild Yam herbs. Wild Yams are a form of Sweet Potatoe and have been seen as a help when trying to conceive twins. I bought a Wild Yam root herb (used as tea) from a herb shop on Ebay (Accolent). All herb teas such as Raspberry Leaf, Chaste Tree Berry and Wild Yam herbs should be simmered for 1/2 an hour to maximise herbal effect. If you can do this in one pot and kept in the fridge it might save you some time, but you should not keep this it more than 24 hours as they loose their effect after that. Good Luck!

Hi, I have tried taking the vitex pehaps took too much 400 mg per day in tablet form, I was ovulating every second month and once on it I stoped ovulating altogether, had tightining of the chest and shakes. I from my experience would not recommend taking it at all. We have had three misscarages so after talking to my doctor about clomid she has said I would be better to conceive naturally as clomid can increase the chance of misscarage. I also want to have a girl and that will sound spoilt to alot of people of course we will be happy with a healthy baby but no harm in increasing our chances. Anyway Raspberry leaf tea calcuim and yams I am not sure about the yam root as it is the skin that contains the hormone that over stimulates the ovaries so perhaps eating yams with skin on aswell as yam root would be good. This month after doing this I O twice once on day 18 and once on day 22. We usually conceive very quickly but trying for a girl you have to basically miss your Ovulation day so last day we tried was 7 days before O(day 18) in the hope that the faster male sperm would swim and die off waiting for the egg and the slower female sperm would be slow and steady. We will slowley sneak up closer but wanted to give it a go to conceive a girl. So after trying this I would have been pretty sure if we had been trying all over the o days then our chance of twins would have been very high. I think taking this diet would also increase your chance of having boys and they have 5 sets in their derect family 3 are boy/boy one girl/girl and one boy/girl. I had alot of cm which helps the boys sperm. When will you both be ready to try? Hopefully I have some good news in the next few months!

Lani, we're not going to start trying for a few more months. Can you tell me what you were taking that may have helped you to O twice. Any info is greatly appreciated. Good luck and Baby Dust!!!

What diet are you refering to? Could you please let me know what it involves. It's not selfish to want a girl considering you have 2 beautiful boys already. You are going the right way about it anyway! Have you read up on the Shettles theory? I think my husband and I will start trying in about 12 months? I know it seems far away and everything but I know how important it is to get your body ready for something like this and I intend to make myself as healthy as possible! Baby dust to you all~~

Some things to increase the chances of conceiving a girl ...... Have intercourse 2-3 days before ovulation and avoid intercourse just before ovulation until 2 days after ovulation and when you have peak cervical fluid: The idea is that when you have s_x a few days before ovulation, only the X-chromosome “girl sperm” will be left in the female reproductive tract waiting to fertilize the egg when it is released. Have intercourse with shallow penetration: Shettles recommends “missionary position”or any position that will deposit the sperm slightly away from the cervix, giving advantage to the longer living, but slower X-chromosome-carrying sperm. Women avoid orgasm: Shettles suggests women avoid orgasm because it makes the v____al environment more alkaline, and less acidic and is disadvantageous to the X-chromosome “girl sperm”......... Good Luck

Lani - Did you have the diet that you were talking about?? I am trying to help myself with this twins thing as much as possible just by drinking herbal teas and changing my diet. How are things with you?? Pregnancy yet?? Thanks Melanie ~~Baby dust to you all~~

I would like to have twins or triplets, also. I am on Clomid 50mg.