Pick Your Sex!

Eric's Mom gave us this article from the 70s that talks about all these steps you can take to have a girl vs a boy. We've been "throwing caution to the wind" now for 4 months and I still haven't gotten pregnant. Four months isn't the end of the world. That's how long it took us to get pregnant with Carly -- but still -- I was hoping it would take less time the 2nd time around. That aside -- Eric and I made a deal that if it didn't happen on it's own by the 4th month we are going to start following the create your gender method from the article I mentioned above so that he could have his boy. (I can attach the article later if you're interested.)

I read the article and summarized the details for Eric in an e-mail:

Subject: It's a boy!


Here are the things we need to do:

“Instructions must be closely followed.”

1. Determine ovulation time by temperature charts (attached)
2. TOTAL abstinence from start of period until ovulation. NO RELEASE.
3. Do it immediately after the rise in temperature is recorded
4. On day of ovulation, husband should drink 2 to 3 cups of strong coffee 15 to 30 minutes before intercourse
5. I should douche
6. Intercourse immediately after douche
7. Doggy

BEFORE intercourse YOU should:

1. No tight undies
2. No hot tub

Love,
Jess

So I went to Target and I got 1 special thermometer. Then I went to the dollar store and got 3 pregnancy tests and one dollar store douche. I've never douched. I think I was actually told it's very unhealthy once but if Eric wants a boy I'm going to give it my all! (Not ALL of my dollars though - seeing as I am only willing to pay a dollar for a douche that could potentially give me Pelvic Inflammatory Disease!)

Advice I received from an unnamed friend regarding the douche is to NOT fill the bag up too full or you risk having it explode like a water balloon and therefore getting douche on your face. I'd like not to be a douche face. I will take caution.

This morning my temp was 97.73.