does the male age sway?

[mama3boys]

I know older women sway pink. Does older men sway either way? If so what age? DH will be 39 or 40 when we start TTC.

[myurkanin817]

I THINK the older men get the lower there testosterone & that sways pink... BUT I'm not positive on it. Maybe someone who knows a but more can chime in & back me up or correct me, lol... :worry:


I know older women sway pink. Does older men sway either way? If so what age? DH will be 39 or 40 when we start TTC.

[SamS_TTCPink]

I think sperm count lowers as they get older too, so yes it sways pink.


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[atomic sagebrush]

We believe that older dads do father more girls but it is not a sway tactic that I'd rely on alone!

[The Anchor]

I have a girlfriend who married an older man...she was 34 and he was 44. They've had 3 girls. They went HT to get they're 4th, a boy :)

[Mrsandmama]

My Dad was 40 when I was born. One of my best friend's husband is in his mid 40's and they just had their first- a boy. So in my opinion, no. I really truly believe most of it is on the mama.

[girliedreamz]

It can... but my dh was 40 and 43 when we had our youngest two boys.

[Kelissi]

I can see it theoretically, but chiming in that my DH was 42 and 44 when we conceived our boys :).

[keepthefaith]

My 24 year old friend had a baby boy to a man late 50s so I doubt it!!

[atomic sagebrush]

None of these things is magic bullets in any way shape or form. You can get boys or girls in any situation using any tactic, just as people can smoke their entire lives and never get lung cancer. That doesn't mean that smoking doesn't cause cancer and it doesn't mean that overall, an older male may be slightly more likely to father boys than girls.

[Mulberry Smurf]

I imagine that some guys who father boys later in life *may* have been doing lots to improve sperm quality in order to conceive which could account for he boys being born to older dads. I know my friends hubby is 50 and they had a son naturally (sadly he passed away) xx

[snipsnsnails]

I was the baby and my parents were 37 when I was conceived. My Dh and I were 35 when our little girl was conceived. So maybe it helped, but I still strongly believe it was combination of everything and a bit of luck.

[atomic sagebrush]

When we talk about things "swaying" that does NOT mean that if you do this one thing, you are then guaranteed a child of a particular gender. It means that across the population, people in this circumstance are more likely to have a child of a certain gender than the population as a whole. That's it. That may be only by 3 or 5%, even if it was more like 10-20%, still plenty of opposites conceived.

[Kelissi]

I'll take the addition to my sway of DH being older, but I'm definitely doing more this time around to increase the odds of pink!

[LoveMyKids]

I wanted to ask not about man's age but weight - does it sway in any way? My hubby gained some weight lately (but even when we had our boys he was on the heavy side). As far as I know obesity means lower testosterone - can it sway pink?

[kitkat18]

Gaining weight I believe in men sways pink correct me if I am wrong atomic or anyone? Again no magic bullet my DH was overweight with both DS's.

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[atomic sagebrush]

Yes I believe the man gaining quite a bit of weight means more girls. Now, a little weight gain in guys tends to be first muscle, so a small amount of weight gain may sway blue for some guys (esp. if they were rail thin to start with.)

Muscle sways blue. Being super skinny and heavyset both tend to swya pink. There are a lot of guys though who carry muscle under fat and so it's not so cut and dry as we would like it to be.

My husband was at his heaviest by far when we got our DD.

[flowerlily]

Oh goodie...what if the hubby lost a few kgs (I was actually jealous of him!) before the attempt and it was after he started running and stopped weight lifting and protein shakes?

FWIW, my dad had me in his early 20s, must have been something my mother brought to the table/abstain/stress as my dad was setting up his first business, I was his first child and then he had 3 girls in his early-mid 40s (my step mum was actively losing weight when those girls were conceived) and in between he had 7 boys!

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[atomic sagebrush]

Plenty of men have daughters in their early 20's (including my dad - that would be me!). It's not necessarily something your mom brought to the table. These things that sway are by a few percentage points and in no way guarantees.

Weight loss in men, again it depends. If he lost muscle mass, then it could have swayed pink. If it was just flab and he ended up with higher % muscle when he was done, it could have swayed blue a little bit. But in no way does that mean your sway is ruined or anything.

[flowerlily]

He is lean/muscular and has hardly any fat...and I'm guessing it's from muscle as it's noticeable. So thanks.

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[CherryBlossom]

My mans gained around 20 kg since our boys. A lot of it is fat ( beer gut so us Aussies say) however no doubt muscle as well. He wants to lose but bring on depression tablets it's hard. So I'm hoping the gain will help us


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[atomic sagebrush]

Weight gain and depression medication is a good pink sway. I'd feel good about it (not for his sake, of course)

[CherryBlossom]

I feel comfortable about it as well. However he is still a young gun he will be 24.5 when we start TTC again. I'll be 28.


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