What prenatal vitamin is best for boy swaying?

[photogingmom]

We swayed 6 years ago for our boy and did it quite loosely. I don't remember taking any extra folic acid but I did take prenatals but the kind that dr. had prescribed. I don't recall what all was in them but quite sure calcium was in there. I've read on here that calcium should be cut out if wanting to sway blue. Please give suggestions as I want to make a purchase on a few things tonight and get this started soon. Thank you so much! This site is so full of information already. I've been lurking and reading since last night(this morning at 2)! <3

[Nann3r]

First off welcome! :) and good luck swaying! I'm swaying blue as well! When do you plan on ttc??? Also calcium is actually recommended for swaying blue! Getting 100% drv is encouraged for all nutrients as the best chance for a successful blue sway start with a healthy momma who is totally nourished in all areas! Deficiencies can possibly sway blue! I've been having the same convo with one of the site moderates so I'm just relay all the info she so graciously gave to me! :D but really if you are a firm believer in this then it's your decision! So many sites say different things and believe diff things:) so it's really whatever you feel would and should work!


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[photogingmom]

Wait are you serious? Calcium sways for a boy? I swear I just read that it wasn't one of the supplements to take. Ahh..it would seem right though since I couldn't completely give up foods that contained calcium when I swayed for my son. I love cheese like something serious and craved orange juice in the months leading up to ttc.

We're wanting to try my august cycle which should start on the 26th.

Congrats to you too!! Good luck.

[Nann3r]

Well it's not specifically calcium that sways blue. It's all nutrients:) being deprived of key nutrients sways pink. So I'm not saying chug milk every day and eat blocks of cheese :p I'm just saying don't cut it out of your diet:) atomic sagebrush has been helping me a bunch on my swaying and encouraged me to keep getting the recommended amount of calcium. But again other people swear by cutting calcium! But in general for swaying blue, a good quality multivitamin is greatly encouraged and they contain 100% drv of calcium:)


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[photogingmom]

Okay so basically I can take any of the prenatals and make sure that I get an extra supplement of folic acid?

[Nann3r]

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/trying-to-conceive-a-boy/1586-read-me-first-planning-your-blue-sway.html

^Okay so here is all of atomic' amazing information on ttc a boy!!! Including supplements:) it's like my bible.. Lol!!

But it's my understanding that whatever the multivitamin or prenatal does not cover, you should supplement with. Or at least this is what I am doing. So for example there is no fish oil in my multivitamins so I take fish oil along with my multivitamins. Another example is that my multivit only provides a portion of my vitamin A recommended value. So I supplement with wheat grass pills!

There are also a handful of unicorn supplements that are said to sway blue such as evening primrose oil and false unicorn root.. (Not even sure entirely what those are..)

You can also find a ton of recommended vitamins and supplements on the ttc blue attempt results spreadsheet to see what other people tried and if they resulted in boy etc:) here is the link for the spread sheet! -

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1urSOW5oyicjuf4f7apeVOnxzUnJd0eud4xEg1LdSeyE/htmlview?pli=1

(Hopefully the second link works.. If not, just go to the "trying to conceive a boy" forum and it's up at the top!)


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[photogingmom]

Awesome. I will get to reading that. I haven't clicked on it yet but I did read tons of information she had posted last night, this morning and this evening. I've been researching so much my eyes are tired. :) I am currently taking a multivitamin that I bought months ago. It's Rainbow Light Women's One a Day. It has probiotics in it too but no fish oil I know. So I know I will have to get some of that. I just want the brand to be a good reputable brand. Thank you again so much!!

[Nann3r]

For sure! And keep us all posted on how things go! As will I :) hoping for our little blues!!


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[photogingmom]

Thank you! I'm going through it slowly and have one question. I am looking into getting fish oil and it says that soy is in it but I also read that soy wasn't good for fertility?.....Am I just tired or is this right?

[Nann3r]

Boy I've never even heard of fish oil having soy in it.. But my guess is it's just trace amount and will not have an effect on your sway. So many women have taken fish oil here and it hasn't effected their fertility! But I guess don't quote me on that!


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[photogingmom]

Okay. Great. Thank you again. Gonna try and go to bed a little earlier tonight. Hubby's on the 2 to 2 shift and I can't wait up like I have been.

[The Anchor]

I think any prenatal will do. Try to steer clear of the ones with superdoses of individual vitamins. The Kirkland prenatal (Costco) looks to have everything you need and its inexpensive to boot.

[photogingmom]

Thank you!

[Bobster]

I took pregnacare multivits for s year before getting pregnant with my son

[atomic sagebrush]

Hardly anyone is cutting calcium out any more. Most of us have dropped the mineral stuff from the sway. WE were trying to include in the very early days of the site but then our research and experience showed that it just wasn't working so most people moved beyond it. As it turns out, the best study ever done on maternal diet and gender conceived showed higher cal intake in moms that went on to conceive boys.

I got 2 boys taking Women's One a Day plus calcium (and with my 4th I was taking extra calcium) so that is what I have been recommending to people (it's cheap and easily affordable) with great results. But any vitamin that is 100% DRV of most nutrients (can go up to 1000 IU Vit. D) is fine.

[atomic sagebrush]

No unicorn root, it has gone practically extinct in the wild and whatever they are selling marked "false unicorn root" is some weird herb from China.

[atomic sagebrush]

Wait are you serious? Calcium sways for a boy? I swear I just read that it wasn't one of the supplements to take. Ahh..it would seem right though since I couldn't completely give up foods that contained calcium when I swayed for my son. I love cheese like something serious and craved orange juice in the months leading up to ttc.

We're wanting to try my august cycle which should start on the 26th.

Congrats to you too!! Good luck.

It was an old theory that many people still believe in but both research and experience are not bearing it out. There were too many of us out there who got boys drinking tons of dairy. I got my 4th boy with a failed sway where I was taking gobs of calcium, then cut it out (both me and DH barely having any dairy) and finally got our girl without calcium or dairy.

When you cut back on calcium, all that happens is your body just takes it from your bones and teeth. The levels in your body never change and in fact cannot change (because you die!) So the claims of the mineral diets cannot be true.

[atomic sagebrush]

Thank you! I'm going through it slowly and have one question. I am looking into getting fish oil and it says that soy is in it but I also read that soy wasn't good for fertility?.....Am I just tired or is this right?

It is just a teeny amount and not the type of soy that sways pink. Has to be a significant amount of soy that contains soy protein and isoflavones, not a bit of soy oil or soy lecithin