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atomic sagebrush
November 5th, 2015, 01:32 PM
Here is the new thread ladies! Please post your experiences if you haven't posted already in the first thread. (if you're looking for more like this, there are tons of posts in this original thread) http://genderdreaming.com/forum/trying-to-conceive-a-boy/1890-how-we-got-our-boys.html

atomic sagebrush
November 5th, 2015, 01:35 PM
Since I get tons of messages and questions about how I got my 4 boys this here is the link to my original post : http://genderdreaming.com/forum/trying-to-conceive-a-boy/1890-how-we-got-our-boys-2.html

And I considered swaying for a 5th boy but ended up not doing that, but you can still read that here: http://genderdreaming.com/forum/add-your-boy-sway-/315-atomic-sagebrushs-gimme-5th-boy-sway.html

daisydoo
December 5th, 2015, 01:11 PM
I have 2 boys and I think I am a typical boy mum diet wise.....

I literally don't stop snacking all day (or didn't!). Forget 3 meals a day, everytime I opened the fridge and cupboard I would have a little bit of something - couple of grapes, spoonful of last nights dinner, couple of chocolate raisins etc etc. Even if my kiddos finished their dinner and left half of it then I pick at it. I have never been big or massively gained weighte just lucky to be able to eat and graze and still maintain a reasonable weight. I have always eaten breakfast without fail not long after getting up.

I also cook red meat and was eating chilli, spagbol, steak etc a lot. I don't add salt to cooking but have always loved bacon and salty sauces and foods. We also were having a pretty regular take away and when I conceived DS1 I had literally eaten so so much food that week. I didn't consume a huge amount of dairy - only milk in tea etc. I'm not sure calcium sways much though. Writing this down has made me realise how much I was eating!!!! And makes sense how I have lost 10lbs very easily just by switching to skipping brekkie and sticking to 2 reasonable sized meals a day!!!

When I was ttc DS 1 we had just got married - I had lost a fair amount of weight in the run up to the wedding but this was still by snacking all day just on smaller amounts! I then massively indulged at the wedding and on our honeymoon and then conceived immediately. For DS 2 I had just had a miscarriage and was definitely not dieting - I was heavier than when we conceived with DS 2 but not by that much. Both times we conceived I had the big 'O' and tons of EWCM. With DS 1 we were DTD 3 times a day (honeymoon) but with DS 2 it was o-1 and o-3.

I am also very competitive by nature (still am and I think it will stop me getting a girl). I have always floated through life and have really really strived to be the best that I can in whatever I have done - it really matters to me. Until now when I feel a bit more meh!

Hope that helps someone x

Mommyof2girls
December 16th, 2015, 06:44 PM
If you have a lot of ECWM can you still use preseed for blue sway? Or can too much sway pink?

atomic sagebrush
December 17th, 2015, 03:12 PM
Preseed always sways blue.

The issue with Preseed is that it can make it too "slippery" for DH and overall it's inferior to EWCM. If you have natural EWCM, that's what you want and I'd go for it without the Preseed. I can assure you I got 4 boys without Preseed!

Mommyof2girls
December 18th, 2015, 12:26 PM
Thanks!

atomic sagebrush
December 18th, 2015, 02:16 PM
Anyone else out there who hasn't added to this thread??? We have lots of new members, PLEASE share your lifestyle when you were getting boys!!

Beau82
January 13th, 2016, 09:12 AM
I posted on the old thread too but I've thought of some more things since then. I was always a HUGE snacker. I would eat breakfast first thing in the morning and have a banana maybe an hour later. Then I would have something else before lunch. All day snacker here. And I ate a LOT of peanut butter. I would have it breakfast, lunch and also just have spoonfuls of it as a snack. My husband eats a lot of peanut butter too. Ate a lot of cheese too.
Oh and I always have a lot of EWCM around ovulation.

atomic sagebrush
January 14th, 2016, 02:42 PM
Keep them coming, ladies!

all4princes
January 28th, 2016, 02:09 PM
I have 4 son's and one Angel baby girl. Im naturally thin and underweight with my 4 son's. I was always eating big full fat meals and snacking trying to gain weight. I ate a big breakfast of pancakes, sausage, bacon, butter and syrup with milk. I loved cereal and milk. I also ate junk food and loved soda. I hated feeling hungry because i would get headaches so i would eat all the time. I had sex a lot, sometimes everyday and had a lot of ewcm, i mean tons. I never excersised and have a fast metabolism. I was in my early 20's when i had them. With my girl, my meals were spaced out i believe because it was warm weather and we were always outside walking on the trail, i only had sex like once a week, i just stopped my birth control pill and i was not stress, i was just calm and happy about life at the time. I guess the whole care free, let go attitude.

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Throwaway_panther
February 5th, 2016, 02:40 PM
I have 2 boys and I think I am a typical boy mum diet wise.....

I literally don't stop snacking all day (or didn't!). Forget 3 meals a day, everytime I opened the fridge and cupboard I would have a little bit of something - couple of grapes, spoonful of last nights dinner, couple of chocolate raisins etc etc. Even if my kiddos finished their dinner and left half of it then I pick at it. I have never been big or massively gained weighte just lucky to be able to eat and graze and still maintain a reasonable weight. I have always eaten breakfast without fail not long after getting up.

I also cook red meat and was eating chilli, spagbol, steak etc a lot. I don't add salt to cooking but have always loved bacon and salty sauces and foods. We also were having a pretty regular take away and when I conceived DS1 I had literally eaten so so much food that week. I didn't consume a huge amount of dairy - only milk in tea etc. I'm not sure calcium sways much though. Writing this down has made me realise how much I was eating!!!! And makes sense how I have lost 10lbs very easily just by switching to skipping brekkie and sticking to 2 reasonable sized meals a day!!!

When I was ttc DS 1 we had just got married - I had lost a fair amount of weight in the run up to the wedding but this was still by snacking all day just on smaller amounts! I then massively indulged at the wedding and on our honeymoon and then conceived immediately. For DS 2 I had just had a miscarriage and was definitely not dieting - I was heavier than when we conceived with DS 2 but not by that much. Both times we conceived I had the big 'O' and tons of EWCM. With DS 1 we were DTD 3 times a day (honeymoon) but with DS 2 it was o-1 and o-3.

I am also very competitive by nature (still am and I think it will stop me getting a girl). I have always floated through life and have really really strived to be the best that I can in whatever I have done - it really matters to me. Until now when I feel a bit more meh!

Hope that helps someone x

As atomic says, it's more than just personality that plays a role. I'm about as archetypal "boy mom" as can be -- when I took the test, even, it said I had a 5% chance of having a girl when I conceived.

Well guess what I'm having! Haha. Definitely diet (and I was also a VERY textbook LE/girl sway diet without realizing it, and I posted it in that thread).

Throwaway_panther
February 5th, 2016, 02:40 PM
For everyone eating cereal -- what kind of cereal were you eating?

XXforhubby
February 5th, 2016, 03:41 PM
For everyone eating cereal -- what kind of cereal were you eating?

I liked multigrain Cheerios, any of the Kashi cereals, Life. I also ate oatmeal like it was going out of style [emoji6]!


[emoji170]DS1[emoji125]🏼, DS2[emoji577], & DS3[emoji602] completes our family![emoji170]

atomic sagebrush
February 5th, 2016, 10:15 PM
For everyone eating cereal -- what kind of cereal were you eating?

Granola and Wheaties

mydaughter
February 6th, 2016, 08:47 AM
I am a mother of two sweet boys, here goes my lifestyle:
No good sleep (never been a good sleeper in my life), get up with coffee and cookies, early breakfast (cereal) and since I am a physical therapist I have a patient every 30 minutes and there is always a minute for a piece of chocolate, a sweet or sip of coke in between treatments. So snacking all the time.. I eat a lot for regular meals, always but butter, cheese on everything LOVE Olives, Serrano, Feta Cheese, and like another woman said, a spoon here, a cookie there, a grape or a glass of juice..snacking again all the time.
I don't relax a lot, always on the run
Dinner is always a warm meal and most evenings we have a desert when the kids are in bed with a glass of wine.
I go running every now and then, work out every now and then nothing regular.

Yupp, that's about it HUGE chance for me in the last year :highfive::flowerz::fingers:

I hope I can help :-)

mydaughter
February 6th, 2016, 08:55 AM
Oh and I might sound crazy but me personal observation:
My husband does have a sex drive, but he is all good if there is a week or two week break- I think men with more sex drive who need sex really frequently are often girl daddy's!
Can you confirm?
You might laugh at me, but I also think men with less bread ( my husband hardly needs to shave) have more boys- I don't know what it could be about but maybe hormones?
There isn't much we can do about that, just wanted to share:HH:

maidentomother
February 6th, 2016, 09:13 AM
Yes high testosterone in men definitely does seem to sway pink! Though libido in men isn't really linjed to testosterone, definitely not as much as most people think, it's a mental things not hormonal. Less facial hair can mean less testosterone.

atomic sagebrush
February 6th, 2016, 01:52 PM
Oh and I might sound crazy but me personal observation:
My husband does have a sex drive, but he is all good if there is a week or two week break- I think men with more sex drive who need sex really frequently are often girl daddy's!
Can you confirm?
You might laugh at me, but I also think men with less bread ( my husband hardly needs to shave) have more boys- I don't know what it could be about but maybe hormones?
There isn't much we can do about that, just wanted to share:HH:

I completely disagree with sex drive = girls and have seen a very strong trend the other way. I have people show up to TTC a boy and they haven't had sex in months.

atomic sagebrush
February 6th, 2016, 01:55 PM
Yes high testosterone in men definitely does seem to sway pink! Though libido in men isn't really linjed to testosterone, definitely not as much as most people think, it's a mental things not hormonal. Less facial hair can mean less testosterone.

I don't think we know this and thus cannot really say. While I do think men taking artificial testosterone tend to have more girls, it's a whole different scenario with a guy who is just naturally higher in testosterone.

Number one factor for hair growth is genetics so I think a lot of times people mistake genetic differences in hair growth for testosterone.

farmgirl33
February 7th, 2016, 03:53 AM
I completely disagree with sex drive = girls and have seen a very strong trend the other way. I have people show up to TTC a boy and they haven't had sex in months.

I agree atomic. When dh & I were first together we as I assume most couples do had sex all the time. By the time we were ready to ttc it was 4.5 yrs later, we were busy with our own business & were just starting to expand & put on more employees. Dh was flat out, early starts, late nights so his sex drive had decreased a lot. Neither of us ate breakfast & he survived on one big meal break a day with having soft drink or an icebreak in between. No surprise we had a girl. Each time we have been ttc dh always seems to be so busy & his sex drive has been a lot less than mine. We could bd a couple of times a week or go a week or 2 without. Trying hard this time to keep bding/releasing regularly & to have at least 3 attempts at +opk, along with the other lifestyle changes I have made. Last cycle we bd 5 days straight in my fertile window (each night from 0-3 through to 0+1). It was the most frequent we have bd for many, many years.


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maidentomother
February 7th, 2016, 02:08 PM
I should clarify, I think it's the extremes that sway pink. So multiple times a day vs rarely.

Pink Pony
February 7th, 2016, 06:16 PM
Museli, oats, weetbix - love cereal with full fat milk

more pink
February 7th, 2016, 11:07 PM
I agree atomic. When dh & I were first together we as I assume most couples do had sex all the time. By the time we were ready to ttc it was 4.5 yrs later, we were busy with our own business & were just starting to expand & put on more employees. Dh was flat out, early starts, late nights so his sex drive had decreased a lot. Neither of us ate breakfast & he survived on one big meal break a day with having soft drink or an icebreak in between. No surprise we had a girl. Each time we have been ttc dh always seems to be so busy & his sex drive has been a lot less than mine. We could bd a couple of times a week or go a week or 2 without. Trying hard this time to keep bding/releasing regularly & to have at least 3 attempts at +opk, along with the other lifestyle changes I have made. Last cycle we bd 5 days straight in my fertile window (each night from 0-3 through to 0+1). It was the most frequent we have bd for many, many years.


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It's true for me too sometimes we go without it for 2-3 months [emoji12] I got my boys from daily or every other day bd

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familymatters
February 8th, 2016, 03:00 AM
When I got my boys (especially my last boy), this is what my day looked like:

Breakfast - piece of grain toast and a fruit and veg juice (normally it would be apple, cucumber, broccoli, spinach and beetroot)

Lightly snacking til lunch (usually on almonds, cheese, banana)

Lunch - green salad with avocado and tuna with olive oil

Lightly snacking until dinner (dry biscuits with peanut butter, lollies)

Dinner - red meat (usually steak, spag bol, lamb cutlets)

Dessert - Piece of chocolate or lollies

I never drank coffee, I always drank black tea with full cream milk. Drank alcohol only very moderately on the weekends, never during the week.

DH and I DTD every second day once AF was finished. Once I got a positive OPK we DTD 3 nights in a row. So heaps of BD-ing ��

Babygirlquest
February 8th, 2016, 03:13 PM
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Throwaway_panther
February 11th, 2016, 09:32 PM
Oh and I might sound crazy but me personal observation:
My husband does have a sex drive, but he is all good if there is a week or two week break- I think men with more sex drive who need sex really frequently are often girl daddy's!
Can you confirm?
You might laugh at me, but I also think men with less bread ( my husband hardly needs to shave) have more boys- I don't know what it could be about but maybe hormones?
There isn't much we can do about that, just wanted to share:HH:

I think this is pretty off base. There have been cursory findings that more T = more boys, though obviously not conclusively.

I'd add that, if we really want to go anecdotally, I'm from a family of 3 girls, and I can guarantee that we all came from a very cold, "once in a blue moon" bedroom.

Beau82
February 12th, 2016, 08:39 PM
For everyone eating cereal -- what kind of cereal were you eating?

Every kind! Shreddies (I think those are just Canadian maybe? Small squares of interwoven wheat), plain and multigrain Cheerios, Rice Krispies, Raisin Bran, Mini-Wheats, Honey Bunches of Oats, and just plain granola sometimes with yogurt.

Throwaway_panther
February 13th, 2016, 09:18 AM
Every kind! Shreddies (I think those are just Canadian maybe? Small squares of interwoven wheat), plain and multigrain Cheerios, Rice Krispies, Raisin Bran, Mini-Wheats, Honey Bunches of Oats, and just plain granola sometimes with yogurt.

Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds is my favorite ever... looking forward to finally letting myself have it!

foxtrotmama
February 15th, 2016, 07:23 PM
I have two boys. Both times we were doing the SMEP, every other day from CD8, then three days in a row after getting a + OPK. Both times we used preseed from CD12 onwards.

When DS1 was conceived, I was doing a slow version of C25K (couch to 5k running plan, 3 days a week with incremental increases), repeating every week. I was working quite a high stress, win-or-lose kind of job. I snacked all day, mostly carbs, lived on coffee and green tea, and did my best to cook a healthy balanced meal at night.

When DS2 was conceived, we were a one car family and I spent a lot of time walking around town, but never intentionally exercised. I was breastfeeding, and snacked at every feed because I got hungry at let down.

lavenderflame
February 23rd, 2016, 12:40 AM
Oh and I might sound crazy but me personal observation:
My husband does have a sex drive, but he is all good if there is a week or two week break- I think men with more sex drive who need sex really frequently are often girl daddy's!
Can you confirm?
You might laugh at me, but I also think men with less bread ( my husband hardly needs to shave) have more boys- I don't know what it could be about but maybe hormones?
There isn't much we can do about that, just wanted to share:HH:

Not true for us. Mom of four girls. Husband has always had low testosterone and we rarely dtd, he has low libido. He also never needs to shave and is always mistaken for one of his students (teacher).

Throwaway_panther
February 25th, 2016, 11:03 AM
I have two boys. Both times we were doing the SMEP, every other day from CD8, then three days in a row after getting a + OPK. Both times we used preseed from CD12 onwards.

When DS1 was conceived, I was doing a slow version of C25K (couch to 5k running plan, 3 days a week with incremental increases), repeating every week. I was working quite a high stress, win-or-lose kind of job. I snacked all day, mostly carbs, lived on coffee and green tea, and did my best to cook a healthy balanced meal at night.

When DS2 was conceived, we were a one car family and I spent a lot of time walking around town, but never intentionally exercised. I was breastfeeding, and snacked at every feed because I got hungry at let down.

Forgive my ignorance, but what does SMEP mean?

queen-of-harts
February 25th, 2016, 05:48 PM
ds1-sex 2-3 times a day----ds2 sex once day-----DS's 3-6 sex every 2-3 days----DS7 Sex once in 5 weeks lol

atomic sagebrush
February 26th, 2016, 11:19 PM
SMEP = sperm meets egg plan Sperm Meets Egg Plan (http://www.pregnancyloss.info/sperm_meets_egg_plan.htm)

Erin514
March 1st, 2016, 10:11 PM
Hi,
Mom to two gorgeous boys over here. My diet was quite different between the two, the only commonalities were that I have always been a big grazer, mainly with healthy snacks like nuts, my weight remained consistent, and I exercised with light to moderate cardio and weight training 3-4 times a week. Other than that the circumstances of the two pregnancies were night and day.

DS1 was accidentally conceived on CD2 of a 28-day cycle (don't ask me how this is even possible, but that was the only day we BD without a condom, thinking we were safe. So much for Shettles!) I was only eating meat about 1-2x per week. My diet was fairly healthy with a lot of whole foods. I didn't drink milk but I would have yogurt with my breakfast. I had coffee once a day.

DS2 was planned and I was trying to sway pink with the FGD. We DTD every 2 days the cycle he was conceived. I took calcium & magnesium supplements, drank about 3 c of milk and 2-3 bowls of yogurt per day, and I loaded up on beans and nuts while reducing meat, potassium and sodium. I was still nursing DS1 maybe 4-5 times at night and early morning, but I worked full time and had stopped pumping during the day by then. I didn't drink coffee because I was breastfeeding. After reading a lot of Atomic's posts here I wonder if the reason my sway failed was because my diet was too nutrient dense. We tried to prepare really dense, rich super-foods for our toddler so lots of avocado, kale, homemade veggie juices, and not much in the way of simple carbs. And of course all my calcium-laden foods for the FGD were full-fat.

maidentomother
March 2nd, 2016, 01:46 PM
Very nutrient rich diet, Erin!

Throwaway_panther
March 2nd, 2016, 04:11 PM
Hi,
Mom to two gorgeous boys over here. My diet was quite different between the two, the only commonalities were that I have always been a big grazer, mainly with healthy snacks like nuts, my weight remained consistent, and I exercised with light to moderate cardio and weight training 3-4 times a week. Other than that the circumstances of the two pregnancies were night and day.

DS1 was accidentally conceived on CD2 of a 28-day cycle (don't ask me how this is even possible, but that was the only day we BD without a condom, thinking we were safe. So much for Shettles!) I was only eating meat about 1-2x per week. My diet was fairly healthy with a lot of whole foods. I didn't drink milk but I would have yogurt with my breakfast. I had coffee once a day.

DS2 was planned and I was trying to sway pink with the FGD. We DTD every 2 days the cycle he was conceived. I took calcium & magnesium supplements, drank about 3 c of milk and 2-3 bowls of yogurt per day, and I loaded up on beans and nuts while reducing meat, potassium and sodium. I was still nursing DS1 maybe 4-5 times at night and early morning, but I worked full time and had stopped pumping during the day by then. I didn't drink coffee because I was breastfeeding. After reading a lot of Atomic's posts here I wonder if the reason my sway failed was because my diet was too nutrient dense. We tried to prepare really dense, rich super-foods for our toddler so lots of avocado, kale, homemade veggie juices, and not much in the way of simple carbs. And of course all my calcium-laden foods for the FGD were full-fat.

I know timing generally doesn't make a difference, but I wonder if the repeated release from DTD every 2 days contributed to DS2, as well? I know atomic recommends every 2-4 days for blue swayers.

Otherwise, definitely seems like a very nutrient rich diet -- all the dairy seems to go blue OR pink, really! Sounds like your kids get great food at home!

atomic sagebrush
March 2nd, 2016, 11:38 PM
That isn't timing Erin, that's frequency and number of releases and yes, DTD every 2 days would sway blue.

There are three different elements: Timing (that's just the day of the cycle you BD on), Frequency (that's the pattern DH "cleans his pipes") and then number of attempts (one, two, three, etc). Timing has been debunked, frequency may sway a little but not terribly reliable, and sticking with one attempt has been very good results for us.

Erin514
March 4th, 2016, 10:27 AM
You're replying to Throwaway Panther, not me. ;-)

Yeah, I knew DTD every two days was not a great part of a pink sway, but we'd tried a single attempt with a 3-day cutoff (back when I still thought timing might sway) for two cycles without a BFP and I got impatient! When we TTC again maybe I'll try single attempt closer to O to improve my odds. I think the nutrient-dense diet is what hurt me most though. :-P

amyanne
March 4th, 2016, 10:08 PM
I am currently pregnant after a successful girl sway 😍 and so now that I'm a full believer I thought I'd come update here.
For my first two boys....I drank a matcha green tea latte (usually with whole milk) every day, took a prenatal with DHA, ate very high protein and fairly high fat. Snacked all day long, dessert after every mean, so much chocolate, dairy, red meat...thankful for my metabolism I was never overweight- but certainly not stick thin. Limited exercise (almost zero official exercise) but very active lifestyle, walking, hiking, etc. For timing we started a few days before positive OPK and DTD every day through ovulation, twice on O day. I always had a ton of CM, not sure specifically EWCM or not, but it was crazy how it all went away with the LE diet (and returned to normal after resuming my normal boy-friendly diet). We drank only occasionally- beer or wine a night or two a week.

atomic sagebrush
March 7th, 2016, 11:52 AM
You're replying to Throwaway Panther, not me. ;-)

Yeah, I knew DTD every two days was not a great part of a pink sway, but we'd tried a single attempt with a 3-day cutoff (back when I still thought timing might sway) for two cycles without a BFP and I got impatient! When we TTC again maybe I'll try single attempt closer to O to improve my odds. I think the nutrient-dense diet is what hurt me most though. :-P

Sorry I fly through these posts sometimes and do get confused on who said what when where and why. :)

LilyBump
March 15th, 2016, 12:52 PM
I've had 2 pregnancies from the same person (my ex) - DS1 I conceived in 2005 at 16 - gave birth to him the month after I turned 17 and the next pregnancy was in Jan 2013, but only made it to 9w1d..though, I have a strong feeling it would have also been a boy as there were a lot of common themes.

Before conceiving DS, I was pretty much just beginning to recover from an eating disorder (anorexia/bulimia - which was from 13 off/on up into early 20s) and transferring over to being vegetarian and definitely higher calories (was starting to gain weight back). But, I very rarely ate fruits and vegetables...not even growing up, really. My normal diet usually consisted more of eggs, mayo, tuna fish, dairy (cheese, FF-2% Milk), sugar, and cereals/carbs. Definitely with an emphasis on the dairy! Many cheese quesadillas, fried cheese, american cheese, breads, tuna fish sandwiches with chips (only liked them on sandwiches), chocolate, and cakes/cookies. I had known my ex for 2 years at the point of conceiving. I was taking antibiotics at the time for a cold and probably not being the best with taking my birth control pills, as we weren't the best relationship-wise at that point either. We did it one time without him pulling out during the time that I got pregnant, and I was on top.

The second pregnancy in 2013, was similar in that I was starting to gain some weight after a period of minimal calories. We had been starting to talk about conceiving another (was hoping girl, but didn't know much about swaying). At this point, I was back to eating a lot of dairy (cheese, FF milk, ice cream), high protein with chicken, fish, cereals, cereal bars, etc...with a little bit of beef. Except, we were still using the pull-out method (no BC) for years up until the point of conception. I was tracking my cycles for about a year before it happened, and started tracking CM about a few months around the time we began talking about conceiving. Again, there was only one time at Christmas (we were drinking) I was on top - had a lot of CM and definitely felt ovulation pain from my right side during BDing. I had to have had quite an early O too, as otherwise, my luteal phase would have been much longer than was probable! Also, chinese calendar, moons signs, and mostly everything, said boy on this one. I've tried to do the math on my son's calendar timing, though it's hard since it only calculates using the computer to 18 years of age. But, what I came up with when trying to do the numbers, was boy. Just can't say 100%.

So, in my conclusion...I had the perfect boy sways without knowing! The only "girl" thing I was doing was the dairy and using a lot of aspartame in coffee, tea, and diet sodas around those times. But, I think the high protein and fat, plus weight gain, canceled that out. Also, before conception on both, I had quite a many large (very full of sugar & dairy) frappuccino's!

I've currently been with DH for 2 years and we both are wanting a girl/plan to sway. I've been mostly Vegan (with way more veggies & fruit than I've eaten for most of my life) since last summer and have been off of artificial sweetners for a few years now. So I've been having a little trouble trying to work out diet change. I have noticed in this Vegan journey, that the months that I've slipped and ate cheese (usually pretty high amounts in the month) and a lot of soy products together (not sure if it's one or both together), my cycles and hormones go wonky! My cycles have ranged everywhere from 27-34 days through about the 40 cycles I've tracked...but the overall average of nearly 3 years of tracking, end up being closer to 29-31 days long. Except, when I ate a lot of dairy & soy this past December it ended up at the rare number for me of 34 days, no dairy in Jan equaled a very short cycle for me of 27 days, and then dairy & lot of soy again this past cycled ended me up with another 34 days. Plus, my face has broken out badly during AF and my cystic bb's have also flared up in dairy cycles. The cystic bb's started years ago, lasted badly for a few years, then became rare the past year and a half. Notably, rare when sticking to vegan and limiting caffeine!

I guess that my pink sway will work if I basically do all of the opposites? heh I plan to conceive while still in the midst of dieting/sticking to a vegan diet (plan to do strict for 2-3 months before TTC) and lowering my protein, fat, and calories.

I was never into salt or salty foods, other than high sodium from high saturated fat (mostly dairy & chicken sandwiches/fast food). Nor did I ever really eat much potassium. I'm definitely going to continue to avoid dairy and continue getting my calcium from the nut milks and some veggies. Also making sure to up my maganese & magnesium, as before my M/C, I was told that I had pretty alarmingly low levels. I know the lack of maganese can cause M/C. Other than that, probably avoiding being on top and BDing on O day! ...I will say, DH has a lot less higher of a sex drive and aggression than my ex. And, I hope he never reads this (!!!) but, also is a little bit smaller in equipment - so, hoping missionary and maybe antihistamines will also help me sway pink this time!

Good luck to all of those swaying blue! :wink: :ttcboy: Hope this was of some help! I'm sorry this was so long, been researching a ton and thinking a lot about the differences!

squigglepink
March 15th, 2016, 06:29 PM
I have two boys. Eldest is 6.
My diet was something like this...
I did drink alcohol then and still do. Usually wine,in the week and even more on weekends. My DH also drank wine and beer. We would usually have a bottle a night between us.
I used to drink tea and coffee/cappuccino/late's with sugar and milk during the day, diet coke and not much water.
i was not exercising.
My breakfast was toast and tea/coffee or oats with honey or muesli and yoghurt - weekends we would go out for breakfast or hubby used to do us a fry-up.
I sometimes had all bran flakes
i always had skimmed milk and still do

My lunch would have been a sandwich/roll with cheese and tomatoe/onion/lettuce
OR a melted cheese snackwich. Eggs on toast, scrambled or fried with avo slices. Or a potatoe/sweet potatoe with a filling of tuna and mayo or a cheese toastie or a tuna and corn salad

Snacking:
tomatoes and feta with salt and pepper.
huge chunk of cheese and tea.
piece of toast with peanut butter if i was hungry - even just before dinner.
I would also snack on cheese and crackers, olives, gherkins, baby tomatoes.
I love chocolate and would eat it whenever i felt like it
chips - cheese doritos
ive always loved veggies but as for fruit i would probably have a banana, apple or green grapes

Dinner would be a fairly big portion.
I was eating meat at the time so we would have chicken and veg / salad. Steak and chips with mushroom sauce.We would do beef burgers and chips. Take away meals usually on a Saturday, which were mainly spinach and ricotta cannelloni or pizza. Or i would get tai food. Never eaten McDonalds or any of those types of meals. Other foods we would eat were fish and garlic potatoes. We had a lot of bbq's living in a sunny country at the time - so meat and salad. We had corn on the cob. We had garlic Kiev's with mixed veg and cheese sauce. Spaghetti bolognaise. Parmesan crumbed chicken. Shepperds pie. Tuna/chicken wraps.

Looking at my diary of when we were ttc for my first, i recorded the following:
We BD on CD10, CD 12, CD16, CD25
My previous cycle was 29 days long. Cycle before that was 33 days long.
We DTD dogie style, always deep penetration and always the Big O for me. And i lay with legs in air for for some reason

Additional info:
My DH took Zinc tablets
I was taking folic acid
i would put salt and pepper on all my food
balsamic vinegar on my salad
I could literally live on cheddar cheese.
I honestly used to eat when and how i want. And that means that if i felt like chocolate for breakfast id go ahead and have it.

For my second son, food was bacon carbanara, garlic bread, pasta, soup and french loaves, lamb chops and salad, porkies and mash - very high protein., beef burgers, shepherds pie. Tuna wraps. Drank coke zero, orange juice and guava juice. Flavoured water - strawberry.
I dont have specific calender dates but we DTD every other day in first cycle and fell pregnant first cycle. I did not Jump and dump and it would have been deep penetration as usual, either missionary or doggie style and me the Big O.

We are both vegetarian now and haven't eaten like that in over a year, we eat far healthier with no take away meals. I stopped eating as much bread and i have a smoothie for breakfast and a salad/wrap for lunch (im on LE now though so no breakfast or snacks for me) :sigh:

atomic sagebrush
March 17th, 2016, 03:47 PM
hi and welcome Lily.

We have not found the mineral diets to be effective and MANY of us (myself included) got gobs of boys on high dairy intake. Going vegan is one of the most effective of pink sway tactics and I think you're on the right track.

pinkflamingo
March 20th, 2016, 11:42 AM
I conceived my boys six years apart. DS1 was three months into marriage, fairly regular BDing and conceived on O day, first try. (Missionary, hips propped for a while afterward, yes Big O.) I was 21, active and healthy with a great metabolism so I ate whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. I wasn't a big breakfast eater but a big-time grazer, constantly snacking. I loved comfort food, tons of fruit and veggies, salty stuff, chocolate and fast food. At home I ate pretty healthfully as DH is vegan, but we both ate huge portions and usually had seconds. I would cook tons of veggies, pasta, veggie proteins, potatoes, rice and desserts. We ordered and made a LOT of pizza. (I ate mine with cheese, he didn't.) I am terrible at drinking enough water and I drank lots and lots of juice, especially 100% cranberry and orange juice. I hated diet drinks and drank full sugar sodas regularly. DH was a student at the time and our schedule was very irregular, lots of late nights but also lots of sleeping in. My primary exercise was walking ALL over town since we lived in a very cute, walkable city at the time. I was in-between jobs and attending school on a very part-time basis. (Life of Riley, really!) :wink:

With DS2, I was 27 and a homemaker. My oldest was calm, well-behaved, and in school three days a week so I had lots of time to rest and not a lot of stress. Walking was my only exercise but I weighed the same or less than I did with DS1. Marriage was a bit rocky at the time (we had just moved states for DH's work) but doing ok with weekly BD'ing. We planned and tried for two months before conceiving, once again, on O day! (Missionary, hips propped afterward, yes Big O.) I was taking prenatal vitamins and eating a well-rounded, high-calorie, high-fat, high-nutrient diet. Constant snacker! I drank very rarely (socially) with both boys. I could have sworn DS2 was a girl because the pregnancies were so different- almost no symptoms with DS1 and EVERY symptom with DS2.

chocolate
April 1st, 2016, 01:33 PM
I typically eat like a man :-) I prefer to eat things like cheese on toast, chips (fries) with melted cheese, burgers, sausages, chocolate and biscuits. Dinners with red meat, veg and carbs. I did try and eat healthier around ttc so had less and more veg and fruit and white meat, exercised but included weights, but think boy mum stayed with me. I'm not one for eating toast/bagels/crackers/pasta unless it's with bolognaise and cheese and garlic bread!
I have Pcos and do tend to feel quite erratic in moods, high energy. I'm slim but if I gain weight it's only around the middle from eating sugary food, junk.

Hope that helps :-)

Throwaway_panther
April 13th, 2016, 08:40 AM
I conceived my boys six years apart. DS1 was three months into marriage, fairly regular BDing and conceived on O day, first try. (Missionary, hips propped for a while afterward, yes Big O.) I was 21, active and healthy with a great metabolism so I ate whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. I wasn't a big breakfast eater but a big-time grazer, constantly snacking. I loved comfort food, tons of fruit and veggies, salty stuff, chocolate and fast food. At home I ate pretty healthfully as DH is vegan, but we both ate huge portions and usually had seconds. I would cook tons of veggies, pasta, veggie proteins, potatoes, rice and desserts. We ordered and made a LOT of pizza. (I ate mine with cheese, he didn't.) I am terrible at drinking enough water and I drank lots and lots of juice, especially 100% cranberry and orange juice. I hated diet drinks and drank full sugar sodas regularly. DH was a student at the time and our schedule was very irregular, lots of late nights but also lots of sleeping in. My primary exercise was walking ALL over town since we lived in a very cute, walkable city at the time. I was in-between jobs and attending school on a very part-time basis. (Life of Riley, really!) :wink:

With DS2, I was 27 and a homemaker. My oldest was calm, well-behaved, and in school three days a week so I had lots of time to rest and not a lot of stress. Walking was my only exercise but I weighed the same or less than I did with DS1. Marriage was a bit rocky at the time (we had just moved states for DH's work) but doing ok with weekly BD'ing. We planned and tried for two months before conceiving, once again, on O day! (Missionary, hips propped afterward, yes Big O.) I was taking prenatal vitamins and eating a well-rounded, high-calorie, high-fat, high-nutrient diet. Constant snacker! I drank very rarely (socially) with both boys. I could have sworn DS2 was a girl because the pregnancies were so different- almost no symptoms with DS1 and EVERY symptom with DS2.

Not to be too invasive, but can you elaborate on weekly BD-ing? Were you doing it once a week, or throughout the week, etc.?

Gasúrbeag
May 6th, 2016, 05:36 AM
Would anyone know if conceive plus is known to sway?

maidentomother
May 6th, 2016, 06:03 AM
It is much more blue friendly than standard lube but if you don't have any or much fertile CM then it you may need it to conceive at all in which case it may be more gender neutral. If you are using it on top of copious EWCM that would sway more blue....but not nearly as much as things like diet, exercise, number of attempts.

smllibra
May 6th, 2016, 03:07 PM
Hi ladies, A month prior conceiving my DS, I was recovering from an eating disorder. Didn't exercise at all
Plenty of sleep.
Couch potato.
I always ate breakfast, always eggs and banana.
Lunch would usually be chicken and a potato
And dinner would be hamburger helper or chicken nuggets with a side dish or both,lol.

Every 4 days would be free days. Meaning, I would eat all day long. I would usually start off with typical breakfast. And then i'd eat peanut butter, lots of sweets in general, pizza, Mexican food, lots of dairy.

I usually just stuck to drinking water and didn't take any vitamins.
So within that month leading up to conception I gained about 5-7lbs.
My husband exercises 5 days a week due to his job. He wasn't too big on sweets. But thin/athletic body type. And he is also a meat eater. Especially red meat.
We were staying with my parents for the time being until we got housing,so we weren't dtd very often. Maybe a few times in that month we were staying with them. We conceived in October :)

atomic sagebrush
May 10th, 2016, 01:34 PM
Would anyone know if conceive plus is known to sway?

Sways blue!

herlianthus
May 18th, 2016, 10:32 AM
I was eating quite a bit of potatoes and carbs. Minimal exercise. Very infrequent sex, only once few days before ovulation. Dh wears loose boxers.

squigglepink
May 19th, 2016, 08:15 AM
I have two boys. Eldest is 6.
My diet was something like this...
I did drink alcohol then and still do. Usually wine,in the week and even more on weekends. My DH also drank wine and beer. We would usually have a bottle a night between us.
I used to drink tea and coffee/cappuccino/late's with sugar and milk during the day, diet coke and not much water.
i was not exercising.
My breakfast was toast and tea/coffee or oats with honey or muesli and yoghurt - weekends we would go out for breakfast or hubby used to do us a fry-up.
I sometimes had all bran flakes
i always had skimmed milk and still do

My lunch would have been a sandwich/roll with cheese and tomatoe/onion/lettuce
OR a melted cheese snackwich. Eggs on toast, scrambled or fried with avo slices. Or a potatoe/sweet potatoe with a filling of tuna and mayo or a cheese toastie or a tuna and corn salad

Snacking:
tomatoes and feta with salt and pepper.
huge chunk of cheese and tea.
piece of toast with peanut butter if i was hungry - even just before dinner.
I would also snack on cheese and crackers, olives, gherkins, baby tomatoes.
I love chocolate and would eat it whenever i felt like it
chips - cheese doritos
ive always loved veggies but as for fruit i would probably have a banana, apple or green grapes

Dinner would be a fairly big portion.
I was eating meat at the time so we would have chicken and veg / salad. Steak and chips with mushroom sauce.We would do beef burgers and chips. Take away meals usually on a Saturday, which were mainly spinach and ricotta cannelloni or pizza. Or i would get tai food. Never eaten McDonalds or any of those types of meals. Other foods we would eat were fish and garlic potatoes. We had a lot of bbq's living in a sunny country at the time - so meat and salad. We had corn on the cob. We had garlic Kiev's with mixed veg and cheese sauce. Spaghetti bolognaise. Parmesan crumbed chicken. Shepperds pie. Tuna/chicken wraps.

Looking at my diary of when we were ttc for my first, i recorded the following:
We BD on CD10, CD 12, CD16, CD25
My previous cycle was 29 days long. Cycle before that was 33 days long.
We DTD dogie style, always deep penetration and always the Big O for me. And i lay with legs in air for for some reason

Additional info:
My DH took Zinc tablets
I was taking folic acid
i would put salt and pepper on all my food
balsamic vinegar on my salad
I could literally live on cheddar cheese.
I honestly used to eat when and how i want. And that means that if i felt like chocolate for breakfast id go ahead and have it.

For my second son, food was bacon carbanara, garlic bread, pasta, soup and french loaves, lamb chops and salad, porkies and mash - very high protein., beef burgers, shepherds pie. Tuna wraps. Drank coke zero, orange juice and guava juice. Flavoured water - strawberry.
I dont have specific calender dates but we DTD every other day in first cycle and fell pregnant first cycle. I did not Jump and dump and it would have been deep penetration as usual, either missionary or doggie style and me the Big O.

We are both vegetarian now and haven't eaten like that in over a year, we eat far healthier with no take away meals. I stopped eating as much bread and i have a smoothie for breakfast and a salad/wrap for lunch (im on LE now though so no breakfast or snacks for me) :sigh:

YAY! I found my diary for when trying for my next baby, which was also a boy. So after taking a look through the days we DTD it turns out we did it on day 7, day 10, day 12, day day 14, day 18 and day 25 - Found out i was pregnant by day 33!

Throwaway_panther
May 19th, 2016, 02:10 PM
YAY! I found my diary for when trying for my next baby, which was also a boy. So after taking a look through the days we DTD it turns out we did it on day 7, day 10, day 12, day day 14, day 18 and day 25 - Found out i was pregnant by day 33!

Nothing makes me happier than seeing moms who conceived boys while drinking! :beer:

squigglepink
May 19th, 2016, 02:31 PM
Nothing makes me happier than seeing moms who conceived boys while drinking! :beer:

Haha, and im equally pleased i can continue this habit while ttc girl!

Throwaway_panther
May 19th, 2016, 02:46 PM
Haha, and im equally pleased i can continue this habit while ttc girl!

I'm definitely living proof of how it helps sway pink :wink: :giggle:

ABC.2606
May 23rd, 2016, 05:48 PM
This is a great thread (and the one about "how we got our girls!")!!

For me, first son was probably pretty textbook boy sway! I conceived him 9 months after my wedding and while I had lost a lot of weight prior to my wedding, I gained about 10-15 pounds back from the wedding to when I got pregnant (oops!). I ate breakfast everyday - usually cereal! I was obsessed with cereal at the time! I also ate a lot of salads, veggies, healthy foods in addition to consuming a lot calories. So high calorie, high nutrient diet! I was taking prenatal vitamins and we used "Pre seed". Two attempts - day before & day of ovulation.

Second son I was up 10 pounds from when I conceived my first due to not losing the baby weight. Again high calorie diet, lots of dairy plus I was taking calcium & magnesium supplements (in attempts to sway girl!). Also, we had just completed a cross country move just a few weeks before getting pregnant so my stress levels were high. DTD several days in a row leading up to ovulation, including day before ovulation.

Good luck in your boy sways! Little boys are CRAZY but a lot of fun!

katie_marcella
May 24th, 2016, 10:13 AM
Hey guys!
So I've been doing a bit of reading here again. I'm TTC pink, and originally was skimming over the "How we got our girls" threads, which brought me here. I have a son who seems to be the result of a pretty textbook unintentional boy sway. I thought I'd share for you guys! :)

My son was a surprise so I was not swaying let alone even trying to conceive. I was at a very healthy point in my life. I have always been pretty healthy, and I like taking care of my body. It's kind of a first priority. SO, I was getting ample sleep. My husband and I had just begun a moderate exercise routine including 30 minute cardio interval training, and low weight training. We would do this together about 5-6 days a week. I was taking a B complex vitamin and a probiotic supplement religiously. No soda, other than Gatorade after work outs. Lots of water. Every single morning I would start my day with a cup of green jasmine tea or lavender earl grey tea--both sweetened with sugar in the raw. My breakfast was almost always some type of bread with an over medium organic egg, with soy bacon. I would consume something almost immediately upon waking, as I did not like to feel the effects of my blood sugar being low. I snacked throughout the day because of this reason as well. We are only nutrient dense vegetables. I remember having a mixed greens salad daily with loads of veggies and avocado. I used extra virgin olive oil and apple cider vinegar as my dressing. I ate pickles like they were going out of style. I would always treat myself to froyo! Ate healthy fatty fish about twice a week. Chicken, tofu, and cheesy veggie pasta was on the menu a lot too! I never let myself get very hungry. I was a typical grazer. On the day my son was conceived, I remember saying that we should be careful because I thought I was ovulating. I had ample amounts of EWCM. All in all, I was very healthy, had good blood sugar levels, and was moderately exercising. Everything I was doing was conducive with conceiving a boy. :) I wish you all luck, and send any lingering blue dust to any of those TTC a boy!!

ohsofaux
May 24th, 2016, 06:51 PM
How I didnt know all of this swayed boy is beyond me..
When I was TTC DS1 I was hoping for a fast pregnancy. We were told we may have some trouble as I have suspected endometriosis and excessive pain with AF. So I researched.. ALOT.

I was at a higher weight than normal (around 5 kgs up thanks to our 8 week honeymoon), and I did the following:
- I was travelling for work and eating at lovely restaurants - lots of good quality food and lots of protein and nutrition (I usually ate salmon twice a week, and lots of meat and veg). Constant snacking and grazing through the day, eating whatever I wanted whenever I wanted but healthy. Just large portions and lots of food.
- I drank cough syrup from AF to O to increase CM and water it down
- Used a sperm friendly lubricant available in Australia I think it was called maybebaby that I now know sways blue
- BD every 2 days (followed the Sperm meets egg protocol)
- drank water ++ and took elevit prenatal vitamins for a month prior to TTC and while TTC
- Barely exercised - just a walk here and there
- Always had a big O
- Sat after BD with legs in air marinating lol.

atomic sagebrush
May 25th, 2016, 01:30 PM
That happened to SOOO many of us Ohso - we thought we would have trouble getting pregnant for whatever reason and so basically DID blue sways just in order to get pregnant at all. I have definitely had large chunks of my life where I was probably swaying pink inadvertently, but as luck would have it I just never got pregnant in those months. :/

I really really think that the main reason some of us sit here with 3, 4 or more boys (or girls for that matter) is just random chance. If I had gotten pregnant in the years where I was exercising a lot and at my thinnest, I could very well have had a girl. If I hadn't gone buggy planning my pg with DS 3 I could very well have had a girl. It's just that when you only get 2 or 3 chances, you gotta make em count! :)

jdd1017
May 26th, 2016, 09:02 AM
I have 2 boys and here is what my lifestyle was!

DS#1, I had been married for 6 months and, let's be honest, I had gained some weight after getting married haha. Honestly though, in the 6 months leading up to pregnancy I had probably gained 15 lbs (my poor DH!;) I think that was the major factor that swayed blue for me. I am also a huge snacker. I eat a LOT of meat, cheese, very fattening food. I know the week we conceived with him because we actually were trying to avoid pregnancy and "pulling out" (TMI, I know!) and we were on a mini vacation so therefore DTD every day or two.

DS#2, I was at a pretty high weight, although I had been there for a few years. The cycle we conceived was the first time I had tried OPK. Honestly I SO wish I could remember the exact dates we BD but I know for a fact it was more than once in my fertile window. I *think* we BD on the day of OPK and the day after, which would be ovulation day. But once again, I was very boy friendly, eating a lot of fat and protein and snacking.

One thing to mention, I was not doing any sort of exercising when I conceived either of my boys. I was total couch potato. I truly think diet sways more than anything. Good luck to all of you that want boys...you can take ALLLLL of my blue dust!!! I'm begging you;)

jdd1017
May 26th, 2016, 09:12 AM
This is a great thread (and the one about "how we got our girls!")!!

For me, first son was probably pretty textbook boy sway! I conceived him 9 months after my wedding and while I had lost a lot of weight prior to my wedding, I gained about 10-15 pounds back from the wedding to when I got pregnant (oops!). I ate breakfast everyday - usually cereal! I was obsessed with cereal at the time! I also ate a lot of salads, veggies, healthy foods in addition to consuming a lot calories. So high calorie, high nutrient diet! I was taking prenatal vitamins and we used "Pre seed". Two attempts - day before & day of ovulation.


Second son I was up 10 pounds from when I conceived my first due to not losing the baby weight. Again high calorie diet, lots of dairy plus I was taking calcium & magnesium supplements (in attempts to sway girl!). Also, we had just completed a cross country move just a few weeks before getting pregnant so my stress levels were high. DTD several days in a row leading up to ovulation, including day before ovulation.

Good luck in your boy sways! Little boys are CRAZY but a lot of fun!

This sounds exactly like how we got our boys, especially the part about gaining weight after the wedding. And then another 10 lbs lol. That was exactly what I did. My poor husband haha :p

ABC.2606
May 27th, 2016, 03:14 AM
This sounds exactly like how we got our boys, especially the part about gaining weight after the wedding. And then another 10 lbs lol. That was exactly what I did. My poor husband haha :p

I know right? I was at my lowest weight ever when I got married. Now I'm at my highest weight :( Sigh. At least swaying for a girl should help that!

DesiG
May 31st, 2016, 11:37 PM
Yes Please! And thanks for your shares!!

Babybun
June 17th, 2016, 04:45 PM
Hi Ladies, just dropping in to spread some blue babydust! I got all 3 boys while unintentionally swaying blue, I didnt have a preference but was hoping for a shot at pink with DS3!

-I was an all day grazer, constantly snacking, eating little and often.
-I was at my highest weight, on DS3 he was conceived a couple of months after my wedding. I had lost a lot of weight and had put every single lb back on in the months afterwards. :oops:
-I was taking flaxseed oil on and off to help with dry eyes on DS1 & DS2 and it dramatically increased EWCM the months I took it.
-DTD every day for 8 days leading up to ovulation, Ov day and the day after. Had big O every time. Lay with hips propped up for at least 30 mins afterwards.
-Lived on fortified cereals too! Ate 3 bowls a day sometimes!

Best of luck to you all on your journeys to get lovely little blue bundles! :DS:

Lissastick
June 23rd, 2016, 09:44 PM
How I got my boy. Unintentionally swayed blue. I REALLY wanted a boy, but had no idea that what I was doing was swaying boy:

-I was taking prenatal vitamins with DHA
-Had gained about 15 pounds from ideal weight recently before TTC
-Eating and snacking a lot, especially a big red meat eater (now vegetarian, lol)
-Ate breakfast cereal every morning for a month or more
-did a lot of strength training exercise
-drank an alkaline green drink mix everyday
-conceived on the sperm meets egg plan on the second cycle TTC
-husband wore loose boxers and was super fit: no smoking, no drinking, no fast food. Lots of exercise and multi vitamins and supplements

I was also drinking lots of decaf green tea and avoided caffeine and alcohol completely, except in the TWW, I had two shots of tequila at Thanksgiving. Lol!

Sticky blue baby dust to everyone who needs it!!

weeziewoozles
June 24th, 2016, 01:57 AM
I'm not sure if I've already posted on the previous thread but I thought I'd add my story as it's a little more complex than some of the ones I'm reading.

DS1 was a honeymoon baby so I was really slim and had been eating healthily for months, but in the fortnight he was conceived I ate freely and drank wine and cocktails daily. So a bit of a mixed bag there, some blue some pink. I wasn't taking any Prenatals as I'd not expected to be so lucky so soon but I do typically take supplements (Vit C, Vit B Complex, Zinc, Omega 3 and herbs for my gut).

DS2 was conceived while I was on a girl friendly diet. I don't remember the name but it involved changing your acidity, no red meat, lower fat I think. I believe I carried on on my supplements. Sorry to be vague but I definitely was restricting some things but I wasn't aware of this site, if it existed yet, so it wasn't really a sway. We tried the Shettles method so DTD four days before ovulation (I was charting using an OPK machine thing) so we disproved his theory that boy sperm only last two days.

DS3 was my Genderdreaming LE diet failed sway. I went all out on the diet losing loads of weight, maybe 28lbs, dropped all my supplements and took antihistamines around our attempt. The diet lengthened my cycles dramatically from 29 days to 44 making it hard to pinpoint ovulation. I also had to up my calories a little in the fourth month to hold my weight steady. But we did FR and then DTD a few times as I think that was the suggestion back then. I was at my lowest weight ever and unfortunately still got a blue bundle.

Some of the details are blurry now as I've not kept a diary but I think that's a reasonable picture of how we got our boys. With all three I was not doing any exercise as such but am an active person who tends to choose the stairs over the lift/elevator.

atomic sagebrush
June 24th, 2016, 12:07 PM
Yes Weezie you're one of the superheroes who got sway opposites with many attempts because if we would not have had that period of time when we thought that frequency/jelly/antihistamine was what was really swaying, we would never have learned about number of attempts and that all the rest of that stuff was actually neutral. No one had even GUESSED that could possibly be the case and you guys from that era are the ones who did the "heavy lifting" for everyone's benefit. :) It was only through you guys that we learned about that.

weeziewoozles
June 24th, 2016, 12:15 PM
No regrets from me. DS3 is an angel :)

Dreamingblue16.
July 5th, 2016, 02:59 AM
This is a great read thank you for all the information - it's really over whelming, this is our last baby and I'm so so desperate for it to be blue, I want to get my swag perfect, least then I know I have done everything I can!!

How long were you all on the blue diet before conciving?

squigglepink
July 5th, 2016, 04:10 AM
This is a great read thank you for all the information - it's really over whelming, this is our last baby and I'm so so desperate for it to be blue, I want to get my swag perfect, least then I know I have done everything I can!!

How long were you all on the blue diet before conciving?
I lived my life the blue way. Breakfast, lunch, dinner with snacks inbetween. Usually a meat at dinner. Lots of chicken. I just ate what and how I wanted. Nothing was prohibited. Nothing was off limits. I would eat out of boredom even. If i was hungry close to dinner time, instead of pushing myself to get there I'd have toast or some cheese or I'd chop up some tomato with feta. Coffee and tea most days. Big chocolate fan and I love things like croissants and cheese, cakes, biscuits etc.. (LE showed me just how much and often i used to eat)!!! I don't know the recommended time for blue diet but for me it was 38 years! 😊
Good luck with your sway xx

Dreamingblue16.
July 5th, 2016, 07:24 AM
I want to start ttc now for various reasons but I have only been on the diet and supplements for a week so in scared to start ttc now incase I ruin my chances at w good sway!

atomic sagebrush
July 5th, 2016, 11:53 AM
First and foremost you need to do what is best for you and your family and if that is TTC this month, then you may need to do that. You may not get pregnant that first month out and then you'll have longer on the diet anyway. :)

atomic sagebrush
July 5th, 2016, 11:57 AM
This is a great read thank you for all the information - it's really over whelming, this is our last baby and I'm so so desperate for it to be blue, I want to get my swag perfect, least then I know I have done everything I can!!

How long were you all on the blue diet before conciving?

I've always been a big eater. When I was in my teens I used to skip a lot of meals (I hardly ever ate breakfast or lunch) but then usually made up for it once I got home from school. Then once I got out on my own I ate a lot more often and even had to drop some weight after a couple years LOL

Please don't feel overwhelmed, you can do this!!!! IT doesn't need to be perfect, either!! All us boy mamas have days we didn't eat that much!

atomic sagebrush
July 5th, 2016, 11:58 AM
I want to start ttc now for various reasons but I have only been on the diet and supplements for a week so in scared to start ttc now incase I ruin my chances at w good sway!

The most important thing is also really easy - take a prenatal or multivitamin (like Women's One A Day - it's a multivitamin that is as good as any prenatal!!) every day!! :)

Throwaway_panther
July 5th, 2016, 04:55 PM
I've always been a big eater. When I was in my teens I used to skip a lot of meals (I hardly ever ate breakfast or lunch) but then usually made up for it once I got home from school. Then once I got out on my own I ate a lot more often and even had to drop some weight after a couple years LOL

Please don't feel overwhelmed, you can do this!!!! IT doesn't need to be perfect, either!! All us boy mamas have days we didn't eat that much!
This makes me feel so much better! I went so long eating like you did in your teens I thought I was doomed!

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atomic sagebrush
July 6th, 2016, 01:45 PM
NOBODY is doomed!! We have had swayers get boys after 4-5 girls!!

Dreamingblue16.
July 7th, 2016, 08:03 AM
I have four girls so this gives me hope :).

I am taking pregnecare conception, something I have never taken before, so fingers crossed that will help too :) xx

Dreamingblue16.
July 7th, 2016, 08:04 AM
Absolutely, I fell first month with my girls so I am just assuming that will be the case again but your right if I don't it's a bonus extra month on the diet :) X

squigglepink
July 7th, 2016, 08:06 AM
I have four girls so this gives me hope :).

I am taking pregnecare conception, something I have never taken before, so fingers crossed that will help too :) xx
Hi Dreaming. Just curious. How did you get 4 girls?! I can't even get 1 😃... lol

Dreamingblue16.
July 7th, 2016, 08:54 AM
Hi :),

I didn't sway for any of them, I didn't know swaying was a thing until just before I fell pregnant with my youngest daughter, I didn't attempt a sway with her because she was my husbands and I's first baby together and we didn't give gender a second thought.

Now though I really really want a boy we said we were going to have two so this is my last chance!! I am almost scared to get pregnant as I know this is my last shot!

Looking back though, I think I did have a 'girl' friendly diet, I used to skip breakfast all the time in fact skip meals all the time, hardly ate any meat at all if any, I did drink a lot of coffee and a lot of diet fizzy juice. With timing we had sex every day when we were trying so sperm count probably wasn't at its best either!

Good luck with getting your girl ��

squigglepink
July 7th, 2016, 09:10 AM
Ah, thanks and good luck to you too! :bluecheer:

DesiG
July 10th, 2016, 01:49 AM
Absolutely, I fell first month with my girls so I am just assuming that will be the case again but your right if I don't it's a bonus extra month on the diet :) X

I always fell pg first try with all four of my girls, but we tried in June and did not fall pg, but I was kind of happy in the end of being sad, because there is so much I learned from finding gd, I had only found it 2 weeks before our bd. So I feel like I really have a better chance now that I have added a few more things for hubby and I and taking things away that I would have done. I feel really blessed to have found this site. I'm really hoping to fall pg this August!

atomic sagebrush
July 10th, 2016, 03:00 PM
Sending tons of blue dust to my blue swayers! :heart:

Throwaway_panther
July 10th, 2016, 04:41 PM
Sending tons of blue dust to my blue swayers! [emoji813]
I have a weird anecdotal question sparked by some recent comments here:

Conceiving boys is dubbed as being from women in "high condition," but I swear between here and real life, I know so many women who got pregnant with girls on first tries (including me), and women who got boys after fertility struggles and sometimes years, if not months, of trying. What are your thoughts?

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atomic sagebrush
July 10th, 2016, 05:46 PM
It's hard to explain but think of it as a continuum. We use "high condition" as shorthand but really, most people who are actively TTC are IN good condition (comparitively speaking). None of us (I hope not anyway) are in truly poor condition in the "famine" sense of the word. We are just trying to speak in general terms about our overall physical condition along with the kinds of signals we get from the environment in terms of diet and lifestyle stuff.

The one end of the continuum is PCOS - they have fertility issues but it's a matter of TOO much - often overweight, too many carbs/cals, blood sugar too high, testosterone elevated and they have fertility problems but it's because of too many hormones (in a very very very general way). Then at the other end of the spectrum is the reduced fertility from hypothalamic amennorhea (poor diet, low cals, low fat, too much exercise, low body weight, etc). This is too low in the hormone department. They both appear from the outside to be "infertility" and can even manifest themselves similarly with delayed O and short LP but they are two totally different things - polar opposites really. The PCO end of the continuum, the body gets confused and makes too much T and not enough P and the cysts that form can delay O. The HA end of the continuum , the body does not have enough raw materials and thus delays O due to lack of estrogen and also shortens LP because not enough progesterone and then also lack of estrogen prevents secondary estrogen surge.

Imagine at one end of the continuum (and this is just for illustration's sake, each individual has a unique set of biological and lifestyle factors coming into play here) that the blue mamas come in to TTC 80% set for boys but still make girls 20% of the time. And the other end of the continuum are people who are 80% set for pink but would still make boys 20% of the time. (of course there are people even further down the ends of both these continuums who may not even be able to get pregnant at all) Most of us are in the middle and what makes it even more hard to wrap your brain around, is that these settings are NOT permanent and change by the month. Most people are trying to correct for things when they have a problem falling pregnant and so this can move them around - it's not like we have assigned places on this continuum.

SO, because these things are not set in stone it's possible for BOTH people who are set for blue/pink and pink/blue to move up/down this continuum, you have cases in point where people who were low in hormones, do a lot of stuff to boost fertility and end up TTC a boy even after a long time TTC but also people who were high in hormones and had PCOS may go on a special diet and lose weight and exercise or take medications to fix their PCO issues and end up able to get pregnant when they weren't able to before but still have a boy. We refer to all this as "high condition" but it's just a shorthand way to describe it.

It is absolutely completely totally 110% possible to conceive girl(s) first month TTC. It is also possible for people to do things to help themselves get pregnant that have some effect from a swaying perspective as well. It is just that the general trend is that those who get pregnant fast have statistically speaking (at least in our experience on this site) more boys, and those who take longer tend to have more girls (in our experience and also in some studies), but that doesn't mean that this is anything beyond a trend that direction with plenty of exceptions.

The world is full of nearly 8 billion people both boys and girls. Neither gender can possibly be that hard to conceive, when we say things like "high or low condition" etc we are just describing trying to move ourselves a little bit up or down this continuum but most of us are ensconced very firmly right in the middle and have every chance at boys or girls. :) Many of us (esp with only one!!) are just trying to sway the odds from 60-40 to 40-60.

I hope this makes sense, I realize it's a very esoteric kind of idea.

honeybee37
July 10th, 2016, 05:54 PM
Atomic can I ask a dumb question? You mention too many carbs on the pco : set for boy end of the continuum, but why would a girl swayer therefore try to sway girl by eating more carbs? I do worry that I've inadvertently switched myself to a more pcos type thing and I eat way more carbs than I used to..: weirdly my ov is earlier than ever though (always used to be 20/21, now seems to have settled on cd13/14)..: I just don't understand it..: can you explain it to me please?



It's hard to explain but think of it as a continuum. We use "high condition" as shorthand but really, most people who are actively TTC are IN good condition (comparitively speaking). None of us (I hope not anyway) are in truly poor condition in the "famine" sense of the word. We are just trying to speak in general terms about our overall physical condition along with the kinds of signals we get from the environment in terms of diet and lifestyle stuff.

The one end of the continuum is PCOS - they have fertility issues but it's a matter of TOO much - often overweight, too many carbs/cals, blood sugar too high, testosterone elevated and they have fertility problems but it's because of too many hormones (in a very very very general way). Then at the other end of the spectrum is the reduced fertility from hypothalamic amennorhea (poor diet, low cals, low fat, too much exercise, low body weight, etc). This is too low in the hormone department. They both appear from the outside to be "infertility" and can even manifest themselves similarly with delayed O and short LP but they are two totally different things - polar opposites really. The PCO end of the continuum, the body gets confused and makes too much T and not enough P and the cysts that form can delay O. The HA end of the continuum , the body does not have enough raw materials and thus delays O due to lack of estrogen and also shortens LP because not enough progesterone and then also lack of estrogen prevents secondary estrogen surge.

Imagine at one end of the continuum (and this is just for illustration's sake, each individual has a unique set of biological and lifestyle factors coming into play here) that the blue mamas come in to TTC 80% set for boys but still make girls 20% of the time. And the other end of the continuum are people who are 80% set for pink but would still make boys 20% of the time. (of course there are people even further down the ends of both these continuums who may not even be able to get pregnant at all) Most of us are in the middle and what makes it even more hard to wrap your brain around, is that these settings are NOT permanent and change by the month. Most people are trying to correct for things when they have a problem falling pregnant and so this can move them around - it's not like we have assigned places on this continuum.

SO, because these things are not set in stone it's possible for BOTH people who are set for blue/pink and pink/blue to move up/down this continuum, you have cases in point where people who were low in hormones, do a lot of stuff to boost fertility and end up TTC a boy even after a long time TTC but also people who were high in hormones and had PCOS may go on a special diet and lose weight and exercise or take medications to fix their PCO issues and end up able to get pregnant when they weren't able to before but still have a boy. We refer to all this as "high condition" but it's just a shorthand way to describe it.

It is absolutely completely totally 110% possible to conceive girl(s) first month TTC. It is also possible for people to do things to help themselves get pregnant that have some effect from a swaying perspective as well. It is just that the general trend is that those who get pregnant fast have statistically speaking (at least in our experience on this site) more boys, and those who take longer tend to have more girls (in our experience and also in some studies), but that doesn't mean that this is anything beyond a trend that direction with plenty of exceptions.

The world is full of nearly 8 billion people both boys and girls. Neither gender can possibly be that hard to conceive, when we say things like "high or low condition" etc we are just describing trying to move ourselves a little bit up or down this continuum but most of us are ensconced very firmly right in the middle and have every chance at boys or girls. :) Many of us (esp with only one!!) are just trying to sway the odds from 60-40 to 40-60.

I hope this makes sense, I realize it's a very esoteric kind of idea.

atomic sagebrush
July 12th, 2016, 03:14 PM
Atomic can I ask a dumb question? You mention too many carbs on the pco : set for boy end of the continuum, but why would a girl swayer therefore try to sway girl by eating more carbs? I do worry that I've inadvertently switched myself to a more pcos type thing and I eat way more carbs than I used to..: weirdly my ov is earlier than ever though (always used to be 20/21, now seems to have settled on cd13/14)..: I just don't understand it..: can you explain it to me please?

Studies have shown pretty clearly that women who are getting a higher % of calorie intake from carbs vs. protein and fat are more likely to conceive girls (and female offspring all together as many of these studies are done in other mammals). So we cut protein and fat from what most of us were eating and also limit calories overall. What is not always understood is that for many of us, just by virtue of cutting calories, we actualy end up eating FEWER carbs (even on the crash and burn type diet) than we were when we conceived our boys. Going from 3000 cals a day which many of us are eating normally to 1500 while still eating 40-60 g protein and fat you're still eating fewer carbs than you were.

Additionally, not all carbs are created equal and on the PCOS diet, not only do you eat even fewer carbs than on the standard LE Diet but you're also eating BETTER carbs that don't aggravate PCO-tendencies like for example, pop tarts might. Carbs, contrary to popular belief, are not evil foods, they're totally normal foods that we all should be eating and help our overall fertility (the women who do super low carb diets have problems with fertility issues and their cycles going berserk). But there is a huge difference between the "bagel, salad, soda, skim milk, candy, pasta" very low fat low protein carb carb carb diets that many people eat, vs. the atomic fertility diet. Even the crash and burn diet is a vast improvement over those diets. Just because you're getting more carbs as a % of your day's intake does NOT therefore mean you are getting too many carbs.

Additionally additionally, the things like the dropping snacking, adding in exercise, losing at least a little weight improve your insulin response and actually make you better able to tolerate carbs so you can actually eat more of them over the course of time without having the same PCO-tendency response.

The fact that your O has moved forward on the PCO-type diet indicates to me that you are benefitting from those changes and as long as you are able to get ENOUGH cals (because that has always been my concern for you honeybee is that you are not going to be able to stop losing weight on the PCO-type diets) then you should keep doing exactly what you are doing (BUT please also try to keep in mind that I think your original problem was not enough food intake and it may simply be that your body is now recovering from that, so please do not now start living on brown rice and broccoli sprouts because the same problem may very well recur)

Dreamingblue16.
July 12th, 2016, 03:32 PM
Did any of you boy swayers test your ph?

Mine is only at 6 which from what I can see on Google is to low!! I have seen people talking about the baking soda finger - has anyone tried that???

atomic sagebrush
July 13th, 2016, 03:52 PM
Did any of you boy swayers test your ph?

Mine is only at 6 which from what I can see on Google is to low!! I have seen people talking about the baking soda finger - has anyone tried that???

We had tons of pH opposites going every which direction - pink to blue, blue to pink, boys that should've been girls, girls that should have been boys - so many opposites that it became impossible for me to believe in it any more (I got my 4th boy with pH of 4.5) When I researched into the biology of it, it became really apparent that it was not biologically possible that pH was really swaying (if it did, then all the doctors doing sperm sorting and IVF?PGD could just shoot some pH goo into a petri dish with sperm and an egg and they'd not need to do any of that other stuff. But they don't, because it doesn't work to do that) I have an essay with my findings here http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gender-swaying-general-discussion/11684-ph-pickle.html

WHat point of your cycle are you testing?? Many people test at other times of the month before ovulation and your pH is naturally low at that time. It will go up around ovulation.

I am not a fan of BSF because it may contribute to infections, it prevents conception, and it BURNS people chemically inside their body!!! I never used baking soda to get my 4 boys!! We like to use Preseed instead because it's safer.

Dreamingblue16.
July 13th, 2016, 04:06 PM
Thanks - no baking soda finger then ouch!!!!

I tested yesterday (Tuesday) I should be due to ovulate on Sunday/Monday!

X

atomic sagebrush
July 14th, 2016, 12:51 PM
I suspect your pH is going to rise between then and Sun/mon anyway!! :)

Serenity
July 22nd, 2016, 02:55 PM
Hope this helps someone! :bluecheer:

So first of all, after reading atomic's amazing essays I think my personality probably played a big role, on top of everything else. I'm a super protective mama bear type mom. I think frequently about how I'd physically fight to defend my children from harm, or leap to rescue them if they were in danger. I'm also very competitive. I usually spend a lot of time planning projects and goals, and thinking about how to get my business to grow ahead of the competition - how to undermine my competitors and stay on top, so as to gain more financial resources for my family. I am tiny but I think I'm somewhat similar in personality to the character called Red in Orange is the New Black, if anyone's seen that (and of course, she has all boys). She's kind of fierce and really protective and is the leader of a prison gang, and at the same time she's pretty nurturing, too (I'm thinking of swaying pink, so I'm really trying to lean towards the calmer, connected, nurturing side of me these days...) If I was swaying blue, I'd probably spend a lot of time getting into arguments and winning them, thinking about what I'd physically do to someone if they badly hurt my kids, trying to totally control and dominate my surroundings in order to optimize them for me and my family, and just generally throwing my weight around, if that makes sense. Life is an arena, go out and overcome, blue swaying ladies. :bluecheer: (OK, now put all that away, Serenity...:rolleyes:)

In terms of what I did/ate: I always had the mindset of wanting to get pregnant quickly and to have the healthiest baby possible, so before TTC I always went on a health/fertility craze. I did cardio and weights, and Jillian Michaels yoga meltdown video. I took lots of vitamins (like a prenatal, plus fish oil, plus vitamin C, etc.). I ate lots of beef, turkey, salmon, avocado, whole grains (oatmeal, wheat germ, whole grain pasta), sweet potatoes, greens (kale/broccoli/spinach), carrots, apricots, pineapples, every other kind of fruit and veggie - ate tons but focused on the most nutrient-dense ones. I ate A LOT, like piles of pasta and beef with tomato sauce, and on top of all of this I used to have a bit of a sugar addiction so I was eating like this and then adding Dairy Queen ice cream, dark chocolate, etc. on top. I would also make smoothies and put everything that I read was healthy in them (juices, wheat germ, fruits and veggies, greek yogurt, etc.).

I ate quite frequently: I'm really sensitive to low blood sugar so I normally try to avoid it at all costs. I would always eat first thing in the morning and then again and again before doing anything else at all (going out to the store, going to pick up the kids, going to work, etc). I always kept trail mix (nuts, dried fruits, pumpkin seeds) in my bag and would eat it if I was even the slightest bit hungry, or usually before, so I wouldn't ever have to feel hungry.

I hope this helps someone. It's a wonder that I don't already have a whole army full of boys. :rolleyes: Best of luck to all of you. :cheerteam:

kc15880
August 8th, 2016, 07:45 AM
I have 2 boys & had a really boy friendly lifestyle when I look back knowing what I know now.

1) Was a all day & night snacker
2) Ate meat everyday - & red meat at least 4 times a week, ate a very nutritious & varied diet full of wholegrains & low GI food. Never drank alcohol or soda. rarely drank coffee or tea. Often drank vitamin fortified hot chocolate (milo).
3) Ate cereal everyday & sometimes twice a day
4) Was at my heaviest weight before DS1 (gained weight in the 3 months before) & gained muscle before DS2
5) Was on prenatal vitamins for 9 months before DS1 & 1 month before DS2 , & hubby was on prenatals for 9months prior to DS1
6) DS1 was frequent attempts everyday up to & including positive OPK, DS2 was frequent attempts up until 5 days before positive OPK (failed shettles)
7) I was working in a management position when I fell pregnant with DS1 so very dominant in the workplace, similar working position with DS2
9) Was still breastfeeding DS1 when fell pregnant with DS2 but this clearly didnt sway pink at all for us last time!
10) conceived around the time of the full moon
11) frequent "O" on my own a few times a week, but deliberately didnt "O" at either attempt with DS1 & DS2.
12) Used to go for a walk a few times a week
13) Nail biter & total boy mum - like to be in control, big on planning etc

Wishing all your ladies some of my blue dust!

kc15880
August 8th, 2016, 07:58 AM
I have 2 boys & had a really boy friendly lifestyle when I look back knowing what I know now.

1) Was a all day & night snacker
2) Ate meat everyday - & red meat at least 4 times a week, ate a very nutritious & varied diet full of wholegrains & low GI food. Never drank alcohol or soda. rarely drank coffee or tea. Often drank vitamin fortified hot chocolate (milo).
3) Ate cereal everyday & sometimes twice a day
4) Was at my heaviest weight before DS1 (gained weight in the 3 months before) & gained muscle before DS2
5) Was on prenatal vitamins for 9 months before DS1 & 1 month before DS2 , & hubby was on prenatals for 9months prior to DS1
6) DS1 was frequent attempts everyday up to & including positive OPK, DS2 was frequent attempts up until 5 days before positive OPK (failed shettles)
7) I was working in a management position when I fell pregnant with DS1 so very dominant in the workplace, similar working position with DS2
9) Was still breastfeeding DS1 when fell pregnant with DS2 but this clearly didnt sway pink at all for us last time!
10) conceived around the time of the full moon
11) frequent "O" on my own a few times a week, but deliberately didnt "O" at either attempt with DS1 & DS2.
12) Used to go for a walk a few times a week
13) Nail biter & total boy mum - like to be in control, big on planning etc

Wishing all your ladies some of my blue dust!

ThinkingofPink
September 27th, 2016, 02:41 PM
Looking back at my lifestyle when I got pregnant with my son I can see how I was very strongly swaying blue without trying. I had a recent miscarriage and we were just ready for a baby no matter the gender.

*I was doing some Pilates here and there but pretty much no cardio.
*I was taking prenatal vitamins, drinking red raspberry leaf tea, green tea, pomegranate juice, and eating Brazil nuts every day.
*My diet included lots of meat and fatty foods and I ate cereal every morning.
*I had recently cut way back on my coffee and alcohol consumption
*I snacked constantly especially on chips and chocolate.
*We made attempts every day during fertile period using preseed.
*I wanted a baby very badly so I was stressing out over everything and I got pregnant at the end of January so it was right after the stress of the holidays and I had been eating lots of big nutritious meals.

Before the miscarriage I had been doing a light sway for a girl so I should have known everything I was doing would result in a boy. I'm so happy we have him though! Good luck to everyone!!

kittendreams
November 8th, 2016, 01:22 AM
I have loved reading the how we made our girls thread so thought I would add to this for you lovely ladies ttc boys!

I am a very healthy person in general. Never sick full of energy and always choosing healthy foods. I love eating healthy snack all the time on tomatoes fruit raw veges any health food really and really suffer quickly if I binge on junk food. I have been a healthy bmi for years between 21-23 bmi although as a teenager I had an eating disorder and was severely underweight from 14-20 years of age since then I have been on a health kick!
With my first son I had recently put on 4-5 kgs and had moved 1500 kms for a work transfer so a bit stressed and forced to be super organised ( more than usual) I am a teacher and have type a personality for sure! Cannot sit still amd like everything to be perfect and everyone to be happy and taken care of.
We decided to ttc so started planning for most healthy conception and baby ever lol Martha!!! prenatals for both me and hubby one month before- menevit and elevit. Hubby is a big drinker so he cut back a bit to up his health.
We DTD when I thought I was fertile ( had ewcm) DTD two days in a row and ovulated 1-2 days after. I always had several red wines on the weekend drank two cups of unsweetened tea every morning cereal dark chocolate fruits veges wholegrains meat no soft drinks ever only juice water and tea. Hubby drinks coffee and energy drinks like crazy and always skips breakfast only eats 2 times per day.
I would have 6+ meals per day but always healthy choices and lots of salad!!! I did yoga twice per week and moderate walking 1-2 times per week.
I had big o ( always do) was missionary both times but deep iykwim. Lay for 30 minutes after. We always DTD 1-2 times per week and hubby releases on his own sometimes too. I always have a good few days of ewcm and high sex drive.
Conceived first month.
Second ds we swayed for 10 months for a girl le diet ( still lots of veges though) no fruit except for berries started eating sweets and carbs to up calories ate only twice per day alcohol every day drank coffee instead of tea stayed under 1500 cals per day breastfeeding ds1 4-6 times per day vegetarian diet coke aspartame took fibre felt really unhealthy lost 10 kgs looked very skinny no muscle mass. Hubby started riding and drinking sugar free drinks frequent release on his own 1-2 times per day then one attempt at pos opk very shallow used aci jel and rephresh jumped and dumped. Still made a boy!
I think the key factor for us is our personalities. Hubby is 36 but still has high sex drive I think high testosterone and is very masculine ( he's a tradie). We are both passionate people and are quick to defend people and help anyone in need.
I am mrs organised always thinking and planning and can never just let things happen its exhausting!!! I am not an emotional person I never cry but I am a protector of others I cannot stand injustice of any kind and always fight for the underdog. My husband is the same.

I had a great sway but I think I sabotaged it by my "can do" attitude. I have always worked so hard for everything in my life and have always achieved what I desire if I work hard enough so I thought swaying would be the same. But obviously it doesnt work that way!
I also think that my years and years of healthy eating could not be undone in just 10 months. I felt awful but I think even though I was still bf I had secret stores of nutrients hidden away lol! Also I didn't do the recommended exercise which I think would have reduced my testosterone and taken my mind if swaying more and therefore reduced my Martha personality!
I will get a custom plan next time to reduce my need to control and definitrly do the exercise! Also hubby will abstain next time because the fr only upped his testosterone I believe!
Hope this helps someone x

Greydore
January 13th, 2017, 12:40 PM
I'm new here, but thought I would add my experiences. I'll admit that I'm not completely sold on swaying yet, but I find the ideas very interesting. I have two boys. First boy wasn't planned at all. I was recovering from an eating disorder, and was eating 3000+ calories per day. Lots of meat, potatoes, baked goods, bread, etc. I wasn't taking any supplements. We were having frequent intercourse.

Before our second son was conceived I felt like I was too thin, so I started eating more. We ate a lot of meat, I cooked with heavy cream, ate full fat yogurt and lots of eggs with cheese. I wasn't taking any supplements, but I was taking Zyrtec and Sudafed due to really bad seasonal allergies (I conceived in May). I remember having only a tiny amount of EWCM that month and worrying I wouldn't be able to get pregnant because it was so scant.

Looking at my experiences with having two boys, medication didn't seem to matter. According to some, antihistamines are supposed to sway girl- I was taking a ton of them and had a boy. The one thing that was consistent with both of my boys was how much I was eating- way more than normal. So if there's any truth to this, and you want a boy, I would recommend eating a lot! Sounds way more fun than conceiving a girl :) hope this helps someone!

atomic sagebrush
January 13th, 2017, 04:40 PM
^^ when we tracked antihistamines in our results (we track differently than some other sites and it's better able to single out each individual variable) we found that they did not do anything for swaying. Totally neutral. Same amount of people got girls with and without them and it was identical to overall success rates of the site.

agmegs02
March 20th, 2017, 03:43 PM
I am new...can you tell me what ECWM means? Sorry...
I am trying to determine if we need pre-seed!

MiaMelb
March 20th, 2017, 05:26 PM
I am new...can you tell me what ECWM means? Sorry...
I am trying to determine if we need pre-seed!

EWCM = egg white cervical mucus. This is the slippery stretchy stuff generally thought easiest for sperm to swim through and hence best for ttc.

mumof4boyz
March 23rd, 2017, 08:19 PM
I can see an obvious difference from my own lifestyle/diet when conceiving our 4 boys to those that conceived girls.
Here's mine...

Firstly, we never knew about swaying until I found this forum while pregnant with our 4th boy. Our 4 boys were all pretty much the same diet & lifestyle.
Our first 3 boys were planned & our 4th boy was our sweet surprise (got pregnant straight after a miscarriage - never got my period afterwards & fell pregnant within that month).

BREAKFAST - I hate breakfast cereal so I typically had 2 pieces of toast (1 with vegemite/marmite & the other with ginger jam). I love my poached eggs so would have them at least once per week with vegemite toast.

LUNCH - Sometimes I'd skip lunch, have an apple or just have leftovers from the night before

DINNER - Consisted of 1 vegetarian meal per week. Every other night was alternating between white & red meat with a heap of veges or salad

SNACKS - I was a big snacker; apples, nuts, potato chips, shapes biscuits, chocolate, sweet muffins, etc

DRINKS - I'm not a big alcohol drinker, only the 1 glass on special occasions. Not a fan of coffee or softdrink but absolutely love my black tea with a dash of milk & sugar (2-3 times per day). Love my juice.

OTHER - I wasn't on any medications however with our last 2 boys I was taking a "Nutraorganics Super Greens & Reds" powder mix with my juice just to be healthy.
Was never deliberately exercising. Had dessert every 2-3 days. I'm the biggest stress-head unfortunately - I stress over stressing

DTD - With all 4 boys; was always missionary, always the big O, always deep release, typically DTD every 2-3 days when I thought I was ovulating. I always waited 5 mins before jump & dump. No hot showers before or after any DTD. We never knew when I ovulated as I never checked.

DH - Loves his alcohol to relax on weekends (mainly beer, sometimes spirits). Loves his coffee (2-3 cups per day). We believe he has high testosterone due to many reasons (eg. very hairy, natural athletic build without even trying, ready to DTD anytime - he'd never say no, etc). Never took any medications. Absolutely loves his red meat, snacks heaps & loves his dessert. Never deliberately exercised however he has a hands on job as an aircraft maintenance engineer & is a pilot socially. Loves wakeboarding, surfing, etc whenever he gets the chance.

I think that's it, that's at the top of my head. Feel free to ask me any questions.

Throwaway_panther
March 24th, 2017, 08:56 AM
I can see an obvious difference from my own lifestyle/diet when conceiving our 4 boys to those that conceived girls.
Here's mine...

Firstly, we never knew about swaying until I found this forum while pregnant with our 4th boy. Our 4 boys were all pretty much the same diet & lifestyle.
Our first 3 boys were planned & our 4th boy was our sweet surprise (got pregnant straight after a miscarriage - never got my period afterwards & fell pregnant within that month).

BREAKFAST - I hate breakfast cereal so I typically had 2 pieces of toast (1 with vegemite/marmite & the other with ginger jam). I love my poached eggs so would have them at least once per week with vegemite toast.

LUNCH - Sometimes I'd skip lunch, have an apple or just have leftovers from the night before

DINNER - Consisted of 1 vegetarian meal per week. Every other night was alternating between white & red meat with a heap of veges or salad

SNACKS - I was a big snacker; apples, nuts, potato chips, shapes biscuits, chocolate, sweet muffins, etc

DRINKS - I'm not a big alcohol drinker, only the 1 glass on special occasions. Not a fan of coffee or softdrink but absolutely love my black tea with a dash of milk & sugar (2-3 times per day). Love my juice.

OTHER - I wasn't on any medications however with our last 2 boys I was taking a "Nutraorganics Super Greens & Reds" powder mix with my juice just to be healthy.
Was never deliberately exercising. Had dessert every 2-3 days. I'm the biggest stress-head unfortunately - I stress over stressing

DTD - With all 4 boys; was always missionary, always the big O, always deep release, typically DTD every 2-3 days when I thought I was ovulating. I always waited 5 mins before jump & dump. No hot showers before or after any DTD. We never knew when I ovulated as I never checked.

DH - Loves his alcohol to relax on weekends (mainly beer, sometimes spirits). Loves his coffee (2-3 cups per day). We believe he has high testosterone due to many reasons (eg. very hairy, natural athletic build without even trying, ready to DTD anytime - he'd never say no, etc). Never took any medications. Absolutely loves his red meat, snacks heaps & loves his dessert. Never deliberately exercised however he has a hands on job as an aircraft maintenance engineer & is a pilot socially. Loves wakeboarding, surfing, etc whenever he gets the chance.

I think that's it, that's at the top of my head. Feel free to ask me any questions.

Thank you!! This is super helpful, and hopeful!

Know my DH sounds exactly like yours, and we ended up with a girl from my unintentional girl lifestyle! Pink dust to you.

mumof4boyz
March 24th, 2017, 09:22 PM
Thank you!! This is super helpful, and hopeful!

Know my DH sounds exactly like yours, and we ended up with a girl from my unintentional girl lifestyle! Pink dust to you.


Thanks so much for your comment, it also gives me hope knowing our DH's are similar. He's not into swaying so all the changes are going to have to happen with me if we want any chance of a baby girl.
Feel free to ask me any Q's. I did forget to mention on there that I'm short (157cm) & have a fast metabolism, never weighed more then 55kg, not sure if that helps or not also.
Happily sending you all my blue dust :ttcboy:

onelastsway
March 25th, 2017, 06:22 AM
Thanks so much for your comment, it also gives me hope knowing our DH's are similar. He's not into swaying so all the changes are going to have to happen with me if we want any chance of a baby girl.
Feel free to ask me any Q's. I did forget to mention on there that I'm short (157cm) & have a fast metabolism, never weighed more then 55kg, not sure if that helps or not also.
Happily sending you all my blue dust :ttcboy:


My DH sounds like yours too!

I find it really interesting that a lot of the boy mum's on here seem to be naturally slim with high metabolism. Could the high metabolism be a factor or is it that we snack/eat a lot because we have high metabolism? I have two boys, got pregnant straight away with both, lots of EWCM, have always eaten regularly (every 2 hours at least) because I get weak/shaky if I don't (which is why LE diet is hard for me). I've always been pretty slim, can pretty much eat what I want and only fluctuate a few pounds, always eaten cereal as soon as I wake up, eat meat daily (more chicken than red meat but do like a steak), eat salmon, lots of cheese, creamy sauces, oh and love peanut butter, BIG portions - just eat when and what I want really, lots of healthy food but also lots of treats/high fat. Only ever done moderate exercise - max 2 swims a week. I am very competitive, will always stand up for what I think is just or fair, very protective of loved ones. I think I'm definitely a typical boy mum.

Cnerwin
March 25th, 2017, 04:07 PM
Hi everyone! So both of my boys were perfect unintentional boy sways.

Weight: 215, after nursing school, working night shift

Exercise: none

Diet: lots of red meat and potatoes and some green veggies, probably 1800-2000 cals. I specifically remember eating a lot of bananas, potatoes, and green beans in particular. Big on Pepsi and Coke. Protein bars for breakfast, fast food for lunch, big supper.

DH: boxer briefs, lifting weights, same diet as me.

DTD: deep missionary, doggy. Always o. Every 2-3 days at o.

Exercise: I tried to exercise in both time spans but it was generally few and far between cardio sessions.

Supplements: DS1: Vit D, Iron (for anemia). Ds2: prenatal because I had just had my first a couple of months before.

atomic sagebrush
March 26th, 2017, 01:46 PM
My DH sounds like yours too!

I find it really interesting that a lot of the boy mum's on here seem to be naturally slim with high metabolism. Could the high metabolism be a factor or is it that we snack/eat a lot because we have high metabolism? I have two boys, got pregnant straight away with both, lots of EWCM, have always eaten regularly (every 2 hours at least) because I get weak/shaky if I don't (which is why LE diet is hard for me). I've always been pretty slim, can pretty much eat what I want and only fluctuate a few pounds, always eaten cereal as soon as I wake up, eat meat daily (more chicken than red meat but do like a steak), eat salmon, lots of cheese, creamy sauces, oh and love peanut butter, BIG portions - just eat when and what I want really, lots of healthy food but also lots of treats/high fat. Only ever done moderate exercise - max 2 swims a week. I am very competitive, will always stand up for what I think is just or fair, very protective of loved ones. I think I'm definitely a typical boy mum.

I think it's because we can eat a massive amount of food, get a massive amount of nutrition from it, and burn it off and still stay slim and in overall good condition. We may also have the ability to turn extra cals into muscle more easily than others do.

RE getting weak/shaky on LE Diet - this does improve with time. But do ease into it and if you can never get down as far as some people, that's ok. As long as you're moving in the direction of more pinker than you were eating, that's what matters. Even if you eat 4 or even 5 times a day, that's still better than the all day grazing that many of us boy moms do. And if you change up the foods you eat at the same time, it is STILL a sway diet. LE Diet is NOT like the other sway diets where if you don't get everything just so your sway is destined to fail. Even just changing one or two little things may make the difference for you. So don't feel like you have to dive into the deep end on day one, it's ok to do things gradually over time and even if you never get "there" (whereever there is) you are still swaying!

ChezIBY
March 27th, 2017, 01:35 PM
Hey Atomic and all other blue swaying experts,

Short question please: how does breastfeeding sway, if at all? I think it sways ‘slightly’ pink – at least that’s the info I have seen on some old threads, not sure if this still holds true? That being said, and considering that weaning off breastfeeding takes some time (I guess? First timer here) how long should one wait theoretically after breastfeeding is over to be ‘sure’ that the breastfeeding won't affect one's sway?

Second question – how long in advance would you say one needs to start modifying one’s diet before attempting a sway? I mean, do you think it is preferable to start a very long time in advance (several months or a year even) so that one’s body has time to ‘adapt’ to the new eating and exercising patterns and ‘take them into account’?

Thanks so much! :D

atomic sagebrush
March 27th, 2017, 04:40 PM
Hey Atomic and all other blue swaying experts,

Short question please: how does breastfeeding sway, if at all? I think it sways ‘slightly’ pink – at least that’s the info I have seen on some old threads, not sure if this still holds true? That being said, and considering that weaning off breastfeeding takes some time (I guess? First timer here) how long should one wait theoretically after breastfeeding is over to be ‘sure’ that the breastfeeding won't affect one's sway?

Second question – how long in advance would you say one needs to start modifying one’s diet before attempting a sway? I mean, do you think it is preferable to start a very long time in advance (several months or a year even) so that one’s body has time to ‘adapt’ to the new eating and exercising patterns and ‘take them into account’?

Thanks so much! :D

I believe it sways pink, but I would not postpone TTC for breastfeeding. I think close spacing sways way more, and so as long as you're like 18 months postpartum I would TTC even if still nursing.

I got one boy and one girl while breastfeeding, and then 3 boys without.

I think it's great to make SENSIBLE changes (like taking prenatals or multivitamins, adding weight training, eating better quality foods) as far in advance as you would like. But I would not try to boost your cals, gain any weight, etc until 6 weeks before you plan to TTC. There has been no evidence that blue swayers need to do 12 weeks on diet like pink swayers do, and this way you prevent excessive weight gain.

ChezIBY
March 28th, 2017, 12:26 AM
Thanks Atomic, super helpful :) :) And what a relief regarding the diet change, cause the HE diet sounds like a LOT of food to someone who is not used to snacking ^^

ChezIBY
March 28th, 2017, 12:54 PM
Atomic,

Yet another question please :) I noticed you mentioned stress in several of your posts, and the fact that it seems to sway blue. Not that one would intentionally place oneself under extra stress, but it is possible to time new jobs, ventures etc to avoid having an added level of stress at a given moment.
So.. how do stress levels sway??
Thanks for your insight!

atomic sagebrush
March 29th, 2017, 03:59 PM
Thanks Atomic, super helpful :) :) And what a relief regarding the diet change, cause the HE diet sounds like a LOT of food to someone who is not used to snacking ^^

It does, but remember as long as you're eating more than you were, that is what matters. EVen if you don't get up to the larger amounts of food, the important thing is that you're eating more than you were whne you got your DD.

atomic sagebrush
March 29th, 2017, 04:00 PM
Atomic,

Yet another question please :) I noticed you mentioned stress in several of your posts, and the fact that it seems to sway blue. Not that one would intentionally place oneself under extra stress, but it is possible to time new jobs, ventures etc to avoid having an added level of stress at a given moment.
So.. how do stress levels sway??
Thanks for your insight!

It's not stress that sways blue. Stress actually sways PINK when it's uncontrollable stressful events.

Being a control freak, highly driven, putting YOURSELF under stress may sway blue. Like starting up new exciting projects and things like that.

Throwaway_panther
March 29th, 2017, 06:08 PM
It does, but remember as long as you're eating more than you were, that is what matters. EVen if you don't get up to the larger amounts of food, the important thing is that you're eating more than you were whne you got your DD.

I know for girl sways, the longer the better, and for boy sways there's the impetus to get pregnant ASAP so as to not gain too much weight -- have you observed a certain threshold with the "as long as you were eating more than before"? I know we have several ED recovered people who got pregnant with boys* (edit: oops, said girls here before) during or after recovery, for example, but I sometimes worry that my change from such extreme LE to more HE eating while pregnant with DD (so, minus weight gaining calories, an HE diet and sups now for roughly a year) means that my body's so used to it that when we TTC, there might be some new threshold I have to hit.

Though that might be glimmers of the ED talking...

meoab
March 30th, 2017, 03:59 AM
I know for girl sways, the longer the better, and for boy sways there's the impetus to get pregnant ASAP so as to not gain too much weight -- have you observed a certain threshold with the "as long as you were eating more than before"? I know we have several ED recovered people who got pregnant with girls during or after recovery, for example, but I sometimes worry that my change from such extreme LE to more HE eating while pregnant with DD (so, minus weight gaining calories, an HE diet and sups now for roughly a year) means that my body's so used to it that when we TTC, there might be some new threshold I have to hit.

Though that might be glimmers of the ED talking...

I literally thought the same yeaterday! I incread my food ibtake whilst pregnant (not on purpose) en kept it that way until now which is almost 2 years. And I kept wondering how it might work against my boy sway as my body is used to this amount of calories (I eat less bread and patatoes now and more veggies plus nuts). Nice TP, interesting :C:

atomic sagebrush
March 31st, 2017, 06:51 PM
No. While I do think it can sometimes go the other way, I'm talking YEARS here. (meaning, someone who eats very little for a long time can kinda get used to it and still make boys)

I had boys when I was 21 and 25, ate the exact same way for 13 years, then when I was 36 had 2 MORE boys. If there was some effect that wore off over time surely I would have been susceptible to it (especially with my 4th boy since I was dieting with him)

As long as the person in question is not:

limiting calcium and ESPECIALLY Vit. D
eating tons of sodium
gaining tons of weight
trying to get pregnant the whole time and is not able to conceive for some mysterious, inexplicable reason

...we have seen great results with people on diet for longer. Great. I don't think it hurts blue sways at all to be on HE Diet for a long time.

lovepink13
April 6th, 2017, 12:46 PM
Thought I should add how I got my little guy too :)

Eating:
I was on the thinner side but was a big snacker. I love cookies, candy, chocolate, you name it if it was in the house I would eat it! I usually had to stop my husband from buying crap or I would eat it all. I always had breakfast, I thought I couldn't function without it. Usually a big bowl of froot loops.. for lunch was usually Subway or McDonalds or something terrible for me since I work in a mall so the food court was always at my disposal. I drank a coke or pepsi usually at least once a day. We ate a lot of red meat, chicken, for dinner, it was always very random. No coffee but tons of Tea.

Exercise:
None, I worked a desk job and didn't do much after work other than take my dog for a quick walk.

Supplements:
Started taking prenatal vitamins 3 months before we started TTC.

Sex:
My app told me that I was ovulating (no temps or CM checks, just going off my periods) so I told hubby we were doing it. We BD once that week (hubby worked out of town a lot). I have no idea if he released in the days before. I was on top, did not orgasm and no lube was used. I also jumped and dumped.

Ions:
Full Moon and Boy Month on Chinese calendar

I napped a lot and slept 10-12 hours each night. I was very well rested. I am a pretty high strung person, not much to stress about but little things to get me and stay with me for awhile.

Wow I sound like a terribly unhealthy lazy person.. I have been changing things around with this girl sway so FX!!!

Throwaway_panther
April 7th, 2017, 09:14 AM
Thought I should add how I got my little guy too :)

Eating:
I was on the thinner side but was a big snacker. I love cookies, candy, chocolate, you name it if it was in the house I would eat it! I usually had to stop my husband from buying crap or I would eat it all. I always had breakfast, I thought I couldn't function without it. Usually a big bowl of froot loops.. for lunch was usually Subway or McDonalds or something terrible for me since I work in a mall so the food court was always at my disposal. I drank a coke or pepsi usually at least once a day. We ate a lot of red meat, chicken, for dinner, it was always very random. No coffee but tons of Tea.

Exercise:
None, I worked a desk job and didn't do much after work other than take my dog for a quick walk.

Supplements:
Started taking prenatal vitamins 3 months before we started TTC.

Sex:
My app told me that I was ovulating (no temps or CM checks, just going off my periods) so I told hubby we were doing it. We BD once that week (hubby worked out of town a lot). I have no idea if he released in the days before. I was on top, did not orgasm and no lube was used. I also jumped and dumped.

Ions:
Full Moon and Boy Month on Chinese calendar

I napped a lot and slept 10-12 hours each night. I was very well rested. I am a pretty high strung person, not much to stress about but little things to get me and stay with me for awhile.

Wow I sound like a terribly unhealthy lazy person.. I have been changing things around with this girl sway so FX!!!

Haha, you don't at all! Thank you for sharing!

I'm curious about the jump and dump -- were you trying for a girl? Or not actually TTC?

lovepink13
April 7th, 2017, 06:25 PM
Haha, you don't at all! Thank you for sharing!

I'm curious about the jump and dump -- were you trying for a girl? Or not actually TTC?

We were just trying for a baby and I just assumed it would be a girl [emoji51] This time around I am 100% trying for a girl! I always jump and dump.. it seems weird but I hate the feeling of it seeping out of me 🤷*♀️


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atomic sagebrush
April 8th, 2017, 12:06 PM
^^^ a lot of people do it habitually because some recommendations to prevent UTI's involve peeing right after intercourse.

Throwaway_panther
April 8th, 2017, 09:55 PM
^^^ a lot of people do it habitually because some recommendations to prevent UTI's involve peeing right after intercourse.

Ack, i never put two and two together. I was always going to the bathroom soon after sex before DD because I always have to pee -- add another unintentional girl sway tactic to me lol

XXforhubby
April 9th, 2017, 11:38 AM
Ack, i never put two and two together. I was always going to the bathroom soon after sex before DD because I always have to pee -- add another unintentional girl sway tactic to me lol

I personally don't think J and D sways strongly one way or another. I've done this 3 times and got 2 boys and a girl doing this. DS3 I was too tired and fell asleep, haha.


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lovepink13
April 10th, 2017, 11:04 AM
^^^ a lot of people do it habitually because some recommendations to prevent UTI's involve peeing right after intercourse.

Yes, I have heard that too!

atomic sagebrush
April 11th, 2017, 03:03 PM
I personally don't think J and D sways strongly one way or another. I've done this 3 times and got 2 boys and a girl doing this. DS3 I was too tired and fell asleep, haha.


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The thing is, it did seem to make a measurable difference in our results. I wouldn't suggest it if it hadn't. It's been about 3-5% better than one attempt without j and d. So until/unless that number comes down I do recommend it to people at least to start with. :)

Lindzter
May 8th, 2017, 01:03 PM
What a journey! Reading through this thread and the girl thread have been super interesting and informative.

We have two boys (non sways) and adding my info. on them to the pile.

DS1: Was working in tv production at the time, so was around computers all day, like 50+ hours a week. We were living in NYC, so I walked everywhere and did yoga @2x/week. Got @8 hours of sleep most nights. Like many boy moms, I love sauces and spices and add them anywhere I can. Typical breakfasts: bagel with cream cheese/ green onion, green smoothies (which usually included bananas), huevos rancheros on the weekends. Lunch: a big salad or sushi or Thai food. Lots of variety. Afternoon snack would be a piece of fruit or handful of nuts. Drank lots of seltzer. Dinner: a burger with all the fixins or veggie pasta or tacos. We ate read meat at least 2x a week. I cook with EVOO or butter, add flaxseed and chia seed to everything. I only drank coffee @3 times a week and alcohol 2-3/week as well. Lots of EWCM and conceived on first try, big O. Taking prenatal vitamin.

DS2: Working from home, but still at computer a lot. Had lost weight from previous pregnancy but was still @15 pounds "over" where I would like to be. Similar diet to above but eating at home a lot more, tons of egg/avocado on toast, still eating red meat regularly, lots of smoothies/protein shakes, cashews and nut butters on toast for snacks, 2-3 drinks a week and coffee on the weekend. 6-8 hours of sleep a night. DH and I were BDing every night for several weeks in this window, still lots of EWCM. Was off of prenatal by this point but had stayed on them the whole time I was bf'ing, and had just weaned 2 months before.

Truly amazing to read all these together and see the similarities. Thank you Atomic for the gift of this site!

Blue dust to you all!!!!


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atomic sagebrush
May 12th, 2017, 03:47 PM
bumping for more responses!

lovellcute
May 12th, 2017, 05:03 PM
I was very much trying for a baby
Had sex all around ovulation especially on the day before and day of O, tracked with fertility app (was recommended to do this by a friend who has two boys)
Use to lie with legs up in the air for an hour after :0
Also was well rested, had time to eat decent meals, took pre natal vitamins for at least two months before I conceived ..
Lived on steak and chips and more chips and loved puddings
Drank abit of tea but not everyday tho.
Ate a lot of fruit and I loved bananas

No exercise! As was suffering from back pain at the time so was abit stressed, basically if I wasn't at work I was chilling on the sofa! X


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lovellcute
May 12th, 2017, 05:04 PM
I also have another friend who was tracking her ovulation and had sex at that time and put legs in the air and she had a boy ..


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Mommy3boyz
May 16th, 2017, 09:29 PM
All my boys were bd like crazy thru o! And always had the big O


*Mommy to Mason 8/28/08 Tyler 5/25/12 and Brayden 4/4/15* Praying for healthy PINK to join my crew!

Mums
June 2nd, 2017, 05:02 PM
Preseed!

Bluedreaming
July 3rd, 2017, 06:30 PM
Just a quick question does caffeine help when trying to convince a boy? Thank you


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MiaMelb
July 3rd, 2017, 10:31 PM
Just a quick question does caffeine help when trying to convince a boy? Thank you


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In my opinion this caffeine before BD for a boy doesn't make a lot of sense. If the caffeine does make sperm go faster it would make both the X and Y carrying sperm swim faster.

Regular coffee drinking also appears to be a successful pink sway tactic at the moment.

atomic sagebrush
July 6th, 2017, 12:19 PM
^^^ I agree totally and what's more than that, when doctors studied the sperm that get to the egg fastest, they were dead or dying and appear to serve some other purpose that we don't know about.

atomic sagebrush
July 6th, 2017, 12:27 PM
Just a quick question does caffeine help when trying to convince a boy? Thank you


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No, it doesn't. We have stellar results using coffee as a pink sway tactic, anecdotally I have seen predominantely girls born to men who drink a lot of energy drinks, and the "science" that supposedly supported caffeine for swaying blue (that it makes calcium leach from your body) has actually been totally debunked. Caffeine does NOT make calcium leach from your body and this is 100% proven by blood tests - and we don't even know that calcium sways pink anyway. So PLEASE do not start loading up on caffeine for a boy.

Now this doesn't mean you have to give it up totally, because we do not know if it's caffeine or if it is something in coffee/energy drinks. Tea may have some components that sway blue so feel free to drink black/green tea in moderation but at the same time do take more folic acid since tea can make it harder for your body to utilize folic acid.

Bluedreaming
July 6th, 2017, 08:06 PM
No, it doesn't. We have stellar results using coffee as a pink sway tactic, anecdotally I have seen predominantely girls born to men who drink a lot of energy drinks, and the "science" that supposedly supported caffeine for swaying blue (that it makes calcium leach from your body) has actually been totally debunked. Caffeine does NOT make calcium leach from your body and this is 100% proven by blood tests - and we don't even know that calcium sways pink anyway. So PLEASE do not start loading up on caffeine for a boy.

Now this doesn't mean you have to give it up totally, because we do not know if it's caffeine or if it is something in coffee/energy drinks. Tea may have some components that sway blue so feel free to drink black/green tea in moderation but at the same time do take more folic acid since tea can make it harder for your body to utilize folic acid.

Thank you
I don't drink coffee or tea neither does he but had been told that it helps with the boy sperm.
I have started drinking more flavoured milk and eating more cheese,eggs, nuts and have added small amounts of turkey and chicken. I have never eaten red meat and don't want to start. I was vegetarian/vegan but when growing up I occasionally ate these things until about 5 months ago.


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atomic sagebrush
July 6th, 2017, 08:39 PM
I honestly don't eat that much red meat, never have. I got boys eating plenty of chicken. :)

Bluedreaming
July 6th, 2017, 09:47 PM
Ok great thank you


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RoNat915
July 12th, 2017, 01:26 AM
Hey Atomic,
It's been several months since I've bugged you ;) Because I'm pregnant! We were very excited and due to timing (DH was out of town for work), we DTD only once (approximately 33 hours after a positive OPK) and that's all it took! I honestly thought we'd missed our window and did not think I was pregnant. I took a test 10 days after DTD and it was BFN. Day 12 though....very faint line. I couldn't believe it! Hoping and praying my boy sway was a success, but either way we are in love with whatever gender baby is in my tummy. And we're waiting till the baby is born (EDD 11/20/17) to find out what it is. We figure at this point, it is what it is! I was just wondering if I can add my sway (leaving the gender out of course) and update it after baby is born? Btw, had to include some 19 week, 4 day photos of baby (12 oz). Obviously no nub shot, lol

MiaMelb
July 13th, 2017, 07:19 PM
Hey Atomic,
It's been several months since I've bugged you ;) Because I'm pregnant! We were very excited and due to timing (DH was out of town for work), we DTD only once (approximately 33 hours after a positive OPK) and that's all it took! I honestly thought we'd missed our window and did not think I was pregnant. I took a test 10 days after DTD and it was BFN. Day 12 though....very faint line. I couldn't believe it! Hoping and praying my boy sway was a success, but either way we are in love with whatever gender baby is in my tummy. And we're waiting till the baby is born (EDD 11/20/17) to find out what it is. We figure at this point, it is what it is! I was just wondering if I can add my sway (leaving the gender out of course) and update it after baby is born? Btw, had to include some 19 week, 4 day photos of baby (12 oz). Obviously no nub shot, lol

Congrats on your bfp. Hope the pregnancy is going well. Definately add your sway, so helpful. Did you sway pink or blue? Sorry it wasn't obvious from your post.

RoNat915
July 14th, 2017, 01:16 AM
Thank you MiaMelb! Boy sway. And yes, all is well :) Couldn't be more blessed.

atomic sagebrush
July 15th, 2017, 01:25 PM
Huge congrats Ro!

Yes yes please add your sway, we have a form for pregnancies that we don't know gender on.

Even though skulls are not reliable I do think it's boyish! FXFXFX

RoNat915
July 15th, 2017, 06:41 PM
Thank you Atomic! Fingers and toes crossed!! And for some reason I'm having a hard time finding the form.....? When you have a chance if you don't mind posting the link or letting me know where I can find it.

atomic sagebrush
July 16th, 2017, 03:12 PM
yes it's here: http://genderdreaming.com/forum/add-your-boy-sway-/24681-boy-attempt-survey-system-how-post-your-sway-info-upon-bfp-before-you-know-gender.html Thank you!

Praying4agirl
July 16th, 2017, 09:20 PM
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hopesforaboy
September 8th, 2017, 09:38 AM
Hi I am thinking of purchasing the gender away boy pack. I live in the U.K. And plan to ttc in November is there certain months and time of year to avoid when trying to conceive a boy? It's just coming out of our summer so will be autumn winter when we start trying. I am a mum of 3 girls 12,9,7 would adore a boy to complete out family thanks

atomic sagebrush
September 8th, 2017, 02:53 PM
Hi hopes! While there is a small bump of boy conceptions in the Northern Hemisphere in Sept-Nov, it is very minor and only just one little thing to take into consideration. If it works, great, if it doesn't, no worries. I got 2 boys in "girl friendly" months! :)

Girlswaylondon
September 10th, 2017, 04:10 AM
Thought I'd add my experience as I find the girl thread so helpful!

Firstly have pcos but did nothing to help it! Smacked constantly always had massive bowl of cereal for breakfast! So much TEA! Never coffee. Lots of carbs and meat never exercised!

Had sex on o day but went straight to sleep afterwards!

LA_Girl
September 13th, 2017, 02:33 PM
Hi!

I didn't know about diet swaying and was using the Shettles method to conceive a girl, but conceived a boy instead. I thought I'd add details of my diet and lifestyle as I'm vegan and thought this may help other vegans stressing about dairy!

Diet:
I would eat breakfast late (around 10.30am), but it was always a large smoothie with coconut water, banana, avocado, ground flax seeds, chia seeds, a scoop of Sunwarrior protein powder and a handful of spinach.
I would also have two green juices per day - spinach, kale, cucumber, celery, coriander, lemon juice and a little pulse powder.
Lunches and dinners would usually be a salad with either beans, lentils or sweet potato, or veggies and salad.
I would graze regularly from after breakfast until dinner in the evening and then have nothing to eat after dinner. I would have a few nuts, some fruit or a few cherry tomatoes or some cucumber or raw broccoli.
I have PCOS and couldn't fall pregnant when I was having a lot of fruit. When I dropped the fruit so I was only having a banana in my smoothie each day I fell pregnant the next month.
I don't drink tea or coffee and I don't drink alcohol. Other than my smoothie and green juices I would only drink water.

I rarely exercised, and when I did it was just a 30 min walk and a few weights.

I hope this helps and I send you all my blue dust xxxx

frankie2017
September 28th, 2017, 01:30 AM
I know this is an old thread (couldn't find an updated one) but thought I'd add as the 'how we made our girls' was so helpful to me.
I have two boys.
Both boys I went on a 'Low GI baby diet' which was really good healthy well balanced meals, good breakfasts always, lots of protein.
I always had breakfast and always always snacked all day every day from morning til night !
I am naturally small and I've always eaten lots of lollies and bad stuff too (without putting on weight), however since meeting my husband I did put on about 5kg (he's Italian haha) quite quickly - his love of food combined with the healthy 'baby diet' I think made my boys.
Also lots of BD at fertile time as I really wanted to be pregnant.



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Eighme
September 28th, 2017, 01:01 PM
I didn't know there was a thread for boys! I'll throw my two cents in, if that's okay

I was snacking all day, working out off and on but never consistently.

Breakfast was usually a smoothie (blue berries, almond milk, and bananas)
Mid-morning snack was a granola bar
Lunch was usually protein of some kind (rice, vegetable, and chicken)
Mid afternoon snack was some sort of fruit or yogurt
Dinner was a lot of protein with vegetables

I rarely worked out, drank a lot of alcohol and was really stressed about work.

I think all of these contributed to be having a boy.


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Eighme
September 28th, 2017, 01:02 PM
I didn't know there was a thread for boys! I'll throw my two cents in, if that's okay

I was snacking all day, working out off and on but never consistently.

Breakfast was usually a smoothie (blue berries, almond milk, and bananas)
Mid-morning snack was a granola bar
Lunch was usually protein of some kind (rice, vegetable, and chicken)
Mid afternoon snack was some sort of fruit or yogurt
Dinner was a lot of protein with vegetables

rarely worked out, drank a lot of alcohol and was really stressed about work.

I think all of these contributed to be having a boy.


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lea
September 30th, 2017, 05:54 AM
I have two boys 4 years and 15 months.
when I conceived dh 1 I was doing the typical diet boy. I've always been very thin 49-50 kg. In the morning I drank coffee with 1 cup scallop milk. I was practically all day, a
sack do snack. I love meat, chicken, steaks, ribs, cooked ham, raw ham
and salami. I eat so many potatoes, mashed potatoes and fries. I like salty and tasty foods.
Smoked salmon and tuna, and seasoned cheese. I like chocolate
and sweets. I love sandwiches with slices. I also eat pasta and rice and I always add so much
Parmesan. I also eat eggs.
When I conceived dh2 the diet was still that, maybe
I ate a little less meat. The only difference with dh 2 is that I had lost a lot of weight, about three kilograms before I conceived. I was at my lowest weight. I did snacks all day.
Hope to serve my experience

DreamingRainbow
October 4th, 2017, 09:45 AM
Oh and I might sound crazy but me personal observation:
My husband does have a sex drive, but he is all good if there is a week or two week break- I think men with more sex drive who need sex really frequently are often girl daddy's!
Can you confirm?
You might laugh at me, but I also think men with less bread ( my husband hardly needs to shave) have more boys- I don't know what it could be about but maybe hormones?
There isn't much we can do about that, just wanted to share:HH:Hi. Reading your post was interesting but doesn't apply to my dh. He doesn't have a huge sex drive and can go 3 days between shaving - we have 2 girls [emoji4]

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MsMarie89
November 26th, 2017, 02:25 PM
No, it doesn't. We have stellar results using coffee as a pink sway tactic, anecdotally I have seen predominantely girls born to men who drink a lot of energy drinks, and the "science" that supposedly supported caffeine for swaying blue (that it makes calcium leach from your body) has actually been totally debunked. Caffeine does NOT make calcium leach from your body and this is 100% proven by blood tests - and we don't even know that calcium sways pink anyway. So PLEASE do not start loading up on caffeine for a boy.

Now this doesn't mean you have to give it up totally, because we do not know if it's caffeine or if it is something in coffee/energy drinks. Tea may have some components that sway blue so feel free to drink black/green tea in moderation but at the same time do take more folic acid since tea can make it harder for your body to utilize folic acid.

Atomic,

I recently switched from 1-2 coffees a day to drinking black and green tea, typical one of each a day. I’m taking 400 folic in my multi vit, and then two 800mg of the solgar folate. To equal 2000 total. Should I up that with the tea drinking or no?

Edited to add: I am swaying blue :)


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atomic sagebrush
November 27th, 2017, 01:47 PM
Hi. Reading your post was interesting but doesn't apply to my dh. He doesn't have a huge sex drive and can go 3 days between shaving - we have 2 girls [emoji4]

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:agree: this is my observation - many more men with low sex drives with lots of daughters.

atomic sagebrush
November 27th, 2017, 01:50 PM
Atomic,

I recently switched from 1-2 coffees a day to drinking black and green tea, typical one of each a day. I’m taking 400 folic in my multi vit, and then two 800mg of the solgar folate. To equal 2000 total. Should I up that with the tea drinking or no?

Edited to add: I am swaying blue :)


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No the 2000 is meant to compensate for all the tea! keep doing what you're doing.

MsMarie89
November 27th, 2017, 04:13 PM
No the 2000 is meant to compensate for all the tea! keep doing what you're doing.

Perfect! Thanks!


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AmyRose
January 5th, 2018, 08:51 AM
Hi everyone i am a mummy to 3 wonderful boys, 6, 4 and 19 Months, i am hoping to sway pink this year for our fourth and final baby.
Anyway after reading about pink and blue diets i am now seeing why i am a mummy to three boys!

With my DS one i ate a very nutrient rich diet and snacked ALOT however i always went without breakfast usually eating around 10.30ish, dranks lots of squash, no tea,coffee or alcohol, i took pregnacare plus the month prior to ttc, we dtd every day after af and laid with a pillow under me to keep my hips elevated.

With DS 2 pretty much the same as DS1

With DS 3 i did think about swaying pink but decided against it and just tried as we did with DS 1 and 2.


Also i never did opks i just dtd pretty much everyday after finishing af.

With all 3 boys i fell pregnant in the first month.

Diet with all 3 was lots of meat and fish (no red) 98% of my evening meals contained meat, lots of vegtables potatoes cheese and eggs, lots of chocolate and sweet things also had the occasional takeaway.

Didnt have milk as i hate it and i dont drink tea so didnt add to that either.

No exercise as such but a fair amount of walking.

atomic sagebrush
January 5th, 2018, 12:43 PM
Thanks Amy!!

Mum4life
January 6th, 2018, 08:03 AM
I can't remember if I posted on the old thread, so sorry to repeat myself if I have! I have 4 boys and ate a very typical boy diet lol. Red meat, snacking a lot, always had to have breakfast which would be fortified cereal or toast. Meals included meat, veg and a carb or a casserole, stews, soups etc. very nutrient rich. I took prenatals and did moderate exercise. I'm also a stress head and very detail oriented, so if I become fixated on something I obsess over all the tiny details. I also have pcos and am overweight. We would have multiple bd attempts through O. My last 2 boys were conceived with bd 2 days before o, 1 day before o and day of o.

atomic sagebrush
January 6th, 2018, 01:36 PM
thank you so much!

pinkinthestars
February 12th, 2018, 03:10 AM
Hi,
I've had 3 boys so I thought I would add what I ate when I conceived them :)
I also did not sway with my first 2 attempted shettles method with my 3rd

With DS 1 I was at my lowest weight, I didn't exercise but i did work a stressful job that required alot of walking. I never ate breakfast really always drank coffee before work if i did have any breakfast it normally be poached eggs with cheese slices on toast.
I always had lunch and it was normally like a double decker sandwich with the lot and snacked all day long on turkish delight chocolates and nuts, always ate a big dinner and it would consist of meat, or fish with a side of veggies not many or mashed potato.
I didn't really drink alcohol except on a weekend being social.

DS 2: same diet as above and I always ate alot of spaghetti with mince and snacked frequently and also had a cheese obsession.

DS 3: I really wanted a girl and spent a months researching shettles and in hindsight i now know why i got a 3rd boy, I was eating alot of roasts especially chicken and again with sides of veggies but never big amounts. Lots of nuts and also alot of red meat.
I rarely ate salads and i would graze all day on nuts.

I never exercised with any of my boys as I was naturally skinny and I worked a very high profile job that was very stressful which would have contributed to my testosterone levels and Iam naturally a stress/ worry type personality haha.

When i swayed for my DD my eating was completely different and opposite I did attempt to exercise but i wasn't fully committed to it as Im lazy in that area but I did make attempts and was walking regularly in the mornings to walk my kids to school.

boyswayhere
February 15th, 2018, 04:02 PM
Hi atomic! I am currently swaying blue, we have a lovely daughter already.
I didn't take any vitamins last time, DTD a couple of hours after we saw the first smiley face and a day after. I drank lots of fresh orange juice and water a few days before, my husband took a shot of coffee just before and also zinc tablets.

We want to do things differently this time. I am taking pregnacare conception and my DH is taking the Wellman version. Is this OK for swaying boy? What other vitamins would you recommend?
Thanks so much!!

atomic sagebrush
February 16th, 2018, 01:07 PM
Hi and welcome boysway! you will probably want to start a new thread for follow up questions since this one is really more for people sharing their lifestyle when they got their boys but I'll go ahead and answer here :)

I am not a fan of Pregnacare conception because it has megadose nutrients and L-arginine in it that can really mess up your menstrual cycle, delaying and even stopping ovulation. And it also has inositol which has been an effective pink swayer for us. Wellman is slightly better but still has many additional ingredients and megadoses that could affect your sway negatively. I prefer Women's One A Day (just the regular orange one, it's not a prenatal but has everything in it that a good prenatal does) and then Men's One a Day over 50 for DH.

I have the full guide to supplements for blue here which should answer all your questions about what other supps to take! http://genderdreaming.com/forum/ttc-a-boy-best-practices/3486-guide-supplements-blue.html#post36593

phalaenopsis78
February 21st, 2018, 06:21 AM
I have two boys and would like to share how my diet and lifestyle were when I conceived them. With both of them, I had a HE diet: ate a lot (gained post-wedding weight), snacked all the time, lots of meat, lots of Juices (especially apple juice), black tea, lots of dairy and lots of milk. I could eat cheese all day long. In general, high protein and high fat, but I think, I was more a Protein Junkie than a fat Junkie. I did also a couple of things to enhance my fertility: I took a prenatal, calcium and Magnesium supplement, drank Lady's mantle tea and raspberry leaf tea, took vitex and bromelain.
I exerciced moderately, 2-3 times a week, cardio and muscle training.
With DS1, we DTD from AF to O, once or even twice a day since I really wanted to be pregnant lol and I stayed in bed afterwards the whole night. Jump and Dump never got me pregnant.
With DS2 we had one attempt with a 1-2 day cutoff and I stayed in bed for 2-3 hours before getting up. With both, I had the big O, with DS2 even after my DH.
Looking back, I think the high Protein diet, enhancing my fertility and lots of sperm making to the egg were the most important things that brought me my beloved sons.
So, in my opinion, swaying blue with a HE diet, enhancing fertility and high sperm concentration makes total sense!
Wishing you all the best, Ladies and lots of blue dust!

eerised
August 16th, 2018, 04:19 AM
I have 2 boys! And never swayed for them because i didn't know i could. I just wanted to be healthy and fit.

I ate lots of eggs, avocado on rice crackers, red meat, smoked salmon, oatmeal for breakfast, lifted weights (did kayla's BBG)
Lots of water and green tea. No Dairy and Never coffee or alcohol!


I love my two boys and hoping for a girl somewhere in the next two years. So i'm sending lots and lots of blue dust to you

clarkrl2
September 29th, 2018, 10:47 AM
I was not swaying with any of my 3 boys however it sure looks like a blue sway now. I hope this helps...
Weight: 110-115lbs with all of them (I know maybe underweight) but in the gradually gaining weight phase
Diet: Eating out all the time, rich foods filled with fat and protein, Veg diet but very lots of eggs and dairy, Always ordering the large size and taking that extra slice of pizza, eating till stuffed vs full, snacking all the time
Drinks: Coffee all day every day, ice tea, some wine
Supplements: PNV and Omegas
Life events: High stress and intensity, wedding, school, and etc
Exercise: Zero, I did not get into fitness until after my children were born
Frequency: Different with all of them, two were one “attempt” and one was frequent BD.
Hope this helps someone :)

Lilawt
October 28th, 2018, 03:27 AM
I know no one has posted for a while I still thought it was a good thread to contribute to!


I was definitely leading a boy friendly lifestyle with my boys, without knowing of course !

Never ever skipped breakfast in my life, always toast with peanut butter or cereal. Snacked throughout the day... have a desk job so I feel like I was more prone to snacking out of boredom. I ate a lot of fruit and crisps . I love salt and vinegar, put it on nearly everything. I ate quite large portions, lots of carbs and lots of meat too, basically anything I wanted. My evening meal would always have a lot of different vegetables. I must have a good metabolism as I’m not overweight and I ate all this without any real exercise... walked about during my lunch break but nothing strenuous.

Never drank coffee, don’t like it, but love tea. Don’t really drink alcohol either.

DH and I had sex every 2-3 days throughout cycle.

Pretty much a boy sway!

Lil


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atomic sagebrush
October 28th, 2018, 02:35 PM
Yes I want to keep this thread going for everyone so please chime in ladies if you haven't already!

Thanks so much everyone sharing your experiences!

Mom25boys
October 28th, 2018, 02:45 PM
Figured I should add. I have 5 boys and generally I was very underweight by conception of them all. Maybe just right on target by the last. Mostly always skipped breakfast because I tend to have forgotten to eat. After that I was definitely a snacker. Because I would get dizzy without eating for a while. We didn't have a lot of money so I had some cereals and sandwiches. Never had any coffee and didn't have teas. I was a late ovulater and probably had multiple attempts by all. Maybe 2-3 times in fertile period. Always with an o. I am definitely not a meat eater, rare for holidays, was expensive. Had chicken probably 1-2 times a week. Ate pretty healthy by my last two. All whole grains and wholesome. Zero exercise.

I think that's it. :) baby dust to y'all.

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Browndreamingpink
November 2nd, 2018, 03:12 AM
I've got two beautiful little boys.

DS1: is an interesting one. He was conceived with an IUD in sitchu. I was 19 and in university so my day to day diet was pretty bad, probably full of sodium. My dinners were always without carbs as my mum was anti carbs and it was just her and I at home. I drank alot, partied quite a bit. Worked out 3 times a week. 30 mins cardio and 30 mins body weight excersies. Unsure when I ovulated as i wasnt tracking or trying and on contracpetive but I do know i was out of the country without my partner when i should have been according to the 14 day rule thing. We DTD the night I got home, possibly i ovulated late?

DS1: I had recently started working out pretty intensely due to our upcoming wedding. All weights and all heavy, i hate cardio. I started eating clean and was feeling amazing. I never lost weight due to putting on muscle but i was the fittest and slimmest id ever been. I ate heaps, i was always hungry due to my workouts, amd ate lots of veges, nuts, healthy fats etc. i never drank anything but water. Our meals were probably full on sodium though, we love asian flavours! I had my mirena taken out two months before trying. We decided to try and got pregnant right away. We just dtd from AF to positive test and over ovulation time we did it multiple times a day for three days.

Two totally different tries. Sending out all my blue dust!

Sonnygirl
November 6th, 2018, 04:41 PM
Hello ladies, I have two boys and didn't know about swaying until after my second son.

DS1 wasn't planned as such, but at the time I was going out a lot, so drinking (red wine), and eating out. I've always loved snacking, so lots of crisps, love salt. never skipped breakfast, I think I was eating porridge at that time. Didn't take any vits and wasn't exercising at that time other than walking. I am vegetarian so no meat but lots of protein through, Quorn, eggs, nuts. we DTD once and it must have been round O.

DS2 ttc for 7 months, was getting stressed and down that it wasn't happening, stopped exercising, took folic acid, and in the end followed the sperm meets egg plan that got us pregnant straight away. I think my life style was similar to DS1

DH didn't take any supplements, cycled to work, non smoker, drank more for DS1 as we were going out. mainly veggie diet, didn't skip meals. obsessed with salt, same as me!

Hope this helps someone, I'll send you blue dust if you send me pink :)

Sonnygirl
November 8th, 2018, 03:54 PM
Just reading this back it sounds like an awful diet, it really wasn't, we ate vegetarian meals in the house, loads of vegetables, carbs, dairy & protein. Drank lots of water. We would go out 2-3 times a week and would eat out then, When I say I drank more then it was only 1-2 glasses of wine each time we went out. I didn't drink at home. We walked to work and back and would often go walking/hiking the weekends.




Hello ladies, I have two boys and didn't know about swaying until after my second son.

DS1 wasn't planned as such, but at the time I was going out a lot, so drinking (red wine), and eating out. I've always loved snacking, so lots of crisps, love salt. never skipped breakfast, I think I was eating porridge at that time. Didn't take any vits and wasn't exercising at that time other than walking. I am vegetarian so no meat but lots of protein through, Quorn, eggs, nuts. we DTD once and it must have been round O.

DS2 ttc for 7 months, was getting stressed and down that it wasn't happening, stopped exercising, took folic acid, and in the end followed the sperm meets egg plan that got us pregnant straight away. I think my life style was similar to DS1

DH didn't take any supplements, cycled to work, non smoker, drank more for DS1 as we were going out. mainly veggie diet, didn't skip meals. obsessed with salt, same as me!

Hope this helps someone, I'll send you blue dust if you send me pink :)

WelcomeBaby
December 27th, 2018, 04:38 PM
I hope I haven't added to this topic yet but if I have, just ignore this info :)
I have one boy, conceived on a very boy-friendly life style. If I should single out the most important aspects, I'd say it was the constant snacking on sugary treats, the high fat contents and full fat dairy with every meal.
I got a boy despite eating a low protein diet (I was practically vegetarian), one attempt, and lots of coffee. I truly believe it's high fat and high sugar that sways blue, not protein or meat.
If you want tried and true advice, it's this: Eat a large bowl of cereal with whole fat milk for breakfast. I know at least 3 vegetarian (!) ladies who did this and they all have boys. And the two magic words: TRAIL MIX. Eat a good amount of nuts and dried fruits every day and you'll be gaining weight effortlessly due to the healthy fats and sugar and you'll have more boys than you ever dreamed of in no time at all. :) Blue dust to you all!!

Lilyflower
December 27th, 2018, 08:35 PM
Thought I would add to this thread because although I wasn’t swaying with DS1, now that I have learned about it, I think I did a pretty classic boy sway! At the time, we were just trying to conceive.
Diet - Breakfast first thing in the morning, usually whole wheat toast with two eggs, tomato and sometimes cheese. Snacking throughout the day - all day. Protein bars, nuts and seeds, big lunch and dinner always with protein, some sort or whole grain and veggies. Yogurt and cottage with fruit. Two coffees a day with whole milk and sugar. Sometimes black or matcha tea. I weigh about 116-120 and never fluctuate over or under that and I eat a lot. Oh and I have a sweet tooth (usually for chocolate).
I was taking a prenatal, fish oil, CoQ10 and sometimes probiotics. Also vitex and inositol.
I never worked out that regularly but when I did, I would focus on weights and muscle toning. I’m a fairly anxious person and had a very stressful job at the time as well.
DH is very fit, major carnivor with a healthy clean diet of animal protein, fruits, veggies and carbs. Always working out and very clean eater. Lots of coffee.
During my fertile window, I would take cough syrup and we would BD at least 3-5 times using preseed lube, with O and elevating hips after for at least 10-30 mins. Took us 3-4 months to conceive.
It’s so funny as I read this back because I desperately wanted a girl so it’s ironic how boy-friendly my lifestyle was.
I’m now almost 6 months pregnant with #2 and on team green, so I hope I made enough changes to have a little punk bundle waiting for me in the spring!
Blue dust to you ladies hoping for a boy!

4blue2pink
December 28th, 2018, 07:21 AM
Thought I would add to this thread because although I wasn’t swaying with DS1, now that I have learned about it, I think I did a pretty classic boy sway! At the time, we were just trying to conceive.
Diet - Breakfast first thing in the morning, usually whole wheat toast with two eggs, tomato and sometimes cheese. Snacking throughout the day - all day. Protein bars, nuts and seeds, big lunch and dinner always with protein, some sort or whole grain and veggies. Yogurt and cottage with fruit. Two coffees a day with whole milk and sugar. Sometimes black or matcha tea. I weigh about 116-120 and never fluctuate over or under that and I eat a lot. Oh and I have a sweet tooth (usually for chocolate).
I was taking a prenatal, fish oil, CoQ10 and sometimes probiotics. Also vitex and inositol.
I never worked out that regularly but when I did, I would focus on weights and muscle toning. I’m a fairly anxious person and had a very stressful job at the time as well.
DH is very fit, major carnivor with a healthy clean diet of animal protein, fruits, veggies and carbs. Always working out and very clean eater. Lots of coffee.
During my fertile window, I would take cough syrup and we would BD at least 3-5 times using preseed lube, with O and elevating hips after for at least 10-30 mins. Took us 3-4 months to conceive.
It’s so funny as I read this back because I desperately wanted a girl so it’s ironic how boy-friendly my lifestyle was.
I’m now almost 6 months pregnant with #2 and on team green, so I hope I made enough changes to have a little punk bundle waiting for me in the spring!
Blue dust to you ladies hoping for a boy!

i can really relate to this! i desperately wanted a girl every single time, but i didnt know anything about swaying and ended up with 4 boys and finally 1 living girl before i finally discovered this site :) (our 2nd child was a girl but we lost her mid pregnancy so technically we conceived 4 boys and 2 girls without swaying) but we were an all boy house to 1 then 2 then 3 then 4 boys before our DD2 came along!! and knowing what i now know its no surprise we got boy after boy after boy all while hoping for girls, i just wish i had known about all this before we ttc our first because i would have swayed every single time for sure!!

everything crossed for a pink surprise for you on the day Lily :heart: i love team green :)

Lilyflower
December 28th, 2018, 12:40 PM
i can really relate to this! i desperately wanted a girl every single time, but i didnt know anything about swaying and ended up with 4 boys and finally 1 living girl before i finally discovered this site :) (our 2nd child was a girl but we lost her mid pregnancy so technically we conceived 4 boys and 2 girls without swaying) but we were an all boy house to 1 then 2 then 3 then 4 boys before our DD2 came along!! and knowing what i now know its no surprise we got boy after boy after boy all while hoping for girls, i just wish i had known about all this before we ttc our first because i would have swayed every single time for sure!!

everything crossed for a pink surprise for you on the day Lily :heart: i love team green :)

Thank you so much for your kind words! I smiled reading your message :)

I’m so glad you were able to sway pink and I also wish I’d found this site much sooner so I could have had at least one more try at it! This baby will be our last and I have a strong feeling it’s a boy so I can’t help but think that maybe we didn’t quite get far enough away from our boy-friendly environment but you never know!!

For now, I’m definitely loving the mystery of being team green and I love hearing stories like yours where “boy mamas” end up with girls too! :)

Xo

4blue2pink
December 28th, 2018, 05:45 PM
Thank you so much for your kind words! I smiled reading your message :)

I’m so glad you were able to sway pink and I also wish I’d found this site much sooner so I could have had at least one more try at it! This baby will be our last and I have a strong feeling it’s a boy so I can’t help but think that maybe we didn’t quite get far enough away from our boy-friendly environment but you never know!!

For now, I’m definitely loving the mystery of being team green and I love hearing stories like yours where “boy mamas” end up with girls too! :)

Xo

i have everything crossed for you :heart: yes even boy mums can get girls!! :)
funnily enough a perfect example of this (i think) has just happened to someone i know!! she is having her 1st baby and i honestly thought she would have a boy based off her lifestyle, she is in her 20's, very healthy, weight-lifts regularly (and has for years) shes a healthy weight and very toned, eats a very healthy but high protein diet (has never been veggie or vegan) and never restricts her food or "diets", she has never smoked, does not drink any alcohol and has never been on any type of hormonal contraception.. baby is a girl!! even with mum having what many would consider a "boy-friendly" lifestyle :) there is always a chance!!

Throwaway_panther
December 29th, 2018, 07:06 AM
Hello ladies, I have two boys and didn't know about swaying until after my second son.

DS1 wasn't planned as such, but at the time I was going out a lot, so drinking (red wine), and eating out. I've always loved snacking, so lots of crisps, love salt. never skipped breakfast, I think I was eating porridge at that time. Didn't take any vits and wasn't exercising at that time other than walking. I am vegetarian so no meat but lots of protein through, Quorn, eggs, nuts. we DTD once and it must have been round O.

DS2 ttc for 7 months, was getting stressed and down that it wasn't happening, stopped exercising, took folic acid, and in the end followed the sperm meets egg plan that got us pregnant straight away. I think my life style was similar to DS1

DH didn't take any supplements, cycled to work, non smoker, drank more for DS1 as we were going out. mainly veggie diet, didn't skip meals. obsessed with salt, same as me!

Hope this helps someone, I'll send you blue dust if you send me pink :)

This gives me a little hope since DH is now essentially vegan and has been jogging/biking... sigh.

Boywisher23
January 9th, 2019, 11:03 AM
For my first boy, I didn’t sway but.
I never skipped breakfast. Was eating salt and ramen noodles, lots of butter. Drank tea, never any coffee. Was gaining a couple pounds. Very infrequent bd. Laid in bed after. Had a normal vaginal ph.

Cookies22
January 25th, 2019, 11:42 PM
When I TTC my dear little love (DS) I wasn't swaying, but was CONSTANTLY eating, snacking all the time, I never really ate meals I would just constantly snack. I never ate processed food apart from ham, basically ZERO carbs (no rice, bread, pasta), no dairy, I was pretty much living the caveman diet, fresh fruit and vegetables, meat (lots of ham and canned tuna, capsicum, crackers with hummus and tomato) - very high nutrient everything. Wasn't really exercising much that I can remember. Would eat as soon as I woke up, even if it was a little snack there was something in my mouth right away upon rising. I'd probably gained 2kg over the past 6 months as it took us 6 months to conceive after our wedding, but I was still low on the BMI (always have been). I had a desk job so I snacked all day to keep myself awake, lol!

We BD for 13 days straight, right through O. It was my first month on metformin and letrozole and worked first try for us.

Cookies22
January 25th, 2019, 11:59 PM
Oh and I was quite stressed / obsessed over the whole TTC thing. I would scrutinise my BBT charts and worry about every little thing. Definitely a blue-friendly lifestyle!

atomic sagebrush
January 27th, 2019, 11:22 AM
Hey, we've got a lot of newbies recently!! If you haven't shared your info in this thread, please chime in, we'd love to hear from you!!!!

Throwaway_panther
January 27th, 2019, 11:39 AM
Oh and I was quite stressed / obsessed over the whole TTC thing. I would scrutinise my BBT charts and worry about every little thing. Definitely a blue-friendly lifestyle!

Ah, if only this lifestyle and personality was a surefire way to blue :P

Sonshinemomx2
January 28th, 2019, 12:10 AM
Hi everyone! Mom of 2 boys, ages 6 and 9 here and after reading everything here it makes complete sense!! At the time I conceived my first son, my husband and I had been married about a year and were getting ready to make a big move 7 hours away from friends and family and building a new home in the city we were moving to so I was pretty stressed. I was doing a boot camp type work out a few times a week and eating low carb, high protein/healthy fats, ate lean red meat 2-3 times a week at least and always some type of meat at dinner and lunchtime. I worked as a nurse and went down to the cafeteria to get eggs for breakfast everyday and a small Cobb salad with sunflower seeds and ranch dressing for lunch. I also was a big snacker, eating something small every 2 hours or so but never any big meals. I took prenatal vitamins because we weren’t sure when we would ttc but weren’t preventing anything so my OB recommenced I did just in case. Not sure exactly how many attempts but I know it wasn’t 1. I drank Diet Coke some mornings but no coffee and alcohol only on the weekends. DS2 I wasn’t working out at all and the dieting was just low carb again but not very strict. We knew we weren’t going to wait a long time to have our second so I didn’t see the point! I never stopped the prenatal vitamins. Between kids I did start drinking coffee every morning and occasionally wine in the evening but maybe 3 times a week. Not sure how many attempts we had but he was a Shettles fail “opposite”. I didn’t know how to use OPKs right and ovulated the day after we DTD so I guess he’s technically not an opposite!! I also think the personality plays into it a lot, I’m pretty laid back unless it’s competition then I turn super competitive! DS1 was conceived during football season so we were going to games every Sat, watching games on TV Sun and I do love my football so that might have something to do with it! Sorry that was really long but I tried to include whatever I could think of! To sum it up I’d say snacking, never skipping breakfast, eating high protein, taking vitamins, drinking on weekends and sometimes during week but not nightly, competitive personality, weights with DS1 but not 2. ALL of my blue dust to you ladies swaying blue!!! Hope you get your sweet boys [emoji170]


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LMSM
January 28th, 2019, 12:23 AM
Ah, if only this lifestyle and personality was a surefire way to blue :P
Ditto! :P If only..... I’d have a house full of blue!

vehivle
February 12th, 2019, 06:22 PM
I have 2 sons. I wasnt going to post anything as im not usually the sort- but I found the 'how we made our girls' thread so incredibly helpful, I felt it was only right I return the effort.

I have to add the disclaimer that I have read a lot of things on here- which I will make reference to. I am conscious that it is very possible for people to read things on here, and then potentially 'over-remember' things they did when TTC to fit more perfectly with the sway narrative of the gender they got. Im especially skeptical when I see people remembering minute details from the day they conceived when their child's YOB was years ago. I am trying hard to not do that so that what I write here is as accurate as possible for you ladies wanting blue dust. Please feel free to send me your pink.

Firstly- must be said, having read the maternal hypothesis threads- I am a classic martha. I was raised christian and so am familiar with the bible story, but despite even Jesus himself saying that Martha was wrong and Mary was right- privately i still maintain that Martha was right lol! How else were things going to get done? Jokes aside- I micro manage my husband, I micro manage my work (luckily im not a manager of anyone). Im obsessively controlling over my own work and will pick it apart and feel very nervous or stressed when i feel it is spiralling out of my control. Also Im lucky I have a super chillax husband. I like planning everything- our week, our shopping trip, our days out, our home improvements- all to the tee. I love lists, ticking things off, feeling like I have a firm handle on things. I get down and frustrated when things dont go to plan- like the children or my husband make us leave the house late and so throw my entire planned day and times out the window. I know... im aware I sound like hard work lol. The fact I cannot control whether I have daughters causes me to feel sad and depressed and worried for a future without ever experiencing having a daughter of my own...When facing a stressful situation, I am one of those who googles like crazy to find all the WORST things that can happen and will catastrophise to ensure that a) I can do everything in my power to ensure the worst doesnt happen and b) so if it does happen, I will be mentally prepared for it! For example I was one of those who OBSESSIVELY tried to control how my births were going to go. Researched everything under the sky about giving birth and the things that could go wrong in the hope of ensuring NOTHING goes wrong, went to the hypnobirthing classes (hated them- cant stand meditation or yoga), wrote a two a4 page birth plan. All for it to go spiraling out of control on the actual day and it made me horribly depressed for a while. I genuinely felt (STILL FEEL) that had i been in more control, the birth would have gone better.

In stark contrast- i have zero control over my diet and exercise and dont care! Im a total couch potato. Very lazy indeed. We have a largish dog and so usually we walk once a day. But since my husband has begun working longer hours, usually i cant face going out in the cold with a large dog (who pulls), a stroller and a baby strapped to me. I can do it, and I have done it. But its easier for me to let my husband take the dog for a run when he comes home. I am hoping to try and change that to encourage my girl sway! Whenever I have exercised (really sporadically..), it has always been weights. This is purely because i cannot stand cardio and also my husband is a big fan of weight lifting since he is ex-military and so has always encouraged me in this direction.

My diet is basically pure indulgence. I eat whatever I want, whenever I want. No surprises I am overweight and have been since I was 18. My mother is oriental- so i grew up eating lots of white asian rice, soysauce. I was raised in the UK so we love our malt vinegar here - i have it every time i eat salad or chips. As a result- breakfast is usually a full english (bacon, fried eggs, beans, toast- sometimes sausages with fried toms and mushrooms- but usually i cant be assed to do those extras unless im really in the mood) or pancakes. Always eaten with a blob of butter, a pour of maple syrup and with squirty whipped cream. Or just breakfast cereal (which in the UK, a lot of breakfast cereals are fortified) swimming in full fat milk. I like A LOT of milk otherwise the cereal feels too dry. We never have anything less than full fat dairy in our house (this goes for milk, yoghurts, butter) because my husband doesnt like the skimmed versions and I've never seen reason to not eat anything else. Of course, again, i shall be buying all skimmed products for myself for when I do the girl sway.

Should also add we never eat white bread or sugar free. Everything is wholemeal/ whole foods. Never eat microwave meals. 90% of our meals are made from scratch. Im not snobby about white/lite foods and dont mind microwave/frozen meals, but my husband has never liked them and distrusts aspartame- so we've just never incorporated those foods in our daily diet.

I never skip breakfast. I will eat even if im not hungry because im oddly really afraid of feeling hungry. Like I hate the sensation so much, I will eat in advance to beat any tummy growls.

When I got pregnant and after my 1st son was born, we started (and continued) the habit of having porridge (oatmeal) made with full fat milk for breakfast as often as we could as i read it was great for gut health and so wanted to give my son healthy breakfasts. Had no idea it swayed blue...

Lunch is 90% a repeat of last nights dinner (i always cook double for dinner purposefully so we can have the left overs for lunch the next day). Dinner is ALWAYS a protein- so pork belly, steak, baked chicken, salmon fillet, tuna mayonaise, hamburgers, spag bol/ chili con carne(made with mince meat), pork/lamb roasted joint. WITH a carb- so boiled/mashed/fried/chips/ jacket/roast potato or pasta or asian white rice (sticky japanese kind). I eat tons of it too. LOVE carbs. I watched secret eaters once where the presenter was agawp because a man ate 11 roast potatoes at a carvary. I was surprised that was considered crazy- i think having just 4 is withholding/ you're on a diet. WITH a veg- so either roasted carrots, parsnips and onions or boiled green beans or a big green salad with lots of tomatoes and red onion.

For the odd days there are no left overs from lunch, then we do a quick lunch of a large rice bowl with tuna or bacon, a fried egg and salad. Or a chicken and bacon sandwich with brie and cranberry sauce, or pizza or ramen with frozen breaded chicken and fried egg. Basically lots and lots of protein. We eat meat at least twice a day, 7 days a week. I eat tomatoes DAILY. We also have soysauce daily. Being asian- i throw it on most things I eat and will add it as seasoning to most dishes i make. Including spag bol, carbonara, tuna pasta (the italians would hate me!). Same with garlic to be fair. Most dishes will have it in. Even the ones that dont call for it like a fried egg- i will sprinkle garlic granules on top for the flavour!

Snacks are plentiful. Im not a big crisp girl- but i LOVE my chocolate biscuits or just chocolate (dairy milk!) with a hot cup of tea. At work and at home- ill do this 2-3 times a day. At work I will eat a packet of crisps (or 2!) as they have them available for staff. But I dont eat them at home. Not a huge ice cream fan, but more of a cake and pudding girl in the evenings. Rice puddings or hot chocolate souffle with vanilla ice cream. Crumble with double cream poured on top.

It was clear i was eating well over 2000 cals a day. Over Christmas it was easily 3000+ and both my sons were conceived after the christmas period.

TLDR- just be greedy.

First son- we conceived on first attempt. I was taking prenatals. I craved milk all my pregnancy. Son was 9.5lbs.

Second son- attempted to sway girl but ill-informed. Didnt diet. Didnt exercise. I didnt take pre-natals, instead took folic acid and cranberry, magnesium and calcium supplements. We tried to do a 3 day cut off, jump and dump, used rephresh and frequent release. Didnt fall pregnant for 4 months. I started to freak out as I thought i'd get pregnant right away. Last 2 months we decided to just go at it like rabbits during my predicted ovulation times (we were using the FLO app- which probably wasnt very accurate). Another month went by, didnt fall pregnant- i started taking pre-natals and then wham got pregnant. That pregnancy i held back on the drinking pints of milk a day like i did for my first pregnancy as I didnt want another large baby BUT he still came out 9.5lbs - exactly the same as the last one. Big babies run in my husbands family (hes white, im asian). Shame I have a small asian stature- I ripped with both babies.

Seems like my body knows I can grow and deliver large babies, and so not surprised it keeps giving me sons. Will be very interested to see how much my girls weigh.. if im ever lucky enough to have them.

I didnt have lasting gender disappointment (it was for maybe 30 mins at the scan, then i was over it) as we always wanted 2 of each anyway, and my second son is a total heart stealer so no regrets! I just hope our next 2 are girls! 4 children is our max so if we end up with 4 boys- I'll accept that maybe it was just meant to be that way for me. If our next is a boy- I feel confident i shall love him regardless. My second son has shown me that even though he is the same blood and gender as the first, he is so completely different in looks and personality- that a third one will be equally as exciting and unique and lovable as the first 2.

In hindsight, should have dieted, should have exercised, should have done one attempt (instead of like rabbits!) and shouldnt have taken the prenatal.

Info about husband for those who want it: He is ex-military (was for 8 years). Comes from a boy dominant family and probably has a lot of testoterone going by charateristics such as male patterned baldness, high sex drive and big wang (lol). Wears boxers, hates baths only showers, lifts weights- but is naturally quite skinny (everyone in his family is super skinny and he has to work hard to keep muscle so im assuming high metabolism). Now in the engineering field (STEM) so always in male dominated fields.

Neither of us smoke. He drinks a beer maybe once a week. I dont drink- i think alcohol tastes gross. I LOOOOVE coke (full fat- hate the diet flavour)- but as a result i ensure i only have it when i eat out as a rule. I dont have it in the house otherwise id just over indulge. I'm 5'2, 173lbs. Was 180 after christmas but have tried to cut calories and so have dropped. You can work out my BMI- my friend who is a dietitian always expresses how surprised she is that im not a diabetic :(

Hopefully the girl sway will give me a whole new outlook on food and i expect will challenge my fear of hunger (lol as i anticipate plenty of hungry times ahead!) and will help me get over it.

Side note- im also a tom boy in that nice clothes, nice hair, manicures etc- never have interested me. Im a leggings and hoodie kind of girl. I wear basic make up- mascara, concealer- but thats it. Im also quite tough with my parenting/ not maternal at all. I feel intolerant when my toddler tantrums/whines. In general im not a very affectionate or patient person. Dont like hugs and kisses etc. More of a hard personality and very competitive. From what I've read here- that's quite typical of "boy moms". Hopefully through this journey i shall become softer and more maternal and therefore be a better mum for my boys as well as my (FX) girls. And for my husband too lol- im sure he'd love more hugs and kisses too. Ha ha - as i type this i feel like god... Im lucky he stays with me really! From this text alone, i sound like i have a horrible lazy greedy personality and a flabby gross body to boot! lol! I can assure you, im not that bad honest!

Pinkin2019
February 13th, 2019, 03:48 AM
Reading about everyone’s lifestyles/diets has been so eye-opening! I have a daughter and two sons. While pregnant with my daughter I started craving meat - previous to getting pregnant I had been a pescatarian for many years, only eating a bit of fish for protein - so I started adding chicken and then beef to my diet. I also added in full-cream milk, instead of rice milk, and stopped any exercise after she was born (I used to get probably 30 minutes or more 5 days a week walking to work.) My husband stopped cycling after she was born and started lifting weights and eating a shed-ton of protein. I’d also been on the pill before trying to get pregnant the first time, and I dropped it after that.
So I guess my diet has changed a lot since 6 years ago and it makes good sense why I’ve had my two boys with the lifestyle I have now. :)

Throwaway_panther
February 15th, 2019, 03:00 PM
Info about husband for those who want it: He is ex-military (was for 8 years). Comes from a boy dominant family and probably has a lot of testoterone going by charateristics such as male patterned baldness, high sex drive and big wang (lol). Wears boxers, hates baths only showers, lifts weights- but is naturally quite skinny (everyone in his family is super skinny and he has to work hard to keep muscle so im assuming high metabolism). Now in the engineering field (STEM) so always in male dominated fields.

So we're married to the exact same man but now I have two girls... lol. I could cry.

vehivle
February 16th, 2019, 08:52 AM
I love my sons and wouldn't be without them now of course - but prior to their birth if someone gave me the option of 2 sons or 2 daughters, I'd have gone for 2 daughters for sure. There is that saying "a son is a son til he gets a wife, but a daughter is a daughter for life". Plus I want to be the mother. Not always the mother in law. So fingers crossed I have 1 or 2 girls of my own someday! And you too for boys!

Disneylover
February 22nd, 2019, 01:47 PM
I want to add my experience to hopefully help someone and also so when next year I’m swaying pink I have this to compare to! My diet changed drastically about 6 months before I conceived DS. I found out I had CIN2 and was trying everything to fix that. So I cut dairy/gluten/diet soda from my diet (which I feel terribly about now since I feel beforehand I was almost textbook girl) anyways.. I ate tons of chicken/bacon/and spicy foods. Also LOTS of soy as most of the vegan substitutes contain soy. I ate fast food a lot especially fries and chips so very high sodium. I almost never drank-like seriously 3x in 6 months, cut back caffeine to about 2x. A week. I exercised 8x a week but it was al muscle building (I’m an aerialist) so no cardio unless I happen to spend a day walking around. DS was conceived after full moon and in winter with no ion help(if you believe in all that), in fact I never paint my nails, use blow dryer, mostly avoid rain, and always run the AC. DH are normally- lots of red meat, beer, cheese etc. finally got him to go vegan with me now but back then he was eating whatever. He works out minimally-yoga x2 week. We BD almost every day in my fertile window, sometimes even twice I think we only missed day before O and day after, and never had a period longer than 5 days of abstaining. DH also drank LOTs of caffeine back then. I was taking lots of supplements due to CIN like probiotic, fish oil, pre natal, zinc, DIM, I03 and b12 all for about 5 months straight prior to conceiving. I ate mostly low fiber and I was OBSESSED with charting, tempting, analyzing everything so I know stress like that usually leans blue. Anyway I hope that was helpful for some of you!

chelsearogene
March 5th, 2019, 01:18 AM
Hi ladies, I’d love to add to this!

I have four strong and beautiful boys, just like their daddy. Daddy is a foot taller than me and lean and strong. He works on trucks and his passion is automobiles so he is always getting fired up about his work/fun projects.

About 6 months before I got pregnant with DS1, I switched to an all organic diet. We made (make) all of our food. We mainly had chicken for our meat and always had a pretty well rounded meal for dinner (grains and veggies). I didn’t really eat during the day but if I did, it was fruit or low fat/sugar. I did (and do) eat a decent amount of chocolate with PB at night, though.

I never regularly smoked or drank alcohol or coffee when I was conceiving/pregnant/nursing. If I had caffeine, it was in chocolate or (rarely) tea. I LOVE tea (herbal, green and white).

I was always taking pre/postnatal vitamins, except before DS1.

After DS2, I went vegetarian.

I was pretty strict with my diet and by DS3 had pretty much cut out refined sugar (still usually had chocolate at night but never really cookies/ice cream and certainly not during the day). Whenever I could, used maple syrup instead of sugar. I would literally look for foods with diverse nutrients or “nutrient dense” food.

I am not a huge snacker but when breastfeeding, I will keep myself full with nuts/veggies/fruits. I was nursing when I conceived all but my first son.

Fruit smoothies always for “breakfast”, usually not before noon. And my smoothies are ALL fruit- berries, bananas, oj or fruit juice, mango if possible.

I am also a pretty athletic and confident woman. I love to dance, do yoga and bike ride, sometime pulling my littles in a trailer. I can definitely wrangle my boys and be a source of power to the family. My hubby loves my fire and likes competing with me, especially basketball and other games.

After a lot reading, it sure seems like I swayed blue! I never really ate a LOT of food but what I did eat was “efficient”, nutritious food.

I hope this helps someone, good luck!

Disneylover
March 5th, 2019, 02:34 PM
Chelsearogene- This sounds just like my friend! She switched her diet to no sugar-all veggies,low carb, lots of smoothies and greens and super organic and health conscious about six months before she conceived her son!

chelsearogene
March 5th, 2019, 02:44 PM
Haha that’s funny! I just love my healthy food, my hubby would even think I was being a bit ridiculous but it just makes my body feel good! Now that I know it sways more blue, I have stopped being so strict.

chelsearogene
March 5th, 2019, 02:56 PM
I think diet plays a big role because I have a friend, who is a tough cookie herself, but she had a really unhealthy diet (junk food, candy, coffee, alcohol, cigs, energy drinks) and she ended up with four GIRLS.

ForeverRestless
March 8th, 2019, 12:09 PM
Hi! I have 2 beautiful healthy boys and I want to share something about my diet.
With DS1 it was Christmas time, I gained a couple of kilos from eating high kal meals and sweet snacks. Meat regualrly, good breakfast with coffe milk and biscuits/brioches/cereals.
Lots of salty things, as every good Italian I love aperitive time and so had a lots of salty chips and peanuts and bread with sauces on top.
I used to have some alcohol also of course.
With DS2 I was on the same diet I followed to loose the baby weigh from Ds1. It was a 1400 cal diet that I reduced to 1200 or 1300 but used to eat mainly proteins (meat egg cheese...). Lots of milk and dairies because I read it favoured girls and I was on cal/mag too because I was trying to conceive a girl. Had breakfast regularly and ate 5 times per day.
I didn't know what sway was, I was just following a bunch of advises I found on the internet which provided me with DS2! Lol
Both of the times I Bded close to O. First time very frequent BDs. Second time I got frustrated from the cut off (7 months trying) and BD day before O, with my husband releasing a tiny bit and me J&D soon after! Still a boy ;)
I wasn't exercising alot, just doing some walks sometimes!
Hope this can help someone and all my blue dust!!

lad
September 17th, 2019, 10:46 AM
I have a gorgeous, ten month old boy, and how we conceived him is still fresh in my brain--so I figured I'd share for those who are swaying blue.

We weren't swaying either way (I'd just had a miscarriage, and we really just wanted a healthy baby), but looking back on it, my diet is classically boy and a lot of my lifestyle factors at that time happened to line up perfectly for a boy. I'm naturally thin (5'3" and 105 lbs), but because of my recent miscarriage, I was still carrying an extra 8 lbs from that pregnancy--the heaviest I've ever been. I also had recently stopped being vegetarian after over a decade of avoiding meat. We eat a very healthy diet of whole grains (quinoa, brown rice, whole grain pasta and bread), full fat dairy--and lots of cheese, protein in the forms of venison, fish and legumes, dark leafy greens and a whole variety of colorful veggies. Snacks in our house are usually bananas, oranges or nuts. We also were eating a lot of Mexican and spicy food at the time, because we'd just discovered this awesome little shop in the downtown of our town with amazing tacos. I don't usually eat breakfast, but at that period I was really focusing on my health after the miscarriage, and so I was eating a lot of fruit, nuts, and high-fat dairy for breakfast each morning. I can't clearly remember, but we might have even gotten a box of Cinnamon Life cereal (my fav) for breakfast around then. I'd also been taking prenatal vitamins for the prior year.

Exercise-wise, I had backed off a lot from my usual regimen. I was trail-running lightly, probably 20 minutes, three times a week, and my husband and I were getting into acro-yoga. I also had had a D&C two weeks before we conceived because of my prior miscarriage being incomplete--which I might have thought would've made me less fertile (getting my uterus suctioned out...) but I since have read from a few different sources that you're actually MORE fertile directly after a miscarriage or D&C. It kind of wipes the slate blank. The nurse had warned us that it may take us a few months to get pregnant, but exactly one month after the procedure I took a positive pregnancy test.

As for our attempt--I had to wait two weeks after the procedure before we could fool around. But as soon as the doctor cleared us, we started doing it every other day. We had a lot of fun with it--lots of different positions and all over the house. I think we did it a fair amount with me on top. I O'ed every time, and then waited with my legs up, or fell asleep directly after.

Hope this helps you all end up with your precious little blue bundles!

atomic sagebrush
September 17th, 2019, 10:56 AM
Thanks lad, and welcome to the site!

Katie.Z
September 20th, 2019, 10:49 PM
Hi again Atomic. I have followed 90% of what’s needed for a blue sway. Eating right on point, lifting weights, vitamins, cut coffee. Husband has quit smoking completely, taking vitamins, and made lots of improvements in lifestyle over the last few years. The only thing we are missing is frequent BD. Our pattern seems to always fall for once a week. How much can this hurt our sway as I see boy friendly couples tend to DTD more frequently as you recommend to your blue swayers. Of course I understand the 3 attempts for swaying, I know that 1 attempt = girl. But how about before the attempt. How bad will
Our BD pattern hurt our chances?

atomic sagebrush
September 21st, 2019, 11:23 AM
I can't quantify it (just don't have the data to do so). I think anyone having ANY sex unprotected out of the fertile window and then the three attempts is all good. What I hate to see is the people who have sex once a month because they're so scared of Shettles timing and then don't get pregnant for a year or more (we have had dozens of people show up here after trying one attempt at ovulation for 9+ months).

Is there any way hubby can clean the pipes 1x in addition?? While weeklong abstains haven't really worked for pink, at the same time we don't want him regularly going 7 days between releases, either. Even if he could close that gap by only a day or two it may help a little.

Katie.Z
September 22nd, 2019, 10:10 PM
Yes I have mentioned it to him before and he was ok with it but I think most nights he’s exhausted from work and I don’t want to push him. Thank you for the reply, Atomic.

Thirdtimelucky01
September 23rd, 2019, 06:33 AM
I wonder what you think about my story ladies. I have two beautiful boys, though I’d say they were conceived under different circumstances. With DS1 I was very stressed with work and my relationship with DH, conceived my boy with one attempt at positive OPK (first smiley so high reading and not even peak), I’m naturally slim but was feeling relatively overweight at the time for my usual self (BMI 21.5 but I felt very heavy), HIIT exercises but not often enough. Food wise I never skipped a breakfast but fasted 14-15 hours overnight (I like to eat my dinner early), drank lots of juices, never coffee, rarely alcohol. I was a big meat eater, avoided carbs like a plague so would normally eat red meat and a salad. No sugar and desserts, no junk food, but I’d snack on nuts and fruits. Loved my tea and often took vitamins and fiber. Second time around I was BMI 19, my lowest adult weight ever, very lean and active, pushing the pram for 2 hours every day and running after two active boys, similar diet, juices, lots of water, no coffee, no alcohol as was breastfeeding my DS1 until the month when I conceived, conceived with one attempt at peak OPK (the day of peak) plus one more attempt the day after. Started drinking coffee closer to conception if DS2. I felt like DS2 should have been a girl as most things but the diet was quite punk friendly but I didn’t sway back then. Personality wise very confident and competitive and a protector of my family. I guess if I ever want to have a daughter i gotta change my diet, nothing else seems to work for me towards more pink.

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atomic sagebrush
September 23rd, 2019, 11:19 AM
The thing is when looking at your life, you can never truly know if you had boys because you were super set for boys, or if you actually had a decent shot at a girl and then just fell into the opposite range by sheer chance.

Swaying seems to have a theoretical upper window of somewhere between 70-80%. This means that even under ideal circumstances, we are still seeing 20-30% opposites. So let's say with your second conception, you were 60% set for a girl. This is more girl friendly, but still plenty of opposites would be conceived.

Plus, we need to always keep in mind that swaying is like an iceberg. The stuff we "see" peeking above the water (diet, exercise, etc) is minuscule compared to the stuff that lies below the water. We had a lifetime of eating and doing stuff under our belts, the stuff we did for a few months before getting pregnant matters of course, but there is other stuff going on (dating back to when the egg that was us, formed in our GRANDMOTHER"S womb) that may affect the outcome of a sway. We just can't control stuff that is uncontrollable, let alone the luck factor, so my advice is to do what has worked for most people most of the time! Good luck and pink dust.

atomic sagebrush
September 23rd, 2019, 11:20 AM
Yes I have mentioned it to him before and he was ok with it but I think most nights he’s exhausted from work and I don’t want to push him. Thank you for the reply, Atomic.

Then we focus on the stuff we can change and let go of the stuff we can't!

MsDashwood
September 24th, 2019, 08:19 AM
Very interesting stories ladies. I really am worried I have such a boy mum personality. I plan the family meals weeks in advance, have set days for certain chores, set boundaries and tasks for the kids etc. I drive my husband crazy with lists and organisation plans. I also stress a lot due to my tough job so assume my testosterone must be high.

I was wondering what you think about this situation.

I have two step sons (it’s a long sad story and have been around since they are young). My husband comes from a family of ONLY boys and 90% male cousins on both his dad and mums side. His dad also comes from a family of lots of boys (5+). I also have nephews.

Atomic, I know you say (and I believe your explanations) that there are no families that truly are destined for one gender. But, my husband IS that family. The male strength is unbelievably strong.

However, on my mothers side of my family we have the opposite. My mum came from a family of only girls and my grandfather also had lots of sisters, even a twin sister! I come from a girl-boy sibling set and my cousins are also girl-boy in that order. So although we have more girls, I’d say we average out to almost 50-50 with a slight lean to girl.

Knowing there is such a strong male lineage on my husbands side, I am so worried that we will never get our girl. I feel no matter what, I can’t deny such a strong male line.

On the other hand, I think why am I even worried as maybe I’m meant for a girl like most women in my family? Does the fact my husband had two boys already mean nothing for my statistics?




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atomic sagebrush
September 24th, 2019, 10:55 AM
Testosterone has never been proven to sway anyway. I know people claim that, but it is based on personality tests and not blood tests. We don't even know that it has anything to do with testosterone.

Plus, stress doesn't necessarily raise testosterone anyway! Self-imposed stress (aka being a control freak) does seem to be associated with having more boys, but stress from things that are out of our control have been studied and found to sway pink anyway. So we don't truly know if having stress sways pink or blue. I would definitely try to step away from the control freakishness stuff as much as you can, particularly when it comes to swaying.

My husband's grandfather was one of three brothers and then all three brothers had lots of boys. But then the kids of those boys were all b/g mix, and our family was the only generation of the grandkids who had a lot of boys. Both my husband's mom and dad were from boy heavy families - but they still had a boy and a girl. WE still got a girl in the end. These things are not unchangeable. Gender is not genetic that way.

I understand that nothing I say or do can deter you from believing what you believe, but it makes no sense that anyone's genes would "hitch a ride" on either gender, but especially the male gender, because men are much likelier to die without offspring than women are. A family that had all or mostly boys would have died out a long time ago because men are at such a reproductive disadvanage.

If you look at a family like the Duggars, you'll see that YES the fact your husband has 2 boys already means nothing for the outcome of your sway. They had a long run of B/G mixed, then a long run of all boys, and then a long run of all girls, any one of which is more kids than most of us have! This is the same couple with the same eggs and same sperm, and they had a bunch of boys in a row and a bunch of girls in a row.

Men make 50-50 X and Y sperm. They have to because their bodies are made up of XY cells that divide to become half X and half Y sperm. You have just as good a chance at a girl as anyone.

hakrueg
November 29th, 2019, 05:08 PM
Just curious what types of salad dressings you guys liked? Are there any particularly boy friendly ones? Or anything specific I should look for in a dressing besides taste?


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XXforhubby
November 30th, 2019, 10:47 AM
Just curious what types of salad dressings you guys liked? Are there any particularly boy friendly ones? Or anything specific I should look for in a dressing besides taste?


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I’m not sure about the others, but I always ate anything full fat, olive oil based. The only difference between my boys and my DD was full fat vs lite. FX and GL to you!!


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atomic sagebrush
November 30th, 2019, 11:36 AM
Just curious what types of salad dressings you guys liked? Are there any particularly boy friendly ones? Or anything specific I should look for in a dressing besides taste?


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When it comes to blue salad dressings, you may want to go for a sweet-tasting (and yes full fat) dressing. This is because we want protein + carbs at every meal and snack (this does not need to be a lot of carbs) and so if you're having a salad with meat and cheese and even nuts on top, that's going to be pretty low carb. Adding a sweet salad dressing adds a nice bit of carbs and the fat in the dressing will help your body absorb the nutrients from those dark leafy greens, which are not well absorbed wihtout fat!

As for me I often had thousand island, Catalina, Brianna's sweet wine vinaigrette (has strawberry on label), and a sweet poppyseed dressing also from Briannas. I often had the poppyseed dressing with a dark leafy green salad with a piece of salmon on top of it when I got my 3rd boy, I ate that meal at least 1x a week for months before I got him! I ate the strawberry wine vinaigrette more before I got my 4th boy without the salmon on the salad. :)

atomic sagebrush
November 30th, 2019, 11:38 AM
Ah found a good pic - I haven't ever tried the one with the artichoke on it, but ate tons of the other two when I got my boys:

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hakrueg
November 30th, 2019, 04:09 PM
This is perfect because I have that Briannas poppyseed one in my fridge! I love that one, especially paired with feta cheese!


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atomic sagebrush
December 1st, 2019, 12:05 PM
Mmm you're making me hungry LOL! Enjoy!

LMSM
December 17th, 2019, 07:38 PM
Hey hey everyone!
Soooo - I know you talk about these ready-made dressings but I'm not in the US so it'snot something we have available here anyhow.
We usually do a good dash of full olive oil, plus a dash of balsamic - I usually sprinkle some salt and sometimes garlic too - and for good measure when I can, NYF :P is that just as good??
Also, I like to do coleslaw/potato salads etc with a greek yogurt with a few spoons of ful fat egg mayo - assume that is fine too, eh? :D
IF I do have to bring dressing to work for my lunch - I will look at a ready made option as that is easier to carry in a bottle (though could have small bottles of oil/balsamic at work I suppose) - is there any "ratio" of fat/sugar-carbs/etc that is better since I don't have the same brands as the ones you do mention?
Thanks!

atomic sagebrush
December 19th, 2019, 02:25 PM
Yes that's great!!! I ate potato salad and cole slaw a lot when I got my boys.

The olive oil based dressings are great, way better than canola oil. I'd not worry about the ratios beyond that, as long as you're using that olive oil.

LMSM
December 19th, 2019, 10:26 PM
Great! Just wanted to make sure :D

kittendreams
December 20th, 2019, 05:59 AM
Hey LMSM I use praise salad dressings- French, balsamic and Italian and always have and I add equal part apple cider vinegar to them. Must be a recipe for boys lol ��

LMSM
December 21st, 2019, 02:47 AM
Hey LMSM I use praise salad dressings- French, balsamic and Italian and always have and I add equal part apple cider vinegar to them. Must be a recipe for boys lol ��
NOt just a recipe for boys, handsome ones too ! :D
Thanks, will check those out..bit more convenient for work :D
Xx

LMSM
December 22nd, 2019, 11:36 PM
Hey LMSM I use praise salad dressings- French, balsamic and Italian and always have and I add equal part apple cider vinegar to them. Must be a recipe for boys lol ��

Thanks hun! Will try that for work - would be easier to have at hand too :D

Lilyblossom
March 15th, 2020, 07:44 PM
Hey LMSM I use praise salad dressings- French, balsamic and Italian and always have and I add equal part apple cider vinegar to them. Must be a recipe for boys lol ��

Apple cider vinegar sways boy or girl?


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atomic sagebrush
March 16th, 2020, 01:02 PM
Apple cider vinegar sways boy or girl?


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Small amounts of vinegar in recipes is neutral. Taking larger amounts medicinally (like drinking vinegar daily for health) likely sways pink because it lowers your blood sugar. Some sites claim it sways blue due to "alkalinity" but that has never been proven to me at all and I've seen people getting too many girl opposites with blue sways while doing the high intake ACV.

Mommylife
April 10th, 2020, 03:29 PM
Small amounts of vinegar in recipes is neutral. Taking larger amounts medicinally (like drinking vinegar daily for health) likely sways pink because it lowers your blood sugar. Some sites claim it sways blue due to "alkalinity" but that has never been proven to me at all and I've seen people getting too many girl opposites with blue sways while doing the high intake ACV.

Hi Atomic how about drinking alkaline water (Essentia Ionized Alkaline 9.5 pH Bottled Wate)


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atomic sagebrush
April 11th, 2020, 12:32 PM
Hi Atomic how about drinking alkaline water (Essentia Ionized Alkaline 9.5 pH Bottled Wate)


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I don't think it does anything at all. Water immediately goes to your stomach where it mixes with stomach acid and becomes very low in pH. I have seen tons of people use these types of products and get opposites (because they relied on them instead of doing the harder parts of swaying.)

YesIcan2020
April 21st, 2020, 11:12 PM
Hi Ladies,

Mum of 2 boys (trying to sway girl soon) but thought I'd add how I believe I got my two sons.

Always ate breakfast first thing in the morning and was quite a big breakfast.
Big snacker! Never went more than a couple of hours without food, would even snack on biscuits or crackers while at work in between breaks. Naturally skinny so this was never an issue.
VERY HIGH salt diet. Extra salt on everything and ate lots of salty foods.
Lots of potatoes, everyday we would have mash or roast potatoes or hot chips etc. I also ate a lot of potatoe chips.
Lots of meat, lunch and dinner always had some sort of meat.
Ate tomatoe based foods regularly like bolognase, lasagna etc.
LOTS of sugar! I would often eat a bag of lollies a day eekkkk, always had desert both after lunch and dinner. Massive sweet tooth.
Numerous attempts while trying to conceive.

Those are the things I believe swayed blue but who knows.
FYI I didn't drink coffee or any form of caffeine. I like a cup of tea

EDITING TO ADD- I was on a prenatal vitamin and my calorie intake was super high. Only exercise was walking.
Hope that helps someone wanting a blue bundle! Giving you all my blue dust, hoping for some pink dust! x

mummum
May 11th, 2020, 12:59 PM
Hey Atomic, What about Lemon water in the morning? Does that sway blue or pink?

mummum
May 11th, 2020, 01:20 PM
Hey Atomic, What about Lemon water in the morning? Does that sway blue or pink?

atomic sagebrush
May 11th, 2020, 04:56 PM
Lemon water is said to sway blue, though honestly I don't think it does a whole lot.

Cloudiedayz
May 19th, 2020, 01:51 AM
Hi, I'm new here and currently swaying pink but thought I'd share what I did to get my boy. We weren't swaying at the time.
I ate frequently 3 main meals plus at least 2 snacks a day. What I did eat was quite healthy- lots of fruit and veg but also lots of protein (meat, fish, eggs, yoghurt, cheese, nuts). I'm also a sweet tooth and was eating dessert/chocolate pretty much every day. We BD every second day during the fertile window. I was on a pregnancy/prenatal vitamin. I did little exercise- an hour walk maybe twice a week. I am quite an anxious person but in the month we conceived I was on vacation so was pretty relaxed. My DH had pretty much the same diet as me but he exercises daily- mostly cardio (running).

atomic sagebrush
May 19th, 2020, 01:50 PM
Thanks and welcome, Cloudy!

sassy86
August 16th, 2020, 04:55 PM
I thought I would add to this
Ds1 had no idea about swaying was on holiday in the usa so was at Dunkin doughnuts every morning, lunch usually a hot dog or burger dinner pretty mucj the same qas eating so many calories in the 2 weeks leading up to ovulation, dh was super fit rarely drank alcohol and I drunk lots of tea. Bd every 3 days
DS tried swaying but was eating lots of chicken eggs and rice, cut out potatoes and tomatoes, used rephresh had 2 attemps just before ovulation.

reddevil
November 9th, 2020, 08:50 AM
Thought I would add to this my 2 DS unintentional blue sways!

DS1 was conceived just after our wedding. In the lead up I had been gymming a LOT and a lot of weights - and was at my most toned I'd ever been. SO although I was at my thinnest, I was definitey also my most muscley. During honeymoon we were both very ill, so I didn't put on any weight then, but also I wasn't drinking really at all, and hadn't really been for months leading up to conception. I was trying hard to lose weight, and had - but did this my snacking little and often. I can't remember if I was taking vitamins - but what I was eating would probably have been very healthy, and lots of high protein snacks like meat and eggs to fill me up. I didn't know when I ovulated but we BD a lot - most days I think.

2nd DS took 4 months to conceive. I was a lot heavier (never lost baby weight after DS1) and don't think I was eating particularly healthily on purpose, but generally we eat quite well with lots of veg. I had been going to the gym to do more weight type training once or twice a week. I was definitely drinking at this point, but I don't think it was every day at all. We did SMEP the month we successfully conceived (had had a CP 2 months before) - so all in all I think we ticked a lot of boxes for blue sway. I LOVED cereal so am certain I was having cereal every morning.

Both times I wouldn't have JD and am sure I woul'dve laid with my hips raised up as was actively TTC.

I am pregnant again now and had started LE diet but only for about 3 weeks, no breakfast, daily alcohol and coffee and only BD once. We got pregnant first month which surprised me as we hadn't quite decided we wanted to definitely TTC! I JD after a few mins. Gender unknown at the moment but I really hope it was different enough to make the difference and give us a girl!!!! 4 weeks to go until NIPT results...

atomic sagebrush
November 9th, 2020, 11:25 AM
Thank you!! Sending you tons of pink dust!

sarahrose
November 12th, 2020, 07:41 AM
I hope some of my boy-mom habits which lead to 2 unintentional sways and 2 amazingly beautiful boys can help anyone out there ttc a baby boy! I have always naturally eaten a HE diet. I generally ate healthily, high protein and good fats for my main meals but was ALWAYS hungry so would eat/snack all day and always on high calorie, high carb, high fat foods. I was a big fan of junk food and drive throughs. I never let myself get hungry because I get hangry and my stomach hurts! So I'd be driving somewhere and I would see McDonalds so drive on through of course ... often for a cheeky cheeseburger meal ... as a snack. What I ate didn't affect my weight so I thought that obviously my body needed the food so never limited myself. Would eat a big dinner then have chips, chocolate and full sugar coke as snacks in front of the TV followed by maybe toast and butter or peanut butter before bed at about 10/11pm because I'd be hungry again and couldn't sleep if I was. I would eat a 2 course breakfast, usually butter on 2 pieces of toast with a whole avocado spread between the two slices. I'd also have a bowl of cereal or porridge (sometimes along with a hot chocolate). I never ate low fat or low sugar foods/drinks. I had never drunk coffee before swaying pink (currently). Drank herbal (mainly green, peppermint and jasmine) and black teas (with full cream milk) I never really drank alcohol, only very occasionally. Pretty sedentary lifestyle. Took prenatal vits prior to ttc. BD every day or every other day throughout O window for both. ...Had no idea all this was very boy friendly!

msalkaline
November 18th, 2020, 11:22 AM
I hope this is the right place— I’d like to share my unintentional boy sways.

Crappy diet— I ate whatever whenever. Now that I am limiting my salt I take I see that I probably had a lot because it’s in a lot of foods. I didn’t eat a lot of meat as I never do but did drink and eat a lot of dairy.
I was a cigarette smoker with all 3 and smoking the occasional maryjane, not big on alcohol.
No exercise— I was unemployed all 3x times and laid around
Always ate breakfast!!!! Within an hour of waking and usually always had coffee.
No J&D
With #2&3 boys (I have 3 total) We DTD 1-2 days before Ovulation. Usually when I noticed an increase in EWCM we did it.
I am irregular as far as periods go but am very fluidy down there which helped determine. Only DTD once both times.
My first was a surprise so who knows what happened— I was very young when he was born. I think I’m very fertile in general.
I also have a retroflexed, retroverted Vagina or whatever it is. Both of them I have! I was told by my OBGYN.

I think that’s it!

sagebear
January 26th, 2021, 02:01 AM
Hi ladies!! Hopefully my experience can help you in some way :)

I unintentionally swayed blue both times by:
- taking prenatals 3 months prior to conception (Baby & Me 2)
- no alcohol, coffee, softdrink - did drink tea, mostly rooibos because of no caffeine
- being sedentary (drove 40min each way to work, taught in a small school so not a lot of walking, sat and snacked while I planned/marked or watched YouTube. Maybe walked on the weekend. Went through phases with HIIT and pilates on holidays)
- eating large, healthy meals very regularly: big breakfast of cup of tea with oats/PB/fruit or 3 Weetbix and toast; large portion of dinner leftovers at school break of 10:50am for lunch; huge dinner of loaded nachos (heaps of cheese and avocado) or curry or meat & veg. I would always feel really, really full, and felt this was normal (trying to keep up with husband, who inhales food!)
- lots of snacking (mostly chocolate. I would eat chocolate most days. Mix of milk and dark. Would smash a block in one sitting).
- drinking at least a pint of milk a day with Milo

Common meals were really nutrient-dense fruits and veg. We live in the tropics so are surrounded by grassfed local beef and the "good" dairy (i.e. all the cream left on top). I loved pasta topped with lots of cheese, corn and canned tuna, and bread with slices of butter and Vegemite (we make our own multigrain bread so the slices were huge as well). Nachos were a big one with lots of hidden, shredded veg and beans and lentils, as was sushi with lots of soy sauce and Japanese mayo. Avocado fiend - about one a day. Whatever was "healthy" I consumed in abundance.

Concpetion-wise, we conceived first try with both our beautiful boys. My cycles can be anywhere from 28-35 days long, so I would aim for O as day 17 and just go, go, go. For DS#2 we did try to abstain for a couple of days before potential O, but we were on holidays and had been BDing most days prior. Always missionary as we thought this was a "girl" position, but my legs were always up over his shoulders and it wasn't really shallow positioning.

Hopefully this is helpful!!! Blue dust to you all xx

Nahoku
February 13th, 2021, 10:28 PM
New here and thought I’d contribute!
So, DS was a surprise. We weren’t really trying, but weren’t really preventing either. I wasn’t tracking my cycles, but I believe we conceived about a day before ovulation.

My diet was terrible. We lived off of fast food mostly. And admittedly our meal schedules were all over the place. We both loved red meat, carb heavy, and tended to snack quite a bit. Exercise was minimal. My DH was going through a very stressful period with his business and I was in the middle of starting a new job.

gdelsolra01
February 24th, 2021, 01:50 AM
Hi everyone! I’m new here! I have a 9.5 month old baby boy and I am here doing my research so this may hopefully we can ttc a baby girl!

This is how we conceived our baby boy:

My husband and I were 21 when we conceived our baby boy on august 2019

I had gone through hormonal problems since stopping the pill on March and didn’t have a period for 76 days, then the next cycle was 45 days, the next one was 35 days and it seems that when we got pregnant it would have been 28 days that cycle.

I was overeating on a vegan diet.

I would eat until I felt super full because of stress because my husband and I had just moved 3 times in 2019, and we where shortly going to move again.

I was taking b complex and vitamin D as is recommended for vegans to do so, (I also was deficient in vitamin D) but didn’t take it everyday.

The month before DS was conceived I went on a diet and instead of eating like 5 times a day I would snack on cucumbers and pistachios. (I’ve been overeating by that time since March, so from March to June I was on the HE diet without knowing) I gained 25 pounds at that time. Weighted 142 at my heaviest, being 5’3, all my life I did sports and weighted around 100-103. And after stopping the sport and getting married + working I went up to 116-124.

My husband is 6’1 and at the time his weight was 213. We both found comfort in food so he also overate. He used to be 165 when we were in high school.

I would also eat a lot of nutritious food. When I did the diet I lost 10 pounds and no more. I was doing HIIT exercises.

Everyday I would eat a bowl of fortified Kellogg’s special cereal, with the ripple pea milk (vanilla flavored).

I would eat very late at night too.

We did 2-4 attempts I believe on my fertile window.


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Walkerbabies
August 5th, 2022, 08:14 PM
Hi good luck on your TTC for a baby girl.

Nowmarriedgirl
August 6th, 2022, 02:24 AM
I have two boys who I didn’t sway for but clearly was a blue swayer naturally. [emoji1787]

Ate breakfast. Everyday. Oats , smoothie, yoghurt, etc.
snacked all day. Ate LARGE amount of calories. Big lunch. Then would eat biiig dinner of red meat, vege or salad, spuds or rice etc.
then usually dessert. [emoji1787] stomach so full but would still eat. Man I sound like a pig [emoji1787][emoji1787]
Worked out heavy weights , some hiit , loved to work out.
Coffee with full milk, 1-2 a day.
Lots of green tea. Love green tea.
Not much alcohol but would have the odd cheeky glass of red wine.
BD all the time bang on positive OPK and day before and after.
When I ttc my girl I switched aaall of this on its head.


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Prayingforpink20
August 6th, 2022, 07:46 PM
We didn’t know about swaying when we began ttc. We DTD multiple times around O for DS1. I am a foodie and usually eat three large meal with lots of snacking between meals. I stopped exercising because I was working a lot and definitely gained weight in the year before DS1 was conceived. DS2 was an oops baby because I thought ovulation was more than a week away, but baby boy had other plans. I had just started ovulating again and O was all over the place and wasn’t tracking. We usually BD frequently and eat a lot lol. That’s about all the relevant details I can think of. Sending all my blue dust in trade for pink!! ��

Thefinalcountdown
August 7th, 2022, 09:42 AM
Praying for pink and married girl What were you eating??


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Prayingforpink20
August 7th, 2022, 05:10 PM
Everything!! I remember with DS1 I was eating fast food a lot. Some days might have consumed 3500 or more calories between three large meals snacks and midnight munchies lol. DH and I were frequently using cannabis and CBD (we had just started talking about stopping protection to conceive and ended up pregnant right away, was not even taking prenatal until I got BFP, but was definitely getting a lot of nutrients from diet, obviously gave up all vices as soon as we got the BFP, but was not taking prenatals, was consuming alcohol, cannabis, and coffee daily) we would eat huge portions and get the munchies a lot. A typical day off work might look like this: Huge breakfast of biscuits and gravy or pancakes or cinnamon rolls with bacon eggs and sausage with full fat milk or OJ, elevensies (LOTR reference lol) could be a protein bar or banana with nuts, lunch Philly cheesesteak sandwiches (or eat out we would eat out a lot at this time), snack cheese and crackers with fruit, dinner medium rare steaks, potatoes, asparagus midnight munchies half baked Ben and Jerry’s ice cream. We would often spilt a pint of ice cream every night or every other night. I gained a bunch of weight being sedentary at work and not working out at all. We were still active people, but did not work out. I hope this helps!! Sending all my blue dust!! My boys are heavenly and I love them so much!! Just need a little pink around here lol!!

Nowmarriedgirl
August 7th, 2022, 09:50 PM
Praying for pink and married girl What were you eating??


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Heaps of eggs. 2 a day for lunch.
Avocado, dairy, lots of red meat. High calories! I’m such a foodie and would eat breakfast (oats fruit yoghurt) then snack, lunch, snack, dinner, dessert. Just heaps of calories. Ice cream, carrot cake, nothing off limits !!!


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