3 of the same

[ynwa]

Well just been to collect ds1 from school and the amount of 3 of same gender family's I came across makes me think does gender run in family's and is it even worth me trying again.

[nuthinbutpink]

I know what you mean. I do kind of assume that most people just go about their lives though and do not think of swaying or just don't care what gender they have so if there is truth to swaying, you would have to make changes in order to have a chance at it working. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome:)

[purplepoet20]

Some people don't change habits.... I gained weight before ds1 (130lbs) and didn't change my eating habits before ds2 was conceived (140lbs). I know people with all girls (2-4) that worked to loose 15-30lbs before conceiving another baby. Some moms went crazy for nuts and dark veggies before conceiving their boys. Some are addicted to fried foods or dairy or high fat in general and conceive all boys.

If I would have stayed on my same diet and habits I would have 10 more boys but maybe 1 girl in there somewhere. Just by changing to a low fat/salt/cal diet I am upping my chance at a girl. Loosing my extra weight helps too.

[zanacal]

I agree, I had to make lots of changes to conceive a girl and if I hadn't read Atomic's research I would have had a gazillion boys because I was one big boy sway!!

[ynwa]

I have a load of weight to lose,I joined weight watchers last wed,so going to weigh in in morning,fx for me

[purplepoet20]

Have you heard of Michelle Duggar.... She started Weight Watchers after her last son was born and then went on to conceive 4 girls (and 1 unknown) while on the diet. Starting over after each baby.

[ynwa]

Yes is she the lady off 19 kids and counting?that gives me hope,we have booked our hols for middle of June so I have 2 reasons to lose weight,we will be ttc then.

[begonia]

Well just been to collect ds1 from school and the amount of 3 of same gender family's I came across makes me think does gender run in family's and is it even worth me trying again.

I know many with 3 of a kind too. But I still think it is closer to 50/50 with every pregnancy; I don't think it runs in families to have one gender. I think it *feels* that way to those of us who do have single gender because it is such a big deal, but realistically we're talking about taking 3 chances at a game that only has 2 possible outcomes. It isn't like there's 5 different options for gender and you keep getting the same one... that to me would be strange and yes, indicative of there being some underlying cause.

But if I've only played 3 times and I've gotten the same result each time, I might consider it unlucky since it isn't what I wanted, but I don't consider it inevitable. I do think it's worth trying again if you want another child, but I also think you're still looking at 50/50 (maybe a slight up in the odds if you sway) and those aren't the best odds when your heart is set on one of those two options.

[TTC5]

Where I am I see lots of families with 2+1 of a kind. No one has 4 of a kind like me. My mum had four girls and then
Had a boy. After that she had another girl then another boy.

[zanacal]

Good luck with the weight loss. I lost 3 stone leading up to our BFP and I'm sure it helped me :D

[ynwa]

That's my target 3st,thank you

[Cinss]

I think we just notice these kind of families more because we are TTC and swaying, there are the 1 of each kind out there, actually they are everywhere, we probably just don't notice as much. Kind of like when you buy a new car, all of a sudden there are heaps of them around, they were always there you just didn't notice before.

[ynwa]

Yay 3lb weight loss at ww today:.)

[auroara78]

nice ynwa!

I definitely agree with the theory that even changing our body chemstry between pregnancies can help concieve an opposite. I agree with begonia about the odds being mostly 50/50 and swaying helps tip the odds some.

[sixhappysons]

Only people I know with several of one gender exist on the internet. I know no one IRL with more than 3 of one gender... just me!

[ynwa]

Another 2lb weight loss today,making 5lb in 2 weeks.i am getting there:.)

[begonia]

Wow, ynwa, great work on your weight loss!

TTC5 and 6happysons, I don't know any families IRL with more than 4 kids! I can only think of 8 fams I know with 4 kids, and of the 8, 50% of them have 4 of a kind. I know 3 with BBBB, 1 with GGGG, and then 4 that have a mix... although of the mixed ones, none are 2B2G; they're all either 3G1B or 3B1G.

[ynwa]

Another 2lb weight loss today:.)7lb in 3 weeks yay:.)