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January 31st, 2020, 03:34 PM
Hi all!
We're slowly planning a sway for this year or next. Initially our plan was to have my IUD removed in September, begin the LE diet and exercise regime, and then wait until November to start trying to conceive (for no real reason other than that I randomly made the appointment to get my IUD removed on my dad's birthday in September, and then jokingly told him that another grandchild would soon follow). But as I was researching gender ratios and sway tactics, I came across this study: https://academic.oup.com/humrep/article/18/4/885/596606.
It looks like during March - May you're significantly more likely to conceive a girl (versus trying to conceive in the fall, in which case the odds are stacked in the favor of boys).
Is it worth it to put off trying in November or December, and instead wait until March? I know to a certain extent it's a moot point, because sometimes it can take awhile to get pregnant, but we would like to try to have all the odds in our favor when we do try.
Until we get to the action, we've been slowly incorporating some sway tactics into our lifestyle, so that when we come to actively trying, I'm not in full on swaycession mode. We're starting to delay breakfast until 11:30 am, eating vegetarian (I was one for years, until we started trying to get pregnant with our first, at which point I started wolfing down all the meat and full fat dairy.... whoops!), drinking coffee, and running daily. My husband is fully on board with everything (and will be joining me on the exercise and diet)--he's dying for a girl as well--but I think he likes the idea of waiting for longer until we try for #2. He's trying to soak in every one-on-one moment we have with our son as a toddler.
Thanks for any and all guidance!
We're slowly planning a sway for this year or next. Initially our plan was to have my IUD removed in September, begin the LE diet and exercise regime, and then wait until November to start trying to conceive (for no real reason other than that I randomly made the appointment to get my IUD removed on my dad's birthday in September, and then jokingly told him that another grandchild would soon follow). But as I was researching gender ratios and sway tactics, I came across this study: https://academic.oup.com/humrep/article/18/4/885/596606.
It looks like during March - May you're significantly more likely to conceive a girl (versus trying to conceive in the fall, in which case the odds are stacked in the favor of boys).
Is it worth it to put off trying in November or December, and instead wait until March? I know to a certain extent it's a moot point, because sometimes it can take awhile to get pregnant, but we would like to try to have all the odds in our favor when we do try.
Until we get to the action, we've been slowly incorporating some sway tactics into our lifestyle, so that when we come to actively trying, I'm not in full on swaycession mode. We're starting to delay breakfast until 11:30 am, eating vegetarian (I was one for years, until we started trying to get pregnant with our first, at which point I started wolfing down all the meat and full fat dairy.... whoops!), drinking coffee, and running daily. My husband is fully on board with everything (and will be joining me on the exercise and diet)--he's dying for a girl as well--but I think he likes the idea of waiting for longer until we try for #2. He's trying to soak in every one-on-one moment we have with our son as a toddler.
Thanks for any and all guidance!