Smoking???

[Kiesse]

Just a question, with smoking does it have any influence on swaying? Please do not judge me, but i smoke, no where as much as what I use too but probably have 5-8 a day, i have NEVER smoked when pregnant tho as soon as that line appears on the pregnancy test I can quit cold turky, just with everything in my life being so busy its like my 5 minutes to myself where i can just calm down and relax, i know its bad for my health etc, but just want to know if this has any impact at all.

[atomic sagebrush]

Smoking does sway pink (proven) but is far from 100% reliable (as you know!!)

[Kiesse]

Ok. Well i know its bad but i will keep doing it until i ttc. If i quit now ill end up stressing and have a short fuse which may not be good when trying to lower test!

[Deux Bleus]

Smoking does sway pink (proven) but is far from 100% reliable (as you know!!)

but only in men, right??

[Coccinelle33]

i wish this swayed pink more for men. my hubby is a smoker and a drinker and we got 4 boys and 1 girl.

[purple sky]

I smoked when all three of my boys were conceived (Not while pregnant). I don't know if I believe this. I quit about 2 years ago.

[wilma_five]

I did smoke when I swayed. I was not pregnant and now I'm on a ttc break. But I will add it again when I sway, probably summer/fall. Don't feel bad about it if you quit when O is confirmed. There's a topic on here about getting drunk during ovulation (which looks to sway pink) so that would be a no-no to. We do crazy things to achieve our dream.
Some people smokes and got boys but maybe they had a boy-friendly diet and smoking is only a little %. So if you do add smoking, don't trust completely on it but combine it with diet, supps, weight loss etc. GL!!!

[Kiesse]

I would never trust smoking as a sway alone obviously but will stop as soon as O is confirmed on our month of ttc, I am taking the supps, LE diet etc, Have just got the Personalized Swaying plan so am very excited to start that!!!!

[Cinss]

Kiesse i am just wondering if you smoked when you concieved your 1st 2 sons? And does your partner smoke too?

[Kiesse]

Yes i did smoke, and so did my ex husband (father of my boys) but my partner i am with now as never had one in his entire life! i am slowly giving it up, have cut right down in recent months.

[atomic sagebrush]

but only in men, right??

No, in both men and women. It seems to sway "harder" in men.

The more a person smokes, the less sons they conceive, statistically speaking.

[atomic sagebrush]

I smoked when all three of my boys were conceived (Not while pregnant). I don't know if I believe this. I quit about 2 years ago.

Well, it was studied in more than one study and seemed to be true. I also believe it to be true based on my own personal real life observations. No sway tactic is ever 100% and if your body is good at healing the damage and/or you have a boy-friendly lifestyle otherwise, you'll still conceive boys.

It's not WHAT you do that sways, it's the effect that what you do has on your body.

Many people smoke and never get lung cancer, but that doesn't mean that smoking doesn't cause lung cancer! :) Not that I am trying to get anyone to continue smoking for swaying and certainly not to start, but just for the sake of the info.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11978342

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15461218

http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/32/3/470.full (this is a weird study because it claims not to support the idea that smoking alters the gender ratio, but then the data says it does in heavy smokers and even a little bit in lighter smokers.)

http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282%2807%2900621-8/abstract (another somewhat confusing study but shows you have to smoke more than 10 cigs a day before gender ratio is affected. Also, interestingly, this study seems to indicate that if you smoke (even less than 10 a day) the more kids you have, the more likely it is you'll have a girl)

[Cinss]

I gave up smoking 5 months ago for my boy sway but i can get DP to do it :(

[ladybug]

I was a smoker and conceived 2 boys....hubby never did smoke...I quit 3 years ago...I hope it does the opposite for me this time :)

[Hobbermittens]

I know several women smokers who have several girls apiece, but I do know one who has 3 boys.

[Hobbermittens]

I have a question about this-- back in the "old days" when everyone smoked, were there more girls conceived?

[Ribbons]

I smoked (like a chimney) with both my boys. I don't smoke now, maybe I'll get a girl this time!! you never know... :)

[atomic sagebrush]

I have a question about this-- back in the "old days" when everyone smoked, were there more girls conceived?

There are actually more girls being conceived now for reasons that researchers do not know and are getting very concerned about.


The interesting thing is that two of the best studies on smoking and gender are from Asian countries (Japan and Pakistan) where TONS of people smoke a lot - so one would expect to see a corresponding change in gender ratio. Unfortunately it's very hard to get a handle on what the true gender ratio is in Asian countries due to boy preference and higher rates of gender selective abortion (the gender ratio in Pakistan is 110 but there is no way that is natural). i looked into it a bit and gender selective abortion in Japan at present, is very very rare and their gender ratio is equal to the US at 106. So I doubt it sways too awfully much across an entire population.

[1+2+3boys]

What about with Men and smoking? I don't smoke but my partner has since before he started having kids and he has... 6 Boys! including our three, O.K 5 because technically identical twins only count as one child sperm wise. I just hope he does not have to stop smoking in order for us to sway for a girl because that is so not going to happen but looks like it 'should' be in our favour

[1+2+3boys]

Just saw your comment Atomic Sagebrush, it seems my partner is an acception with his 6 sons. I'm so scared swaying for a girl will not work for us

[atomic sagebrush]

Swaying can work for anyone - NO ONE is set or "doomed" to have all of one gender. Even without swaying, you would eventually have a girl, swaying just a way to make that happen sooner rather than later.

Good luck! One of the only things my husband did different between our girl and our boys, was that he started smoking.

[6bluewant1pink]

I was never a smoker but heard it sways girl so i starting smoking before conceiving boy #4. Didn't work for me. My Husband is a smoker.

[Wanting-a-girl]

I smoked well conceiving my three boys... And so did DH and I will be honest don't judge please cause I think this counteracted the smoking... We both smoked weed regularly and when you smoke weed you will have a very boy friendly diet naturally I think... Now with this pregnancy I smoked lightly and havnt smoked weed since I conceived ds3 so I was naturally eating less all the time so I am wondering if the weed swayed boy...

[atomic sagebrush]

I was never a smoker but heard it sways girl so i starting smoking before conceiving boy #4. Didn't work for me. My Husband is a smoker.

AAA no one start smoking for a DD! My husband just randomly started smoking, he wasn't doing it for swaying.

[atomic sagebrush]

Overall smoking the special stuff tends to = more girls regardless of diet, but there again just like everything, if you're in overall good condition your body can shake it off and still conceive boys.

[Wanting-a-girl]

Well then lol these three boys were very ment to be...but would my diet at the time not outweigh it cause I was eating fast food and high calorie everyday