A few questions about pink swaying....

[Jamie86]

I tend to ramble and probably provide a little too much information so forgive me in advance. My husband and I are wanting to TTC again sometime soon (probably around February) and I have a few questions. We have two boys and would love to add a little girl.

I will start with a little background my husband and I have been very fertile in the past. My first son was conceived by "accident" with just 1 time of no protection, my 2nd son was planned and we decided to stop doing NFP (I HATE birth control) on September 1st and on September 26th we found out we were expecting. However, with both I am unsure of when we BD in respect to ovulation. However, I now use OPKs and track ovulation pretty well.

I actually would LOVE to TTC right now but I really need to lose a little more weight first. I had gestational diabetes both times, so I have been following a low carb diet (not to successfully for the past couple months). I'm trying to motivate myself with pictures of my babies as newborns lol.

So as far as gender swaying this time here are my questions (and if there is not a specific question I mainly just want to write what I think I know and someone tell me if it's correct or not):

1. Diet: I see that girl swaying is a "low everything diet" however, a couple months before conceiving both of my boys I lost about 15 lbs. With my first son I was doing the weight watchers point system and with my 2nd son I was doing low carb while taking phentermine (I know I know not good for me). So I'm not really sure what to do with diet and like I said I would like to try and keep it as low carb as possible due to the gestational diabetes issues.

2. Supplements: I'm thinking maybe I can "make up" for not changing certain diet changes with supplements but I'm not sure where to start to sway. (I currently take a multi vitamin and some vitamin a for my skin)

3. Caffeine: Is it true no caffeine to sway for a girl for me and DH and for how long before hand?

4. Antihistamines: I keep seeing stuff about using antihistamines to help with swaying, what particularly, how much and when to start for a girl?

5. Rephresh: I've seen some stuff about this and just wondering how/if/when to use this to sway for a girl?

6. Douching: To go with the previous I always thought douching was bad in general. Can other swaying techniques perhaps take away the need to do this?

7. Positioning and timing: Is it true about BD before Oing for a girl? And I know both my boys were conceived in deep penetration positions so either way I think this time we will try shallow penetration. Also I always orgasm before DH so maybe this time no orgasm for me? (or does that even affect anything)

8. For DH: It's probably going to be hard to get him to change his diet at all (he is SUPER picky), I might can work some supplements in but he also has a very bad soda habit that I'm not sure if he will completely kick. Also I doubt he will change his type of underwear so I'm thinking of doing a hot bath before we BD when we TTC. So I guess I'm just asking if I can sway successfully with me doing most of the work (besides hot bath & positioning)


ETA 9. PH how do I test (any recommendations on products?), when do I test, and then how do I change it (is it just diet or do some the things above change it)?


OK I think that is all any other suggestions would be great! I'm feeling a little overwhelmed with all of this, I should be studying for my CPA exam and got completely sucked in on this site and just couldn't go back until I addressed these questions. Thank you all so much and I will keep reading through the other things when I have time.

[atomic sagebrush]

1. Here is a post to tell you how to tweak a pink diet with blood sugar issues. You can def. conceive a girl on a low carb diet, people have done it before!! Always keep in mind though that none of these techniques are 100% - plenty of exceptions exist, it's just that for most of the people, most of the time, they tend to sway pink.

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...d-sugar-issues

2.NEVER EVER EVER TTC while taking Vitamin A. EVER. It causes birth defects. Supps for you - http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...periences-here
Supps for you (I don't necessarily agree with all these supps, it's the ones that are commonly taken, though) http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...S-FOR-TTC-PINK
Supps for your husband http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...LEMENTS-FOR-DH

3.No, it's not true about the caffeine. Another site advised this but I looked into it extensively and I feel that caffeine is ok for DH and DW. You may want to NOT have your husband drink coffee right before TTC though.

4.antihistamines http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...ELP-TTC-A-GIRL

5. RepHresh http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...s-and-RepHresh

6. I personally cannot stand douching and I think the RepHresh is more effective anyway.

7. Positions http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...tting-pregnant

8. Don't worry about DH's diet. If anything, the soda habit will sway PINK, not blue. The idea that caffeine makes boys or that soda sways blue, is not true. Diet is also mostly important for the woman and whatever he is willing to do in terms of hot bath or whatever, is fine.

9. pH http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...-for-DH-and-DW

[Jamie86]

1. Here is a post to tell you how to tweak a pink diet with blood sugar issues. You can def. conceive a girl on a low carb diet, people have done it before!! Always keep in mind though that none of these techniques are 100% - plenty of exceptions exist, it's just that for most of the people, most of the time, they tend to sway pink.

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...d-sugar-issues

2.NEVER EVER EVER TTC while taking Vitamin A. EVER. It causes birth defects. Supps for you - http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...periences-here
Supps for you (I don't necessarily agree with all these supps, it's the ones that are commonly taken, though) http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...S-FOR-TTC-PINK
Supps for your husband http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...LEMENTS-FOR-DH

3.No, it's not true about the caffeine. Another site advised this but I looked into it extensively and I feel that caffeine is ok for DH and DW. You may want to NOT have your husband drink coffee right before TTC though.

4.antihistamines http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...ELP-TTC-A-GIRL

5. RepHresh http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...s-and-RepHresh

6. I personally cannot stand douching and I think the RepHresh is more effective anyway.

7. Positions http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...tting-pregnant

8. Don't worry about DH's diet. If anything, the soda habit will sway PINK, not blue. The idea that caffeine makes boys or that soda sways blue, is not true. Diet is also mostly important for the woman and whatever he is willing to do in terms of hot bath or whatever, is fine.

9. pH http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...-for-DH-and-DW

Thank so much for your help! I have been really slack on taking my vitamin a after it was recommended to me for my skin so even though I'm not planning to TTC for a few months that is good. I don't really want to take a handful of pills everyday so I'm trying to decide what exactly to do with the supplement part of it. But thanks so much for all the links to the specific pages that definitely helps. There is such a wealth of information here it can be a little overwhelming.

[atomic sagebrush]

I know and I'm trying to make the site more user friendly!