Hello everyone!

[project beatrice]

I believe legumes and rapeseed oil are more traditionally pink, but potatoes and nuts (when balanced with other sources of protein and Omega 3 fats) are more blue -- I think potatoes in isolation would be more pink just because of the emphasis on carb over protein. I may be wrong here though?

Folate is better than folic acid because, while both do the same thing, folate is the natural form digestible by everybody -- some people have MTHFR mutation which results in trouble processing folic acid (and often people don't know they have it). Folate, a.k.a the non-synthetic form of folic acid, just tends to be better for everyone over all. High folate is thought to sway boy, but really, high folate in general is just good for a.) fertility and b.) low birth defects. High intake of folate has even been linked to lower incidences of autism.

I was taking a prenatal with at least 800 mcg of folate before conceiving my daughter, in addition to a fairly folate-rich diet (asparagus, certain greens, mango juice, etc.)

As an aside: I've been on MFP for years. You can track your potassium (although I know not all foods list it unfortunately)!
- Under "Food," go to "Settings" (specifically the "settings" link under food, not "Home" or near your user name.)
- Under "Nutrients Tracked" and "Calories (Required)" are five drop down menus.
- Select Potassium to be tracked (it's directly below sodium and on top of carbohydrates in the list)

Thank you so much for all this info and your time!

[project beatrice]

I also think my headaches were from aspartame. I never have it ordinarily and have noticed awful headaches each time add in. How important is this to the sway as soooo many people seem to have success living on crystal light (which I assume is like Diet Coke..!) x

[atomic sagebrush]

RE cal-mag my one boy was with boy friendly diet + cal-mag, my other boy was with full on pink sway plus cutting back on sodium. My other other two boys I was drinking tons of dairy (was with the other ones too.) It was sure no magic bullet for me, but i know it's hard to give up for some people. Let your gut instinct be your guide.

Coffee is fine at any point. Many of us have "cheated" and had this as breakfast and snack with milk (and I REALLY really cheated and even put real sugar in it, don't do that though if ou can help it) and still gotten girls. It can't be making any difference.

CFR is releasing for 2-3 times a day, 2-3 days before having one attempt. What you're describing is the "hurry up FR". I know we ALL have one boy or the other who we got with one attempt but the numbers don't lie, it's amongst our most successful pink sway tactics (when done with OTHER sway tactics, that is.) ALL frequency patterns have not proven very successful on their own. We originally started out thinking it was frequency that was swaying (because timing has been debunked) but over the course of time we realized it was number of attempts. No one had ever even guessed that number of attempts might sway. Since we dropped the focus on frequency and put it onto number of attempts, our results have skyrocketed. Now, some people do want to give frequency a try and that's totally cool, just that it's imperative to drop frequency BEFORE adding attempts. We experimented at first (not ahving any clue that one attempt could possibly sway at all) with keeping frequency but adding attempts and our results were absolultely terrible!!

[atomic sagebrush]

Aspartame is NOT IMPORTANT at all. I have seen people get boys while drinking aspartame to a level so unbelievably insane that it scares me. The exact same people who have diet drinks all day as a way of life are also often dieting and eating less healthfully in other ways too so keep in mind correlation does not equal causation.

I got my girl without it after getting 4th boy while using it.

[maidentomother]

Throwaway answered re folate. It is much better absorbed and FA may even be toxic.

You couldn't pay me to consume aspartame. Most girls conceived ever had moms who never touched the stuff. It's not important. I do think it sways pink slightly (UNLESS you have autoimmune issues in which case it may even sway BLUE), but so does arsenic and I wouldn't recommend that!

[Faithinpink]

Aspartame is NOT IMPORTANT at all. I have seen people get boys while drinking aspartame to a level so unbelievably insane that it scares me. The exact same people who have diet drinks all day as a way of life are also often dieting and eating less healthfully in other ways too so keep in mind correlation does not equal causation.

I got my girl without it after getting 4th boy while using it.

Interesting Thanks atomic, I have been using splenda for about 7yrs and have conceived 2 boys within that time frame, also like diet coke.
Is splenda the same as aspartame?
Don't recall using it when I conceived my first 2 boys tho.

[Faithinpink]

Aspartame is NOT IMPORTANT at all. I have seen people get boys while drinking aspartame to a level so unbelievably insane that it scares me. The exact same people who have diet drinks all day as a way of life are also often dieting and eating less healthfully in other ways too so keep in mind correlation does not equal causation.

I got my girl without it after getting 4th boy while using it.

Interesting Thanks atomic, I have been using splenda for about 7yrs and have conceived 2 boys within that time frame, also like diet coke.
Is splenda the same as aspartame?
Don't recall using it when I conceived my first 2 boys tho.

[maidentomother]

Splrnda is not the same. It is non toxic IMO snd doesn't sway in either direction.

[Faithinpink]

Sorry don't know why it double posted x

[Faithinpink]

Ohh thank u maiden xx