Had a convo re: stress and whether it swayed boy/girl in another thread today, and found this tonight via my friend Google:
http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/...s-2907895.html
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Had a convo re: stress and whether it swayed boy/girl in another thread today, and found this tonight via my friend Google:
http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/...s-2907895.html
nice find, so more of the chronically stressed women have girls....
My sister told me about this study this week but I forgot to look it up and post it - thanks Begonia!
Shoot if this was right I would have three girls....I am normally a very stressed person.
LOL. There are PLENTY of studies I read that leave me wondering how on earth we don't have any sons, so I get your perspective on this one!Quote:
Originally Posted by melissalynay
Mmm interesting, dont know if i can believe it though, cause in World War1 the number of boys born out numbered the amount of girls been born, now can u imagine the stress going on around that time.
Dd1 :ballerina: Dd2 :giggle:
Hi, I'm new here but I thought stress raises testosterone which sways boy
Perhaps stress doesn't raise testosterone by a significant enough amount to swayQuote:
Originally Posted by spidy
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Check out paragraph 3 of this article:
http://cortisolconnection.com/ch5_2.php
'During periods of high cortisol production (stress, dieting, and sleep loss), our natural production of testosterone falls. Considering that women produce only about one-tenth the amount of testosterone found in men, any stress-induced drop in testosterone would be expected to affect women as much as or more than most men.'
Quite an interesting article in general actually.
Damn. That sucks. This swaying crap is stressing me out already, and that article is stressing me out more! Ugh. I can't remember if I was stressed when I conceived my son or not, but I know I was when DD2 was conceived, because DH had just been laid off of his job and $$ was super tight.
I had heard that more girls were conceived during bad economic times, so that all adds up. I wonder what the gender ratio was during the depression?