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Only DH knows and although he thinks im nuts he supports me and does his bit too. I told friends I was on a food elimination diet as had bad guts or a problem with bloating etc so spending 1 month at a time cutting out certain foods and that has contributed to weight loss as your being so careful about what you eat....
Everyone close to me knows that i was swaying. I do have the kind of personality though to try off the wall things so nobody who knows me IRL was very surprised that i would give it a go.
Just my mom and one other friend. We r keeping it a secret because in our culture boys are preferred and I don't want anybody to think that I would be unhappy with a girl. If it is a girl I would still love her as much (just like all of us).
Winter is coming - jumpers and coats will help hide weight loss:) It is hard though I know - I didn't want to lie either so told some white lies - eg wasn't eating crisps or bar snacks during the week (wasn't eating them at the weekend either but this isn't strictly a lie.) For the record - LE diet is a diet:) What has become difficult now is explaining why I am not touching alcohol at all now but am eating other things:wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ipadmad
Hi Ipadmad and welcome to Gender Dreaming :) Nobody will make you feel guilty for wanting your desired gender here :)
I definitely DID NOT tell anyone at all that I was swaying, it was something just mine and hubbie's. Like yourself, I don't want any questions or cynical statements so I had to shut up my mouth. Plus knowing that probably I will still have a boy, which I know I would love just as much as a girl, but I don't want others to think that I don't love my baby if it's a boy. Now that I'm pregnant, I only told my side of family, i.e. parents and sisters and two colleagues of mine. My colleague asked me what gender do I prefer to have and I just said that I don't mind...oopps...big lie :)
Good luck with your sway, I hope you get your pink sticky bean soon :)
Actually it was a bit hard hiding it from one of my colleagues who is in my office and who also is a very dear friend. I didn't even tell her we were trying for a baby even though I probably would have told her if we didn't get pregnant soon. I used to take salads with me, which usually I didn't bother to take much with me and I used to add cucumbers...I hated cucumbers before I started the LE diet and once she told me, 'are you eating cucumbers?, you hate cucumbers!', I didn't know what to answer her and I just said that I didn't have much veggies in my fridge for a salad, so I also included cucumbers. It was obviously a lie cause I continued on eating cucumbers for months :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ipadmad
Thanks all.
I really hope it doesn't take too long (although both DSs were conceived in first month of trying - DS2 was conceived 7 days before ovulation (well we BD 7 days prior), so I sort of am expecting a quick 'fall' but guessing it will probably be different as I'm two years older and on an unusual (for me!) diet).
There's also Christmas around the corner too, which will officially be a nightmare diet wise! And not just the day itself, but all the do's. I so hope we all have our beans well and firmly planted then, so we can eat what we like.
Same as above. DH, mum, mother-in-law and three best friends know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dreamofpink
I am secretly swaying also :) I am actually really shy about it. I tell people I want all boys :/
No and I wasn't very vocal about it even with DH. People knew I was into swaying and stuff but I didn't let anyone know we were TTC until after my gender scan, if you can believe that!