Falling preggo within a year of having a baby

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Originally Posted by NCBeachyGrl

It does seem like a bogus theory! I think that maybe sometimes people fall into same habits and then have same gender. I did find this interesting! On babycenter someone did a poll about oops baby and gender. Out of 115 people, 63 had girls and 51 had boys so seems there could be the ever so slight sway factor towards girls.

Is there really a trend to "oops" baby gender? - BabyCenter

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I bet this is bc an oops baby is often conceived in pink sway conditions like one attempt only/using pull out method/on birth control/using condom/using spermicide which will sway for a girl in couples who are inclined towards girls already or are fairly balanced in terms of gender.

That may have something to do with it but I think it's a natural effect too. Our bodies have mechanisms in place that lower fertility in that first year after having a baby and also our condition tends to be declined for awhile due to lack of sleep, physical effects of pg/birth/lactation, etc

I got pregnant in Aug 2012, but lost him at 15 weeks in November and had to deliver him in Dec and then got pregnant again in Aug 2013 leaving 8 months in between without a sway and am due with a girl in May :-) Only thing I really did was take precautions by taking supplements and coincedentally dtd 3 dpo and one day after.. Not planned. Wasnt trying to get pregnant, but not preventing eathier. Didn't eat breakfast (not a breakfast person anyways) except a couple hard boiled eggs and some coffee.. My lazy that I wouldn't even call a sway is in the swaying section if u wanna see it. So the opposite can happen..

My mom had me and 10 months later had my brother!

I really hope it works for me this time - my son just turned 18 months when I found out I'm pregnant again!

I don't think it's true. I got pregnant with ds2 when ds1 was 12 months. I just think I accidentally swayed for a boy both times (so glad I did...they're my world and boys are so fun).

I hope not...we want a boy !! lol We have two girls and an angel baby. The girls are 2.5 years apart, the angel baby was concieved when baby girl was..6 or 7 months young. She'll be 8 months later this month.

My parents had 4 girls, the oldest two are 18 months apart.

My husband's parents had 7 boys and the last a girl. There's a 10-12 year difference between the youngest and oldest.

Honestly I think it's probably something made up by a jealous friend or sibling or something. haha ! Who comes up with these things ??

I think I unintentionally swayed pink both times because naturally my diet is VERY girl friendly, it's been so weird eating for a boy friendly enviroment.

I come up with them based on research. :) There are biological reasons why I hold the opinions I do and always happy to explain them.

None of these things are 100% or ever going to be. If we're talking about soemthing that can alter the gender ratio by a few percentage points that is a pretty huge deal even though we will still see tons of people who buck the rulez.