Alcohol...

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Originally Posted by LilithWiser1979

I have a hard time with the American recommendations for "moderate" drinking. It's no more than 7 drinks a week for women. That's one a night! In Europe, moderate is 14 drinks per week for women. It means you're not a lush if you have two glasses of wine every night with dinner.

I swayed with European standards for moderate alcohol consumption, and I'm having a girl :)

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Thank good I was born in Europe! :wink:

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Originally Posted by essnce629

Really? The stats on it are actually better than LE diet, licorice root, vitex, saw palmetto, clomid, exercise, skipping breakfast, and even 1 attempt! Only 60% of women who didn't drink alcohol at all had girls, while 79% of women who did drink alcohol did have girls. And the sample size is good too, so we're not just talking about a handful of women.

If I saw those stats and was trying for a boy I definitely don't think I'd be drinking any alcohol! I think the only other swaying techniques that are getting better results are "1st cycle after miscarriage" (81%) and "olive leaf extract for DH" (85%), but both of those have pretty small sample sizes.

I'd definitely be including alcohol in my girl sway if at all possible.

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Oh, I did not look at the stats! Thanks! Cool!

Be careful extrapolating too much from the stats. Alcohol has a very small sample size, at the moment.

Having said that, I DO think it's a good thing to include in a pink sway if you enjoy alcohol. Exercise is a good one to look into, as well :)

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Originally Posted by essnce629

I had never had an alcoholic drink in my life (drank only water and green/white tea and have 2 boys LOL!) and have included alcohol in my sway. Like JP2007 I'm also doing a shot of vodka with diet cherry Dr. Pepper every night. I'm stopping at +opk though as there was at least one study I read that said women who drank 10 alcoholic drinks a week during the week of conception had a much higher risk of miscarriage. So I will do one drink a night which will limit me to 7 a week. I have no problem stopping at +opk so I don't think I'm at risk for starting a long term unhealthy habit or anything. I also read that the short-term effect of consuming alcohol can be an increase in blood sugar levels, BUT a longer-term effect might be a drop in blood sugar so maybe that's how it sways girl?

All I know is that my 3 best friends who have 2 girls each all drink alcohol on a regular basis, while me and my other best friend never drank alcohol and both have 2 boys. The stats on alcohol and girl sway are great (much more so than the inverse) so I'm definitely including it.

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Ok just to clear something up here, women who drank 10 alcoholic drinks in the week of conception were almost certianly not planning a pregnancy, and were probably doing tons of other stuff that may have been unhealthy and contributed to risk of miscarriage. I think alcohol in mod. amounts is ok up till BFP.

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Originally Posted by bluebonnet22

I do agree with the other ladies that my evening drink has been helping a lot for relaxation!

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I think this may be the biggest benefit. I find it helped shut down the "hamster wheel brain" that some of us get going on.

I conceived my DD after a lengthy vacation in Thailand and Aussie...let's just say I probably over consumed :)