Which do you think is harder?

I agree with begonia, about the downhill slope and then the uphill slodge feast!

Of course I thought swaying pink was hard, because my body was so naturally boy friendly and I was doing activites that screamed...hello let's have a boy!!! I don't know if I made enough changes to overcome it, but I certainly think that the lower fertility methods that girl sways employ definitely block concieving some.

That said, I am myself astounded why it is taking some blue swayers so long to concieve. With everything we know about fertility, and how better fertillity *typically* increases chances of blue, I am really suprirsed. And the other thing that suprirses me are the sways that were so darn powerful, I mean, I read some blue sways and i thought wow she did MORE than me and she is def. going to have a boy (lifting weights, eating lots of healthy fats, dense nutritional foods, breakfast, etc) and then they still have a girl, which flies in the face of the pink sway conventions. So it is a bit puzzling to me because everything I BELIEVE in about what should be in a boy sway is happening here on the boy sways but still quite a few result in a girl, which is mind-boggling.

I always feel like I have my head wrapped around the idea of how to "make a boy" (because I have two) so I feel a bit jolted when an awesome boy sway results in a girl. But I don't feel that way about girl sways resulting in boys, because i guess I always feel like its raining men all the time.... :rofl:

Atomic, that is a very interesting question about why it is taking blue swayers a while to get pg- for some reason, I keep thinking about these three things: egg whites, baking soda, and taking too many supps that freak your body's normal balance out. So many get off cycles after starting to sway that I can't help but think it's something to do with supps. Maybe too many is not a good thing. ???

I think the insane amounts of sodium/baking soda water and trying for one attempt at ovulation is a big part of it as well.

My big concern is if it takes people 6 months to get pg swaying blue, they end up gaining so much weight and that may not be at all great for fertility either (and by the 6 month mark, those who were avoiding cal/mag will totally have used up their body's supplies). My fear is that the long sways + gaining 50 lbs + baking soda finger may actually end up swaying PINK for some people.

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Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush

I think the insane amounts of sodium/baking soda water and trying for one attempt at ovulation is a big part of it as well.

My big concern is if it takes people 6 months to get pg swaying blue, they end up gaining so much weight and that may not be at all great for fertility either (and by the 6 month mark, those who were avoiding cal/mag will totally have used up their body's supplies). My fear is that the long sways + gaining 50 lbs + baking soda finger may actually end up swaying PINK for some people.

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I totally agree. Swaying (well, the diet) for so long has changed my body chemistry, and now I can't lose any weight just by modifying my diet alone, whereas I used to be able to lose 5lbs in a few days if I was sick and didn't eat much. Even though my hormone levels are ok, I sometimes wonder if MY fertility is a little bit of our problem now also!

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Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush

I think the insane amounts of sodium/baking soda water and trying for one attempt at ovulation is a big part of it as well.

My big concern is if it takes people 6 months to get pg swaying blue, they end up gaining so much weight and that may not be at all great for fertility either (and by the 6 month mark, those who were avoiding cal/mag will totally have used up their body's supplies). My fear is that the long sways + gaining 50 lbs + baking soda finger may actually end up swaying PINK for some people.

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I totally agree. Swaying (well, the diet) for so long has changed my body chemistry, and now I can't lose any weight just by modifying my diet alone, whereas I used to be able to lose 5lbs in a few days if I was sick and didn't eat much. Even though my hormone levels are ok, I sometimes wonder if MY fertility is a little bit of our problem now also!

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Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush

My big concern is if it takes people 6 months to get pg swaying blue, they end up gaining so much weight and that may not be at all great for fertility either (and by the 6 month mark, those who were avoiding cal/mag will totally have used up their body's supplies). My fear is that the long sways + gaining 50 lbs + baking soda finger may actually end up swaying PINK for some people.

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Hmmm. I was on the diet for about 4.5 months before I got pregnant. I did avoid dairy, but still took a prenatal and ate other foods that contained calcium and magnesium (lots of nuts!) so I hope this wasn't the case for me. Although I still don't know gender, I just "feel" that this baby is a girl, so we will see in the end if my sway worked or not--I am thinking NOT. But the stuff I had counting against me were mostly things my DH did, like smoking his stupid "special cigarettes" (he did cut back but wouldn't quit altogether) and he still had a beer or two a night. At the time I just went with it, because I knew if I bugged him any more, he would pull the plug on the sway.

I got pregnant the 3rd cycle of trying. That didn't seem too bad to me. But I know there are several ladies who have been trying since I started my sway and still aren't pregnant, which does seem like a LONG time to be trying!!

I don't get why people who have all girls are usually less fertile...those having boys more fertile...and yet when I do everything to sway boy and increase my fertility...it is taking me FOREVER to get pregnant (ok only 3 months so far but thats forever) and while 'apparently' less fertile I fall preggers first go every time???

Well I def think getting a girl is harder, my diet pre TTC girl would def be very boy friendly, I eat lots of meat and had a very healthy diet. I love my salt and garlic, which was hard to give up :( I was also a bit overweight, not now :)

I think my life genetally sways boy, I eat everything. I would say healthy, prob on top end BMI, meat veg and spicy foods. Strange as my sister is a fussy veggy and she has boys and girls. I am desperate to ttc DD one day, I read all these sways and think it is going to be so hard to do LE diet. I tried to sway with the last two boys, first time it was just timing (before O) second time it was timing and mag and calcium, and lydia pinkman. Neither worked and I love my sons but so desperate for a girl. I still have to convince my DH to let me have another baby and to join the sway. He knows how desperate I am and feels that if I have another boy I might loose the plot. He says I bullied him for number three. Not sure what the future holds, but I pray lots.