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I think luck still plays a role! I mean you can do an absolute perfect sway and still end up with the other gender. I believe that we get the children that are meant for us so while I understand the disappointment I do like to think there is a reason... so if we have a third boy I just think our boys are meant to have another brother :D
I hope your sway works this time though of course!!! :)
Just bought a plan - I've been so looking forward to this! I'm so excited to see what's in store for us over the next couple of months and I think it'll be really relaxing to have someone else weigh the available options and come up with the best idea for our pink sway.
Yay! I also just took a look at ours again. I'm so excited!
How is everyone? I had such a weird week last week where I just didn't want to stick to the diet. I sort of did, only cheating a little but I still cheated nearly every day. So I tried to work out why I'm not committing to it. I did completely last time. I think it's two things. One is that I did LE last time for three months, lost over a stone and got another boy. So although I do believe all the amazing research that has gone into this, I guess I'm doubting it at the same time. Thr other reason I think I'm not committing is that we can't TTC until I have my cycles back as I'm BF and therefore I feel like I could be on the diet forever! Having acknowledged these blocks I feel less guilty about falling off the LE wagon :) I had a good look at my calendar and worked out that it'd be logical to start the diet proper at the end of this month. Assuming Vitex helps me cycle by Aug we could TTC then and I'd have done LE for the recommended 90 days. Plus I've DH and DS1's birthdays on Monday so was worrying about what to eat at the various celebrations. I feel far calmer about the plan now :)
Hi! I think it sounds like a great plan- I also think that if you feel like it could be hard to commit for the whole time that doing 60 days ahead of time is maybe better so that you can still be at the top of your game when actually TTC.
It is hard for me since it is still so unsure when we will actually TTC. I think I am going to also start the diet in May and exercise in May/June. We have two trips we are going on and I already know that I won't be doing the diet for those weeks. But if we don't TTC until August it shouldn't play much of a role.
The timing of all of this is hard!
Hey all-just checking in :) Glad to see some of you have been having good luck with your husbands.
I've also had good luck with mine. He's always been enthusiastic about swaying, but we've had some differences in opinion on when we start TTC. I am ready NOW and he's always wanted to put it off. We're finally on the same page and it feels amazing. We're both happy with starting to TTC in August. We had a long talk about it a couple weeks ago and decided that the timing would be best and would hopefully produce the spring/summer baby we hope for (but honestly, any time would be great- just good spacing between birthdays and holidays then haha).
I'm going to buy my personalized plan this month so I can start gathering supplements, etc. before I start to sway. I have no idea when I want to start swaying. I was planning on three months out, but that puts me at June which means I'll have to gain weight for the summer/bikini season. I don't mind starting to put some pounds on later in the summer, but I've worked hard all winter to get in shape for the summer (babe before baby!) and don't want to start gaining before I even have a chance to don a bikini haha. Oh well.. guess it'll sort itself out. Maybe I'll talk to atomic about that too, and see how long others have swayed and had success on the spreadsheet.
New here, we're going to start ttc boy in September. We have two girls and two girl dogs and my poor dh is totally outnumbered lol. He was hesitant at first but has really come around. I haven't decided yet if I'm going to pay for the plan and/or cookbook. Kinda just browsing around and looking at everyone's opinions on the matter.
Hi AshJagla! There's so much great information around - people who have bought plans, people who haven't - that I'm sure you'll find the right choice for you guys! Send some pink dust this way and I'll be sending you lots of blue :).
Hi! We will be TTC a girl in August/Sept etc... I would love a late spring/early summer baby and preferably a girl. We have a 2 year old awesome little boy.
When are you planning on trying? August/Sept however long after that it takes
Have you started to sway yet? Not yet! I will start after the 4th of July
Did you get a personalized plan or are you working on your own? Yes I purchased one - Atomic has been great about the diet. Since I have adult acne she has given me good suggestions for doing a modified PCOS LE diet (I don't have PCOS) but it hopefully helps me sway pink
Which gender are you hoping for? Girl!
Any concerns you have currently? I'm scared about the diet and sticking to it, especially in the summer but i'm hoping heat = not wanting to eat a ton!
Thanks Kelissi! Sending plenty of pink dust your way!
Really hope all the gals here get their DG. I swore DD2 was going to be a boy, my pregnancy was so different than DD1. At the 12wk and anatomy scan I was told girl and didn't believe them, I spent a week still shooting the video for a clue that they had missed something. NOPE, all girl, just like they said. But, one thing is for sure, she is completely different than DD1! They are polar opposites, maybe that explains the pregnancies being so different lol.
Anyone here have a special needs child?? DD2 is Deaf with 2 cochlear implants. Wondering how she will adapt to a new sibling.
I'm also very healthy paleo style, and planning on eating healthy food but less of it, and also doing some empty cals with chocolate and wine. I'm planning on exercising, too, since that seems to be such a strong sway!Quote:
Originally Posted by bluebonnet22
Care if I join in ? I have 2 beautiful boys (3 & 16 mo). I am hoping to ttc a girl later this year. Maybe July/August, I would have to skip a month and then again in October if July or August didn't work. I would love a June baby but I have a cousin getting married that month and will need to be able to fly.... But a Fourth of July baby would be fun too. Both my boys are winter birthdays so is like to switch it up. My husband isn't 100% sold on baby #3 but if we do he is ok with swaying.
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Two steps forward, one step back with DH. My best friend just send me a picture of a positive pregnancy test - this is baby number seven for her, and she has three girls and three boys - and I ended up crying and fighting with DH about how badly I want a third child. This is after a condom broke this morning (but I'm 10 days away from O, so no real chance there :sad:). The thing was that he was so cool - "Where are you in your cycle?", not freaking out, and I thought that was a good sign that he was coming around. This is after the boys and I have been away for a week and a half, natch.
Thankfully, we're going to a therapist tomorrow. I honestly don't know what I'm going to do if he doesn't get on the same page with me - I want to do pink sway, but I'd be happy with a little boy, too. I just so desperately want my third child and it hurts so, so badly that he's taken such a strong stance against it when I'm already doing everything for him - we live in a tiny town where I can't be an artist, where no one wants to pay for a doula, where there's no school for our kids so I'm homeschooling, where our friends are at least 30 minutes away - like, can't I even be in charge of getting to choose whether I have another child when I'm the one making the sacrifices for our family? I had a very surprise pregnancy with a Paragard in that ended in miscarriage two years ago, and I was sad but also slightly relieved - my due date was DS2's second birthday so the timing was really close and the babe was due midwinter which was also kind of scary since we live in the snow belt and my midwife is 1.5 hours away - but that has turned into one of the greatest tragedies in my life. We wouldn't have DS2 if he hadn't been an "oops!" pregnancy, so now I feel like all I can do is hope for another oops. And it is pretty much the worst.
I don't even know if this makes sense. I'm heartbroken and worried and so scared of what my life will be like - the resentment and anger - if he doesn't come around. I can't divorce him, really, and wouldn't even be able to have a baby with someone else because I got pre-e in my first pregnancy and so my chances of it recurring are pretty much 100% with another father. I've chosen to postpone getting my bachelor's (I thought I'd be a PhD student by now) because he's so much older than me that having kids had to happen right then if it was happening. How on earth does he think that it won't lead to a lifetime of resentment if I have made *all* the sacrifices in favor of our partnership and he gets his way every damn time?
I don't know. I'm devastated. I think he'll never come around and I'm just deluding myself.
I am SO SO sorry to hear that Kelissi!!!
I also have been stressing myself out a lot lately just because our second son while absolutely adorable is being a real challenge. For example last night at dinner he pointed and made sounds that he wanted a different glass (no words yet which is part of the problem) then I gave him a different glass but made the mistake of pouring his old water into the new cup- he promptly dumped it out all over everything. Then when he decided he didn't like dinner he threw his plate as hard as he could across the room. I know it is just a stage but he does stuff like this about 500 times a day and I know it is really driving my DH crazy- every time the little one does something like that I can just see DH thinking "no way am I doing this again" which in turn stresses me out. I haven't been bringing up the topic at all as I think there is no point right now. I'm just really hopeful that a few months will make a world of difference. My mom comes to visit in June and I am hoping to bring it up after her visit.
Is there anyway you and your husband could move somewhere else Kelissi? It sounds like the town is part of the problem.
Just remember a lot can change with a few months time. Big hugs!
This is my first post on this site but I've been a member of Ingender for sometime now. I recently purchased and received my personalized sway and we are going to start trying Aug-Oct. We are swaying pink. Even though I thought my research was pretty good on swaying I see from reading on this site that I was merely scratching the surface!
We have 2 sweet boys and would both LOVE a girl. We are also a little wary of a adding a 3rd. I just figure we'd all adjust like with anything.
I'm going to be starting my diet in May and am slightly overwhelmed since I've never counted calories, fat or any of that! I've also never used an ovulation kit. I do want to give this all I can so I can say I tried my best and hopefully have no regrets. I somehow still feel as though we will have another boy. Which of course I'd fall in love with! Any way looking forward to chatting with you all along the way!
Partner and I are debating to sway for blue once our current baby is 9 months old which is around sept. Four kids is a huge step though. Starting again on blue diet now so hopefully we have better luck this time.
Hi Emilee Jane! I've also never dieted before (at least not in a counting calories/watching what I eat) kind of way so I am hoping to ease into and not get too stressed or obsessive since that sways blue! :D
Hi Zebaniee! I hope you have better luck on the blue diet this time. You are more then welcome to have some of my testosterone and whatever else makes boys just pop out of me LOL :D Funny how we can all be so good at producing one gender but not the other!
I'm starting to get SO antsy to TTC. I'm getting those feelings whenever I see pregnant women or newborns. But I really wouldn't want a baby any earlier then April so I have to just focus on having fun now. I really don't want to start the diet or exercise more than 8 weeks ahead of time as I don't think I will be able to stay super dedicated for more than a few months. But the planner in me loves the idea of being able to already do something now. However I think that is just the boy mom in me talking and that I need to gear up to go with the flow, not plan, not spends hours obsessively looking at my chart,etc.
Hi! I will be TTC either August or September. I am not really swaying, just going to do what I did last time, when I had my DD. I would like another DD because my DD born last year, was born ill, and almost died. She is beautiful, and strong, but she has a rough road ahead, and I feel like a sister might be a strong support for her along with her older brother. She has some scarring over her body, and I feel like maybe her sister would be supportive of her insecurities. I am really just praying for a healthy baby, with a hint of pink :)
Hi Kaseybaby! What a beautiful reason for swaying for a girl. Welcome :)
My two older girls are the best of friends, the relationship between sisters is wonderful.
I'll take all the blue dust I can get. I'm still not entirely sure that having 4 kids is a smart decision but there is a part of me that desperately wants a son.
I'm looking at purchasing a plan soon. Is anyone else doing this?
My boys are delightful but I want a girl or two to adjust the balance! DS1 and DS2 share a room and play wonderfully together other than occasional sharing problems. And DS1 adores little DS3 and is really protective of him :)
I bought a plan this time as I had a failed sway with DS3 so thought I needed more help from Atomic. Who knows why we got blue again even with a strong sway. Having said that we are doing some things differently this time so hopefully the sway will be even stronger and we'll get pink!
I purchased a plan. I didn't want to get too stressed out and Atomic puts so much work into them. It is awesome knowing exactly what to do and when... now I just have to follow it! I think the BD timing might be hardest but I am hoping following the diet and exercising will keep it from being too important.
No meal plan for me. When I got pregnant with my daughter I was drinking a lot of teas, eating soups, and working out a lot. I am just going to do the same. I am too nervous to do anything that will make me unhealthy, like the use of artificial sugars. I just can't risk it.
Hey ladies, mind if I join? I'm planning my girl sway for august.
I've loosely started the diet now by going veggie and attempting to stop snacking...which has been an epic fail so far as I seem to be snacking more than before! I'm a constant snacker as I'm a sahm so the kitchen cupboards are never far away, need to get some will power!!
Anyway I'm planning to start the diet properly the second week of May and my sups etc, oh and I need to figure out how on earth to use the opks as I'm not having much luck deciphering them so far. I'm really hoping that I get pregnant the first month trying as I think I'm going to find the diet quite tough. Plus I just want it to be done now so I don't have to think about it anymore. I know I will be happy with another boy, but a girl would be a nice change!!
I purchased a plan today and am planning on starting the diet ASAP. I found that coconut water now comes in a powder form which is quite concentrated. It seems to go down a lot easier because I sort of shot it.
Hi twinkle toes!
Day One of LE proper for me today! Exciting :) Fingers crossed my sway works this time!
GL weezie - hopefully the diet comes back to you easily !
weezie - do you mind me asking what you plan on doing differently this time around for your sway?
Hiya BlueBonnet. I'm actually quite excited to start the process again. When we found out DS3 was a boy I wondered if we would have to go HiTech next time but we just don't have the money to fly somewhere and pay for something which might not succeed. So we're on the sway again.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluebonnet22
The main differences this time are that I'm taking Vitex and DH is taking Olive Leaf. We will only have one attempt as we DTD a few times last time in order to maximise our chances of getting pregnant as I'd lost too much weight - BMI was 18.5. I'm starting off the LE at 1900 calories as I am BF and as I say, I lost weight too fast last time. I did use Rephresh last time but am not convinced we timed it right for it to help us. In terms of the actual diet, I am changing that dramatically. I always cook from scratch and eat whole grains etc so when I did LE last time I simply cooked myself a meatless version of what the family was eating, plus I made things like black bean burgers and chocolate courgette muffins. When I looked back over it all, I thought it all still seemed very nutritious even though it was lower in fat, protein and calories. Soooooo this time I am going to eat more processed foods and fewer wholegrains.
I guess I feel like I made some changes last time but maybe not enough to convince my body that times were hard. Plus I am a couple of years older so that should sway a little pink too!!! :)
Is anyone still nursing and can't lose weight? I swear I could eat nothing all day and still not lose a lb. When I am nursing the weight sticks to me like glue, but because of my DD health issues I don't want to wean her. Anyone else have this problem?
I'm nursing Kaseybaby but I find I tend to lose weight easily when nursing. I've only just started LE though so we'll see how that works out. Hopefully my milk supply won't decline.
I've never been able to lose weight when breast feeding!
I lost weight soooo slowly while nursing but the weight started falling off for me when we introduced solids and came off even faster when we weened. So frustrating!
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There was no way I could have lost weight whilst breast feeding, I was sooo hungry constantly, used to get really light headed if I didn't keep snacking.
I've been taking vitex the last couple of days and I'm sure it's doing something weird to me, I've been feeling extremely tired and spaced out, not pleasant! I thought it might be my imagination but after googling it seems to happen to some people, hoping it's just temporary...
I'm going to start taking Vitex this month when DS3 is nine months old. I'll let you know how I feel on itQuote:
Originally Posted by twinkle_toes
Did you not take it with your last sway weeziewoozles? I really want to continue with it as it has been used in many successful sways, but then again I can't feel like this until august! I was using progesterone cream a while back and it made me feel similar, like I had been sedated... so maybe I am just overly sensitive, who knows.
Going to make another coffee to try and clear the fog!
No I didn't use it last time. If I remember rightly there weren't as many stats as there are now about the success of Vitex and as I had no cycle problems I didn't think it was necessary. This time I'm going to take it partly as it sways pink and partly as it will hopefully bring on my cycles as I'm still nursingQuote:
Originally Posted by twinkle_toes
Ah I see, well hopefully you will get on better with it than me. Still feel vacant despite coffee and a walk. Going to persevere with it for now anyway!Quote:
Originally Posted by weeziewoozles
Hope the vitex makes a difference for you weeziewoozles and you get your daughter! I haven't had any side effects from the vitex at all, it didn't even change my cycles.
I took vitex before TTC DS1 and while it really changed my cycle I didn't notice any other differences. I feel like it made my cycles too messy so I won't take it again I don't think.
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