Boy sway attempt, how does it sound? UPDATE IT'S A BOY

Hello All,
Will share a few things as per what I'm experiencing and I understand everyone has different symptoms, so do suggest:
1: My blood reports came today, all seems k: thyroid, hemoglobin etc. But my vit D dropped to 12. In September 2016 it was 39.
That's really gotten me worried. So, does your vit D usually drops in pregnancy or what? As lately I did put lots of effort to sit in sun n take vit D.
2. For fun I did baking soda gender test at 5 week (ph6): Girl, 6 week (same ph6): girl and 7 week(Same ph6) but this time boy. How come? I thought it's just pH test but with with same pH different results.
3. I know heartbeat is nothing to do with gender but my friends swear about it. My daughter heart rate was 160 at 7 week and later everytime same 150.
This time my second pregnancy it's 131 at 7 week. So I'm slightly excited
4. I don't feel like eating. Loss of appetite for regular food. But would like to eat meat, chicken, fish, cheese, fruits.
What to do...

Hello All,
Will share a few things as per what I'm experiencing and I understand everyone has different symptoms, so do suggest:
1: My blood reports came today, all seems k: thyroid, hemoglobin etc. But my vit D dropped to 12. In September 2016 it was 39.
That's really gotten me worried. So, does your vit D usually drops in pregnancy or what? As lately I did put lots of effort to sit in sun n take vit D.
2. For fun I did baking soda gender test at 5 week (ph6): Girl, 6 week (same ph6): girl and 7 week(Same ph6) but this time boy. How come? I thought it's just pH test but with with same pH different results.
3. I know heartbeat is nothing to do with gender but my friends swear about it. My daughter heart rate was 160 at 7 week and later everytime same 150.
This time my second pregnancy it's 131 at 7 week. So I'm slightly excited
4. I don't feel like eating. Loss of appetite for regular food. But would like to eat meat, chicken, fish, cheese, fruits.
What to do...

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Originally Posted by Baby Boy Sway

Hello All,
Will share a few things as per what I'm experiencing and I understand everyone has different symptoms, so do suggest:
1: My blood reports came today, all seems k: thyroid, hemoglobin etc. But my vit D dropped to 12. In September 2016 it was 39.
That's really gotten me worried. So, does your vit D usually drops in pregnancy or what? As lately I did put lots of effort to sit in sun n take vit D.
2. For fun I did baking soda gender test at 5 week (ph6): Girl, 6 week (same ph6): girl and 7 week(Same ph6) but this time boy. How come? I thought it's just pH test but with with same pH different results.
3. I know heartbeat is nothing to do with gender but my friends swear about it. My daughter heart rate was 160 at 7 week and later everytime same 150.
This time my second pregnancy it's 131 at 7 week. So I'm slightly excited
4. I don't feel like eating. Loss of appetite for regular food. But would like to eat meat, chicken, fish, cheese, fruits.
What to do...

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Congrats on your pregnancy!


1. Vitamin D can do some weird things during pregnancy -- my endocrinologist lectured me just recently on weaning off Vitamin D supps (outside of a prenatal) in pregnancy because of how calcium is leeched/processed in the body during pregnancy? Apparently extra Vitamin D can cause kidney stones according to him -- something for me to research... But I'd check in with your doctor if you can on what to do.
2. Because there's no scientific basis for any of it! You'd likely get random results each time because it's a nonsensical test, especially if it's the same pH everytime (and pH testing, in general, has a lot of pseudoscience behind it) :P
3. Total OWT, but if you're feeling more relaxed from it!
4. First trimester is always tricky. The age old "baby will take what they need from you" is certainly true, but you could try the usual ginger supplements and such to see if it helps with your nausea. I wonder if you try incorporating some low impact exercise if that might lead to a higher appetite (I know exercise always kept my nausea down during the first trimester, too).

Hey,
Good suggestions
Im meeting my doctor tomorrow. Will discuss n see what ll she suggest about vit D. She actually told me to stop prenatals but without her knowing I'm still taking it. Still vit D came low.
I'll definitely look at some exercise to deal with my appetite n nausea issues.
In September my thyroid was 3.5 and I was worried that it ll be high this time too n I'll be put on medicines. But to my surprise it came 2.1. My body is behaving wired. :D

Well, I think it's a wrong move to stop taking prenatals (as I already mentioned) and I am of the mindset that Vit. D actually needs to be a bit higher in pregnancy than otherwise. Most sources are in agreement that we need more like 1000-4000 in pregnancy, it may help with baby's brain development and prevent preterm labor and I think it's just about nutty to tell any pregnant woman to take less Vit. D out of some imaginary risk of kidney stones. I'm obviously not an endocrinologist, but I do know a lot of pregnant women, and a handful had kidney stones, whereas quite a few had premature labor so that seems like trading a dollar for a dime really.

Baking soda tests are nonsense. Just tells you the pH of the last foods you ate or drank and nothing about the gender of your baby.

Heartbeat tests do not work. They have been studied by scientists and found not to work. My daughter's heartrate was the lowest of my 5 kids!!!

Force yourself to eat what you can even if you don't feel like it. Even if it's a kind of an unhealthy option that you can stomach, eat it. With my last pregnancy the only meat I could eat was Big Macs and I ate them a couple times a week just to be sure I had some meat coming in regularly.

Thanks Atomic, I know I should eat. I'm really trying hard.
Also I met my doctor she told me to take a medicine which had components: Cholecalciferol 60000 IU for vitamin d deficiency.
Isn't that too much?
1 capsule one a week with milk for 8 weeks.

Well, because it's only once a week the dose is higher, I assume. Vitamin D is stored by your body so maybe this way it's stored and then you can use it all week.

I do know of several people who took 10000 IU daily for deficiency during pregnancy and that would add up to be a very similar amount.

Like I said I'm not a doctor and don't have the knowledge to know if that is ok or not.

Thanks Atomic for sharing your opinion

Hi,
I had my 12 week & 2 day scan. Everything seems to be alright.
With this pregnancy nasal bone is seen.
Last pregnancy my daughter It was 1.8 but said Hypoplastic Nasal bone.
I don't have good nub shot for guesses. But I ll share face pic, would really like if I could get couple of gender guesses.
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This is my daughter

I never guess this early but that is a beautiful sight! :heart:

Thank you ��
I'm crossing my fingers

Atomic more information:
NT is 1.7
Nasal length 2.7
HCG Mom: .44
Papp A Mom: 1.02
Im freaking, what does it sounds like?

With my Daughter HCG was .64 and Papp A 1.02.
NT 1.8, Hypoplastic Nasal Bone.
Things are different this time but also not very different.
Anything got to do kids from same mother?

Did they say something was wrong? I'm not understanding your question?

No, everything seems to be perfect.
Much better situation than my daughter.
My heart is stuck on a boy baby. And I'm just comparing my pregnancies.
And asking you if these numbers indicate a boy or girl.

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Originally Posted by Baby Boy Sway

No, everything seems to be perfect.
Much better situation than my daughter.
My heart is stuck on a boy baby. And I'm just comparing my pregnancies.
And asking you if these numbers indicate a boy or girl.

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There's no connection between those numbers and gender. Those numbers are used to screen for chromosomal disorders.

Oh is it. I read an article here about HCG & pappa and Nt being indicator of gender.
Thanks for clarifying

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Originally Posted by Throwaway_panther

There's no connection between those numbers and gender. Those numbers are used to screen for chromosomal disorders.

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There actually is some correlation, but it's not very reliable.

Lower HCG may mean boy, but the problem is that it's like height - there are lots of tall women and short men, so if you see someone's height written on a piece of paper, and they're like 5-8, you can't know if that person is a boy or a girl. There are plenty of 5-8 men and women. So I really don't put much stock into the numbers.

Thanks Atomic for responding and helping me understand

Also what about Papp-A? How is it correlated to gender?

Your Papp-A is the same for both babies.

It works just the same, it's like height. You can have tall woman or short man, so a number on its own doesn't necessarily help. Now, if you look at BOTH HCG and Papp-A, it's like looking at height and weight. It may be a little more helpful than just one or the other, but there are tons of 5 ft. 8 people who weigh 160 lbs (this is just an example) and you can't tell just on those numbers. It could still be a boy or a girl.

Ohk. Confusing but I'm trying to understand :)
When I saw the article about HCG , Papp-A & NT related to Gender I was like oh I get it, it's easy. And will be simple enough to guess gender ESP if I compare with my first born. But these numbers really confused me.
I have also heard HCG also tell you how big your baby will be, but aren't boys bigger than girls? Then y boys have lower HCG?

My mistake for not being clear: there is no distinct positive correlation between the numbers and fetal sex. I read the studies when I was pregnant with my DD and read them again now in case I misinterpreted, but the findings are not statistically significant. It's important to remember, too, that sex determination with the screening run with a nuchal -- were it actually significant in linking to fetal sex -- would be difficult as the screening itself is not as accurate as other testing in the first place, even for the things it screens for.

I hope your results indicate healthy baby!

Yes the baby is fine :)
With my DD i was 27 & ratio 1:8500
& Now 32, ratio 1:10,000
So all's well. Thanks for asking

It's actually not confusing at all, let me try again.

Imagine if you had a man who was 5 foot 5 and weighed 150 lbs and a woman who was 5 ft 11 and weighed 180 lbs in a room. You couldn't see them, you're standing outside the room and the door is closed. Someone hands you a piece of paper that has the number 5 foot 5 written on it and asks you to guess the gender of that person. You'd probably guess female. And then if you were handed the 180 lbs on another piece of paper you'd probably guess male. Even if you had both the height and weight, you'd still not be able to guess the people's genders accurately. It's because height and weight being related to gender are just trends, not guarantees, and there is wide variation in between people's bodies and in the hormone levels of any given pregnancy. you just can't tell on those numbers.

My daughter was my second biggest baby. Again, on average boy babies are bigger but only just a hair. I haven't read much about HCG levels and baby's size.

Ohk got it.
Thanks for explaining:)

Hi
Got my 18 week 5 days scan done.
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Would love gender guesses.
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Thanks for replying.
Can u pls also explain me how. I don't understand a thing. :)

Oh gosh that looks super boyish to me right down to the skull!! :bluecheer: :bluecheer: :bluecheer:

on side shot I clearly see penis and testicles, on potty shot I see penis, forehead is rounded and chin is prominent! I think you got a boy there!

Oh so good to hear from YOU atomic.
Im really excited to welcome my blue bundle of joy.
And very thankful to you. Will keep you posted.

Hey Guys,
The sway was a success
We had a boy!
Thanks to everyone esp atomic for great inputs.

Omg huge congrats!! So happy for you!

Oh that is wonderful!! Thanks so much for updating us!!!