Fabulous post , thanks !!! :happy:
Fabulous post , thanks !!! :happy:
ah thank you had been intersted in where and why you had dome your reserch x
fish, if you're interested, be sure to check out the link to my old blog from back when I was on IG - it really has more of a step by step of how I learned the basics of all this stuff and started putting it all together. :)
The blog Atomic is talking about can be found by looking at Tamara's signature (she's the postiest poster to ever a make a post!) it's called the Trivers-Willards Hypothesis Blog.
Fabulously honest and informative...I'm just as excited to see if my sway is successful as I am about the prospect of having a DD!
It's also posted on here http://genderdreaming.com/forum/scie...ypothesis.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by auroara78
I strongly feel that the main reason why my sway failed was because I was taking too many supplements
What were u taking if u dont mind me asking ? And what were u taking to concieve your dd ?
I strongly feel that the main reason why my sway failed was because I was taking too many supplements
What were u taking if u dont mind me asking ? And what were u taking to concieve your dd ?
You can see everyones sway here:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mum23boys
Add your Girl Sway!
I dont want to see her sway for this time i was asking about her failed sway - she said she believes she took too many supps and i didnt think she had published her failed sway ? I cant see it if she has anyhow ? Thanks
With DS 4 I was taking:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mum23boys
Prenatal vitamin
DHA
Calcium (IG levels)
Magnesium (IG levels)
100 mg B6
Vit. D (IG levels)
4000 mcg folic (I had to take this much folic because my DS 3 has a mild form of spina bifida)
Vitex
With my DD, I wasn't taking ANYTHING. I had totally given up that month, it was seriously the last month I was going to try due to my age, and I felt like I had NO chance at pg. I ran out of prenatals and DHA about 6 weeks before I got pg and didn't have $$ to replace them, and then I read some stuff that folic acid could cause cancer and I quit taking it about a month before I got pg. My attitude was kind of, eh, F-it, I won't get pg anyway. If I had known I was going to get pg after all I would NEVER have stopped the folic acid for sure and would have found a way to get more prenatals and DHA. Baby looks normal so hopefully I dodged a bullet there (but DS 3 spina bifida was not visible on ultrasound either.)
I had been taking Vitex for 5 or 6 months before that month but I stopped it the month before I got pg.
My failed sway in in my blog post at the bottom of this page and also a bit on the next page as well. http://genderdreaming.com/forum/scie...othesis-2.html It's posted on IG. I wasn't on this site when I did that sway, this site didn't even exist then. :) Hope this helps.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mum23boys
Glad I found all this info too
Atomic you are a superstar!! I've just joined (after a freak out while looking at all the info over on the other site) and you make it so easy to research swaying! Thank you so much.
I second what Atomic said above, DS1 was an accident but I was taking a normal multivitamin, along with diet high in vitamin c and totally boy diet, but more notable, ds2 I was on Pregnancy multivitamin, calc&mag, super high dose folic acid (no idea why but my doc put me on the 5000mg one). This time taking nothing, bar folic acid (1000mg) and cranberry only from AF to O. Fingers crossed!
Thanks for this post, it is starting to make sense in my head now!
I had eating issues/disorder if you like for a long time, I was trying for seven months to get preg but didn't, I decided I must be too skinny/unhealthy so put on some weight and had my first son :D Post pregnancy I ate a lot better and for son two, we tried Shettles and it didn't change a thing obviously! I am excited at the thought that dieting could sway pink, but I am a little worried about going too far with it and getting to thin!
I was discussing this low everything sway with my mum, and she said that makes sense, if the female is the weaker the body would strive to produce a female as replacement/assurance and visa versa if the male were deemed weaker the female body would strive to produce a male, very Darwinian!
Well i feel like a totally idiot for following IG all this time =/
Thank God im not pregnant yet! lol
People have had successes doing things the IG way, don't beat yourself up!! :) Just happy you found us!
this was great to read as i too was on ig prob nearly six years ago when i was preg wi my third some whos nearly 5 now ... i never went back on it after he was born as i was pretty sure i was done with having babies and now here i am back in the 2ww after no swaying and just leaving it in Gods hands so heres hoping i have conceived my precious baby girl x
:)
Good luck, Dazie! :cheer:
This is great information AS, am glad I found this site, I used to snook around on IG but I was never convinced. But since I found GD, I am more encouraged to try my sway. Good job AS and thank you for taking time to do this.
Thanks! Glad you found us!
Just found and read this and wanted to say thanks for such a great summary, and for cutting through all the dangerous nonsense!
Thank you so much!!!
I LOVE your ideas!!! I thought to myself that some over at IG were plum crazy and wrecking their bodies while trying to get the boy or girl of their choice.
What an informative group! Thank goodness I don't have to put waterfalls next to my bed or wear ion bracelets with this crew :-) My question is, do you think taking prenatal vitamins sway boy? Does it make our bodies think it is getting everything it needs to produce a boy? Should I take prenatals for the next few months and then switch to folic acid only on the weeks leading up to TTC?Quote:
Originally Posted by marwants 2girls
If you are swaying boy, I would start taking the prenatals and folic acid now. Continue the prenatal throughout pregnancy, and wean off the folic acid after the first trimester. Welcome and GL!
I'm actually swaying girl :-) We have a beautiful baby boy and we are thinking about balancing the family out some time in the near future (aka when I feel like I've researched enough :-) I just didn't know if all those vitamins in the prenatals lead to too many vitamins and minerals...which would sway boy! I was on them for 2 months prior to conceiving our son and am wondering if I should take just folic acid while trying to conceive...then taking vitamins once and if pregnancy is confirmed?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Anchor
Yes, stay away from the prenatals if you are swaying girl, and pick them up at BFP. You should start the FA right away though. Have you been reading up on the LE diet? Start here:
http://genderdreaming.com/forum/tryi...l-library.html
I do think prenatals sway blue and if you are a pink swayer it's best to drop them and go with just folic. If you are a blue swayer, I strongly recommend them!Quote:
Originally Posted by Coffepot
Atomic, I am new to this site, and I have to say that this post is awesome! It makes sense...so much other swaying info out there just doesn't. Thank you for all this awesome info!
I second that! This is a great post, thank you so much :)
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Totally agree with this.Quote:
Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush
I know this is anecdotal, but I just wanted to say, I swayed pink with DS2 and I used the info i learned from IG- ended up with a boy. Like you i was on tons of supplements, doing the timing, and all that jazz. Failed IG sway. This time around, I followed GD. (It really does make a lot of sense!) I was trying to lose weight at the time, i switched to a mainly vegetarian diet, I skipped breakfast (mostly bc i just didn't have time to sit and eat with two very young ones). My calories and other nutrients were obviously lowered bc i was on the weight watchers diet. And on top of this I was breastfeeding. (i would be interested to see the gender outcomes of breastfeeding mothers, since i know it has the possibility of depleting mom of some health factors-which i firmly believe was my case). I followed GD and did all of that other stuff, beyond diet. And here i sit with a SUCESSFUL Pink sway!
Looking back, i couldn't agree more with what you are saying. I firmly believe that IG was setting me up for a boy. I very much so believe that being nutrient deficient in some areas (or at least less than optimal) and having a low sugar diet has helped the most, on top of BFing.
I know this is mere anecdotal evidence, but I really think it cold be solid evidence at the same time.
All "anecdotal" means is, "a case study that hasn't been published yet". We are ALL case studies and our experiences are just as valuable as anything ever published in the NEJM, maybe even more so because we aren't setting out to prove anything.
the breastfeeding issue is one of the most interesting and illustrates why swaying is so complicated. First of all, just having the ability TO get pg while breastfeeding, indicates something about one's condition and fertility. A person who is able to get pg while nursing may be in a better condition (and more boy-friendly) to begin with.
And secondly, I think there may be a self-selecting group of women who even WANT to get pg while nursing. Most people think it's a little nutty to do that, and you have to be nursing for longer than the average person does - most people don't TTC till baby is at least 12 mo. old and not a lot of folks choose to nurse that long. So again, I suspect that the group of women who get pg while nursing are a different group - I would say possibly more "crunchy" than the average person - maybe more into healthy eating and so on.
So while I do believe that breastfeeding DOES sway pink for real biological reasons (lowered condition, lowered fertility, lower blood sugar, altered hormones) statistically, that isn't really represented (we've done surveys and it's more like 50-50). But I believe it is STILL swaying - if a group of people start off 75% likely to have boys and end up 70% likely to have them, that's still swaying pink, even if a lot of boys are still conceived.
Or, in other words, I did get one boy and one girl while BF...and three boys without BF. Did the BF help me get a girl, I believe that it did. Was it magic bullet, no it wasn't. :)
That is interesting and make sense.
For me we TTC for 8 months. (started early due to some female issues). But i never had a cycle until my son was over 12 months old (BFing prevented it). I had to all but stop BFing in order to get a cycle.
Either way, tis interesting. If you ever write a book or get studies done on all of the amazing information on this site i am totally reading it!
I am such a firm believer in this way of swaying over IG. I disagree with a lot over there and I want to hand out this link like candy but at the same time I don't because I don't want moderators being mad at me:(
Someone over there is swaying boy and did only 1 attempt at O and she asked if she should do more and I was like YES YES YES and someone else said no cause you'll be in o+12 territory which sways girl...I don't know whom she listened too but I really hope he gets her boy.
Very informative, thank you!!!
I really appreciate the way you present all of this information. I especially appreciate that you stressed the fact that you can't have your desired gender if you don't get pregnant at all. This is very reassuring to me as I can't to much to further challenge my fertility but I do really want a girl. Thanks again.
This was very informative. Thanks!
That is a great post. Thank you. Now I understand more. All the infos I have read all these days seem to take a place in my head :))
They were playing around until now :))