How we got our boys!

With DS1 we were on honeymoon in the US and DTD like rabbits :giggle: I lay down after most times with my legs in the air and cushion under my bum. We may have been on honeymoon but I was so ready to be pregnant! We ate big meals and snacked lots, I can't remember what we ate specifically but lots of steak and fries and burgers for sure. I put on a little weight, maybe 5/6lbs?
With DS2 we were once again away on holidays in the US and we roughly followed the Sperm meets Egg plan which is every second day from CD6. I Oed later than usual that cycle so it was CD18 when I got +OPK, we DTD that morning and flew home the next day so that was the last day we DTD that cycle. Again I lay down after each try with legs in the air and hips elevated slightly. As for food I was once again eating lots of red meat and eating breakfast every day. Lots of snacking. Lots and lots of walking as we were at Disney World, no other exercise. I gained a little weight again, maybe less than 5lbs. I was taking folic acid every day for about 6 months prior to TTC. We got lucky first time on both boys. FXed for some pink dust later this year. Hope this can help some blue TTCers :babym:

I always had a very healthy diet, took a lot of supps even before tcc, including EPO and fish oil. Drink lots of green tea, walked everywhere ( no car for most of my adult life.) had an abundance of EWCM before conceiving my first but didn't notice much with my second ( I was also still breastfeeding but he was close to 2 years old).

I have always been naturally thin but gained 10 lbs the year I conceived DS1 because my job went from active constant movement to sitting in front of a desk all day. Was eating more and snacking a lot at my desk. I have always ate a lot of cereal.

Was DTD very often both times I conceived. Also, my husband is 10 years younger than me. I think he had a very high sperm count/high fertility both times.

I'm also a control freak and an obsessive worrier but I think I am letting go of some of this. I also have a higher education which I heard means more boys but I'm know plenty of educated moms have girls. My husband and I also get along very well and rarely fight. Not to say that makes a difference but I've heard that having a stressful relationship may be more likely to result in a girl. I could be wrong on all counts just things I've read.

I'm just saying all those factors combined probably made my specific case more boy friendly.

I also had no car with DS 1 and 2 and walked everywhere, and DS 3 I had a job at a dog kennel that required a lot of walking. Was outside daily walking with all three conceptions - lots of Vit. D.

It isn't always about things we did intentionally or specifically, it is often about just incidental things that we don't even realize we are doing!

I was also eating a lot of cereal. I didn't know it swayed boy with my first and with my second it was often the easiest thing to eat.

just thought id give my experience girls..I never knew about swaying but I bd all the time.. lost weight as I was running every day about 2-3 miles. I was on a low carb high protein diet and my hubby done the same...after bd I always layed with my legs in the air afterwards and done the missionary position. ive had five boys this way so maybe I swayed for a boy without knowing lol.... good luck girls xxx

I have two boys and I did not sway for either of them, I was just trying to get pregnant! I am starting a girl sway soon, and let me tell you, everything I read in the boy sway sounds like me! If there is anything to the eating cereal to get boys hypothesis, this is me. I love cereal, I eat it once if not twice a day. Giving it up is going to be really hard! And I always eat breakfast. I was always eating very healthy, lots of omega 3's, avocado, whole grains, nuts, moderately working out, not losing weigh, eating 3 meals and 2 snacks, fish, some red meat, high sodium foods like Indian food. I weigh around 115-120 lbs and am 5'6, so I am slim, but again, I was not working out very hard. I have always had muscle in my legs and arms. I am pretty sure we conceived on O day with lots of attempts up until the day of O.

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I was also eating a lot of cereal. I didn't know it swayed boy with my first and with my second it was often the easiest thing to eat.

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me too and I was eating cereal with DS 2, and he is my one kid I really feel like he "should" have been a girl.

I got WIC with my oldest and they give you so much cereal. We recently got into a position where we no longer qualify and I will not be buying all that cereal because it is expensive! But it was too tempting not to eat it at the time I was ttc my second.

4 boys for me. I was a cereal junkie too. Like healthy ones - mainly wheat based cereals -shreddies, raisin bran, or oat cereals - Cheerios or cooked rolled oats. I was also a sunshine junkie which atomic, I never even considered this and now I'm all tanned up from cuba and going "omg".



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Most people who were walking around outside thru human history, have had both genders!!! Try not to overthink it, it never really comes down to one thing like that.