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I never swayed with my 2 boys all I knew is that I wanted to get pregnant on my first tries lol..but here goes mine with both I ate lots of red meat, high sodium intake, lots of bananas, always ate breakfast, bd around O day, had orgasms, layed in bed with legs propped up, (with my DS2 I did Insanity extreme cardio before getting a BFP), DH's diet was pretty much the same.
I have one girl and then two boys. Didn't sway for any but with my boys I was taking Maca root powder in capsules about 5 a day because my cycles had never gotten back to normal after the last pregnancy (my kids are close in age). I always have lots of EWCM and I put salt on everything. I crave salt all the time on foods so maybe that's a boy thing in itself. I never eat breakfast, have coffee instead and definitely gained weight just before falling pregnant each time.
Having 3 boys myself I think I can help here once I haven't got much to say in the pink side :tissue: Naaahhhh....kidding! Love my :triplets:, all 3 of them!
DS1- Was only 16 (first boyfriend accident!), pretty stupid and had no idea what I was doing! Love the result though :) DH's sibblings had 6 kids between them, ALL BOYS! I disappointed the whole family as they thought that little girl was finally coming! I remember having tons of pizza, burgers, coke (full sugar), loads of beans and carbs, not working out much and involved in beauty contests (I could back then lol), so lots of competition.
DS2- Pretty much the same but a bit older, chubbier and no longer fit for beauty pageants :). First DH (no longer together) ate tons of meat so I followed his lead. No exercise but busy with first baby. A lot of conflict going around between me and his mum :fight: It was also in-between an attempt on the mini-pill which made me sick, I stopped the pill and fell pregnant straight away.
DS3 - new husband, much older (21 year gap from DS2). Eating lots of meat and salt. DH is a gourmet kind of guy and loves cooking, red meat and salty food. We ate healthy and a lot, heavy on carbs and protein, but also lots of veggies, etc. Working in front of a computer all day, no exercise, 10kg overweight, DTD 3 times. The only girl friendly thing I was doing was having diet soda 1x/day, everything else screams BOY!
I know now why I have 3 boys! I am trying to change my ways but I can't bend on the exercise, I hate exercising and have no time for it, I enjoy napping in the afternoon when my son is sleeping, hopefully that won't give me another boy! :)
I am snacking every hour ! :P
Hey ladies!
I am new here, and like to contribute to this thread, because i might have someting useful to tell..;) I think that it is useful to this forum to compare stories of people around their attempts, getting pregnant, lifestyle,diet. Especially because of the bcp and diet i will write my story.
Hope you will read it and maybe find it useful.
We will try to have a baby in a few months, and i got interested in this genderswaying.
In 2011, i stopped my bcp, it was Diane 35; very anti-androgen-pill, which i took for about ten years for my bad case of acne.
We were going to try for a baby,and a few months later my acne came bad, just as bad as it was.
I went to a herbal doctor (with medical function and background). I went there to ask whether my acne was the result of a hormonal disbalance or something else. He strongly recommended me the Caveman-diet, aka Paleo.
He explained that carbohyrates,refined sugar and starch (potatoes) make you numb for glucose, and that causes the raise of testosteron and cortisol. (long story short) Therefore a disbalance and ofcourse the negative effects on the ovaries and hormones.
[U]I was VERY strict at following the diet, so was my husband.
I ate nothing but:
vegetables
fruit
nuts
VERY dark chocolate was permitted (more than 70% cacao)
meat, a lot of it (recommended: lean meats like chicken)
eggs
water, herbal tea or very watery juice (occasionely)
So no:
sugar
potatoes
rice
bread
dairy (so nothing, not even butter)
Besides that it is an important part of the diet that you workout and mainly focus on cardio. I cycled for an hour a day (high speed) on an empy stomach.
My husband and i were having regular sex, about every other day.
These are all the most important facts i can remember of that time.
I found out i was pregnant 4 months after stopping my bcp.
Now my lovely babyboy is 9 months old, i am crazy about him!
Maybe i will go for a personal plan to conceive a girl, but i'm not sure yet.
I read a lot, and because of my diet back then the bloodsugar theory is just impossible for me, as i only ate natural sugars.
Ofcourse we ate meat a lot, red meat not that much.
I hope you can say something about this.. :)
ps: i'm not from an english-speaking country so please forgive me my little mistakes
PS: i started to eat vegetarian style, no meat for me ; ) (my diet now is nearly the opposite of the caveman-diet, hope that will work a little bit)
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Soo sorry, my cat just walked over the keyboard, lol
I forgot: I took very complete pregnancy vitamins every single day, started 4 months before we conceived.
I had eggs with bacon every day as a breakfast, ate a lot of bananas, dtd very close to O, had orgasms every time.
I took supplements(needed to because of diet):
Magnesium (very high mg,s)
Fish oil capsules
Magnus castus
and one more i don't remember.
I am a natural stressball, a bit jumpy and easily stressed out.
last add: I had to cycle moderately for an hour a day (very strict), and include 10 sprints a session (cycle as fast as you can for 20 seconds) (=exhausting)
On an empy stomach, it is supposed to draw all the sugar out of your system.
I don't know if I put this in my post earlier but I drank tons of Dr. Pepper when I conceived my boys. Also drank coffee with sugar and creamer and sweet tea.
I lost weight during this Caveman-diet, and my acne became less severe. It overall lowered my testosterone, but still swayed blue ( was'nt swaying)
I know there are more factors involved but looking back, i covered the most important thing: lowering testosterone ( loosing weight) and daily spinning for an hour. Ofcourse i ate nothing but protein.�� What does this diet do in swaying exactly? I know it is advised for blue.
Btw:cant lose a lot of weight in a future girl- sway ; )
Sorry, it's a lot of info, hard to connect the dots sometimes..
DH and I have 4 DS and this is what we did (not intentionally!):
BD every single day from end of AF to start of AF or BFP (yes, exhausting)- PG on 1st try 3 times (3rd was ectopic)
DTD in missionary position (TMI)
I laid with my hips up in the air afterwards
DH wore boxer briefs (but not incredibly tight)
We both took showers (never baths)
Neither of us exercised much (although DH was in great shape and I was skinny with #1&2 and overweight with #3&4)
I took a prenatal vitamin and made DH too.
I ate lots of meat, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, deli meat, salty foods, chocolate, seafood, cereal, yogurt, milk, & cheese (fast food too)
I drank very little water / really any beverages all day (likely often dehydrated)
DH had a similar diet
Neither of us drank alcohol or smoked cigarettes (ever). I did not drink any caffeinated beverages (DH rarely did)
Slept 8 hours every night
With all 3 of my ds's I ate a very boy friendly diet without realizing. A big breakfast of cereal and milk (2 bowls a morning), lots of kid-like food such as PB&J, grilled cheese, meats, milk, snacks. Many nights had cereal as a bedtime snack as well. Probably was eating more calories than I should have (guessing at least 2,300/day) but I was young and likely have a high metabolism. Copious amounts of CM, including EWCM, though I didn't realize what this was.
I know we conceived ds 2 the night before O...the next day I was cramping and had a huge amount of EWCM-I remember thinking "what the heck is wrong with me!" when I saw all the EWCM since I really had no idea at that time about CM's changes during the fertile phase. DS 1 and 2 conceived very close to O and were one-hit wonders after a fairly long abstain each time. DS 3 is more tricky, it was my first cycle after mc and I had no idea when I ovulated that month. We dtd as often as we could. Was still totally on the boy diet without realizing and had lots of clear EWCM. Sporadic exercising with all 3.
Hope this helps! My biggest recommendations are to try to increase your CM as much as possible and go crazy with your breakfast cereal! :)
Oh sorry this thread doesn't usually have q's in it so I don't check every day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dragonmother
How do you know it lowered your testosterone?? Did you have it checked or are you just assuming because you lost weight and had less severe acne?
There are other factors that come into play besides just testosterone - meat is very nutrient dense and can sway blue. It's been shown in studies that vegetarians/vegans have more daughters. Also, eating protein even with just a small amount of carbs, can make your blood sugar level stay in normal range and stay that way without dropping, for a long time. Blood sugar that stays up and doesn't drop, is also believed to sway blue.
Exercise, when you are eating a lot of protein, can grow your muscle mass. Exercise doesn't exist in a vaccuum (on its own) you have to take into account your diet as well. An hour of exercise with a high protein diet can easily grow muscle, even if you lose pounds of fat at the same itme.
I had DS1 at 21 and identical twin DSs2&3 at 24 and looking back I can see why.
DS1-I was very athletic and and lean but muscly though no longer doing sports when TTC. I love good food and DP is a chef. I would have musli for breakfast most mornings and 3 eggs with bread for lunch most days. We ate alot of nutrient rich dinners. Heaps of pasta, red meats and fish with big salads. DP also loved to pile the salt on and I ate quite a bit of gormet icecream and cakes from the cabinet and I snacked on chocolate and other junk food because I was studying at the time. I also would have fruit at least once a day. I never put on weight so must have had a super fast metabolism.
We made love every second night and always on the day we got a positive for impending ovulation on the clearblue digital ovulation test and the day after.
DSs2&3 whom I count as one for the purpose of talking about swaying because one boy was conceived but the egg split.
My diet had not changed much though maybe a bit more conservative because I had put on quite a bit of weight since having DS1. I had lost some muscle mass but made up for the weight in fat. We did the same when trying for number two sex wise. Oh and both were conceived in doggy style position and then I lay with my hips up for 10 mins.
I had only heard of timing method for swaying and was going to try it but I had had a MC a few months before and just wanted to get pregnant but now I know timing doesn't really work.
It seems my partner has a high sperm count because before our DSs he had 3 other DSs. 1 in his early 20s that was a one night thing and two to his ex wife in his early 30s. He smokes and drinks heaps and is stressed all the time by nature but his swimmers seems uneffected and when the twins were conceived he was 40!
That's why I feel positive about swaying because when I see how blue friendly we were, it could just work. I would love for him to have a princess, lucky number 7!
Atomic, thanks for your input, i got a little lost in my brainstorm about swaying and diet/ hormones. I did not have my level of testosterone checked, i think you should really have a major problem with it first ( doctors here aren't very generous with medication/ tests. I just assumed they had dropped, because the only thing ever worked for my acne is estrogen. Works like nothing else.
You mentioned the muscle gain despite the weight loss, did not know that : )
Now trying to sway with anti- androgen BCP and LE,maybe some supplements. I'm thinking about a Personal Plan.
Sorry, back to the subject..
No not at all, I just felt bad I missed the q the first time through!
Acne can be caused by lots of different things and sometimes, when you change your diet to include more fat and less carb/sugar, it helps your skin to clear up. The fat in the diet makes the oil in your skin more liquid and less likely to clog your pores, and less carbs/sugar gives less food for the bacteria that live in your pores. The testosterone is just one thing that can aggravate acne, it's far from the only or even the main cause.
So my guess would be, when you went on the higher protein diet, your pores were less easily clogged and also there was less food for the bacteria that live in the pores - this made your skin better regardless of your T levels.
This sounds exactly like me. I have two boys. I ate tons of meat, never ever skipped breakfast. Not very active. Ate/snacked every few hours. DTD before O during O and after O. Used preseed. Deep release each time. They were conceived in Dec and in Feb. Not much dairy for me though. Hope this helps!Quote:
Originally Posted by Glittergirl
Also took prenatals for almost a year before each.
Great thread!! With DS1 I had gained weight, 4-5 kg because I had been quitting smoking 3 months before conceiving (February). I love food and ate a lot; breakfast, lunch, dinner and a lot of snacking in between. I tried to eat healthy but also ate a lot of fatty, salty food and chocolate. I always drink a lot of milk and water, sometimes sodas but never had coffee. We DTD every other day through O. I worked out at the gym or did take long walks 3-4 times a week. I got PG with DS2 (not planed right after I stopped BF DS1 in July) weighting even more than before + 5-6 kg, eating like before and doing the same amount of exercise and BD through O. I wish I had known about swaying before because DH doesn't want anymore children and I have been dreaming of a daughter all my life. Hopefully he changes his mind in a couple of years!
With both of my boys I was eating every 2-3 hours. If I was eating "healthy", then it was essentially paleo - lots of meat, olive oil, and "superfood" type fruit and veg (spinach, broccoli, blueberries) and also any grains were always whole wheat and often protein/vitamin fortified. If I was having "cheat" foods, then it was pizza (lots of meat toppings like bacon and pepperoni), mexican food (carne asada burritos, rice and beans, lots of chips and cheese dip), bacon cheeseburgers and fries, etc. Both were conceived around the winter holidays so having lots of extra treats and drinks and gaining a few extra pounds...not exercising at all.
I had zero artificial sweeteners and zero caffeine, unless it was diet cola in a cocktail. Drank red wine primarily. I was taking prenatal vitamins with DHA, plus extra fish oil caplets, calcium, vit d, vit c.
With my second boy I was still breastfeeding and he was like a 4-5 day cut-off. First DS was right at O.
I have three boys and did not sway (i had no clue about swaying). I used to eat inthe morning toast bread with butter, jam or philadelphia cheese. One cup of coffee with sugar and cream.
Lunch and dinner, lots of meats, salty foods, I love pickles, olives, lots of feta cheese, I love salty foods. I used to eat a lot of salad with tomoatoes and cucumbers. I love to eat deserts also. I do not drink any sodas but mostly water and coffee. Eat lots of potatoes and bananas. Lots of eggs in my cooking. I use oilive oil in everything.
I took prenatal vitamins from nature made. No excersise at all, if running around kids counts in excercise.
I always had my boys on the 14th day oof my cycle of 28 days. It only took one time to get pregnant. I was under a lot of stress all the times I conceived my boys.
I have a boy. I realise I was very much eating a boy diet.
I am very slim naturally.
When my son was conceived I was eating lots of red meat, salty foods. I LOVE salty chips, steak, red meat, bacon, gammon.
I was eating tonnes of crisps and drinking full fat coke. Never eat chocolate.
Hiya, thought I would add to this!
I am a total boy mum but DS1 could have been a girl! When I conceived DS1 I was veggie and was on the mini pill and he was a whoopsie baby! But I had gained a bit of weight (from being too thin to average over a couple of months), I ate loads of fortified breakfast cereal, took vitamins, had loads of sex over the space of a few days. Love salt and had loads of EWCM. I don't remember exactly what I was eating as it was a while back now!
DS2- absolute classic boy sway. I had deliberately gained weight again to TTC, slowed down my cardio to 3x per week, started eating meat (had eaten a burger that night!) given up aspartame, was TTC, loads of EWCM. Sex every 3 days through O, used pre-seed, cereal for breakfast and multi-vitamins. No wonder!
Very interesting! With my first DD1 I was working full time as a midwife so crazy shift work, skipping meals, had lost a lot of weight for my wedding just prior to conception. I was generally not getting a lot of fruit, veg etc. When I conceived DS1 I had recently gained weight, & I was eating very regular as a stay at home mum, breakfast was cereal with fruit( usually a banana or two!!) lunch was tinned tuna/ or ham salad with boiled eggs & a big salad, dinner was red meat/fish/chicken with potatoes/ pasta & lots of veg. i also use a lot salt/ olive oil in cooking. regular all day snacks were Youghurt, nuts, fruit, so boy friendly. Weekend dinners were usually meat heavy pizzas & salty snacks. I followed the same exact eating pattern when I conceived DS2. I knew nothing about swaying for any of my children. Can't believe how girl/ boy friendly my diets were.
Hi all , I really hope this helps : ) here is an insight into my lifestyle when I conceived my boys : ) Thanks again for all your imput into the thread on how you coneived yiur girls .Thank you !
Baba 1 - I was on a diet over a month before I conceived and a month afterwards .Loosing 2 stone .
I ate three meals a day , breakfast, lunch and tea and snacked three times a day inbetween my three meals. This was religiously , the same time every day without a doubt .... I remember.....because I was starving : ) . I had either brown toast/ wheat cereal or porridge for breakfast . Lunch was always brown bread and at that time I was trying out gluten free bread so I had one protein either cheese/ham with salad . Tea consisted off either two small potaotes , veg and a protein ....either salmon, egg, chicken or ham . Sometimes I would have brown rice instead of the potatoe or brown bread ........My snacks inbetween were always fruit ......... which was either a bannana, orange, grapes , apple or strawberries .
I was using opks .....First time conceiving , so just wanted to get pregnant.... so as soon as I seen a line on the opks ( not meaning it was darker) we bedded as much as we could .It was definitely from cycle day 11 onwards .....Which was definitely well before ov and during it.
Dh - was on a diet also .We both did no exercise , but just the odd walk when we could fit it in.
Baba2- On the same diet also .....exactly the same .... ooopsie baby , but only bedded early morn cd 12,eve - 16, 17 of a 27 day cycle . I know this , because I have it all documented : ) Also in my notes I had sorry tmi .... brown watery cm on day 13 and 14 of that cycle.....never ever had I anything like that mid cycle .My cycles were between 27 and 29 days .
Hope this helps in anyways. I didnt know you could sway when I conceived both but looking at my diet I think it sways boy. Just trying to grasp how the 2nd baba was conceived, in terms of when I ovulated....im finding it difficult to know when to dtd to concieive a girlie as both my boys as you can see where concieved around and possibly after o.
Wishing you all the best girls . Feel free to ask me anything at all. : )
Also meant to say , I never drank any fizzy drinks .Had the odd diet coke here and there . Drank a lot of tea no coffee , dont like it so it was never .Always had low fat butter, milk and cheese . Instead of a piece of fruit during the day I had a diet yoghurt : )
My veg consisted of .... carrots , broc , mushrooms, onions sweetcorn . Didnt like anything else x
Hi all , I really hope this helps : ) here is an insight into my lifestyle when I conceived my boys : ) Thanks again for all your imput into the thread on how you coneived yiur girls .Thank you !
Baba 1 - I was on a diet over a month before I conceived and a month afterwards .Loosing 2 stone .
I ate three meals a day , breakfast, lunch and tea and snacked three times a day inbetween my three meals. This was religiously , the same time every day without a doubt .... I remember.....because I was starving : ) . I had either brown toast/ wheat cereal or porridge for breakfast . Lunch was always brown bread and at that time I was trying out gluten free bread so I had one protein either cheese/ham with salad . Tea consisted off either two small potaotes , veg and a protein ....either salmon, egg, chicken or ham . Sometimes I would have brown rice instead of the potatoe or brown bread ........My snacks inbetween were always fruit ......... which was either a bannana, orange, grapes , apple or strawberries .
I was using opks .....First time conceiving , so just wanted to get pregnant.... so as soon as I seen a line on the opks ( not meaning it was darker) we bedded as much as we could .It was definitely from cycle day 11 onwards .....Which was definitely well before ov and during it.
Dh - was on a diet also .We both did no exerise , but just the odd walk when we could fit it in.
Baba2- On the same diet also .....exactly the same .... ooopsie baby , but only bedded early morn cd 12,eve - 16, 17 of a 27 day cycle . I know this , because I have it all documented : ) Also in my notes I had sorry tmi .... brown watery cm on day 13 and 14 of that cycle.....never ever had I anything like that mid cycle .My cycles were between 27 and 29 days .
Hope this helps in anyways. I didnt know you could sway when I conceived both but looking at my diet I think it sways boy. Just trying to grasp how the 2nd baba was conceived, in terms of when I ovulated....im finding it difficult to know when to dtd to concieive a girlie as both my boys as you can see where concieved around and possibly after o.
Wishing you all the best girls . Feel free to ask me anything at all. : )
Apologies I posted that twice: ((
no worries, it happens sometimes!
We were going to start TTC so upon my OBGYN's advice, waited 3-4 months after stopping BC to try and TTC - I used to have a very unhealthy life style and diet so during those few months, I did all that I could to be super healthy to get my body ready for pregnancy - little did I know, I was doing a perfect boy sway :)
Though I've always been a vegeterian, I ate every couple hours, very healthy meals, lots of tofu, salt in everything, lots of lentils/beans/etc. Always ate a hearty breakfast and was working out every day or every other day for about 30 to 45 minutes :) I was also taking prenatals and multi-vitamins
We were also having sex 2-3 times a week and I remember we dtd on the day I was ovulating - hubby released inside me and said, there's your baby..lol!! I also laid there with my hips propped for about 1/2 hour.
Hi. I love the "How I got my girl" thread for girl sways...so I figured I would come over here and post my boy experience. It was over two years ago now and our lives have obviously changed...lol, so I can't remember everything, but I can tell you what I do know.
I am a totally meat & potatoes girl. We ate all meats, pepperoni pizza, Mexican food, and a ton of cheese. I hadn't gained a ton of weight, but I know I had gained about 5 lbs over the 6 months or so before that by being pretty lax about what I was eating. I also love sweets. I was working at the time, so I didn't eat breakfast regularly, but I did snack literally all day long, and ate out a lot for lunches and never made an effort to choose a healthy meal, I just ate what I wanted.
My husband and I had sex often. I didn't know my exact O day at the time, but we had sex 3 consecutive days and I think it was 0 day and the two days before, OR day before/O day/and day after. My husband was on vacation before that (our first attempt was the night he got home) and has a tendency to take care of himself pretty regularly when I'm not around.
We conceived in our first month trying. I have no idea about CM or PH...I didn't pay any attention to those then. I was taking a prenatal. Also, I didn't do any kind of exercise at all, not even the occasional walk around the block. I drank mostly water, occasionally a soda, and rarely any juice or milk.
**Edited to include...I hadn't been on BCP for close to a year before TTC because it gave me yeast infections.
Our lifestyle at the time may not have been "classic boy", but I think it was probably more boy friendly than it is now. Hope you girls get your boys! :)
Hi there! I have one boy and didn't sway.
My diet was pretty normal and healthy with lots of fruit and veg plus red meat, chicken and fish. Te breakfast everyday, then snacks, followed by lunch and dinner plus something before bed.
I love salty food and my partner loves vinegar. We used to eat a lot of it. almost never drank milk, except in the coffee. Didn't use prenatal vit, didn't exercise. Had only one attempt on O day, stayed in bed and elevated my hips for 10-15 min. didn't sway, although was hoping for a little boy.
Now hoping to have little girl next time. Good luck to everyone! ;)
We weren't swaying when we conceived our little baby boy last year. Every day I was eating breakfast at home (cereals) and a second breakfast at work (bread and fruits). Drank lots of coffee and had lots of stress at work. I also ate lots of potatoes, bananas, tomatos, apples and all different kinds of bread that we have in Germany :) Gained about 4 pounds right bevore conceiving and stopped doing exercises because of the stress at work. Lots of snacking due to stress. I almost never drank milk and never ate eggs.
DH ate lots of pasta, potatoes, fruits, tomatoes, bread and meat and was exercising a lot (sit-ups and stuff like that) to buildt up muscle mass (and succeeded :kissy:) ... when I found this forum, I found out that we might have done a good boy sway without knowing :)
We BDed something like every third day. My baby boy was conceived either at O-Day or the day before O-Day. (I tracked ovulation via Clearblue Fertility Monitor). Took us 1 month to conceive :)
Thanks for the information, every bit helps!
We have 2 boys and were not swaying. I always had a big breakfast and ate throughout the day so I was never hungry. My breakfast was All Bran with milk, 2 slices of Vegemite on toast and a banana. I ate 2-3 bowls of All-Bran a day and usually had more than 4 slices of Vegemite on toast. I had a lot of milo with milk. I also had lots of full cream Greek yoghurt. I also had multivitamins, iron and vitamin D tablets (I am vegetarian). My husband had multivitamins, zinc and vitamin D tablets (he is also vegetarian). For my first son we conceived on Clomid as I was ovulating irregularly. We conceived our second son naturally. We DTD every 2-3 days from AF. Hope this helps someone :)
Every bit of info helps confirm the theory we are all banking on. Thanks for the info. I'm rooting you get a girl for DC#3!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mischa
I have DD, DS, DD, I posted on the how we got our girls page and thought i would add my DS diet here. When trying to conceive DS I started in September and was following IG diet and doing atkins diet as well to try and loose weight for DD1 chastening. My DD1 was christened the end of February and after 6 months of not getting pregnant I stopped all IG sups and drinks,, started putting on some weight, because the christening was over was still eating mostly meat, eggs, protein and veggies and full fat oils, mayo etc.... got pregnant 1st try after giving up on IG DTD 3 days in a row from positive opk and got my DS.
Interesting read. Thanks for sharing everyone :)