GCbb TTC a GIRL Sway Attempt

TTC a Girl Sway Attempt

Gender Result:

BOY

DW Age:

37

DH Age:

38

Current Children's Gender(s)

3 boys

Number of Months TTC

5

Did you purchase and follow a GD Personalized Plan?

Yes

DIET
Did you follow a diet plan?

Yes

If yes to diet, which one did you most follow?

• LE(Low Everything)

Comments regarding DW's diet changes-

Was not strict at all on diet, tried to be vegetarian, delayed/skipped breakfast most days, avoided snacking. Cut out things like juice, cereal, red meat.

If diet was used, length of time before attempt?

6 months

Did you skip breakfast regularly?

Yes

Did DH change his diet with you?

Yes

Comments regarding DH's diet-

He really decreased his meat intake. Cut out red meat (which was a part of his daily diet before), Ate mostly vegetarian with some chicken a couple times a week.

DId you consume alcohol?

• Often- daily

DId you try to limit caffeine?

No, I drink caffeine regularly

Any Diet Details?

I had 2 chemicals the two cycles prior to this pregnancy so did have red meat and snacks. More with the second chemical as I thought it was sticky, then was starting to lose hope/getting fed up with sway..

Any Diet Comments/Additional Info?

-

WEIGHT AND EXERCISE
What did you weigh/BMI do leading up to O?

54kg. BMI was 19.6. Started at 57 kg.

Any Weight/Exercise related additional info/comments?

Couch potato. The few pounds I did lose were mostly muscle mass.

THINGS in VG and CONCEPTION DATE(CD) INFO
pH Before Starting a Sway Program, if known

-

Any VG potions used?

• NO

CM pH at attempt

-

DH pH

-

How many BD attempts did you make for the BFP cycle?

Every 4 days

BD Dates according to Ovulation

• 4 Days Before O
• 1 Day Before O

Any additional comments?

Had the big O after DH release :(

THE DEED INFO
DH Info about Swimmers

• BD every few days

BD Position

Multiple

Did you Jump and Dump?

• For some attempts

Any relevant attempt details?

-

SUPPLEMENTS USED
DW Supplements

• Baby asprin

DH Supplements

-

Any additional supplement info?

DH took OLE

Did you do anything with Ions?

Yes

Moon Phase during conception?

New Moon

Did you use any Old Wives Tales?

-

Things that make me feel great about my sway:

Conceived right after miscarriage, no period between.

Things that make me nervous about my sway:

The big O. had 3 this cycle :((

Things worth mentioning:

Am at 6.5 weeks now, hoping to find out gender in September ������

Good luck!

Good luck and pink dust headed your way!

The big O has not been at all predictive of whose sways work!

Fingers crossed for you!

I am devastated. We did a private ultrasound yesterday and it couldn't be clearer, it's a 4th boy. This is our last baby and I am grieving the daughter I will never have. I wish we had done so many things differently. So many things I would change, if I'd been more patient, stricter, had better followed the sway. I blame myself and am not looking forward to people's comments.
My family have been very understanding of my sadness and I'm sure I will love him when he is born. I just can't believe this is it, will never have a daughter I always dreamed of one day having.

I'm so sorry it didn't go the way we hoped but huge congrats on your 4th boy!!

I’m so sorry to read this.

I’m sure you will love your boy every bit as much as your other sons, and he will bring you so much joy, but I totally understand your pain. I’m glad your family has been understanding.

Be kind to yourself. I’ve seen “perfect” girl sways end up with boys, so I wouldn’t beat yourself up about not having been stricter.

Sending you lots of hugs.

Thank you, I really appreciate your message.

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Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush

I'm so sorry it didn't go the way we hoped but huge congrats on your 4th boy!!

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Hi Atomic, I can't help but think if I had done more or done BETTER on my sway i could have gotten a daughter. This is my second failed sway and I am taking it very hard. I've actually started therapy to try to get to acceptance and make peace with never having a daughter.. Everyone tells me there's nothing I could have done to change this but I can't help wondering. I wish I could go back in time and do things differently, maybe I was too fertile after the 2 chemicals back-to-back, maybe I had cheated too much. I for sure shouldn't have had orgasms the week of ovulation and at attempt! what is your opinion on this, having seen so many failed sways and successes? Is it possible my husband isn't able to produce viable female sperm?

No, it's not possible that your husband doesn't make female sperm. Men are made of XY cells that divide in the testicles to make 50% X 50% Y sperm. Now, could there be some mechanism that make X or Y sperm less hearty or able to fertilize an egg, maybe, but we have no evidence of that (and in fact plenty of evidence to the contrary, since we have seen people like the Duggars who have long runs of BG mixed, then a long run of boys, then a long run of girls (all of which are more kids than most of us even have) and that indicates that there is something that is changeable.

In the words of Gilda Radner, it's always something. There is always something that we did/didn't do and we can look back and think "it was this thing, it was that thing" but the truth is, we don't know. For all we know it was very possible you had gotten to that 70% upper window both times with your sways and the cards didn't fall your way.