Curious about stats on August/September births...

So as I was sitting here stuffing my mouth with yet another cookie and thinkig of how I totally screwed up my sway this month with all the eating I've been doing, I was wondering if we had any stats on boy vs girl births in August and September. You figure lots of people, swaying or not, would eat more than normal from Thanksgiving (for those in the US) through Christmas/New Years. So that should send a message to your body that times are good, right? Wouldn't that sway towards boys in that time? I wonder if there are more boys born in August/September as a result....

Maybe you could add a vote. August birth boy/girl and Sep birth boy/girl but leave a note for it to be for peoples prior to swaying births so it shows what is naturally happening :)

I got my girl in August, an aunt and and my sister is born early Sept.

Also my husband.

I think it may go beyond just what people are eating, there may be something to the changes in day length or possibly the amount of Vit. D you got during the summer that may sway.

It can be hard to tell trends like that because there are preemies, people using Clomid, and all sorts of other stuff going on. We'd really need a study with tens of thousands of participants without any premature births or ART to see if there were any trends like that.

all my boys are July and Sept and so im sure July-Dec are BOY months for me and this next one is due AUG which makes me believe its a 4th boy as im sure its the girl part of boy girl twins that we lost.

I can't figure out how to put a vote on it. :)

That's very true though about all the other variables. I didn't think about premies, clomid etc. I was just thinking of the completely non swayers, straight up got pregnant during those months. My oldest was born in September and is a boy.

I have an august boy, but then i am an august girl. I also have a june boy and a jan boy and am pregnant (fingers crossed) with a june/july girl (although she was conceived on clomid). I'm really not sure the timing thing works. I caught with my first boy at my lowest ever weight (was really underweight from illness, surviving off not very much at all) in April BUT was doing a tonne of boy friendly things to (like vitamins and essential fatty acids (omega 3, 6 and 9) and allsorts of other supplements to get my body back to health, as well as moderate exercise).

There are also girls on here (like Mocha) who conceived their dd's in the winter too. I think although eating habits do change with the seasons which may affect the gender, a good sway can turn your odds around (plus one cheat on christmas day or thanks giving can't undo all of the good of months on the LE diet). Good luck with your sway

Oh Mrs. P! I didn't see that you found out it was a girl! Yay!

Thank you, just crossing my fingers now that we get to keep her - seems so surreal that i may actually get a girl

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Thank you, just crossing my fingers now that we get to keep her - seems so surreal that i may actually get a girl

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Believe it, Mrs. P- here's to dreams coming true!

my boy was born September

I have 3 boys born September (but due aug) November and may

For me, there seems to be something to it. My first was conceived around valentines day and was born in mid-october (month early). My second was conceived right after the new year and was born in mid-September (three weeks early). This one was conceived in late-August and is a girl due in May.

Could be a coincidence. But the only female born in my LARGE family between the first of September and first of December is an ART baby from a father with an extremely low sperm count (they recommended not even doing the procedure they were so low on the chances of getting pregnant). So, it seems to be a trend for us on the whole.

I have two August boys (one due September) and a January boy

I'm a september born girl :)

I know one september born girl. She was a honeymoon baby ( Mom on diet before the wedding). I have 2 friends with boys born last year. Due August born sept and due sept born Oct. One of these was a very overweight vegetarian who I kinda expected to have a girl. the other one is a classic boy mom.

My girl was born in September. To add to that...MY birthday is in September, my sister's b-day is in September, and I have twin sisters with a b-day in August!