Printable View
Hiya id love to sway for a boy. Im breastfeeding my baby girl at the moment who was concieved whil breastfeeding my first. So i was wondering how lobg after breadtfeeding is it safe to sway for a boy? Thank you!
Sent from my GT-I8160 using Tapatalk 2
Bump
Sent from my GT-I8160 using Tapatalk 2
Hi and welcome!
Breastfeeding is not a magic pink bullet and you can get a boy while doing it. It may make you a bit more pink friendly. So I would just go ahead and stop when you're ready, give it at least a cycle, and then go for it.
Thank you atomic! I thought it swayed because of inbalance of hormone levels so assumed id have to wait six months or so after breastfeeding to sway!
Sent from my GT-I8160 using Tapatalk 2
Breastfeeding is a natural physical thing that our bodies "know" how to do - nothing imbalanced about that. Different hormone levels doesn't mean things are out of balance.
We all have a limited amount of time in our fertile windows and even the most "perfect" sways can make opposites, so I never recommend waiting around because we simply don't know if/when we'll have the best chance. You may end up waiting past your best opportunity to TTC a boy!!
Yeh i totally agree! Thanks for the advice. As i only had my baby girl six months ago i will probably wait a year or so ttc and just enjoy my lo. Xx
Sent from my GT-I8160 using Tapatalk 2
Don't mean to jump into this post, but what did you mean by this?Quote:
Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush
How would someone know when their "best opportunity" is?
(Guessing you mean EWCM, diet, timing, age etc. all being factors)
Is there a particular point/time when TTC Boy becomes more difficult?
I conceived 3 boys whilst breastfeeding.......
I've never conceived a girl.....
I honestly thought that breastfeeding was probably one if the contributing factors for getting boys.
I wouldn't give up breastfeeding in order to sway. Good luck
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Another friend of mine was breastfeeding when she conceived her 3 boys as well.
Interesting actually now that I think about all the friends who have conceived boys whilst BF
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Oh wow thats interesting to know. I heard it swayed girl slightly but was never sure. Then i had my girl with breastfeeding so assumed there mustve been some truth in it. But thanks for sharing! x
Sent from my GT-I8160 using Tapatalk 2
You DON'T know. That is my point. I see so many people wait and wait and wait and wait as the months fly by and the fact of the matter is that none of us know how it works. So I do not want anyone to squander the limited and precious months out of their fertile window waiting for this "perfect" month that doesn't actually ever exist.Quote:
Originally Posted by zodiac
Waiting around months and years to TTC for your ducks to be in a row isn't allowed on this site! On the other sites there are people who have gone on swaying for 2 years only to get opposites, both TTC pink and TTC blue, and this is unacceptible.
Biologically, breastfeeding ~should~ sway pink a little (and would be happy to explain if anyone is interested) but the demographic of the types of people who are most likely to breastfeed up to the point where they conceive another kiddo, tends to be MUCH more boy moms than pink. Only about 35-45% of moms in the US are still even breastfeeding at 6 months let alone at older ages when you're more likely to be TTC again. The gals who continue BF and TTC while still breastfeeding tend to be a lot more "crunchy" and into nutrition and this skews the statistics.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brinny
I got one boy and one girl while breastfeeding and 3 boys without it.
My friend her second boy three months after her first whilst breast feeding so definitely possible! Xx
Ok great! Thanks for all the replies.. Atomic i would love to know a bit more about the biological effects of breastfeeding. Only if its not to much bother! Xx
Sent from my GT-I8160 using Tapatalk 2
[QUOTE=lovebabies;528926]Ok great! Thanks for all the replies.. Atomic i would love to know a bit more about the biological effects of breastfeeding. Only if its not to much bother! Xx
Well from my experience, i exclusively breastfed my son for 6 months, and introduced other feeds around tht time coz i had to go to work. I continued breast feeding him after work, at nite and early morning till he was a year and 2 months. I didnt get my period all this time. SO i knw it worked as a natural birth control for me.
2. It helped with my weight loss. I had C/S and therefore told not to work out till after some weeks, i couldnt also tie my stomach coz of the wound but i lost so much weight, even though i ate a lot to make sure i had enough supply of milk. I didnt realise how much it helped till i stopped B/F.
3. Dont get me wrong (if you didnt breastfeed), but it helped me bond more with my baby. I rem the way he'd look into my eyes, hold my finger and lift one of his leg when feeding. My DH was only able to fully bond with him after i stopped b/f and now they're the best of buddies.
4. It made my boobs slightly bigger and fuller... lol. :hug2:
I believe that the way gender swaying works is that when you are super fertile, you are more likely to have boys, and when you are lower in fertility, even if it's not super obvious that you are, you are more likely to conceive girls. Breastfeeding affects your hormones as almost a natural birth control method and sort of just gently declines your fertility a bit by suppressing the manufacture of some of the sex hormones.Quote:
Originally Posted by lovebabies
Additionally, breastfeeding can help lower blood sugar levels and some research indicates lower blood sugar levels may help with a pink sway. :)
Declining fertility makes conceiving a boy more difficult.But, I conceived a boy at age 39.... though everyone's body is different.Quote:
Originally Posted by zodiac
Thanks for all the replies. Its been soo interesting to read! Xx i will definately finish off bf before i sway. Hope to sway next year im so lost though dont know where and how to begin and plan!
Sent from my GT-I8160 using Tapatalk 2
Atomic can help you with a personal plan when you are ready. Or you can read through the essays on here... there is a TON of awesome information here! Good luck when the time comes!
For me personally I don't understand why breastfeeding would sway pink. I know it helps you lose weight but when I was breastfeeding I was eating lots of calories and healthy nutrient dense foods which sways blue...the majority of people I know who were breastfeeding and got pregnant had the same sex as their current baby and more boys than girls.
There is an explanation of that in this thread. The vast majority of people DON'T breastfeed till they are ready to TTC again and it is likely that those who do are not the random run of the mill type of gals, and are coming in probably more 'set' for blue than the average person.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rosie85
Biologically, I believe breastfeeding ~should~ sway pink for the reasons I mention above.