Introducing myself - a few questions.
Hello there! I am currently 25 (I'll be 26 in 3 days) and DH is 27. We have 2 sons (first DS by my ex hubby) and we are wanting to try to give them a little sister! However, we are waiting to try for a 2017 baby so we will start ttc next Summer (I will be 27 and DH will be 29).
I am trying to get a plan together so that when we ttc our girl, we have as good of a shot as possible. I figure putting about a year of research into it before our first try should give us a decent shot - so give me all of the information you have.. I'm already obsessed with the data sheet!!!
As far as family history - DH's DAD has both genders every other child - literally boy, girl, boy, girl, boy. DH's mom comes from a family of all girls and she has had boy, girl, boy. However, our generation seems to have only boys. We have had a son (other DS is not DH's) and his cousin has had 2 sons. DH's sister (mom's side only) is currently expecting so I will have to update when they know the gender (I'm not sure if that at all has anything to do with DH's ability to produce boys vs girls.
On my side, everyone has had at least 1 boy and 1 girl. My dad had me and then 3 boys.
As far as my ability to be impregnated - I have had 2 miscarriages with my ex hubby (did not know genders) one at 10 weeks but 6 weeks gestation and the other at 6 weeks gestation. My 3rd pregnancy resulted in my DS1! After his birth, my ex hubby and I split up, he got married to another woman who had 1 son already and in rapid succession he had 2 girls one after another with her. I then had my second boy with my DH. So I am actually really thinking there might be something to the woman helping to determine the gender (maybe by diet or pH or something)
Both of my boys were "accidents" and with the second one I actually was using an ovulation calender to PREVENT pregnancy - we did not bd on any of the "fertile" days however we got pregnant with a little boy. He is now 3 and looking back, I had a weird cycle right before the one we conceived on. I got my period, then 2 weeks later I got another period, then my next period was late, finally got it and that was the cycle we conceived DS2 on - so I really have no idea when I ovulated. It seems like my body knew I was trying not to get pregnant with the timing so it purposely adjusted ovulation so I would get pregnant. xD However, if we went by shettles method I was convinced he was going to be a girl. DH was convinced he would be a boy based on my cravings -- I was eating mostly slim jims and turkey and mustard sandwiches.
So my questions for right now are - based on family history of DH's dad having boy, girl, boy, girl, boy - and DH so far having 1 boy - are the odds at all for us for having a girl? Or is that pretty much just 50% shot?
As far as diet - acidic pH favors girl, right? SO should I eat a lot of alkaline foods? Take antacids (Tums)? Drink more alkaline spring waters like Fiji?
As far as diet - the Low Everything diet the way I understand it is low calorie and low nutrient, so should the bulk of my calories come from empty calories like refined sugars and bleached grains and not a lot of fruits or vegetables? Or should the bulk of my calories come from fruits and vegetables? Does sugar change body pH or sway one way or the other?
What Sudafed should I take to try? Just pseudoephederine?
Does it really make a difference when we time intercourse?
Also thanks for taking the time to read! Good luck everyone!
