Hello! New here and in need of some guidance please :)

Hello!
I'm new to the site and I'm so confused :/ I have two amazing daughters almost 4 and 2.5 and my husband and I are looking to have one more child. We would love to help sway for a boy as much as we can. I was familiar with Ingender and came up with a sway based on what I had read on the site. I have it all set to start on August 1st for a mid September Sway. Then I came upon this site and I feel so confused. Like everything I have planned is wrong. I definitely want to be safe and have a healthy pregnancy and I am worried now my current plans are off base. How successful is the HE diet? It sounds a whole lot safer but does it work? Looking for some guidance please! Thank you!

Welcome Bettyblue,

I think many of us have passed through IG first before arriving here (even Atomic herself) and there is lots of conflicting info. I've found it much easier to stick to one site and the science behind this one makes sense to me.

It's recommended to follow the HE diet for 6-8 weeks before your first attempt. My understanding is that the boy sway results historically are quite good, however since the number of blue swayers is quite low a few sway opposites can greatly effect the stats (which I think is true of recent times).

Best place to start on swaying the GD way is to read the Complete Index. The link is in the signature of any of Atomic's posts. Then drop in with any specific questions.

GL:bluecheer::bluecheer::bluecheer:

Most of us on here, myself included, were originally on Ingender and got opposites doing things that way (timing, pH, minierals) So 8 years ago after getting my 4th boy following a lot of IG recommendations that did not make sense to me but I was scared not to include them, I had the chance to come over to Gender Dreaming and we've been trying to find new and better science and information for people to have more effective sways. (not to mention fewer miscarriages and much quicker times to conception).

I know you have a plan and I'll get that back to you as soon as I can but in the meantime hit me with whatever questions you have. We always have an explanation as to the differences between the two sites. Here is a little background info about the origins of the two sites and why things have come to be different between them. http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gend...sh-anyway.html

Thank you guys! Looking forward to the plan so thankful for the guidance!

It's done and was sent in to be reformatted and posted in your personal forum (I don't do that part) should be up within the next day or two. :)

Thank you!!!

I am pregnant on my 4th boy and the best bit of advice I can give you is snack all the time, take evening primrose oil, vitamin d and a good quality probiotic which boosts your immune system! Also loads of healthy, nutrious snacks like avocado, nuts etc. Best of luck!

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Thanks for the advice! Regarding a probiotic, I have one from my naturopath that is said to be very good. It has a lot of different stuff in it though all probiotic but a lot of different ones. Just wondering if that's ok or is there a brand I should stick to that has worked well for others? Thanks!

I'm not using evening primrose any more for most people, I feel it was making opposites for us.

I don't recommend brands, anything that is just probiotics without any other mystery ingredients LOL is all good for blue!

Oh no I've been using epo in addition to fish oil. So should I just be using fish oil or should I replace the epo with a flax seed? Actually I'm just going to list my supplements below so you guys can tell me if I'm off base anywhere. I should be getting my personalized plan soon but I'm just curious now knowing that I was taking EPO and you don't recommend it!
I currently take
Fish oil
Epo(oops)
A multi with folate
A probiotic
Vit D
Coq10
Organic wheat grass

DH takes
Coq10
L-carnitine
L-arginine
Fish oil
A multi with zinc
A probiotic
Organic Wheat grass

We are both on the HE diet, drinking lemon water all day, gelatin in OJ or grapefruit 1xday and v8 with brewers yeast 1x day. Weight lifting 4-5xweek, intercourse with O for both every other day. Release inside me when not too close to O (as we are not trying until next month) Does this seem ok??? Thank you for the help! Trying to be healthy! Thanks in advance for even reading!

Ditch both EPO and flax. Those vegetable based fats may sway pink and additionally there is some mixed info on the safety of flaxseed (it may not be safe when TTC and especially not during pregnancy)

Wheat grass, this past year I feel like we've been seeing a good deal of opposites with that, particularly the supplement forms of them. If doing wheatgrass juice, 2-3 times a week is ok. If doing the supplements, I'd take just a few days right around O (2-3 days coming into when you expect to O) and it may delay ovulation so don't take the max dose, just take a little bit.

oh and try not to worry about the EPO - for all we know, having taken it and stopped may be even bluer than never taking it at all.

Ok thank you! Should I check my PH at all? Is that important? I do feel like I have always had a low ph. I've literally never had a yeast infection. Not even with antibiotics. Also, you said vegetable based fats does that include olive oil? What cooking oil should I use? I've been cooking my greens in the left over meat fats after cooking but is coconut oil ok to use as well? Thank you for all the help I have about 5 weeks until my first attempt and I've been on the diet for 1.5 weeks do you think think this will be enough time?

Most women here have ditched the pH stuff, testing and trying to alter it hasn't helped the sway stats and in many cases hinders conceptions. Leave out the pH thinking if you can.

My understanding of the HE diet is to increase the ratio of animal to plant based fats. When practicable cook in animal based fats, ie butter rather than olive oil.

Thanks that makes sense. So thankful for all the help ladies!

Most of us have 2-3-4 or more pH opposites and have totally given up on it. After getting a boy with pH of 4.5 it is really tough for me to believe in any more and i've seen enough people testing like crazy only to get opposites that I no longer see any point in it.

Yes coconut oil is best, olive oil is second best, just be sure you're getting higher intake of the animal fats!