We've decided to go for it!

After an insane amount of back and forth, my husband and I have finally decided to try for our third. Logically two kids is easier, but I can't get the idea of a third child out of my head (regardless of the gender). I figure my feelings shouldn't be totally ignored and my husband agrees. So, now that we've finally decided, I want to do a 'light' girl sway. I don't want to get too crazy, partly because I'll just stress more if I don't get every little thing right. From what I've read here it seems like Clomid, Diet, and exercise are the most important things? (Correct me if I'm wrong).

My friend has clomid she doesn't need anymore. I don't have an issue taking it, but I'm worried about multiples. Does anyone know the chances of multiples with Clomid?

Also, is E4D more important than I think it is? I'm always hesitant on scheduling sex because my husband probably wouldn't go for it. But if it is that important I can maybe try without him realizing it.

LE Diet plus fiber, coffee, and alcohol (and NOT taking probiotics and prenatals) 12 weeks or longer
Exercise 60 min. 6-7 days a week
One attempt
Clomid or Femara

For DH: Jogging/biking and smoking. Maybe OLE and soy milk.

Those are the things I really believe in for swaying. The nice thing is that if you do only those things it doesn't cut odds of conception by much.

I always recommend Clomid if you can get it. Risk of multiples is real, about 8-10% twins conceived on Clomid. Don't take more than 50 mg. Higher order multiples can happen rarely but haven't to any of us and taking only 50 mg is key.

The one attempt (and if you can't do that, e4d) is a real thing. Don't know how or why it works, only that it really does seem to. If you can swing it, great. If not, the other things without the one attempt are good too.

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Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush

LE Diet plus fiber, coffee, and alcohol (and NOT taking probiotics and prenatals) 12 weeks or longer
Exercise 60 min. 6-7 days a week
One attempt
Clomid or Femara

For DH: Jogging/biking and smoking. Maybe OLE and soy milk.

Those are the things I really believe in for swaying. The nice thing is that if you do only those things it doesn't cut odds of conception by much.

I always recommend Clomid if you can get it. Risk of multiples is real, about 8-10% twins conceived on Clomid. Don't take more than 50 mg. Higher order multiples can happen rarely but haven't to any of us and taking only 50 mg is key.

The one attempt (and if you can't do that, e4d) is a real thing. Don't know how or why it works, only that it really does seem to. If you can swing it, great. If not, the other things without the one attempt are good too.

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What does OLE mean? Lol sorry

Also one attempt means you only do it once you've gotten a positive OPK? So no BD prior or after..

Sorry with the silly questions

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Olive Leaf Extract (dry leaf 500-1000 mg, or use liquid, if you use liquid follow dose on bottle as those can vary by brand)

Yes one attempt is no unprotected sex except right around positive OPK. Just one time then (or at a cutoff, if you must)

Completely get the back and forth on the third kid thing but fortune favours the brave and pretty sure we are going to make the same decision as you. I wish you all the best and you can have all my pink dust.

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Completely get the back and forth on the third kid thing but fortune favours the brave and pretty sure we are going to make the same decision as you. I wish you all the best and you can have all my pink dust.

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And you can have my blue dust! I really do suck at making decisions, so something this big makes me really nervous. Like, we have two healthy boys, and life will get a little easier in the future, so why start over? But that urge to have another baby is just so hard to ignore. Good luck to you!

Thank you for the advice, Atomic. You're a gem! I'll keep you guys updated.

Atomic, I forgot to ask, do you know if antidepressants sway at all? I'm currently taking 40 mg of Prozac every day. I wasn't taking these when I conceived my oldest, and stopped them two months before I conceived my second. Also, I'm still taking spironolactone 75 mg daily. I've been given the okay to continue this until I get a BFP. Hopefully it will help a bit.

Antidepressants sway pink!

Crossing my fingers for you Greydore (and you too MiaMelb!)!!!

Really?! Why is that? Asking out of curiosity, I find this stuff so interesting!

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Atomic, I forgot to ask, do you know if antidepressants sway at all? I'm currently taking 40 mg of Prozac every day. I wasn't taking these when I conceived my oldest, and stopped them two months before I conceived my second. Also, I'm still taking spironolactone 75 mg daily. I've been given the okay to continue this until I get a BFP. Hopefully it will help a bit.

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Spiro for sure sways pink and I've seen quite a few people get girls while on it.

With the antidepressants, we believe they sway pink but do not know why. I know the old school sites have a song and dance about pH but I find pH very hard to believe in any more. I suspect it may be that it mitigates the control-freakishness element or it may be that it affects your hormones/fertility a bit, both or neither. We just don't know the whys of most of these things.

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Spiro for sure sways pink and I've seen quite a few people get girls while on it.

With the antidepressants, we believe they sway pink but do not know why. I know the old school sites have a song and dance about pH but I find pH very hard to believe in any more. I suspect it may be that it mitigates the control-freakishness element or it may be that it affects your hormones/fertility a bit, both or neither. We just don't know the whys of most of these things.

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Re: anti-depressants. Many of them negatively impact sex drive, especially in ability to O, so I imagine the reason might be buried in there somewhere? Maybe a hormonal factor?

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Re: anti-depressants. Many of them negatively impact sex drive, especially in ability to O, so I imagine the reason might be buried in there somewhere? Maybe a hormonal factor?

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I do know that Prozac has been shown to increase prolactin levels in some people, which definitely kills your sex drive. It's so difficult to orgasm on Prozac as well, which sucks.

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LE Diet plus fiber, coffee, and alcohol (and NOT taking probiotics and prenatals) 12 weeks or longer
Exercise 60 min. 6-7 days a week
One attempt
Clomid or Femara

For DH: Jogging/biking and smoking. Maybe OLE and soy milk.

Those are the things I really believe in for swaying. The nice thing is that if you do only those things it doesn't cut odds of conception by much.

I always recommend Clomid if you can get it. Risk of multiples is real, about 8-10% twins conceived on Clomid. Don't take more than 50 mg. Higher order multiples can happen rarely but haven't to any of us and taking only 50 mg is key.

The one attempt (and if you can't do that, e4d) is a real thing. Don't know how or why it works, only that it really does seem to. If you can swing it, great. If not, the other things without the one attempt are good too.

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Wow your an amazing gender GURU. I would love to know what to sway for Blue. My DH believes he can only have Pink since his family is large in the Pink side and my family don't really help either saying it's the DH family genes. We do want to concieve BLUe. Im 28 and DH is 27. I have a DSD 6 and a DD 3 and I have DS from my first DH. I been a big follower and gender calendars don't convince me much. The plan is to concieve next year.we still use birth control to make sure it's the right time

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Gender doesn't run genetically in families, that's just not the way it works. If some families tend to have more of some gender than another, it's luck and lifestyle. Lifestyle we can change.

I think I already mentioned this but I do think you should come off the BCP sooner rather than later!!

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Gender doesn't run genetically in families, that's just not the way it works. If some families tend to have more of some gender than another, it's luck and lifestyle. Lifestyle we can change.

I think I already mentioned this but I do think you should come off the BCP sooner rather than later!!

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Thank you again for the response really appreciate it

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