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    Of course you have 3 girls!!!

    I was talking to a coworker with three daughters who desperately wants a son. I asked about how she got her daughters....

    DD1--very heavy and not ovulating, dr. Prescribed clomid and she decided to go vegetarian to help lose weight...

    DD2--interrupted sleep from a baby, working in a coffee shop drinking tons of coffee and skipping breakfast, still vegetarian and had lost significant weight from dd1

    DD3--still vegetarian, still drinking coffee and skipping breakfast, and training for a marathon, which she ran the week she conceived!!

    I didn't say anything to her but I'm now not surprised she has three daughters!!!
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    Funny you should mention that but I keep thinking when I see people I wonder which element of their lifestyle had swayed that gender. My friend whose little girl is the same age as my son had had a recent loss and she used to smoke so I think that swayed girl for her xx
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    I know right! I totally analyze my friends who have all girls or all boys!
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    Me too....the theory fits most people I can think of. Their are a few exceptions but for the most part, the HE and LE lifestyles seems to win when I do my mental surveys of gender in families.


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    I started on myself with this than started noticing habits in other people that indicates why they have more of one gender than the other, if at all. I'm pretty convinced my newly pregnant friend is having a girl due to her LE lifestyle and I've since found out another actually used this site to conceive her boy!
    I'm certain my diet and lifestyle is very much girl friendly so am making the necessary changes to (hopefully) get my boy. I keep asking my friends IRL inappropriate questions but so far their open to it and the majority have agreed that it makes sense that they've got the genders they have.

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    I do the same thing. Most people give me a strange looks when I start talking about gender swaying though, like it's dark magic or something. I tried explaining about the diet to a friend (has two girls and really wants a boy) who totally brushed me off claiming that the male sperm controls the gender and there's nothing a female can do. I would say 90% of the people I know believe this. So frustrating.


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    I mentioned it to the lass I think is expecting a girl but she has been trying for 3 1/2 years so I think whatever sex it is, it will be wanted. I know they'd love a girl but she said you get what you're given. I think she's half right but if I can sway the odds in a boys favour than that's what I'll do. I never struggled to conceive either so I don't know her internal struggle.
    Most have never heard of GS either so I have to explain it. As I said the majority are supportive, the ones who aren't are the ones who don't have GD for their own reasons but usually because they have b/g or g/b and don't plan on expanding their family. I'm learning who to approach and who not too.

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    Why are the pigeon pair/well-mixed fams the people who seem MOST offended by the idea of swaying? I casually brought it up with a friend here who has 1 boy then 3 girls, and her immediate response was 'that's awful it should be illegal!'. On other forums I notice PP mums most often bashing those who express GD. It's so very narrow minded and judgemental.

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    Dec 2001 - May 2006 : 5 early abortions of healthy singletons (3 medical @5w, 2 surgical @8w, last 4 pregnancies conceived with late DH, all conceived while TTA/on birth control)
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    Me: 34, widowed, late O + short LP, normal-good hormone levels excepting undetectable testosterone, seeking a known sperm donor/life partner
    My sway: vegetarian LE for over 28w, skipping breakfast, fibre (ground psyllium husks) with/before/between meals, physically inactive, drama avoidance, ocassional minimal YesBaby lube as needed, alternate cycles on low dose Clomid, double shot lattes (with meals)
    Past sway tactics I've dropped (in order): Vitex, Sudafed, antihistamines, intermittent fasting, one attempt per cycle at positive OPK, one attempt in fertile period

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    I agree people can be so judgmental about GD. The older I get the more I realize I'm shouldn't judge anyone as I gave no idea what their private struggles are or what they've been through in their life and it's better to just be supportive when I can or mind my own business when I can't.

    Yesterday I was at a friends house who is expecting her third boy. There was remnants of a large breakfast on the table including bacon and eggs and I know she's very into cross fit and paleo diet. I know she desperately wants a girl but like pp said, she thinks the sperm controls it and you get what you get.

    I wish everyone got their DG or a PP and never had to feel this way, I had very serious gender desire with DS2 (failed sway) I love him to pieces but there's still a yearning for a daughter that really only you lovely ladies understand!
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    MtoM I have been told numerous times that I should be happy with my two healthy girls by many PP families. I have no intention of stopping at 2 so that's not an issue but my cut off is 4. I don't want more than that. I hope I remain as humble if we have a successful sway. I know how strong GD takes hold. My issue is why they are bothered we are trying for what they already have? I did want b/g/g and only because I have a big brother and loved it and wanted that for my daughters. In fact the less smug PP have gone on to have another or are planning another so I wonder if PP is as perfect as they make out. I could theorise on this all day but I that's all I'll be doing. If either daughters had been a boy I think we'd still be wanting one more just no GD.

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