Help put things into perspective. BG pair a rare lightning strike or lotto ticket?

[Trike3]

Is the BG pigeon pair really rare? That's what we are hoping for. I feel like I may as well be convincing myself of getting a winning lotto ticket.

[Rosie85]

I think it is extremely common, at least around here. I am the ONLY one of my friends that doesn't have both. 90% of my friends had a pigeon pair. Some went on to have more, most didn't. Also out and about in the store I always see boy/girl everywhere with just the two kids. EVERYWHERE. There is either something in the water here or it is the same everywhere. I would say your chances are good...50/50

[Trike3]

Maybe it's just the negative-nacy in me, but the pigeon pair seems more common when the girl comes first, not the boy. probably just me being pessimistic.

[Rosie85]

mmm I would say my friends are pretty half and half. I know a lot of people gain weight and let themselves go a bit after having a baby so that would make sense to get a girl and then a boy I suppose but I know a lot of people that have a boy and then a girl so maybe they are dieting, trying to get back and shape or maybe it's just the way the dice fell. I dunno...

[sbowman]

So I counted them up, and I know 24 families who have a PP where the boy came first. I come from one. It's very common.


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[Rosie85]

oh yes! I am in a pigeon pair and came second too. hahaha. The things you let slip your mind.

[Trike3]

I'm from a PP as well. I have an older brother.
I guess I'm just being negative. I already have the DS, so I'm just nervous about going for the DD.

[Rosie85]

Imagine how nerve wracking it is to have 3 ds and try for a dd. My hair is literally turning grey!!

Are you only wanting two kiddos Trike??

[Pearl327]

I have the PP with girl 1st and successful boy sway. But I am greedy and want the same again.
My daughters friends are all PP's too with about half being boy 1st ( about 9 families) I only know 3 family's that are 2 same gender.

[hotdogz&boyz]

I know tons of families with a BG PP. More than I do with a GB set (I think, I'd have to count).

Last time I checked, the lotto wasn't better than 50-50 (when you count your swaying tactics). So I'd say stick to swaying and hoping

I really do think your chances are pretty good. People get BG all the time and I'd guess less than 5% of them are swaying. So even without swaying, your chances would be decent. Add in swaying and I think your chances are fairly good. Same for any other swayers. It might be harder to think positive for a fourth child to be a girl. But with hope and swaying, I think the chances are pretty "good" for success

I'd quantify 70% "good" in swaying world. If start point is 50-50, adding 20% in either direction is pretty awesome, in my opinion. I'm not sure about current sway stats, and someone might just see 70 and notice the 30 opposites. But in terms of chances, getting to 70% is good

(Just looked and it looks like custom plans are running 63%...my guessing sucks. Lol. But 63 is 13% or more from no swaying...that's great!)