IG vs. GD swaying? What's the difference? And who is this Atomic Sagebrush, anyway??

[myrainbowgirl]

Atomic, I am new to this site, and I have to say that this post is awesome! It makes sense...so much other swaying info out there just doesn't. Thank you for all this awesome info!

[Little Lunasa]

I second that! This is a great post, thank you so much


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[Falling2Grace]

I strongly feel that the main reason why my sway failed was because I was taking too many supplements - but I got scared. I wanted to hedge my bets. I took a month off of swaying to gain some weight back to lose again and I got pg that month of course, so not only was I chock full of supplements but I had gained 3 lbs right before conceiving too. My son is amazing and I have no regrets about that but I do have regrets that I never got to test the TWH the way I really wanted to.

Totally agree with this.
I know this is anecdotal, but I just wanted to say, I swayed pink with DS2 and I used the info i learned from IG- ended up with a boy. Like you i was on tons of supplements, doing the timing, and all that jazz. Failed IG sway. This time around, I followed GD. (It really does make a lot of sense!) I was trying to lose weight at the time, i switched to a mainly vegetarian diet, I skipped breakfast (mostly bc i just didn't have time to sit and eat with two very young ones). My calories and other nutrients were obviously lowered bc i was on the weight watchers diet. And on top of this I was breastfeeding. (i would be interested to see the gender outcomes of breastfeeding mothers, since i know it has the possibility of depleting mom of some health factors-which i firmly believe was my case). I followed GD and did all of that other stuff, beyond diet. And here i sit with a SUCESSFUL Pink sway!

Looking back, i couldn't agree more with what you are saying. I firmly believe that IG was setting me up for a boy. I very much so believe that being nutrient deficient in some areas (or at least less than optimal) and having a low sugar diet has helped the most, on top of BFing.

I know this is mere anecdotal evidence, but I really think it cold be solid evidence at the same time.

[atomic sagebrush]

All "anecdotal" means is, "a case study that hasn't been published yet". We are ALL case studies and our experiences are just as valuable as anything ever published in the NEJM, maybe even more so because we aren't setting out to prove anything.

the breastfeeding issue is one of the most interesting and illustrates why swaying is so complicated. First of all, just having the ability TO get pg while breastfeeding, indicates something about one's condition and fertility. A person who is able to get pg while nursing may be in a better condition (and more boy-friendly) to begin with.

And secondly, I think there may be a self-selecting group of women who even WANT to get pg while nursing. Most people think it's a little nutty to do that, and you have to be nursing for longer than the average person does - most people don't TTC till baby is at least 12 mo. old and not a lot of folks choose to nurse that long. So again, I suspect that the group of women who get pg while nursing are a different group - I would say possibly more "crunchy" than the average person - maybe more into healthy eating and so on.

So while I do believe that breastfeeding DOES sway pink for real biological reasons (lowered condition, lowered fertility, lower blood sugar, altered hormones) statistically, that isn't really represented (we've done surveys and it's more like 50-50). But I believe it is STILL swaying - if a group of people start off 75% likely to have boys and end up 70% likely to have them, that's still swaying pink, even if a lot of boys are still conceived.

Or, in other words, I did get one boy and one girl while BF...and three boys without BF. Did the BF help me get a girl, I believe that it did. Was it magic bullet, no it wasn't.

[Falling2Grace]

That is interesting and make sense.

For me we TTC for 8 months. (started early due to some female issues). But i never had a cycle until my son was over 12 months old (BFing prevented it). I had to all but stop BFing in order to get a cycle.

Either way, tis interesting. If you ever write a book or get studies done on all of the amazing information on this site i am totally reading it!

[mommymachine]

I am such a firm believer in this way of swaying over IG. I disagree with a lot over there and I want to hand out this link like candy but at the same time I don't because I don't want moderators being mad at me

Someone over there is swaying boy and did only 1 attempt at O and she asked if she should do more and I was like YES YES YES and someone else said no cause you'll be in o+12 territory which sways girl...I don't know whom she listened too but I really hope he gets her boy.

[Maraschinoli]

Very informative, thank you!!!

[Sadi]

I really appreciate the way you present all of this information. I especially appreciate that you stressed the fact that you can't have your desired gender if you don't get pregnant at all. This is very reassuring to me as I can't to much to further challenge my fertility but I do really want a girl. Thanks again.

[cassieakasam]

This was very informative. Thanks!

[MyByC]

That is a great post. Thank you. Now I understand more. All the infos I have read all these days seem to take a place in my head )
They were playing around until now )