Having babies close together make opposite sex

[3littleladies]

Coincidence!

[sjbroadley]

Not true for me, Fell pregnant with Ds2 when ds1 was 10 months old, fell pregnant with ds3 when ds2 was 8 weeks old. I have all boys not sure of gender of this baby until friday! but didnt conceive until after ds3's first birthday

[maria02]

Dunno
Thinking back through my friends with a 20 month gap or less-
Girl- boy 18 month gap x 3
G-B 17 m gap x 2
G-B 12 m gap x 2
G-B 20m gap x 3
Boy- girl 20 m gap
B-G 12 m gap
B-G 17m gap x 2
B-G 18m gap x 2
B -girl twins 12m gap
B- twins boy/ girl 19m gap
G-G 17 m gap x 3
G-G 18 m gap x 2
G-G 19m gap
G-G 20m gap x 3
B-B 18 m gap x 2
B-B 16 m gap x 2
B-B 12 m gap

(I think I must talk to a lot of people...didn't realise I could think of that many!)


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[atomic sagebrush]

I actually heard the opposite, that having another baby close to your first is more likely to produce the same gender - hence the expression "Irish Twins." (I mean no disrespect to the Irish as most of my ancestors came from Ireland.) Anyway that's part of why I waited to conceive.

Sorry I missed this post the first time thru but just to quickly elaborate on this...I've heard both theories and neither is really accurate and here's why.

On paper, getting pg very soon after a previous pregnancy should tend to sway pink due to your body being depleted and declined a bit in fertility due to postpartum and possibly breastfeeding. So this would mean if you have had a boy you may be more likely to have another boy, and if you have had a girl, you may be more likely to have another girl.

HOWEVER, the problem is that the people who are truly declined in condition/fertility are not able to conceive to begin with and this eliminates a fair % of girl pregnancies overall (not eliminated, but simply that those pregnancies are not conceived). The women who are able to get pregnant right after a prev. pregnancy are generally those who are in better condition overall, have regained fertility quickly, and thus are more likely to conceive a boy. So overall, the % still stays around 50-50, but I still believe it sways pink overall to conceive quickly after a previous pregnancy.

[dreaminginblue]

I only know of 2 examples of this where it went girl-girl, interesting theory if you're trying to sway pink