How we got our boys!

[hopper]

With DS1 we were on honeymoon in the US and DTD like rabbits I lay down after most times with my legs in the air and cushion under my bum. We may have been on honeymoon but I was so ready to be pregnant! We ate big meals and snacked lots, I can't remember what we ate specifically but lots of steak and fries and burgers for sure. I put on a little weight, maybe 5/6lbs?
With DS2 we were once again away on holidays in the US and we roughly followed the Sperm meets Egg plan which is every second day from CD6. I Oed later than usual that cycle so it was CD18 when I got +OPK, we DTD that morning and flew home the next day so that was the last day we DTD that cycle. Again I lay down after each try with legs in the air and hips elevated slightly. As for food I was once again eating lots of red meat and eating breakfast every day. Lots of snacking. Lots and lots of walking as we were at Disney World, no other exercise. I gained a little weight again, maybe less than 5lbs. I was taking folic acid every day for about 6 months prior to TTC. We got lucky first time on both boys. FXed for some pink dust later this year. Hope this can help some blue TTCers

[pink_bean]

I always had a very healthy diet, took a lot of supps even before tcc, including EPO and fish oil. Drink lots of green tea, walked everywhere ( no car for most of my adult life.) had an abundance of EWCM before conceiving my first but didn't notice much with my second ( I was also still breastfeeding but he was close to 2 years old).

I have always been naturally thin but gained 10 lbs the year I conceived DS1 because my job went from active constant movement to sitting in front of a desk all day. Was eating more and snacking a lot at my desk. I have always ate a lot of cereal.

Was DTD very often both times I conceived. Also, my husband is 10 years younger than me. I think he had a very high sperm count/high fertility both times.

I'm also a control freak and an obsessive worrier but I think I am letting go of some of this. I also have a higher education which I heard means more boys but I'm know plenty of educated moms have girls. My husband and I also get along very well and rarely fight. Not to say that makes a difference but I've heard that having a stressful relationship may be more likely to result in a girl. I could be wrong on all counts just things I've read.

I'm just saying all those factors combined probably made my specific case more boy friendly.

[atomic sagebrush]

I also had no car with DS 1 and 2 and walked everywhere, and DS 3 I had a job at a dog kennel that required a lot of walking. Was outside daily walking with all three conceptions - lots of Vit. D.

It isn't always about things we did intentionally or specifically, it is often about just incidental things that we don't even realize we are doing!

[pink_bean]

I was also eating a lot of cereal. I didn't know it swayed boy with my first and with my second it was often the easiest thing to eat.

[fiveboys]

just thought id give my experience girls..I never knew about swaying but I bd all the time.. lost weight as I was running every day about 2-3 miles. I was on a low carb high protein diet and my hubby done the same...after bd I always layed with my legs in the air afterwards and done the missionary position. ive had five boys this way so maybe I swayed for a boy without knowing lol.... good luck girls xxx

[mom2boys2]

I have two boys and I did not sway for either of them, I was just trying to get pregnant! I am starting a girl sway soon, and let me tell you, everything I read in the boy sway sounds like me! If there is anything to the eating cereal to get boys hypothesis, this is me. I love cereal, I eat it once if not twice a day. Giving it up is going to be really hard! And I always eat breakfast. I was always eating very healthy, lots of omega 3's, avocado, whole grains, nuts, moderately working out, not losing weigh, eating 3 meals and 2 snacks, fish, some red meat, high sodium foods like Indian food. I weigh around 115-120 lbs and am 5'6, so I am slim, but again, I was not working out very hard. I have always had muscle in my legs and arms. I am pretty sure we conceived on O day with lots of attempts up until the day of O.

[atomic sagebrush]

I was also eating a lot of cereal. I didn't know it swayed boy with my first and with my second it was often the easiest thing to eat.

me too and I was eating cereal with DS 2, and he is my one kid I really feel like he "should" have been a girl.

[pink_bean]

I got WIC with my oldest and they give you so much cereal. We recently got into a position where we no longer qualify and I will not be buying all that cereal because it is expensive! But it was too tempting not to eat it at the time I was ttc my second.

[Hitmebabyonemoretime]

4 boys for me. I was a cereal junkie too. Like healthy ones - mainly wheat based cereals -shreddies, raisin bran, or oat cereals - Cheerios or cooked rolled oats. I was also a sunshine junkie which atomic, I never even considered this and now I'm all tanned up from cuba and going "omg".



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[atomic sagebrush]

Most people who were walking around outside thru human history, have had both genders!!! Try not to overthink it, it never really comes down to one thing like that.