whats the concensus

[gizmo77]

on couples who have one of each gender? that they switched their diet without knowing??? higher fertility overall???

[Zivic-Bubac]

Lucky b****rds?

[zanacal]

Lucky b****rds?

I wish I had something intelligent to say on this but my brain is mush this evening - interested in responses though!

[queen-of-harts]

Im convinced that they are put on earth strictly to annoy people like me lol

[swish]

I know a lot more people that have a girl first, then a boy. Most of these people have been dieters pre babies or exercused alot and many had babies straight after getting married (having dieted to look thin!). They then put on weight and probably ate more before having a boy. Other people I know whose diet didn't change were on clomid to conceive girls then had a boy naturally. One friend had boy, girl, girl - the only thing that changed for her was her relationship with her dh was a bit rocky for a while!! I think diet change is the main factor.

[Flava]

Im thinking it's just damn luck! That's it!

[soontobesix]

So this is my theory ... I think some of us due to random factors (diet, body physiology, meds, lifestyles, exercise, etc) are on one end or the other of the boy girl spectrum and therefore end up with a lot of one gender. I think there are some people who are probably right smack dab in the middle and therefore they tend to fluctuate either way. If I believe that doing the diet, exercises, etc can have an effect for the extreme of swaying, then I'd had to think that someone who lives a lifestyle somewhere in the middle would be apt to have either. Right?!?!

But I'd agree with all the comments above as well

[gizmo77]

Lucky b****rds?

HAHAHHAA!!!!

[gizmo77]

just yesterday i was thinking i think my dh is/wouldbe a better FATHER to girls than he would a boy. i think if we had a boy and he had my personality there would be tons of clashes all thru out life. (maybe not..HOPE not!). but with the girls, theres the protective factor and not to mention..cuteness factor.
i also think that HIS dad (my FIL) is somewhat competetive with his own son (sadly). ive noticed it slightly thru out the yrs and that my dh is alwyas trying to 'win his approval or impress him.' (not do better, but just impress). i think thats just the way my FIL was brought up. i dont see that competetiveness in my father and brothers at ALL. there is just love and concern and happiness that they are doing well. my FIL also does very well in fact, but lacked in the raising a boy with love area as per my DH's childhood memories (bc fil was always working starting a new business that eventuallytook off, etc).

my dh has different ideas of family, family first then work (unlike our previous generation). so maybe i am wrong about him being able to raise a boy. buti sometimes wonder if FILs competetiveness towards his son may come out in my dh towards his possible son? i feel like nature can predict that tho somehow.

it may also be too bc dh didnt turn out all rough tough and sportsy like FIL is tho, and that DH ended up successful regardless.

also think certain ppl are prone to just having more girls or more boys.

ive also noticed in my friends, those who took a long tme to get pregnant due to fertility reasons ended up with boys!

and i think the opposite is also true of what swish said. if you had a boy first, then you try dieting to get rid of that extra baby weight then get pregnant again and bam..girl.

ugh. can someone come up with a pill already???

[Hobbermittens]

Well, I guess if I join in here I am going to probably piss someone off since I was a PP mom until I had my 3rd. But if it makes anyone feel better, I always just wanted to have a whole mess of boys!!

I can't think of much that changed between my pregnancies, aside from the fact that I had been dieting when I got pg with DD1, and had gained some weight when I got pg with DS. Also, I got pg with my son in winter, and I conceived both my girls in July. Both my girls were "oops" babies, and were conceived after one BD; my son was planned, and we BD for 6 days in a row or something.