How we made girls...by girl moms! (PINK DUST!!!)

[Throwaway_panther]

Definitely an unintentional sway since I didn't know about swaying yet and actually really wanted a boy... but also really wanted to get pregnant and did right away!

Conceived on second cycle after hormonal BC (pill - Mcirogestin), so first cycle trying.
Had sex 4-5 times during predicted "fertile window" by Ovia Fertility App. Had had sex maybe 1-2 times before then. Fairly certain all finished in missionary.
I always had an O first
Only other signs of ovulation were EWCM throughout this time (I swear, several days worth) and, uh, general friskiness.
Was very hot weather and we didn't have our A/C on -- maybe had an impact on both of us? Definitely some sweaty days/nights...
Fairly certain the BD that led to conception was 4 days before ovulation... otherwise, it MAY have been the day of, but unfortunately -- between LMP and dating scan being about a week off, and then baby consistently measuring right between those -- I might never know!
Lifted weights 4x a week (heavy weights; 30-45 minute sessions). TONS of cardio -- 2-4 hours of team sports a week on top of lifting on top of routinely biking 60-120 minutes a week. Also scattered swimming and hiking during this period. And lawn mowing, even!
Ate no red meat ever. Caffeine was mixed -- either tons or minimal. Usually just coffee or diet pop.
Lots of artificial sweetners.
VERY minimal calories -- I was dealing with an ED relapse and had anywhere from 0-1500 calories a day with occasional high days. None of these counts counted in the calories burned from exercise, either :/
Ate generally one big meal a day; never ate breakfast. Ever.
Never snacked.
Never ate salty food ever -- was always worried about water retention.
Lactose intolerant, so minimal dairy, but not necessarily minimal calcium.
SO was the most stressed he'd ever been -- had even started therapy before switching to a much better job.
Alcohol? (we only ever drink red wine or unfiltered craft beer full of B vitamins -- still not sure how that plays out still, but SO was definitely having some form of libation, even in small amounts, everyday. As, er, was I.)
SO occasionally was smoking cigars and pipes much more than he ever had
SO was spending lots of time sailing on boat, got much tanner than normal -- good on Vitamin D, I'm sure, but also warmth issue again?
Also had a very early, faint BFP -- 8DPO, or 3w1d of pregnancy.

Things that MAY have pointed boy but clearly paled compared to everything else:
90% of my symptoms based on OWT, including Chinese Gender Predictor, cravings, left side/left boob, etc.
Husband most likely has very high T -- bald, super bearded, hairy, still occasionally has acne, very naturally muscular, tall, aggressive, competitive, athletic, able to get hard at the drop of a hat, no issues with sex drive, etc.
Despite my low weight struggles/behaviors, I have lifted weights for years -- not visibly muscular though (and rather shrimpy), though I am strong!
Pretty good on veggies

[atomic sagebrush]

Panther, interestingly we have NOT seen a strong trend with baldness = sons. (just think Bruce Willis, he has 5 girls!) I am questioning for a variety of reasons, that male T levels even sway blue at all, just thought you'd be interested.

[Boygirlmama]

I lurked this board and got all my swaying info from here and i have a confirmed GIRL!!! I am so glad i found this site, so i had to make an acct just to share my seay, because i truly felt this info helped.
I will add all i remember:
-I skipped breakfast, but did eat a granola bar before my 9am workouts
-I was breastfeeding my son and consistently losing weight for 3 months leading up to bfp
-Limited my caffeine a lot compared to what i used to drink
-Very rarely ate any red meat while swaying, which i used to eat a lot of (especially when i got my son). I cut back a lot on sodium and potatoes, which i also used to eat a ton of
-kept track of ph
-charted temps w/bbt
-took calcium, magnesium and folic acid
-took Rephresh the month i got bfp every 3 days. The day we dtd, i split tr applicator between prior to dtd and just after. Prior to that i used replens, but rephresh maintained my ph.
-used opk's to be sure i didn't have a + on dtd day since my cycle ranged due to breastfeeding, but ended up dtd right after 1st + opk, which i thought was going to kill my chances
-dh took nothing, but did FR (not with me) for 7 days leading up to dtd.
-dh took hot shower prior to dtd
-no O for me
-we did missionary and shallow release and j&d a few minutes after dtd
-exercised an hr 5-6 days/wk
-we only did 1 active try each month. No dtd anywhere around O day otherwise. It took 3 months because the 1st 2 i ended up dtd 6-7 days before O because of wacky cycles f/bf'ing

[maidentomother]

Please fill out the official post your sway questionnaire in the post your sway forum! Congrats on your girl!

[atomic sagebrush]

I lurked this board and got all my swaying info from here and i have a confirmed GIRL!!! I am so glad i found this site, so i had to make an acct just to share my seay, because i truly felt this info helped.
I will add all i remember:
-I skipped breakfast, but did eat a granola bar before my 9am workouts
-I was breastfeeding my son and consistently losing weight for 3 months leading up to bfp
-Limited my caffeine a lot compared to what i used to drink
-Very rarely ate any red meat while swaying, which i used to eat a lot of (especially when i got my son). I cut back a lot on sodium and potatoes, which i also used to eat a ton of
-kept track of ph
-charted temps w/bbt
-took calcium, magnesium and folic acid
-took Rephresh the month i got bfp every 3 days. The day we dtd, i split tr applicator between prior to dtd and just after. Prior to that i used replens, but rephresh maintained my ph.
-used opk's to be sure i didn't have a + on dtd day since my cycle ranged due to breastfeeding, but ended up dtd right after 1st + opk, which i thought was going to kill my chances
-dh took nothing, but did FR (not with me) for 7 days leading up to dtd.
-dh took hot shower prior to dtd
-no O for me
-we did missionary and shallow release and j&d a few minutes after dtd
-exercised an hr 5-6 days/wk
-we only did 1 active try each month. No dtd anywhere around O day otherwise. It took 3 months because the 1st 2 i ended up dtd 6-7 days before O because of wacky cycles f/bf'ing

yes please do an add your sway BGM if you have time.

As you cn see timing doesn't sway but one attempt DOES! That is just about exactly when I got my DD too (after 3 boys with cutoffs!)

[Boygirlmama]

yes please do an add your sway BGM if you have time.

As you cn see timing doesn't sway but one attempt DOES! That is just about exactly when I got my DD too (after 3 boys with cutoffs!)

I added it to the chart page, i believe. Is there somewhere else i should add it? I dkn't mind. I didn't want to bombard all the posts with the same stuff

[atomic sagebrush]

Adding to the spreadsheet is great but doing an add your sway too really helps people visualize what you did in its entirety. Jsut go to Add your sway section and it's all self-explanatory (whenever and if you have time)

[bre_cooper11]

So, this will be long.... Sorry
How I got my girls...

Start with DH is in the Army and is an Military Policeman (I read that police officers have more girls, somewhere), sits in a patrol vehicle for at least 8hr a day. Sometimes 12 hr shifts, works terrible rotating shift schedules, so, his eating is really sporadic and sometimes just not very healthy. Also, when he does PT it's mostly cardio or weights separate :/. (Trying to get him to change this!). Furthermore, because of Iraq he almost refusing to take a shower less than scolding hot! While downrange he was exposed to radioactive rays that would sends pulses to detonate IEDs before they hit the convoy. When we began TTCing he joked he probably couldn't have kids because of this. Not a smoker or a drinker, has Starbucks here and there, and maybe red bull occasionally. Always under stress because of work.

Overall Diet:
*LOTS, LOTS, LOTS OF DIET COKE!!!!!
*I ate breakfast, but it lasted alllllll morning long.
*Ate salads for lunch with protein. Low cal dressings like Italian.
*Tons of veggies
*Always eating meat, but mostly chicken.
*Lots of protien without a carb.
*Low-cal, 0 saturated fat, low-fat.
*Not much milk, if any, then low fat milk.
*No juice... hardly ever.
*I was more of a snacker, just not big snacks and mostly just carbs or just protein.

Key Factors:
*Not doing cardio and weights together. Not on a great exercise regime.
*Not a lot of EWCM.
*Mostly felt hungry
*Not a great BDing pattern, either too much or not enough.

On to me...DD#1, We started TTCing in may 2010 didn't conceive until end of November 2010, so, took 6 months. I had become a diet coke super fan, enjoyed coffee with splenda, and just water. Not a milk fan. My diet was basically the LE diet. I always eat meat, but was eating a lot of chicken if I ate meat. I would eat carbs by themselves. I would eat breakfast, just something small. Little extra exercising, but always very active. Maintaining my weight or losing weight. At this time, I noticed my muscle mass getting smaller (still had an petite-athletic build). Always in the A/C. I had also stopped all alcohol. Not very stressed out, and was not feeling competitive at all, however, DH was because he fighting to become promoted. Sex, missionary not super close to cervix, not many attempts, o-3 I think...

DD#2, she was not planned or avoided. We had just starting talking about trying again and we were going to sway but hadn't started, yet. Life was pretty good. DH stress levels were lower around this time. Conceived in March (I conceived DS in April). I was nursing DD#1 at the time, about 3-4 times a day. I was working 12hrs shift at an ER as a CNA when she was conceived. Most days I ate as soon as I got to work, and snacked throughout the days. However, if we had critical patients I wasn't eating. Looking, back I was eating alot of 'fat-free', low cal, 0 trans fat. Overall, my cal count was on average 1600-1800. Drinking coffee, at home switch to Truvia but at work used whatever they had and creamer, TONS of Diet Coke. Was active with the kids, but not on a regular work out regime, and no weights. My cycle was pretty regular and I pretty sure she was a one time attempt, not purposely.

DD#3, She was our girl we were starting to sway but it was more of a confused mix of Ingender and genderdreaming and relying probably too much on timing but got pregnant pretty quickly. I was nursing DD#2 2-3 times a day. We were under tremendous amounts of stress because of stationed in Korea... we're 15 miles from North Korea, so, DH is on missions all the time, but it had just weaned off a bit around the holidays. I had just started working as a Facility Manager of a digital training facility (working on computers--- all those positive ions ), I was feeling way more competitive.
I was drinking coffee but just started green tea, Korean green tea, which later to find out was a green tea latte' (haha, this is what happens when you can't read Hangul). Just started supps, prenatal, vit d, potassium, folic acid (which plus my diet are prefect for girl swaying). I had started adjusting my diet, more calories but due to Ingender... more empty calories, too. I would eat peanut butter and wheat toast alllllll morning long with like 3 cups of coffee, still with natural creamer and truvia and just water. DTD... from behind. We started trying after my first PP cycle and I o'd late. Was using a tracker, and ovulation tests and I thought I got a pos but nope I got a blaring pos days later. I wish we would have just let that cycle go and really got into swaying but she was meant to be.
Good luck ladies... take all my pink dust!

Been Diet Soda free since Jan 1st 2016, traded for Green Tea, Lemon Water and Juice
Super nervous about possibly swaying again, changing such a girl friendly life style for 5-6 years ...

[MyByC]

Got my girl with Atomics help.
Thats is all I need to say.
THANK YOU!


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[atomic sagebrush]

bre I do find police and fire have more girls, if you see that in a study ever I'd love to read it.

Thank you so much ladies, your experiences are so helpful, keep them coming!