My boy sway! Any recommendations??

[atomic sagebrush]

It is totally normal, but I promise it is possible for everyone to conceive boys and girls. The whole human race would have died out a long time ago if gender worked that way!!

[Jconger]

When I was pregnant with my first daughter (before I knew her gender) I wanted a boy, but told people I wanted a girl, I guess because I was trying to convince myself and save myself the disappointment. I did the same with my 2nd daughter. I just had a strong feeling it was another girl, like I couldn't possible be lucky enough to get a little boy. Now that I have my two daughters (that I love very much and obviously wouldn't change a thing!) I'm done lying to myself, I want that boy!!! I want him enough that I'm willing to risk having another girl instead. But praying I'm one of the fortunate ones.

Good luck, meoab! I truly hope you get your son as well!

This is me exactly!!! We find out in a week and I'm so scared. Wondering if I should wait so I'm not disappointed again... but I really feel like this could be my son... finally. Praying. Good luck to you


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[TtcBlue18]

Good luck!!

I think I would have to find out sooner rather than later! If boy then whoo hoo! If girl than waiting won't change that, so me personally, I would want the most possible time to adjust before meeting my little one.

I will drop by your page every now and then to see when you announce gender!

[4blue2pink]

fingers crossed so hard for you Ttcblue18!! been a pink swayer im no expert on blue sways but this looks good to me!! i really believe the snacking is key, there are sooo many pink swayers (me included) who were all day snack addicts when we got our boys.

good luck for when you start ttc! xx

[TtcBlue18]

Thank you so much, that means the world to me!

That's good to know because each day I swear I snack even more! I started out forcing myself to eat. I was never a big eater. Skipped breakfast daily since 5th grade, skipped lunch most days too. Snacked on candy and soda and drank like 4+ cups of coffee a day. So needless to say this is a huge alteration for me! I gained 4 pounds the first 2 weeks and now holding steady (although I'm eating even MORE than 2500 calories a day now! So crazy to say that!) But I guess the difference is I don't really eat meals, besides breakfast, I just snack on meat, cheese, Eggs, Fruits and veggies all day long and a couple snacks tend to be a little larger. Is that kinda the typical boy-mom life?

[TtcBlue18]

I guess I should be a little more specific.. when I say I snack on those things, I mean I love to eat fruit and cheese together, or peanutbutter with apple slices or celery, or cook up some stew and just steal a few bites here and there all day long.

[4blue2pink]

Thank you so much, that means the world to me!

That's good to know because each day I swear I snack even more! I started out forcing myself to eat. I was never a big eater. Skipped breakfast daily since 5th grade, skipped lunch most days too. Snacked on candy and soda and drank like 4+ cups of coffee a day. So needless to say this is a huge alteration for me! I gained 4 pounds the first 2 weeks and now holding steady (although I'm eating even MORE than 2500 calories a day now! So crazy to say that!) But I guess the difference is I don't really eat meals, besides breakfast, I just snack on meat, cheese, Eggs, Fruits and veggies all day long and a couple snacks tend to be a little larger. Is that kinda the typical boy-mom life?

YES that is boy mum life!! snack snack snack away!! haha seriously have a look at

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/tryi...-boys-2-a.html

and you will see basically every one of us ate all day long in one form or another! some ate huge meals with snacks in between while others (myself included) just picked at food all day long "grazing" if you like! what we all had in common was that our blood sugar would have been fairly stable all day long every day. we were all unintentionally doing boy friendly eating patterns.

when i switched to LE i was on 2 meals a day with no snacks so my blood sugar was low for hours between eating times, completely different than with the boys as i never really got properly hungry with them or had blood sugar lows due to always picking at food.

if your avoiding that shaky/empty/hungry feeling all day long then your spot on id say! your food choices sound great, i will be honest and say that i didnt touch lots of what is recommended for HE when i got my boys due to not liking the foods :-/ and i also never ate breakfast from being aged around 8/9 (i never feel hungry in the mornings) but would start snacking mid-morning before any hunger really kicked in. the only proper meal i would have was tea. PLEASE DONT change your sway to copy me though!! im just putting this to be honest

what your doing is a huge change from when you had your girls, are you eating a snack before bed? that is another thing almost all boy mums seem to have in common, i would often do this as it made it easier for me to fall asleep.

can i ask (if its not too personal) where your girls conceived with a girl friendly bd pattern? again most boy mums have un-knowingly followed a boy friendly bd pattern on top of the diet! xx

[TtcBlue18]

Oh I totally get it, I won't change it. Thank you for sharing your experience! I feel like the longer I'm on the diet the more time I have to perfect it, so your experience makes me feel much better about the first week or two I was on the diet and maybe didn't quite have the hang of it. One thing for example is the recommendation to have 2 eggs a day. I didn't find that post until 2 weeks in so I felt uneasy about that lol.

I do have a snack before bed as I too noticed that seemed greatly important. I graze all day, every 2-3 hours with my last snack before bed.

My girls were conceived with what I would call a lack of pattern lol. My hubby is a farmer and works from 6am to well after dark. 95% of the time he's left before I wake. Some nights I'm in bed before he gets home. We dont really have sex but maybe once every week or two. So it's very clear to me why I have two daughters (and why it took me 8 months to conceive my first daughter at the age of 19). Of course now I have it marked on the calendar for every 3 days, and that way if he's too exhausted after work then he knows to prepare for tomorrow so well still be within the 4 day gap.

[4blue2pink]

i was like that with the LE diet, i felt like the longer i was on it the more i got into the swing of it and it just became normal your eating pattern sounds spot on! stick with it

you were so girl friendly! it took me 8/9 months to conceive my first at 19 too! if you can get all your bd attempts in around DH's work i think your in with such a strong chance at blue! xx

[atomic sagebrush]

Thank you so much, that means the world to me!

That's good to know because each day I swear I snack even more! I started out forcing myself to eat. I was never a big eater. Skipped breakfast daily since 5th grade, skipped lunch most days too. Snacked on candy and soda and drank like 4+ cups of coffee a day. So needless to say this is a huge alteration for me! I gained 4 pounds the first 2 weeks and now holding steady (although I'm eating even MORE than 2500 calories a day now! So crazy to say that!) But I guess the difference is I don't really eat meals, besides breakfast, I just snack on meat, cheese, Eggs, Fruits and veggies all day long and a couple snacks tend to be a little larger. Is that kinda the typical boy-mom life?

Yes exactly. Just all day grazing.

The "candy and diet coke" meal is def. a girl mom thing!!