Pink sways after 3+ boys?

[LA_Girl]

????? No, I think we've had quite a few actually, including mine after 4 boys. In fact I'd say the majority of my pink swayers have 3 boys if not 4. Most people do not even discover swaying until after their second boy is born and a lot of people do only timing with their first "sway" (this was totally my story, did Shettles with DS 3, then tried to sway with DS 4 but was taking tons of vitamins as told to by IG, likely had more than one attempt, and also got pregnant in a month I'd taken off to try and regain weight.) So if your theory is that swaying is harder for those with lots of boys already and that people who sway for a girl after one boy is somehow skewing our results, that is really not supported by the facts as most of the people in our sway stats have at least 2 and even more often 3/4 boys already. Way, way more people sway with 3 boys already than sway with only one child.

Here is what I did differently with my DD:

One attempt (only conception with one attempt)
Losing weight (with other boys I had either just gained or was holding steady)
At lowest conception weight
Husband and I both drinking alcohol (did not with any boys)
TRUE LE Diet for 6 months
Vitex for 6 months (but I also got a boy taking vitex)
Breastfeeding (I was with DS 4 as well but not any of the others)
Coffee instead of tea (only one without drinking tea, I drink massive amounts)
Only kid where I was skipping breakfast
Was not taking vitamins or eating fortified cereal (I took vitamins with 3 of 4 and ate cereal with 3 of 4)
Under loads of stress/sleepless nights
I had probably the lowest sex drive of my whole adult life due to vitex, stress, lack of sleep
Husband inexplicably took up smoking when he turned 40, only conception where he was smoking
Husband had gained tons of weight compared to when we got our boys
Lowest intake of dairy and calcium for both myself and my husband by far
We were both over 40

Did you exercise? Was this different when you got your DD?

[Mummyof4boys]

Mummyof4boys: Did you put cream or sugar in your coffee? Im sure Atomic is hating this question, because Im fairly certain that doesn't make or break a sway, lol.

Yes, I had both sugar and reduced fat milk. Probably 2/3 of the coffee was milk actually lol. I think the coffee was a strong sway tactic despite any potential hindrance the milk/sugar may have had...just my thoughts anyway

[4blue2pink]

ive had
boy-no sway
girl -no sway(lost mid pregnancy and wrongly told by Dr i most likely couldnt successfully carry girls)
boy-no sway
boy-no sway
boy-no sway
girl-no sway
girl-sucessful GD sway
boy-GD sway opposite

a girl or girls after 3+ boys is totally possible same goes for a boy/boys after 3+ girls, if you need your next baby to be a girl then i second everyone here who has said HT, if your ok with either gender and just want to up your odds in favour of pink then sway. ive swayed twice, very similar sways-one successful, one opposite, i also had a girl after 3 boys in a row (4 boys total) with no sway.

i guess what im trying to say is you always have a chance at either gender, you could sway and get an opposite or not sway and get your girl, you just never know.. but having 3+ boys doesn't mean swaying is pointless because you are bound to have boys no matter what you do.
imo providing you are open to an opposite (want another baby not just a daughter/son) swaying is always worth a try no matter how many of one gender you already have.

good luck with whatever you decide

[atomic sagebrush]

Did you exercise? Was this different when you got your DD?

I didn't exercise, I didn't have time.

[JJ66]

And that's okay! It's a really hard decision to make and a tough pill to swallow. I'll admit I do have brief (and I mean very brief lol) moments where I think I'd give swaying another shot. It doesn't happen often though and I learned after DS3 that while I LOVE my boys, I don't think I'll feel truly complete unless I have a daughter. I think if I swayed again and got another boy, I'd love him of course but I think I'd be bugging DH to have a 5th and in that case I'd be back at square one wanting to go HT.

I feel the same way. I was sure that I'd only go HT the next time, but now that I'm seeing it's not really a logical possibility for us, I'm back to "well, maybe I'll sway again". Haha, I'm an eternal optimist to a fault. I had a somewhat relaxed sway before. My first two boys were born from a total "boy" diet/lifestyle, before I even knew about swaying. Then the third, I was dabbling and not wanting to stress about it. Now I see some changes I could make to my sway (fully aware that it still may not work) - but still hopeful!