Heavy drinker/being drunk during conception sways pink?

[atomic sagebrush]

Okay this thread has me thinking.... I wasn't drinking with any of my sons. I can tend to be uptight. I wonder if I should have some vodka and diet cranberry juice every night a few days before I TTC. I could use anything that relaxes me and I can usually get drunk pretty easily. I am also very carefree and everything is funny when I am drunk. How many calories does 2 vodka and diet cranberry juices have in them you think? I think I would eat a later dinner with the drinks so I am not spiking my sugar levels for a third time in a day. What do you guys think? Between the Alcohol, diet, zyrtec and benadryl, I should be dry as a desert down there

Please don't mix antihistamines with alcohol! No way, no how!!!

[prayforprincess]

My husband has always been a big drinker -- 6+ beers 5-6 days a week.
Me too -- though I am a martini girl. I have one or 2 nearly every night.
We have 3 boys, so I don't know how much I believe it sways girl. Otherwise we would have one for sure!
Actually most my friends that have girls are all either social drinkers or drink very rarely. None drink daily at all or even close to daily.

[atomic sagebrush]

It's what goes on in your body that matters, NOT the sway tactics themselves! Every person is an individual and is affected differently by different things. If your T stays high and husband's E stays low regardless of drinking, you'll still have more boys and if a person had low T/ DH had low T and or high E to begin with, they'll still have more girls.

Sway tactics are just a means to an end, not the end itself.

[Foxy]

We never drink and conceived GGGGGBBGB.

[Coccinelle33]

my husband drinks almost every day (beer) and sometimes liquor mixed with juice or soda but thats not very often. i drink anywhere from 0 times a month - around 7 times. i was drinking rum the night i conceived my last son. im pretty sure i was drinking with another one of my boys as well.

[Ribbons]

I haven't read this study (and probably shouldn't LOL) but I found this VERY interesting:

ACUTE EFFECT OF ALCOHOL ON ANDROGENS IN PREMENOPAUSAL WOMEN

From a cursory glance, it appears that blood serum testosterone seems to rise after alcohol consumption. Atomic, have you seen this one?

So, hmmm... I may drop the alcohol altogether the cycle of my first attempt.

[myGirl]

I haven't read this study (and probably shouldn't LOL) but I found this VERY interesting:

ACUTE EFFECT OF ALCOHOL ON ANDROGENS IN PREMENOPAUSAL WOMEN

From a cursory glance, it appears that blood serum testosterone seems to rise after alcohol consumption. Atomic, have you seen this one?

So, hmmm... I may drop the alcohol altogether the cycle of my first attempt.

Wow, good find!

I'm not going to drink any alcohol now that I'm TTC!!

[atomic sagebrush]

I haven't read this study (and probably shouldn't LOL) but I found this VERY interesting:

ACUTE EFFECT OF ALCOHOL ON ANDROGENS IN PREMENOPAUSAL WOMEN

From a cursory glance, it appears that blood serum testosterone seems to rise after alcohol consumption. Atomic, have you seen this one?

So, hmmm... I may drop the alcohol altogether the cycle of my first attempt.

yes, I've seen that before. Thanks for posting it.

There are studies on both sides of the aisle on this which I have read, and I believe that alcohol in normal amounts is safe and fine while swaying and does not raise testosterone in any way that affects swaying. (affecting the results of a lab test is one thing, how it works in the human body is another thing entirely) Estrogen, testosterone, and progesterone and the precursors to them are VERY complicated things and difficult to understand and explain and researchers do not fully understand how it all works together.

[zanacal]

I didn't drink in the lead up to conceiving my girl but I did in the lead up to conceiving the boys. I don't think there's anything in it, except I tend not to drink when I'm trying to lose weight because of all the calories and the effect it has on my willpower!

[atomic sagebrush]

Great point Zana. Some people get hungry when they drink while others don't.