time to conceive

[atomic sagebrush]

There is one Dutch study that said the longer it took to conceive, the more boys were conceived. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1315646/

I conceived my daughter first month trying and the longest I've ever taken to conceive was two months, but statistically it's likely there were both boys and girls in that mix.

ETA: Anecdotally, only 1 of the people I know who were diagnosed with infertiliy in my life had a girl. Everyone else had boys -- and for many of them (an in law, my therapist, a few friends, etc.) took more than 2 years. Others were the standard one year.

And the complication with this, is firstly PCOSers. PCOS sways blue but people do take longer to fall pregnant because they're not ovulating regularly

Secondly, people who have gone a really long time TTC tend to do everything in their power to boost fertility and all those things tend to sway blue anyway.

So yet again, just like with so much of this stuff, another thing we can't just look at and see easily. We would need carefully designed studies to figure it out and we have ZERO studies like that.

[thirdtimeclucky]

I conceived my boys on the 1st month and 2nd month of trying.
This time I conceived on the 2nd month.
I have to say it does make me nervous that it was so similar this time around, seeing as though I was swaying girl....
I'm just hoping it's a coincidence and just means I'm super fertile

I have to say I've noticed many friends that are having fertility issues and end up needing help like clomid or IVF end up with girls...

[Throwaway_panther]

And the complication with this, is firstly PCOSers. PCOS sways blue but people do take longer to fall pregnant because they're not ovulating regularly

Secondly, people who have gone a really long time TTC tend to do everything in their power to boost fertility and all those things tend to sway blue anyway.

So yet again, just like with so much of this stuff, another thing we can't just look at and see easily. We would need carefully designed studies to figure it out and we have ZERO studies like that.

True, although another factor to consider is pre-ICSI IVF was resulting in so many more boys that ethical questions were starting to get raised. Now that's not to say the women needing IVF were the factor in getting boys since studies have come to find that boy embryos aren't more fragile as originally thought and in fact are somehow quite the opposite (thus, pre-PGS embryos getting selected for assumed quality were more likely boys), but it is another facet to consider.

I mostly posit that ultimately, the swaying of time to conception might be much smaller than thought on here since there are too many conflicting factors. Which I think would be helpful for the girl swayers panicked after they conceive first month and the boy swayers freaking out after 6.