Sheilas who want Sheilas!

[Vegmumof1]

Hi ladies,

Another Aussie here. I have on beautiful 20 month old DS and we are hoping to complete our family with a DD. I started the diet in December with a hiatus over Xmas/New Year. We will start ttc next month (March). Were planning to start a little later but the diet is killing us! I started my sway with info from IG so my sway is really a mix of the two. Doing LE diet as much as possible but with added dairy plus cal, mag, cranberry, vitex and now saw palmetto supps. Have dropped from 60kg down to 56kg, hoping to go hard this next few weeks and drop another 1 or 2.

I was vegan when I conceived my DS, but aside from not eating dairy/eggs I had a very nutrient dense diet, so thought I'd add in the (low fat) dairy this time in case it does make a difference.

I think they key for us could be hormones. I have noticed my BBT is very low compared to others, but DH's family pretty much get pregnant just by looking at each other! (DS was conceived first month). As for timing, have been tracking my cycles but not having much luck so think I'm just going to have to wing it. Was hoping for a 2/3 day cut off with DH abstaining beforehand. Looks like I will just have to take a pot shot when my Maybe Baby tells me I'm fertile.

What do your sways look like???

[mummaof3aussieboyz]

Hi another newbie here!
I am a mother of 3 beautiful little boys and I am so desperate to have a little daughter that i've signed up here hoping other members might be able to give me the basics to stick to when ttc a little girl. From what I have gathered from other parenting websites is to up the calcium and magniesium, drink or take cranberry capsules, dtd a few days before ovulation and eat more red meat than white. Am I on the right track?!
I don't think we will be TTC if at all until the end of this year so I have a bit of time up my sleeve to make some notes and get the diet happening at least a month or more before finishing up on the pill.
I think another factor of us not being able to conceive a little girl is because of the fact both hubby and I grew up in families with boys outnumbering girls. so for hubby he grew up with b,b,b and his parents are b,b & G,B
mine is (Lol! here we go) b,b,b,b,g,g,b,g and my parents are b,b,b,b,b my mum has a few sisters and brothers but I cant remember if its equal or more favoured to the girls.
I read somewhere that it's usually the male that determines the sex of bub so if that's the case im screwed! although in saying that one of his brothers dad have a daughter then a son so maybe it's wrong?

[aidansmum]

Another Sheila wanting a little Sheila here after 3 lads! Can I join in?? We are going to TTC in another 8 1/2 weeks....getting very exciting now! I'm from Vic, Southern Suburbs by the way.

[aidansmum]

I love the FB idea! Could you please add me? I'm Monica Amorim Doyle. Thanks and see u there.

[Rinny101]

Hi All,

I found this thread after reading the Australian Ladies - Girl Diet Products thread.

I'm from Sydney and ttc a girl in the next 2-3 months. Looking forward to chatting to you all

[Mars]

Hi! Newbie here as well from Australia I have 2 boys and I've been clucky since my youngest was born! This time I would really like a girl. I suffered gender dissapointment with DS2 but he turned out to be the most content baby ever but that urge for a girl has never left.

I've done alot of reading in the last few days and wow! My head is spinning! So I've upped my milk I take (I hate milk so adding choc topping) and I'm not eating potato. I'm going to get some calcium and magnesium supps tomorrow and still researching if I need cranberry supps too.

DH is being very supportive and is willing to take some supps and cut is caffine intake down. We don't drink coffee but do drink coke abit.
The one thing I am going to struggle with is cutting chocolate. I eat alot of it!!

I'm also nervous about TTC again as we are very very fortunate to fall pregnant easy and I know we may only have one chance to get this right. So I've also looked up the Chinese gender predictor charts and they say September or November are girl months. I'm about to stop the pill so I think November might be best to give me a few months to chart my cycle.

Woah what a brain vomit!!! Sorry guys.. Guess I wanted somewhere to write this down and hopefully I don't sound crazy!

[Rinny101]

Welcome Mars,

Yes, there is so much to take in! I've been reading info on this site for months, but have just decided to officially 'join in'!
Looking forward to swapping idea's and tips with you. Have you purchased a personalised GD plan?

[boymama]

Hi all,

Another Australian here. However, we are expats and currently live in Zambia n Central Africa and moving to Santiago, Chile in October. We have two beautiful boys (3 and 2 this month!) and are TTC a girl. Our first attempt will be in September. It sounds like most of you are doing the IG diet from the calcium and magnesium talk. I am doing LE with extreme exercise, fingers crossed it works. I highly recommend getting a personalised plan if you haven't already. It really has taken the stress out of everything for me, and clarified a few variations that I need to make as I have PCO.

good luck to you all and I look forward to getting to know you all!

[Two of a Kind]

Hi fellow Aussie Mummas!!!!
Just a quick hello, as you can see from my signature I have one girl & two boys ( & would love to give my daughter a sister). Been checking this site out @ can't believe how I pretty much unintentionally swayed pink for my girl & blue for my boys.
Plan on doing LE & purchasing a custom plan.
All the best & look forward to learning from each other

[3blue?pink]

Is there any Aussie pink swaying, boy mums still out there..? It's been pretty quiet in here for awhile.