How we got our boys!

[Dragonmother]

Btw:cant lose a lot of weight in a future girl- sway ; )

[Dragonmother]

Sorry, it's a lot of info, hard to connect the dots sometimes..

[Starr]

DH and I have 4 DS and this is what we did (not intentionally!):

BD every single day from end of AF to start of AF or BFP (yes, exhausting)- PG on 1st try 3 times (3rd was ectopic)

DTD in missionary position (TMI)

I laid with my hips up in the air afterwards

DH wore boxer briefs (but not incredibly tight)

We both took showers (never baths)

Neither of us exercised much (although DH was in great shape and I was skinny with #1&2 and overweight with #3&4)

I took a prenatal vitamin and made DH too.

I ate lots of meat, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, deli meat, salty foods, chocolate, seafood, cereal, yogurt, milk, & cheese (fast food too)

I drank very little water / really any beverages all day (likely often dehydrated)

DH had a similar diet

Neither of us drank alcohol or smoked cigarettes (ever). I did not drink any caffeinated beverages (DH rarely did)

Slept 8 hours every night

[balt0038]

With all 3 of my ds's I ate a very boy friendly diet without realizing. A big breakfast of cereal and milk (2 bowls a morning), lots of kid-like food such as PB&J, grilled cheese, meats, milk, snacks. Many nights had cereal as a bedtime snack as well. Probably was eating more calories than I should have (guessing at least 2,300/day) but I was young and likely have a high metabolism. Copious amounts of CM, including EWCM, though I didn't realize what this was.

I know we conceived ds 2 the night before O...the next day I was cramping and had a huge amount of EWCM-I remember thinking "what the heck is wrong with me!" when I saw all the EWCM since I really had no idea at that time about CM's changes during the fertile phase. DS 1 and 2 conceived very close to O and were one-hit wonders after a fairly long abstain each time. DS 3 is more tricky, it was my first cycle after mc and I had no idea when I ovulated that month. We dtd as often as we could. Was still totally on the boy diet without realizing and had lots of clear EWCM. Sporadic exercising with all 3.
Hope this helps! My biggest recommendations are to try to increase your CM as much as possible and go crazy with your breakfast cereal!

[atomic sagebrush]

I lost weight during this Caveman-diet, and my acne became less severe. It overall lowered my testosterone, but still swayed blue ( was'nt swaying)
I know there are more factors involved but looking back, i covered the most important thing: lowering testosterone ( loosing weight) and daily spinning for an hour. Ofcourse i ate nothing but protein.😉 What does this diet do in swaying exactly? I know it is advised for blue.

Oh sorry this thread doesn't usually have q's in it so I don't check every day.

How do you know it lowered your testosterone?? Did you have it checked or are you just assuming because you lost weight and had less severe acne?

There are other factors that come into play besides just testosterone - meat is very nutrient dense and can sway blue. It's been shown in studies that vegetarians/vegans have more daughters. Also, eating protein even with just a small amount of carbs, can make your blood sugar level stay in normal range and stay that way without dropping, for a long time. Blood sugar that stays up and doesn't drop, is also believed to sway blue.

Exercise, when you are eating a lot of protein, can grow your muscle mass. Exercise doesn't exist in a vaccuum (on its own) you have to take into account your diet as well. An hour of exercise with a high protein diet can easily grow muscle, even if you lose pounds of fat at the same itme.

[1+2+3boys]

I had DS1 at 21 and identical twin DSs2&3 at 24 and looking back I can see why.

DS1-I was very athletic and and lean but muscly though no longer doing sports when TTC. I love good food and DP is a chef. I would have musli for breakfast most mornings and 3 eggs with bread for lunch most days. We ate alot of nutrient rich dinners. Heaps of pasta, red meats and fish with big salads. DP also loved to pile the salt on and I ate quite a bit of gormet icecream and cakes from the cabinet and I snacked on chocolate and other junk food because I was studying at the time. I also would have fruit at least once a day. I never put on weight so must have had a super fast metabolism.

We made love every second night and always on the day we got a positive for impending ovulation on the clearblue digital ovulation test and the day after.

DSs2&3 whom I count as one for the purpose of talking about swaying because one boy was conceived but the egg split.

My diet had not changed much though maybe a bit more conservative because I had put on quite a bit of weight since having DS1. I had lost some muscle mass but made up for the weight in fat. We did the same when trying for number two sex wise. Oh and both were conceived in doggy style position and then I lay with my hips up for 10 mins.
I had only heard of timing method for swaying and was going to try it but I had had a MC a few months before and just wanted to get pregnant but now I know timing doesn't really work.

It seems my partner has a high sperm count because before our DSs he had 3 other DSs. 1 in his early 20s that was a one night thing and two to his ex wife in his early 30s. He smokes and drinks heaps and is stressed all the time by nature but his swimmers seems uneffected and when the twins were conceived he was 40!

That's why I feel positive about swaying because when I see how blue friendly we were, it could just work. I would love for him to have a princess, lucky number 7!

[Dragonmother]

Atomic, thanks for your input, i got a little lost in my brainstorm about swaying and diet/ hormones. I did not have my level of testosterone checked, i think you should really have a major problem with it first ( doctors here aren't very generous with medication/ tests. I just assumed they had dropped, because the only thing ever worked for my acne is estrogen. Works like nothing else.
You mentioned the muscle gain despite the weight loss, did not know that : )
Now trying to sway with anti- androgen BCP and LE,maybe some supplements. I'm thinking about a Personal Plan.
Sorry, back to the subject..

[atomic sagebrush]

No not at all, I just felt bad I missed the q the first time through!

Acne can be caused by lots of different things and sometimes, when you change your diet to include more fat and less carb/sugar, it helps your skin to clear up. The fat in the diet makes the oil in your skin more liquid and less likely to clog your pores, and less carbs/sugar gives less food for the bacteria that live in your pores. The testosterone is just one thing that can aggravate acne, it's far from the only or even the main cause.

So my guess would be, when you went on the higher protein diet, your pores were less easily clogged and also there was less food for the bacteria that live in the pores - this made your skin better regardless of your T levels.

[Raining]

We did typical boy diet as well! Dh and I ate lots of whole grains (never had white bread), rice, potatoes, tomato sauce/red sauce, pastas, red meat, chicken, fish. Lots of nuts, berries, fruits and veggies galore!!! I drink coffee once a day, black tea. NO DAIRY! I think this is what I need to diff now cause I HATE milk. cheese if fine, but how much cheese can you have per day. this is one area I think I was lacking and that is calcium!! i never had enough calcium. Dh and I work out a lot but I do weights and cardio. We only eat out once a week. Pretty consistent weight throughout my adult life. SALT on everything. And snack consisted of anything chcolate and salty. I love chips, crackers, pretzels, nuts, all that salty stuff! I hope this helps and you can have all my blue dust!

This sounds exactly like me. I have two boys. I ate tons of meat, never ever skipped breakfast. Not very active. Ate/snacked every few hours. DTD before O during O and after O. Used preseed. Deep release each time. They were conceived in Dec and in Feb. Not much dairy for me though. Hope this helps!

[Raining]

Also took prenatals for almost a year before each.