What do you think of my sway??

[maudster]

LMK if you want a more thorough explanation. This is one of my personal pet peeves because people told me a bunch of similar nonsense too. "we don't make girls in our family" Um, yes, yes you do.

I am TIRED of hearing it EVERY pregnancy. I know I will hear it this pregnancy because they (my in-laws) think 3 kids is too many and they think having 3 boys is crazy. So, I know I will constantly hear about having a boy and no chance of a girl. Which is one of the many reasons why my MIL and I have a great relationship. SO glad to hear that what they have had does not affect what I can have, I have tried to explain this to them and they think I am stupid.

[maudster]

What are my odds of conceiving a girl with out swaying? I think I have read a study that without swaying my odds are like 43% chances of a girl to 57% boy. Which I am totally good with. I will still LOVE a little boy no matter what, I just want to give myself a fighting chance for a girl!

[atomic sagebrush]

What are my odds of conceiving a girl with out swaying? I think I have read a study that without swaying my odds are like 43% chances of a girl to 57% boy. Which I am totally good with. I will still LOVE a little boy no matter what, I just want to give myself a fighting chance for a girl!

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gend...-anybody-know=

But keep in mind that this says nothing for YOU, Maud's chances at a baby of a certain gender, though.

Some people may come into swaying 80% likely to conceive a boy, others 65% likely to conceive a girl (at least according to our stats) or even MORE. It's possible, albeit exceedingly unlikely that there are couples 100% likely to conceive a baby of a certain gender. Across the population, this averages out, but it doesn't equate to being any one person's odds, if that makes sense.

[atomic sagebrush]

I am TIRED of hearing it EVERY pregnancy. I know I will hear it this pregnancy because they (my in-laws) think 3 kids is too many and they think having 3 boys is crazy. So, I know I will constantly hear about having a boy and no chance of a girl. Which is one of the many reasons why my MIL and I have a great relationship. SO glad to hear that what they have had does not affect what I can have, I have tried to explain this to them and they think I am stupid.

OK so the more wonky explanation:

IF a family "only made boys", or in your case one per generation, their genes would have died out a loooongg time ago. DNA studies have revealed that of all the human males that ever lived, only 40% have genetic offspring alive today. Whereas 80% of all women who ever lived have surviving offspring. So straight away, a family with genes that could "only make boys" would be at a HUGE disadvantage for reproducing.

Additionally, many times throughout all human (and indeed, primate) history, a war or conqueror has come through with the net result that all the males were killed off. So if you "only made boys", boom, that's it, genetic dead end.

Genes that are at a 50% disadvantage to start with and then face repeated opportunities to die out all together, would not have survived to make it in the modern world! Genes are weirdly "smart" things and do not tend to "tie themselves" (quotes because they do not act deliberately) to things that put them at such a megadisadvantage like that.

[maudster]

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gend...-anybody-know=

But keep in mind that this says nothing for YOU, Maud's chances at a baby of a certain gender, though.


Some people may come into swaying 80% likely to conceive a boy, others 65% likely to conceive a girl (at least according to our stats) or even MORE. It's possible, albeit exceedingly unlikely that there are couples 100% likely to conceive a baby of a certain gender. Across the population, this averages out, but it doesn't equate to being any one person's odds, if that makes sense.

So in theory I am more likely to have a girl, because only around 15% of 3 kid families are all the same gender. Correct?

[atomic sagebrush]

Not correct. The reason for that is because most of those families already HAD a girl with #1,2, or 3. It doesn't say anything about your chances either statistically (because across the population it averages out to be about 50-50 every time, with every kiddo) or personally, because your indivudual chances have NOTHING to do with statistical averages...example, if one person had 100% chance of a girl, and another had 0% chance of a girl, that would average out to 50-50 odds but that doesn't mean anything for those two people.

[maudster]

dang, I was thinking the 15% for one gender family sounded pretty good in my favor.

My DH pointed out that we did the "pull and pray" method in college. So that is probably why we did not get pregnant???

I am STILL waiting on my period, which is odd because I never am late. I have tested twice and they both say negative…so I will continue to wait.

[maidentomother]

Yep pulling out can be very effective.

[maudster]

I got my period!! YAY, for a second there I was scared I had gotten pregnant with out swaying yet. So since I am 3 days late should I move my expected ovulation date back 3 days also??

[maidentomother]

Are you usually super regular? It is more likely that O was delayed than your LP lenghtened. But I have a very erratic O and LP, even though my cycle length is usually 28-29 days. While swaying everything has been more erratic for me, though.