Having babies back to back (close in age)

[Throwaway_panther]

I too have eaten a shocking amount of cashews and gotten boys that way. Cashews are like a food group to me.

Do you think cashew milk would work as a good dairy substitute when trying for a boy, then? Not trying to cut out calcium (especially with the study I saw about women eating cereal having more boys), but I'm lactose intolerant, so high fat dairy sounds like I'd actually end up losing more nutrition if you get my drift

[atomic sagebrush]

I'm also lactose intolerant, can you not do yogurt and cheese?? I got my first two with milk, then by the time I conceived my 3rd I was LI but I often ate 4 oz of cheese for breakfast (I was watching my weight) and then also would have either full fat yogurt and blueberries or a bowl of cereal with a smallish amount of full fat milk (I can handle teeny amonts of it) or yogurt - I'd often have granola mixed with yogurt.

I have an older but still informative essay here on milk replacers. http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gend...Pink-and-Blue=

[Throwaway_panther]

I'm also lactose intolerant, can you not do yogurt and cheese?? I got my first two with milk, then by the time I conceived my 3rd I was LI but I often ate 4 oz of cheese for breakfast (I was watching my weight) and then also would have either full fat yogurt and blueberries or a bowl of cereal with a smallish amount of full fat milk (I can handle teeny amonts of it) or yogurt - I'd often have granola mixed with yogurt.

I have an older but still informative essay here on milk replacers. http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gend...Pink-and-Blue=

Thank you! I can manage cheese and yogurt definitely, and even butter, but most full fat dairy (milk, cream, sour cream, ice cream, whipped cream) has unpleasant side effects (which I CAN handle, if need be... but my husband might feel differently!).

I think my primary concern was because cereal is the easiest fix I can make -- I've always loved it, and just avoided it as "useless carbs"/didn't eat breakfast in general, and when I did (and I've been eating it much more frequently while pregnant) eat it, it was with almond milk.

[atomic sagebrush]

yep me too, boo for ice cream. :/

Before you make up your mind I do want you to have a look at this essay - vegetable sourced fats are a bit of a gray area with swaying. Since the milk replacers are high in Omega 6 fats, if you're not getting as much or MORE Omega 3, too much almond milk may may sway pink a little. http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gend...pink-blue.html

[Throwaway_panther]

Thanks atomic!

Quick question: would you say cottage cheese sways more blue or pink? I've actually always been a fan of it, but hadn't really been eating it before conceiving my daughter. Full fat cottage cheese seems like it'd point blue because of the, natural dairy, protein and sodium?

[atomic sagebrush]

Yes while there are no magic foods and most everything can fit in a sway diet, full fat cottage cheese I think would be a nice addition to a blue sway diet.