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    Article about stress swaying girl

    Had a convo re: stress and whether it swayed boy/girl in another thread today, and found this tonight via my friend Google:
    http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/...s-2907895.html

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    nice find, so more of the chronically stressed women have girls....

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    My sister told me about this study this week but I forgot to look it up and post it - thanks Begonia!
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    Shoot if this was right I would have three girls....I am normally a very stressed person.

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    Quote Originally Posted by melissalynay View Post
    Shoot if this was right I would have three girls....I am normally a very stressed person.
    LOL. There are PLENTY of studies I read that leave me wondering how on earth we don't have any sons, so I get your perspective on this one!

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    Mmm interesting, dont know if i can believe it though, cause in World War1 the number of boys born out numbered the amount of girls been born, now can u imagine the stress going on around that time.
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    Hi, I'm new here but I thought stress raises testosterone which sways boy

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    Quote Originally Posted by spidy View Post
    Hi, I'm new here but I thought stress raises testosterone which sways boy
    Perhaps stress doesn't raise testosterone by a significant enough amount to sway

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    Check out paragraph 3 of this article:

    http://cortisolconnection.com/ch5_2.php

    'During periods of high cortisol production (stress, dieting, and sleep loss), our natural production of testosterone falls. Considering that women produce only about one-tenth the amount of testosterone found in men, any stress-induced drop in testosterone would be expected to affect women as much as or more than most men.'

    Quite an interesting article in general actually.
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    Damn. That sucks. This swaying crap is stressing me out already, and that article is stressing me out more! Ugh. I can't remember if I was stressed when I conceived my son or not, but I know I was when DD2 was conceived, because DH had just been laid off of his job and $$ was super tight.

    I had heard that more girls were conceived during bad economic times, so that all adds up. I wonder what the gender ratio was during the depression?
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    My BOY sway worked!! THANK YOU GENDER DREAMING!!

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