I've had 2 pregnancies from the same person (my ex) - DS1 I conceived in 2005 at 16 - gave birth to him the month after I turned 17 and the next pregnancy was in Jan 2013, but only made it to 9w1d..though, I have a strong feeling it would have also been a boy as there were a lot of common themes.
Before conceiving DS, I was pretty much just beginning to recover from an eating disorder (anorexia/bulimia - which was from 13 off/on up into early 20s) and transferring over to being vegetarian and definitely higher calories (was starting to gain weight back). But, I very rarely ate fruits and vegetables...not even growing up, really. My normal diet usually consisted more of eggs, mayo, tuna fish, dairy (cheese, FF-2% Milk), sugar, and cereals/carbs. Definitely with an emphasis on the dairy! Many cheese quesadillas, fried cheese, american cheese, breads, tuna fish sandwiches with chips (only liked them on sandwiches), chocolate, and cakes/cookies. I had known my ex for 2 years at the point of conceiving. I was taking antibiotics at the time for a cold and probably not being the best with taking my birth control pills, as we weren't the best relationship-wise at that point either. We did it one time without him pulling out during the time that I got pregnant, and I was on top.
The second pregnancy in 2013, was similar in that I was starting to gain some weight after a period of minimal calories. We had been starting to talk about conceiving another (was hoping girl, but didn't know much about swaying). At this point, I was back to eating a lot of dairy (cheese, FF milk, ice cream), high protein with chicken, fish, cereals, cereal bars, etc...with a little bit of beef. Except, we were still using the pull-out method (no BC) for years up until the point of conception. I was tracking my cycles for about a year before it happened, and started tracking CM about a few months around the time we began talking about conceiving. Again, there was only one time at Christmas (we were drinking) I was on top - had a lot of CM and definitely felt ovulation pain from my right side during BDing. I had to have had quite an early O too, as otherwise, my luteal phase would have been much longer than was probable! Also, chinese calendar, moons signs, and mostly everything, said boy on this one. I've tried to do the math on my son's calendar timing, though it's hard since it only calculates using the computer to 18 years of age. But, what I came up with when trying to do the numbers, was boy. Just can't say 100%.
So, in my conclusion...I had the perfect boy sways without knowing! The only "girl" thing I was doing was the dairy and using a lot of aspartame in coffee, tea, and diet sodas around those times. But, I think the high protein and fat, plus weight gain, canceled that out. Also, before conception on both, I had quite a many large (very full of sugar & dairy) frappuccino's!
I've currently been with DH for 2 years and we both are wanting a girl/plan to sway. I've been mostly Vegan (with way more veggies & fruit than I've eaten for most of my life) since last summer and have been off of artificial sweetners for a few years now. So I've been having a little trouble trying to work out diet change. I have noticed in this Vegan journey, that the months that I've slipped and ate cheese (usually pretty high amounts in the month) and a lot of soy products together (not sure if it's one or both together), my cycles and hormones go wonky! My cycles have ranged everywhere from 27-34 days through about the 40 cycles I've tracked...but the overall average of nearly 3 years of tracking, end up being closer to 29-31 days long. Except, when I ate a lot of dairy & soy this past December it ended up at the rare number for me of 34 days, no dairy in Jan equaled a very short cycle for me of 27 days, and then dairy & lot of soy again this past cycled ended me up with another 34 days. Plus, my face has broken out badly during AF and my cystic bb's have also flared up in dairy cycles. The cystic bb's started years ago, lasted badly for a few years, then became rare the past year and a half. Notably, rare when sticking to vegan and limiting caffeine!
I guess that my pink sway will work if I basically do all of the opposites? heh I plan to conceive while still in the midst of dieting/sticking to a vegan diet (plan to do strict for 2-3 months before TTC) and lowering my protein, fat, and calories.
I was never into salt or salty foods, other than high sodium from high saturated fat (mostly dairy & chicken sandwiches/fast food). Nor did I ever really eat much potassium. I'm definitely going to continue to avoid dairy and continue getting my calcium from the nut milks and some veggies. Also making sure to up my maganese & magnesium, as before my M/C, I was told that I had pretty alarmingly low levels. I know the lack of maganese can cause M/C. Other than that, probably avoiding being on top and BDing on O day! ...I will say, DH has a lot less higher of a sex drive and aggression than my ex. And, I hope he never reads this (!!!) but, also is a little bit smaller in equipment - so, hoping missionary and maybe antihistamines will also help me sway pink this time!
Good luck to all of those swaying blue! :wink: :ttcboy: Hope this was of some help! I'm sorry this was so long, been researching a ton and thinking a lot about the differences!