The new Gender Specific Hopefuls thread (2014)

[30mummyof1]

yes know what you mean..i didn't do a deliberate sway but there were a couple of things that were different. I had lost weight in the months prior so i was smaller than with my boys and we had multiple attempts in fertile window instead of just 1. who knows whether it made any difference but for me i'd be inclined to do exactly the same again if we do ttc again.

 

[motherofboys]

I dont think I would go for a full on sway. I'm thinking I would do the exercise, and some of the diet. I would cut back on fats and protein a bit and stop snacking. I'm actually at my heaviest non pregnant weight. I'm not big, but my jeans are getting tighter so I dare say it wouldn't do harm to lose a bit anyway just so I don't have to buy new ones ha ha
But from what I can gather the diet and exercise are deemed to be the most successful differences. A lot of other things I've either done with all or some of the boys anyway.
Apparently dh meds for his heart can help with a pink sway as well so who knows.

 

[30mummyof1]

oh yes i was exercising more, running and weights mainly but had stopped 3 mths prior to getting bfp.
Goodluck whatever you decide hun x

 

[motherofboys]

Yeah cardio is meant to be good for a girl sway.

 

[motherofboys]

I started the diet. I managed 1 and as half days and just spectacularly blew it. I'm not cut out for diets ha ha I've also not managed to find the time to do the exercise. I'll have to have a chat with dh because if I want to do it properly I will need him to stop encouraging me to eat ha ha

 

[30mummyof1]

 

[motherofboys]

I know it will all change probably a few times, but right now I feel like whatever happens will be OK
I dont want to find out the gender this time, I'm hoping when I do get pregnant and go for a scan I don't see any nub, so I can't try to guess and stress. And i want to meet ' him ' and fall in love with him before I check to see if he really is a he or not ha ha ha
Of course the hope that I'll get a girl is still there, but it's hope rather than the despair I was feeling before and although the hope is there it is relatively small at the moment
I'm sure hormones will change all that though when I do get pregnant.
I just don't know whether to sway or no. Like I say, dieting failed already ha ha

 

[MrsM17]

I honestly do not believe in it all, my boys have been conceived under totally different circumstances. I was heavier with my 1st, dtd loads, ate what I wanted etc.. 2nd I did a strict sway - full on = 2 boys x

 

[george83]

My first two boys were all conceived in what were technically perfect circumstances for conceiving baby girls so I'm not a huge believer either but I think it would help me mentally accept that I tried my best to get the gender I wanted and if I didn't get it then it really wasn't meant to be

 

[motherofboys]

I dont have much faith in it tbh but I don't want to look back and say what if.
I actually think the fact I don't believe in it too much could be a good thing, because I'm not counting on it working. I'm fully expecting it to fail.
So if I do get a boy I can say that at least I have no regrets. And if I get a girl, it will probably just be because it was my turn to, but I won't care either way because I'll have a girl ha ha
I'm not going to do a full on sway though. I think that would raise my hopes, and a lot of the things involved in a full sway are things I naturally did anyway, or things that lower fertility and I don't want too many of those as it took long enough to get ds4 as it is.
He certainly taught me a lesson about the baby you are meant to have coming when they are supposed to come into your life, rather than when you ask for them to.

 

[motherofboys]

Oh and as I stopped my pill halfway through my pack I wasn't sure what was going to happen but I'm getting a bleed so I think I can count this as Cd1. Let's get this ttc show on the road

 

[allforthegirl]

 

[Misscalais]

Dh has come around. He said if I can promise it will be the last one, we can try one more time. I'm not giving him the chance to change his mind again, I've stopped my pill half way through the pack ha ha ha

Omg how exciting. Ive got all my fingers and toes crossed you can finish off with a little girl! Are you going to take any supplements?

 

[motherofboys]

I'm still undecided. I may take calcium, and possibly fibre but then I think I'll get onto the realm of wanting to do more and more things, which would build hope so I just don't know what to do.

 

[Misscalais]

I'm still undecided. I may take calcium, and possibly fibre but then I think I'll get onto the realm of wanting to do more and more things, which would build hope so I just don't know what to do.

Yeah thats totally understandable. I hope it happens quickly for you

 

[MrsM17]

I dont have much faith in it tbh but I don't want to look back and say what if.
I actually think the fact I don't believe in it too much could be a good thing, because I'm not counting on it working. I'm fully expecting it to fail.
So if I do get a boy I can say that at least I have no regrets. And if I get a girl, it will probably just be because it was my turn to, but I won't care either way because I'll have a girl ha ha
I'm not going to do a full on sway though. I think that would raise my hopes, and a lot of the things involved in a full sway are things I naturally did anyway, or things that lower fertility and I don't want too many of those as it took long enough to get ds4 as it is.
He certainly taught me a lesson about the baby you are meant to have coming when they are supposed to come into your life, rather than when you ask for them to.

Yes I get that, I am happy I tried it as it brought me my wonderful son, it also got me over believing that I needed to sway to get a girl. If we ever do try again, I would just relax and not try tbh as that is something we have NEVER done haha x

 

[motherofboys]

It took so long last time to get pregnant that I was obsessed with getting that 2nd pink line. I was charting and temping and everything and I don't want to do that. But I've never swayed and I want to know that I did what I could. Part of me doesn't want to do it, but I know that once I get pregnant I will be asking myself would it be different if I had tried.

 

[motherofboys]

Who watches Call The Midwife? I'm behind and have still got 3 or 4 episodes recorded, but I watched 2 tonight and that's twice now that they've had a mum with 3 boys, wanting a daughter then not getting to keep her baby. I know it is only a show, but can they not let one poor woman get her happy ending ha ha ha (I mean this in a light hearted way. I'm not offended, though I did have a little eye leakage at the story line itself)

 

[30mummyof1]

i've never seen it sorry but did anyone watch this morning today? they were talking about gender selection and whether people should be able to pick the gender of the children.

 

[motherofboys]

I caught the end of it.