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Minimatron you can just link to your pic via photobucket.
I clicked on your pic to make it bigger and it linked me to your account.
Here is the link to the pic: http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/y...5042010001.jpg
Just delete your pic and copy the link above into your post as is :)
FWIW, from what I know of the nub theory Id guess thats a boy bub in there!
Thanks girls, i fiddled around and took the img out and it comes up with the link! Tanya, yeah i wasnt sure if this was the right place, but making a section for guessing gender from u/s would be a good idea!
Freya- thanks. I hope its a good enough nub shot! I am thinking boy too. We swayed for a boy and got dtd on 'o' spot on...however that ended with a m/c. This baby snuck in straigh after the m/c, so the only real swaying I did was semi diet!
Cheers Melissa
Well Mel, I would be very surprised if your little one was a girl!!
WOOT! I know I shouldnt get too excited! However a boy would be really nice. I am resigned to the fact that we are having a girl, possibly trying to just tell myself that it will all be good! Now...we have decided to not find out! I know this sounds silly because here i am looking at nub shots. We knew with both dds and this is our last...either way! So I wont be asking them to tell, although I will be going through the dvd when we get it to see if I can get some clues!
Thanks!
My first was a sneak in after m/c and he's all boy ;) I also had a boy dtd right on o-day. My other boy should be a girl hahahahaha
Heya
I haven't posted on any of these forums since my last baby was born, but I'm happy to announce that we're TTC again.
Our other kids are all boys and it would be nice to have a girl this time.
I'm a little concerned about the diet thing for me though, because (and I know this is bad, but..) I have quite a high salt diet and I don't know if I have the patience or the will to change it. I'm certainly happy to give the other stuff a go, but will keeping my relatively high salt diet swing things enough that the other stuff I try (the timing, positions, etc) will be pointless?
I suppsose it depends on how much you want a girl. If you want a girl bad enough then cutting out salt to do everything you know possible to concieve a girl isn't much of a sacrifice. I know there are so many studies that support high mag/cal low sodium/pot diet in conception on female offspring that I would not think a whole hearted gender sway is complete without it.
I also believe that if you do everythoing you can to concieve your desired gender then you have no regrets. If you don't get yourdesired gender and you did everything then that baby was just meant to be :)
But it is totally up to you :)
The diet thing again... After looking through the info on here I can see why DD was always going to be a girl!!
I'm trying to introduce some of the boy things into my diet, but I'm struggling too. Adding salt to things when you haven't had it for most of your life is a challenge! Plus, I know it's not super-good for me. I keep reminding myself that I actually have low blood pressure, so some extra salt and meat is probably good for me! Cutting out some dairy is going to be trickier, but if it's only for a few months (hopefully) it's not much of a sacrifice!
What other things have you tried, Tanya?
We are wanting a boy and having a high salt diet isnt hard for me but cutting out calcium is killing me and I cannot cut it out compltely, when I do I just crave a glass of milk more than anything. I have cut it down though. Hopefully that is enough, we are also using positioning. Timing not so much as I am not temping therefor I dont know exactly when I will O.
Yu know, I didn't need to increase my sodium intake, potassium was the one that i focused on (and also lowering calcium and mag - mag I found very hard to lower!!). My advice for a boy is eat SUPER healthy! Lots of avocados, alfalfa, tomatoes, potatoes :) You also MUST east a healthy big breaky! Cut out white bread and go with brown :)
Fitday in a web site you can use to keep track of what you eat and how much of each element you are having. Can be a bit tricky at first, but it is worth having a look at to know what foods you are eating and what is in them :)
I didnt even think about magnesium, hmm what foods is magnesium in??
I'm bad I dont eat breakfast, but I also dont eat white bread lol.
out of the 4 things you said eat lots of (avocados, alfalfa, tomatoes, potatoes) I only eat potatoes LOL.
My have a look at fitday later on.
What about tomato sauces (pasta) and tomato soup? Alfalfa is good for raising your pH :) (although mine was so stubborn!)
Magnesium is such a tricky one! it is in many nuts and seeds, spinach, broccoli, oysters etc
Oooo I love some of those. Spinach especially. So lots of green leafy vegetables and tomatos for me!
(On another note, my DD is sure to produce all boys based on that list!).
Another couple of things I ingested several times a day was carrot juice (fresh, sometimes with celery and pears and tomatoes... yummy!!) and green tea!!
ETA, not spinach on a boy diet, Jen!!
Oh d'oh. I'm getting my genders mixed up. :doh:
So straighten me out here Tan - I'm supposed to have carrot juice everyday?
ok so I'm confused (not hard I know), but can some one please give me a basic list of things for a boy and things for a girl please??
Just quietly popping in as not TTC just yet, but keen to get on board and learn about possible boy swaying. We are not a family known for producing boys!
TMM - Check out the links in the first post. ;)
But for the record as well:
Tan, do you know if there are any supplements that might help with TTC a boy? Sodium and potassium are more readily obtained through diet, I take it? Salt and bananas for me!:
FOOD TO GET A BOY
As much salt as possible: salted butter, salted and smoked meats.
All meats, fresh or pre-cooked. Especially beef, since cattle are often treated, before slaughter, with male growth hormone, which is then passed on to the consumers of the beef. Of course, this is rather dubious in the light of the current BSE threat. Other meats may have to suffice.
All fish, and two eggs weekly.
White bread and white-flour crisp bread.
White-flour cakes, pastries and biscuits.
Pasta, rice, semolina (all without milk).
Milk-free puddings and sauces.
Most vegetables (except those forbidden below): sweetcorn, popcorn, parsley, mushrooms, courgettes, endive, avocado, fennel, raw tomatoes, soya beans, peas and beans, chestnuts.
All fresh fruit, particularly Potassium-rich bananas and fresh pineapple.
Dried prunes, raisins, figs, apricots.
Sugar, jam, fruit jellies, sorbets.
Oils and milk-free margarines.
Soups, olives and gherkins.
FORBIDDEN WHILE TRYING FOR A BOY
Milk in any form'- butter, cheese, yogurt. Shellfish, molluscs (mussels etc.). Wholemeal bread.
Salad vegetables: raw cabbage and cauliflower, spinach, cress.
Nuts, cocoa, chocolate, mustard.
FOOD TO GET A GIRL
As much milk as possible (1 1/3 pints or 770 ml per day). Fresh cream, yogurt.
Limited meat or fish (1 1/4 OZ or 125 g per day).
Unsalted butter, unsalted soft cheese.
Milk puddings.
Salt-free wholemeal bread, crisp-bread and pastry, without yeast.
Rice, pasta, semolina, tapioca.
Limited amount of potatoes.
Fresh or, frozen carrots, green beans turnips, aubergines, onions, leeks, peas.
Cucumber, radishes, peppers, cress, celeriac, celery.
Unsalted walnuts, hazelnuts almonds, peanuts.
Fresh, frozen or tinned apples, pears, clementines, strawberries, raspberries. Tinned only pineapples, plums and peaches, all without syrup. Jam once daily, sugar, honey.
Vegetable oils, spices, home-made sauces without salt.
Mineral water.
FORBIDDEN WHILE TRYING FOR A GIRL
Salt and salt substitute. All salted or smoked foods, including salty cheese.
Coffee, tea, tinned fruit juice, fizzy drinks.
Wine, beer, cider, liqueurs, aperitifs.
All meat and fish, except for daily allowance above.
White bread, pasties and biscuits, unless salt-free crisps.
Sweetcorn, popcorn, parsley, spinach, cabbage, cauliflower, mushrooms, courgettes, endive, avocados, fennel, raw tomatoes, soya beans, dried peas and beans.
All fresh fruit except those listed above as allowed; dried fruit. Chocolates and sweets.
Bicarbonate of soda and all prepared sauces.
All ready-made dishes whether tinned, fresh or frozen.
Now a word of caution. If you suffer from certain conditions, these diets may be dangerous for you. The salty, boy diet should not be undertaken by anyone who has high blood pressure. The girl diet should not be undertaken by anyone who has kidney stones or high blood calcium levels. If in doubt, check with your GP first.
And make sure that any restrictions you put on yourself don't lead to an unbalanced diet. A plentiful supply of nutritious food is essential just now to you and your unborn baby. When all is said and done the health of parents and baby is of paramount importance. If the diet upsets you in any way, come off it. Dawn Osborne said her cycles had become unpredictably longer since she had been following Mr Hewitt's diet. And the high doses of Vitamin C gave her diarrhoea and made her feel ill. So she stopped. Nevertheless, Dawn and Darren got their daughter by sticking to the correct rules for timing and sperm count. Kristina joins her big brothers, Matthew and James.
Oops didnt see that in the first post:redface:
ok so if I'm not pg this cycle I will try and cut out ALL milk and see how I go. Its going to kill me. LOL.
Is there any supplements that I could get to help sway for a boy?
I got that list from a book... can't remember what it was... some things on there I would change, eg, white bread for a boy, I would have brown bread (even thought it says wholemeal is a no-no...??). I found bread really confusing, still I think it's pretty hard.
What books do you think are good, Tanya? I just know if I walk into the bookstore there's going to be a few and given that bookstores stock TH, I don't know if I can trust them!
And I'm pleased about the wholemeal bread, one less thing to change! ;)
hi ladies!
new to this gender swaying bizz, but would desperately love to give my man a son.
How long do u need to be doing the change of diet for?
ive found no real answer on google so was wondering if anyone knew?
Hi,
Just wanted to pop in and say hello and hopefully get some tips for getting a girl next time round. DH and I have 2 boys and DH also has 2 boys from his 1st marriage so we would love a little girl:crossfingers:. We are still not 100% sure when we will start TTC again but I want to be ready once we make the decision.
Thanks Ladies
Hi everyone, hope you're all doing well
Well.... silly me got my days all mixed up and now I'm up the duff!! I was still trying to convince DH to try for a little girl so this was not at all planned nor were there any girl swaying techniques in practice:( I was charting however and we at least DTD three days before O, so here I am hanging on to the hope that this will be my time to get the little girl I have always wanted
Will keep you all posted when I find out from U/S
Night :)
congratulations yomama! fingers legs and toes crossed ur growing a little miss!!!
our last we dtd 2-3 days b4 ovulation and got ourselves a girl.
hope u have a very happy and healthy 9 months xxx
Jen there aren't any books that I like on GS. I have to say there is more reliable info on the net; eg journal articals etc. I Do have a book here I can post to you (if I can find it) if you like :)
Sky, 6-8 weeks for the diet before your first attempt.
Does that help?
Well, I've been eating heaps of bananas and introduced salt into my diet again. Tan, do you think there are any physical changes you'd be able to notice? ***TMI**** possibly coming up... I think my CM might have changed (as opposed to just cycle changes), in that I'm a bit *itchier* and there's definitely more than usual. I feel like I might be tempting thrush (which is something I never get - do you think that might be a sign??).
Possibly. A diet change (although it usually takes weeks for it to affect your CM) such as the "boy" diet can make you more alkaline so therefore thrush can colonise more easily. However you do not want thrush because it will make you more acidic... confused yet? LOL
I get it. I don't have thrush, I just know the on or two occasions where I did it felt similar. Gah! I wonder if that's why I've never been susceptible? It would make sense... :think:
Any other ways of telling when you might be getting the balance right (apart from the obvious one of giving birth to a boy)?
pH strips... use them every day and take take note of the moon... this also can change ones pH.
Alfalfa is good for pH too (for a boy)
Oh teach me, wise one. pH strips?? I take it you can get these from a chemist?
wow tan ur a useful little bunny!!!
thanks that helps alot...well 2 days to late, oops! ah well, we'll be given what we're given if its worked this month.
Although from what im reading not liking our chances!
JEnnifer does it only itch if u scratch it? im a bit like that atm *tmi* but if i accidently rub or scratch it it flares up like a watermelon but the next day its fine.....should probably get that looked at hey?! pmsl\keep ur fingers crossed for me ladies!
No skybie, no itching here. It's more of a 'feeling' than an actual sensation that needs attention. That doesn't make any sense, does it! If you do scratch you've probably just irritated the area. But it can't hurt to get it looked at.
I'm off for a pap smear and check up in a couple of weeks. Time to get all things in order here!
Why does the moon affect our pH Tan?
Tanya and Freya...its a girl!
Congrats Melissa, on your girl. I'm one of three girls as well. I love having sisters now I'm an adult especially (not that I know any different!).
How are you feeling about it all?
Wow, Mel!! Congrats on your little girl!! Just goes to show that nub shots are no guarantee...
Thanks girls. To be honest, I think I have been a wreck for the past 24 hours, but already I am getting used to it. I know I will be fine as the days roll on and when I have her in my arms. I just got my hopes up so very high for a boy. The nub theory, the different pregnancy.... so I have fallen pretty hard. DH has been great though and its exactly why I love him to pieces. I know I will be fine, I feel better even this afternoon. DH has suggested a name and dd1 has been walking around saying it today, so makes it all the more real and sorted. I just feel a tad guilty feeling this way. Never mind,as long as I have a healthy baby.
Hi everyone,
We are currently TTC and are hoping for a boy, so I'm just joining this thread (if that's ok) to get some boy tips and just go from there :)
Congrats on your little girl Minimatron!
Melissa, Congratulations on you little girl! Although I know how you are feeling, last year we found out we were having our 3rd boy, after trying to GS for a girl. After the scan I drove home in tears, I think it was dissapointment, and grief, I had lost that dream of having a daugher etc.
I too picked an name fairly quickly so I could start bonding with out little boy. And I course we love him dearly and couldn't imagine life without him.
Glad to hear you are already starting to come good.
Hi Minimatron ! Congrats on your little girl ! :hug:
You have just described exactly how i felt when i found out i was having DS#3.
Having said that i think that if i was to keep trying for another bub and i was to find out it was another boy then i think i would struggle even more :( I really dont think i would bounce back as quickly....
I wish you all the best !
xo