hi all

I'm interested in finding more about gender swaying. We're not trying at the moment, but I was wondering how long you need to be on a specific diet for it to help?
I'm not really fussed about gender, we just want a healthy, living baby. However, as both our boys were sick I wonder if trying for a girl might give us a better chance of a live baby. There's no logic behind that at all, just fear.

Both boys were conceived DTD O-1 or O-2. The Chinese Gender prediction thingy was 50% correct - right with DS1, incorrect with DS2, so I'm not going to bank on that at all.

Where does one order PH strips? Does working with a naturopath help at all? I've already talked to my acupunture man about it but he just laughed. He said if acu could help with gender selection, he'd be back working in China, making a fortune. He is helping me balance my hormones though, so I can be healthier.

I'm already taking loads of supplements - Vit D, magnesium, a mixed pre-natal, B6, fish oil & stuff for anxiety/grief.

I don't want to stress too much about it at all, but I figure if I can give a bit of a lean towards girl then it won't hurt.
Hi L&B, we were swaying for a boy but clearly that didn't work!

Without altering anything, I'd end up with half a dozen girls naturally, I'm sure of it. My normal diet and pH strongly favours girls. Before swaying I didn't eat much of anything in the boy diet, for starters! I'm inclined to think there's a genetic component in our case, boys are a rarity in my generation and amongst our children (0 of 8, 2 of 8).

For timing, we DTD with protection until O day this time and we got slightly caught out because I O'd early that month. I used an OPK kit which helped pinpoint O very well (couldn't be bothered temping, though I did chart other symptoms for months before TTC). We should have had a two day break, but it wasn't quite that (but we did have a quietish week). With DD1 we had a very active couple of weeks before she was conceived.

GL when you decide it's time to TTC! I honestly believe that our swaying worked to get us our baby, despite the gender. We had the optimum conditions for conception in any case.