Why is it more likely for 3 of the same sex???

[~clover~]

Interesting. I had 2 girls, a boy, then another girl. All with pretty much the same age gaps & the same father, but he did do different jobs when the kids were conceived. DS was conceived while he did a much less physical job.

My dad & his 2 brothers all had a girl, then a boy. Dad followed with another girl, but the others only had 2.

Mum's family was also girl boy girl, same as she had. Dad did the same strenuous job the whole time.

[Yas]

I'm currently on my 6th pg, and I've had boy, 2 chem pg (so no clue what they were), missed mc (girl), boy & now pg with a girl. So from the Pg's I have confirmed gender it's 50/50.
My mum had 3 girls with roughly 2 years between us then a boy 3 years after. She then had a 11yr gap and had a boy then a girl to a different partner. There are more girls then boys in my family, and everyone (mother, aunts, grandparents & cousins on my side) have girls first. I've never swayed for any of my Pg's and I've had sex on ovulation day every time so I don't know if I believe in the shettles method.

[willow5]

I wonder if this is permanent or if you have a big gap does it 'reset' back to being neutral?

Good question Onyx. I had 2 boys to my XH, then 15 years later another boy to my new partner, pg again now to my partner but don't know the gender. So is this technically my 4th baby or 2nd after being re-set and with a different partner from my first 2?? Everyone thinks(or perhaps hopes) this is a girl, I personally just think it will be a boy, I didn't know about increasing odds of the same gender, but just thought it seems like I only do boys lol time will tell. I am curious if stat wise I am on my 4th or 2nd

[Kazzo]

So I wonder what your thoughts are now Willow?

I was so sure We were having another girl. We did nothing different at all and no big gap in years.

[Kazzo]

So I wonder what your thoughts are now Willow?

I was so sure We were having another girl. We did nothing different at all and no big gap in years.

[RainbowRiver]

I had 2 girls close in age, then a boy. Then to different DNA, another girl.

I honestly think it's all luck!

[ladybirdflies]

Your also more likely to have the opposite gender after 3 girls than you are after 3 boys.

Freya-I ended up having my fourth girl!!

Kazzo- I was surprised you had a little boy, you kept sending me girl vibes!!

I have met so many women who are one of four girls since my youngest daughter arrived. There is a friend of mine who is pregnant with her 5th child, she has 4 boys at the moment.... wonder who will be joining their family?

[Kazzo]

Kazzo- I was surprised you had a little boy, you kept sending me girl vibes!!

You and me both. Funny I really thought you were having a boy. We got our vibes mixed up

[ladybirdflies]

You and me both. Funny I really thought you were having a boy. We got our vibes mixed up

we must have been getting our own vibes and thinking it was the other persons vibe!! I wonder if you would have a boy or a girl next if you happened to have another... and I am also wondering if I did have number five would it be another girl?

[Kazzo]

I know, I have been wondering the same thing lately. I told DH that I know DS is not our last baby. He has gone from, no to maybe to when are you thinking

You do make beautiful girls but I bet a boy would be just as gorgeous.

[ladybirdflies]

hehehe, that was pretty easy for your DH to change so quickly! How wonderful, I can imagine you having another, you make 3 kids look easy!!

I would love to know what it is like to have a boy, but I can't order a boy!! At this stage I think DD4 is the last one for us, but I am not 100% certain, I guess time will tell, I might be back to update this thread again one day!

[Jennifer13]

Heavily girl oriented on my side of the family. I'm one of three girls and all of my biological cousins are girls (we have an adopted uncle who is related but not a sibling - he has three girls and one boy). I'm having my third girl and both of my sisters have a girl each. Of my five biological girl cousins, four have all had girls and only one has two boys and a girl. So across two generations, that's twenty girls and two boys.

We tried to sway for a boy with DD2 but clearly all of us girls do not have an environment conducive to boy sperm. And we had a gap between 1 and 2. My DP was the first in three generations of his family on his Dad's side to produce a girl, all boys before that. And now he'll have three girls! His brother has one of each.

[Teeki]

This is an interesting thread, I always wondered if genetics played a part. MIL & FIL had a girl then a boy, 3 years apart (though FIL did have four boys with his first wife). My parents had me then my brother, 2.5 years apart. Now we've got a girl, a bit under 2.5 years later we're gonna have a boy SIL was similar, but opposite order - boy then girl, just over 2 years apart.

[Ladylove]

My friend is an evolutionary biologist and she says most males in a species will generally produce offspring of the same gender (as in the ratio of one gender will be notably higher), and that in some species the females are consistently attracted to males of the same type biologically speaking and those types tend to produce the same gendered offspring too.

[TeniBear]

My mum's parents broke this twice They went boy, boy, girl, boy, boy, girl
Dad's parents went boy, girl, boy, boy, boy, boy. So they got it "right" after one anomaly

[ashie]

Our fourth ended up being our very own dd. we were certain we would be having another boy but nope each scan showed she wasnt growing anything between the legs and my ob had to point out the lack of boy bits at her birth Lol.
Looking at family my side I have 3 sisters 1 brother, mums mum had 3 boys 2 girls, 2 of my sisters have had kids all girls. Dh side dh's dad had two boys (dh brother had two girls) then his dads dad had 3 boys so its sort of all over the place.
No more for us (I don't think I could go through another c section) and I think we'd have another boy (love boys but 3 are certainly a handful they have many of punch ups!)

[Freya]

Freya-I ended up having my fourth girl!!

Kazzo- I was surprised you had a little boy, you kept sending me girl vibes!!

I have met so many women who are one of four girls since my youngest daughter arrived. There is a friend of mine who is pregnant with her 5th child, she has 4 boys at the moment.... wonder who will be joining their family?

So thats where my girl went - I got your boy

We had our fourth boy in April. I seriously could not believe it when they said he was a boy - but now when I go out and about I come across A LOT of 4+ kids of the same gender families. There are four alone at my kids school with four or more boys.

I stand by my initial diagnosis that I need a new husband to have a girl

[~clover~]

So, since I last posted in here things have gotten more interesting

My SIL & sister are both expecting. SIL's second with my brother (third for her) & my sister's first.

As I said in my previous post, my dad & his 2 brothers both had girls, then boys. I had a girl first, my brother has a girl first & my sister is expecting a girl first. Not sure what my brother & SIL's expected baby is though.

My first cousin (only of our 1st cousins so far to have a bub), also has a girl first