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xoxomytwo

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kristindoggirl:
My husband and I both have brown eyes, and according to the laws of genetics that means we should statistically have brown eyed children 3 out of 4 times.  But we don't, we actually have 2 blue eyed children and only one brown eyed.  This doesn't render the laws of genetics in error just because it didn't happen that way in our family. 

 

This is a great analogy K-dogg!! I think you have hit the nail on the head. There is no way to know for sure about the reliability of swaying on IG, bc the results are skewed by the disproportionate ratio of people swaying one way or the other. I think what some people turn a blind eye to is the fact that if their sway "failed", they blame it on swaying itself, whereas it probably just means they fell into that percentage of people who were meant to get the opposite gender. Like if it truly was a 70% chance of conceiving one gender over another (just making up % bc we will never know....), well, then those people who had a "failed" sway might have actually fallen into the 30% window of error. It is simple to blame on the swaying not working, but hell, even 30% is still a good chance you could end up with an opposite. For those who are comfortable with the idea of either, I think it is still worth a shot to increase the odds. Still 70% (just a % thrown out there) is better than 50%.

BTW, K-dogg, it is so good to see you post again!! I pray your pregnancy continues to go well and you'll be holding your precious healthy baby soon! I was also worried about you and your pregnancy when you took a break. I am off and on here, but please keep everyone updated on how you and your baby are doing!!

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 I definitely belive it doesn't work for everyone. Keely is great proof of that. I think many women just need a little extra push to one side or the other to get desired gender but other women need a lot more than even extreme swaying can do. Sad

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Well said, Kristin. I know there is only a small sample on this site, but it seems like there are more moms of boys who have the opposites rather than the girl moms. I have said this before too, that because of this I am really starting to think it's the hormones. Especially when the boy moms have a girl, usually an oops without swaying (much less stress).

And I also agree that there is only little research because studying these topics are not priority nor do they have the same funding opportuities.

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Thanks for the responses everyone. I guess I'm just feeling a little lost.... not to mention ashamed and guilty for feeling that way. I do agree that swaying probably does help to sway the odds a little, but maybe just not as much as we'd like to think, and I just think that it might work better for some people than it would for others - which is sort of what kristen was saying I guess when she said that some people may be more "set" to have one gender over the other. ... which is even more depressing for me because I have read about that already - about the typical attributes and personality traits that boy moms have and girl moms have - and I would have guessed ten times over that I fit much better into the "girl Mom" mold than the "boy Mom" mold.... sigh. Also, as another poster said, even if the odds were 75% or 80% (which I think is about what Shettles predicts when using his methods for a girl), SOMEBODY has to fall into that 20-25% category, right? Oh well. I love my DS2 to bits and bits and I can't imagine life without him now.... I just wish I had a guarantee that if we tried again we'd get a girl! Anyway, thanks again for the replies...
 
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