There’s pregnant … and then there’s *really* pregnant


Image by Ed Yourdon
This woman had just gotten out of a taxi, on Broadway between 73rd and 74th Street, and was waiting for the traffic light to change so that she could walk across the street.

Note: this photo was published in an Aug 6, 2009 blog titled " Enjoying Pregnancy." It was also published as an illustration in an undated (Nov 2009) blog titled "Women and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome."

Moving into 2010, it was published as an illustration in an undated (Jan 2010) Squidoo blog titled "Difficulty in ovulation." And it was published as an illustration in an undated (Jan 2010) blog titled "Seventieth Street Playground in New York County, NY." It was also published in a Jan 26, 2010 blog titled "How to Get Pregnant Faster – Top Ten Tips." It was also published in an undated (Feb 2010) The Pregnancy Health blog, with the same title as the caption that I used on this Flickr page. And it was published in a Mar 1, 2010 "Order the Pill" blog with the same title as the caption that I used on this Flickr page. It was also published in an Apr 8, 2010 blog titled "Cómo lidiar con las citas médicas si trabajas y estás embarazada." And it was published in a May 16, 2010 blog titled "Hospital Closure Turns NYC Home Birth Midwives Into Outlaws." It was also published in a May 29, 2010 Italian blog titled "Avere un bambino: meglio tardi che mai." And it was published in an undated (Jun 2010) blog titled "Sancionadas 10 empresas murcianas por no proteger a sus embarazadas."

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This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008: a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan — between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.

As I indicated when I started this project in 2008, I don’t like to intrude on people’s privacy, so I normally use a telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they’re still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what’s right in front of me.

I’ve also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting — literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I’ve learned to keep the camera switched on (which contradicts my traditional urge to conserve battery power), and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture … after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it’s pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject.

Thus far, I’ve generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are a few of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don’t want to be photographed, and I don’t want to feel like I’m taking advantage of them. I’m still looking for opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. We’ll see how it goes …

The only other thing I’ve noticed, thus far, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, far more people who are not so interesting. They’re probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I’ve photographed … but there was just nothing memorable about them.

Click to go to ababyboy.wordpress.com for more information on how to select your baby gender using the most natural ways possible. Conceive a baby boy or a baby girl, its really your choice, and your family planning starts today…

Trying to Conceive a Boy? – Want a Little Help From Nature?

If you’re having a baby, the question will undoubtedly crop up at some stage – Do you want a boy or a girl?

For some couples that very question is there right from the beginning, even before they start trying to conceive. The question going through their minds is ‘how to conceive a boy’. Plain and simple, but with lack of answers.

There can be a whole host of different reasons why people would want a baby of a certain gender, for some it is just a preferred choice, for others it could be medical reasons. Some cultures and religions don’t like you trying to play ‘God’.

This I suppose can be totally understandable if you are medically trying to generate the sex of your baby. Such methods as Microsort, ICSI, IUI can all influence the gender of child that you could conceive. These methods though aren’t cheap, costing anything from 0 to 00 and sometimes more, is it worth the cash and the risk? That’s right, there is still a risk. These medical methods only have an accuracy of 70-90%. Trying to get pregnant through these methods gives you a 35% chance of conception… Not good by any means!

So if you’re in a desperate position, and you really want to know how to conceive a boy, you don’t have to rely on medical procedures. Natural gender selection is becoming much more widely available today. Secrets that have only been known by doctors and certain scientists are starting to surface. Desperate women have started to research multiple methods and reduce them down into one tried and tested method, and do you know what…. It works!

The success rates of natural gender selection is starting to ‘outdo’ modern medical practice! Most natural gender selection methods weigh in at a whopping 90%, some even higher! The answer to your question, how can I conceive a boy is closer than you would ever dare to imagine!

There are several very important factors for conceiving a boy

You must know when you ovulate.

Be prepared to alter your diet slightly.

This also goes for your partners diet.

Have knowledge about your partners sperm.

Certain sexual positions are favourable.

Timing is crucial!

To learn more about ‘how to conceive a boy’ Visit me at: Trying for a boy?
or find out more about Natural gender selection methods.

I’m Julie, mum of two beautiful but very demanding children. One boy, one girl – Now that’s pretty good odds. My website ‘New-baby-and-beyond.com’ is here because of my kids! They are my inspiration, and my site is my gift to them – and to mums all around the world!

Conceiving Baby Boy With Boy Diet

Conceive baby boy by changing your diet before you conceive, and maintaining a certain kind of diet during your pregnancy!

Sounds like one of those outlandish old wives’ tales?

Not quite!

Scientists now seem to agree that there is a possible link between what you eat and which gender you’ll conceive.

Pregnant women on high calorie diet are more likely to have a baby boy!
Also, eating food rich in nutrients such as potassium and calcium, and vitamins C, D and B12 – seems to upper your chance of conceiving a baby boy!

Where those conclusions came from? Actually, it’s from a new research done at the universities of Exeter and Oxford. The scientists examined the diets of a large number of first-time mothers and found that those who ate a higher number of calories were more likely to conceive with a boy!

Among women with the highest calorie intake before pregnancy – 56 percent had boys.

Women who had boys also ate an additional 300 mg of potassium daily!

Don’t you have an urge now to go and eat a banana?:)

It has been speculated for the last 30 years in the scientistic world that the diet of a mother could predict the gender of a baby. There has been enough evidence that diet in mammals can affect the sex of their offspring. Namely, a lot of mammals when well fed produce more boys, while in starvation situation there are more girls than boys being born.

Seems like there are more nutrients needed to conceive a boy rather than a girl… In any case: now you have one more reason not to skip breakfast!:) Especially when you hear this next piece of statistics:
Eat at least one bowl of breakfast cereal daily and you will have a 87 percent more chance that you’ll conceive a baby boy!

So, treat yourself with an additional serving of steak with potatoes and have a piece of cake:)

But… don’t overdo it! Never forget that proper nutrition is essentially important for a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby.
Whatever gender that baby will be!

Trying to Conceive a Boy – Au Natural

We all know how much it hurts to want something that bad, and yet know that you might not ever get what you want. If you are desperately trying to conceive a boy, then every time you see a mother with her little son walking down the street, you could sob. Every time you see a blue teddy, or even a pack of boys nappies on the supermarket shelf, your heart aches just a little more.

If you’re trying to conceive a boy, your mind maybe full of thoughts about trains, action men, and mud pies. After all that’s what little boys like the most!. But how can you get to the stage where your cupboards are full of toy soldiers and lego? If only the process were easy… blue pill for a boy, pink pill for a girl, unfortunately we all know that life isn’t like that! (well not yet anyhow!)

You would be forgiven for thinking that choosing the gender of your next baby, and trying to conceive a boy would have to be done by medical means. It was only a couple of years ago that I discovered there is in fact alternative methods of choosing the sex of your baby.

Trying to conceive a boy – Medical versus Natural

Microsort, the Ericsson method, sperm spinning, may just be a way to make some medical professionals richer than they already are, and leave a hole in your bank balance. Are these methods going to guarantee you a baby with the gender of your choice? – Absolutely not (they won’t even guarantee that you will end up pregnant)

In some countries is medical gender selection ethical, or is it even legal – No!
But what about ‘natural gender selection’? How can anyone stop you, or even judge you for making slight alterations to your lifestyle, diet and timing of intercourse, when you’re trying to conceive a boy or a girl?… Surely they can’t. All that you are going to do is arm yourself with the knowledge that you need to complete the task! It’s rather like learning a recipe for baking a cake!

Natural gender selection ties in the 3 main elements above, and prepares your body for selecting a certain gender during conception. Certain factors in your body make this possible. PH levels, knowing when you ovulate, and knowing the best positions and times for intercourse will all help the natural gender selection process along.

So for those people that are trying to conceive a boy, or a girl for that matter, wouldn’t it be handy if you didn’t have to pay out thousands of dollars, wouldn’t it be even better if you didn’t have to go through invasive medical procedures! And wouldn’t it be wonderful if you knew that the natural methods give you just as much chance, if not a better chance of baby sex selection than the high end medical methods.

To find out more about the alternative methods of trying to conceive a boy, join me – Julie at: Conceiving a boy.