LimaBean TTC a GIRL Sway Attempt

[LimaBean]

TTC a Girl Sway Attempt

Gender Result:

Unknown

DW Age:

25

DH Age:

29

Current Children's Gender(s)

Boy, boy

Number of Months TTC

2

Did you purchase and follow a GD Personalized Plan?

No

DIET
Did you follow a diet plan?

Yes

If yes to diet, which one did you most follow?

• LE(Low Everything)

Comments regarding DW's diet changes-

LE diet. Started out doing standard LE diet, but switched to modified version for hypoglycemia. I had to switch after a scary blood sugar crash at the store. I was almost gaining weight and bloated up constantly. After modifying, I almost instantly started feeling much better and started to lose fat. I didnÂ’t lose weight though because I donÂ’t have any to lose. I noticed a visual difference.

If diet was used, length of time before attempt?

About 9 weeks. 5 weeks LE diet, 4 weeks modified LE for hypoglycemia.

Did you skip breakfast regularly?

No

Did DH change his diet with you?

No

Comments regarding DH's diet-

He already never eats breakfast, eats a lot of junk and sweets due to labor intensive job and lack of time for proper meals.

DId you consume alcohol?

• Often- daily

DId you try to limit caffeine?

No, I drink caffeine regularly

Any Diet Details?

I had a glass of red wine almost every evening. Lots of low carb vegetables, lean protein like egg whites, super healthy expensive whole grain bread I had to eat breakfast soon after waking up to avoid blood sugar dropping. I focused on eating more at meals to avoid snacking, but still had to occasionally eat a snack for my blood sugar. I cut out beef completely and ate chicken most of the time. I am a huge Diet Coke addict and couldnÂ’t cut out caffeine completely but I did limit to about two glasses per day. I tried to add in coffee when I could, but IÂ’m not a huge fan of coffee so that was hard.

Any Diet Comments/Additional Info?

We had a chemical pregnancy the cycle prior to this one. I had been on the diet for less time, but decided to be a lot more relaxed with swaying after this happened. I allowed myself to start eating more calories each day and stopped drinking wine. The last few weeks of my sway were much less strict than the first several weeks.

WEIGHT AND EXERCISE
What did you weigh/BMI do leading up to O?

Weight between 109 lbs and 113 lbs depending on the day. BMI around 19. This is normal for me and didnÂ’t change as a result of swaying.

Any Weight/Exercise related additional info/comments?

I did not exercise at all. I am not good at sticking to exercise so I decided to take the “do nothing approach.

THINGS in VG and CONCEPTION DATE(CD) INFO
pH Before Starting a Sway Program, if known

I did check it, but I canÂ’t remember. I believe it was just a normal pH level. Nothing low or high.

Any VG potions used?

• RePhresh

CM pH at attempt

DidnÂ’t check

DH pH

DidnÂ’t check

How many BD attempts did you make for the BFP cycle?

One

BD Dates according to Ovulation

• O day only

Any additional comments?

First positive OPK was 10pm and my husband was asleep, so we did our attempt the next night. My BBT chart was innacurate because I had a low grade fever from a slight cold but I had my usual ovulation pain that lasts a few hours the night we DTD through the morning after, so IÂ’m confident we DTD on O day.

THE DEED INFO
DH Info about Swimmers

• Frequent Release

BD Position

Missionary

Did you Jump and Dump?

• No

Any relevant attempt details?

One attempt, and I didnÂ’t jump and dump because I really wanted to get pregnant this cycle for my ideal due date. DH tried to do shallow release but at the time didnÂ’t want to lol
The original plan was for me to not O but I threw that idea out the window.

DH did frequent release starting about a week before our attempt, but had a long day at work and skipped the night right before our attempt. I wasnÂ’t happy about this but didnÂ’t want to stress us out at all so I brushed it aside.

SUPPLEMENTS USED
DW Supplements

• folic acid
• Antihistamine

DH Supplements

-

Any additional supplement info?

I took 1600 mg folic acid regularly for most of the sway. The first several weeks of my sway I did take baby aspirin every three days, but decided it was best to avoid altogether since I have factor five Leiden and donÂ’t want to mess with blood thinners of any sort. I took Zyrtec the day of our attempt because I had a slight cold, but I still had a LOT of ewcm.

Did you do anything with Ions?

I do have a salt lamp that is always plugged in in my kitchen. I painted my toe and fingernails pink. I diffuse lavender EO pretty frequently.

Moon Phase during conception?

New Moon

Did you use any Old Wives Tales?

I donÂ’t think so

Things that make me feel great about my sway:

I always eat healthy and was eating healthy for the most part when I conceived my two boys, but I really switched it up with this LE diet. Started out eating lots of refined white carbs which is very very different from my usual diet, and then switching focus to low carb veggies and protein and whole grains was a very different version of a healthy diet from what I usually do. I avoided fruit almost completely to prevent blood sugar issues, and fruit is normally a huge part of my diet. IÂ’m also confident in our one attempt. It wasnÂ’t perfect how I planned, but I feel god about it!

Things that make me nervous about my sway:

I am nervous about the diet switch halfway through. I wish I wouldÂ’ve started with the hypoglycemia version and stuck with that the whole time instead of switching.

Things worth mentioning:

The night of attempt, I took a hot shower and had a mixed drink with Diet Coke and whiskey before BD.

[LimaBean]

OH! I totally forgot to add - I had the mirena IUD removed 2.5 cycles before this attempt. I believe that is what caused the chemical pregnancy in the cycle just prior to this one. (Who knows though)


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[ksmom]

Congrats and good luck to you!

[atomic sagebrush]

good luck and pink dust headed your way!

[BacktoSchool]

Looks great! Best of luck!!! Pink dust everywhere!

LimaBean, do you mind me asking where you found information about a sway modified for hypoglycemia? I have been doing the LE PCOS diet, not because I have PCOS, but because I have hypoglycemia and eating all carbs would make me bloat, feel ill, and gain weight. I didn't know you could modify for hypoglycemia!

Maybe it's similar to what I'm doing...which is kind of LE but no flour/sugar. (I eat eggs and chicken sometimes, because if I don't I feel like I'll starve! But I think I'm still keeping protein to under the rep'd limits.)

Either way, looks like an awesome sway! Yay!

[LimaBean]

Looks great! Best of luck!!! Pink dust everywhere!

LimaBean, do you mind me asking where you found information about a sway modified for hypoglycemia? I have been doing the LE PCOS diet, not because I have PCOS, but because I have hypoglycemia and eating all carbs would make me bloat, feel ill, and gain weight. I didn't know you could modify for hypoglycemia!

Maybe it's similar to what I'm doing...which is kind of LE but no flour/sugar. (I eat eggs and chicken sometimes, because if I don't I feel like I'll starve! But I think I'm still keeping protein to under the rep'd limits.)

Either way, looks like an awesome sway! Yay!

Thank you!!

I found a post by atomic from 2011 regarding hypoglycemia during one of my deep explorations of this site
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http://genderdreaming.com/forum/ttc-...ar-issues.html

following this made me feel a whole lot better. I was out shopping with my toddler one day and collapsed in the store from a sudden blood sugar crash after doing a version of the regular LE diet. I realized I needed to make a change for my health and stop obsessing over a perfect sway. I started having a breakfast with diced zucchini and yellow squash in egg whites with a slice of fancy whole grain bread, lunches and dinners were usually a big serving of riced cauliflower and chicken, or a big salad with chicken, or one of those frozen protein blend vegetable microwave bags. I tried to not be so exact about counting calories and nutrition levels and be more relaxed. Hopefully that didn’t kill my sway chances 🤷*♀️




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[LimaBean]

Looks great! Best of luck!!! Pink dust everywhere!

LimaBean, do you mind me asking where you found information about a sway modified for hypoglycemia? I have been doing the LE PCOS diet, not because I have PCOS, but because I have hypoglycemia and eating all carbs would make me bloat, feel ill, and gain weight. I didn't know you could modify for hypoglycemia!

Maybe it's similar to what I'm doing...which is kind of LE but no flour/sugar. (I eat eggs and chicken sometimes, because if I don't I feel like I'll starve! But I think I'm still keeping protein to under the rep'd limits.)

Either way, looks like an awesome sway! Yay!

Thank you! I had a whole reply typed out but I don’t think it posted lol

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/ttc-...ar-issues.html

Here’s the post I used as a guideline! 065A9E55-393F-4D2B-9AB8-D0BBB9B73609.jpg

[BacktoSchool]

How did I miss that post?!! Duh, BacktoSchool!

Thank you so much!!!!

[atomic sagebrush]

Looks great! Best of luck!!! Pink dust everywhere!

LimaBean, do you mind me asking where you found information about a sway modified for hypoglycemia? I have been doing the LE PCOS diet, not because I have PCOS, but because I have hypoglycemia and eating all carbs would make me bloat, feel ill, and gain weight. I didn't know you could modify for hypoglycemia!

Maybe it's similar to what I'm doing...which is kind of LE but no flour/sugar. (I eat eggs and chicken sometimes, because if I don't I feel like I'll starve! But I think I'm still keeping protein to under the rep'd limits.)

Either way, looks like an awesome sway! Yay!

The LE PCOS version will also work for hypoglycemia. That is my recommendation for you anyway, to simply keep doing what you're already doing.

[LimaBean]

Update - genetic testing came back today and it’s a boy! This will be boy #3 for us. I keep telling myself a third boy will be easier and more affordable. This just means I’ll have to try again eventually


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