Winngrin
July 23rd, 2012, 01:02 PM
Here goes!!
AGE: 32
TTC: Girl, first month late July/early Aug 2012
# of children: 3, all boys! ages 13 &11 from first marriage, age 8 months from DH
DIET: I have been following a combo of IG and LE diet for 6 weeks, Ive done really well. Skip breakfast, low fat greek yogurt or half bagel or matzo crackers with low fat ricotta cheese, dinner is rice or pasta with low fat ricotta, some green beans, very little chicken but have cut that out this month from AF on. Some fat free, sugar free ice cream for a treat. This is completely different than my diet when I concieved all 3 boys....which was high in sodium, fat, basically everything bad and delicious. Think Taco Bell and pizza (although Im naturally thin).
DRINKS: Crystal Lite....lots of it.
CAFFIENE: 1 cup weak coffee some mornings (my 8 month old is teething so Im not sleeping well some nights)
ALCOHOL: None
SUPP:
Calcium: 1200 mg (I debated this a lot but seeing as I never ate dairy and got very little calcium when I concieved my boys, Im going with it).
Magnesium: 300 mg
Cranberry: 10000 mg, upped to 12000 mg from AF this month TTC
Vitamin C: 500mg but gave this up after reading Atomic's posts.
Prenatal vitamin: I debated this also but feel better about taking one in case I do get pregnant. Edited to add, after much thought I am cutting this out, just too many good things in it, LOL! I just bought them and have only taken 3 or 4 days, is this enough to mess up my sway?
Sodium: Very strict about keeping it extremely low
Potassium: Same
DH SUPP: I wasnt able to get him totally on board with diet, but he has cut back on red meat (he's a big time meat and potatoes guy), but he was willing to take supps, has been great about it, and I love him even more for that!
Calcium: 1200
Magnesium: 300
Cranberry: 8000, upped to 12000 from AF on TTC this month
IONS: Not a firm believer here but am doing some anyway (cant hurt right?). Pink negative ion bracelet, rose quartz necklace, lavender shower gel (I hate the smell of lavender). Plan on spending as much time as possible outdoors, light walking near lake with DS3.
PH: I have decided not to track this as I have a tendency to be a bit (ok, a lot) OCD and can see myself easily obsessing over this to the point of being ridiculous. I am hoping that the drastic diet change and supps will be enough to change Ph. I did notice a big difference in CM. I typically have a lot of EWCM, last month there was almost none, I had to rely to OPK and temp to know when I OVed.
REPRESH or DOUCHE: Undecided about this and need help. I did buy some RePresh, but am not sure if I should use it or douche since I am not tracking Ph??
PLAN FOR BD: NEED HELP HERE!!! We are abstaining from AF to cutoff. Last month I OV on CD17, but my period this month is a day shorter so planning on BD on CD13???? Undecided on O+12, not sure I can pinpoint O with very little EWCM, but do track with OPK and temp (unless DS3 doesnt allow me to sleep well enough to get an accurate temp). ANY SUGGESTIONS???
SILLY EXTRAS: Wooden spoon with pink ribbon under bed, pink newborn girl shoes under pillow (I refused to buy anything until I knew the gender of all 3 boys, this time I bought the shoes and may buy a girl dress as well). Chinese calender says GIRL if I concieve in August, which if I get pg this time it will be....barely.
ALSO: I truly believe we will get our girl. I never felt this way before, and I put a lot of stock into the fact that DH is my best friend and I adore him. My first marriage wasnt great, I am in a better place altogehter in my life, am making better decisions than I used to (ah, maturity). I am taking the posistion that this will work, but if for some reason it doesnt and we get a boy, that little boy must be very determined and destined to be ours.
I think thats all!
AGE: 32
TTC: Girl, first month late July/early Aug 2012
# of children: 3, all boys! ages 13 &11 from first marriage, age 8 months from DH
DIET: I have been following a combo of IG and LE diet for 6 weeks, Ive done really well. Skip breakfast, low fat greek yogurt or half bagel or matzo crackers with low fat ricotta cheese, dinner is rice or pasta with low fat ricotta, some green beans, very little chicken but have cut that out this month from AF on. Some fat free, sugar free ice cream for a treat. This is completely different than my diet when I concieved all 3 boys....which was high in sodium, fat, basically everything bad and delicious. Think Taco Bell and pizza (although Im naturally thin).
DRINKS: Crystal Lite....lots of it.
CAFFIENE: 1 cup weak coffee some mornings (my 8 month old is teething so Im not sleeping well some nights)
ALCOHOL: None
SUPP:
Calcium: 1200 mg (I debated this a lot but seeing as I never ate dairy and got very little calcium when I concieved my boys, Im going with it).
Magnesium: 300 mg
Cranberry: 10000 mg, upped to 12000 mg from AF this month TTC
Vitamin C: 500mg but gave this up after reading Atomic's posts.
Prenatal vitamin: I debated this also but feel better about taking one in case I do get pregnant. Edited to add, after much thought I am cutting this out, just too many good things in it, LOL! I just bought them and have only taken 3 or 4 days, is this enough to mess up my sway?
Sodium: Very strict about keeping it extremely low
Potassium: Same
DH SUPP: I wasnt able to get him totally on board with diet, but he has cut back on red meat (he's a big time meat and potatoes guy), but he was willing to take supps, has been great about it, and I love him even more for that!
Calcium: 1200
Magnesium: 300
Cranberry: 8000, upped to 12000 from AF on TTC this month
IONS: Not a firm believer here but am doing some anyway (cant hurt right?). Pink negative ion bracelet, rose quartz necklace, lavender shower gel (I hate the smell of lavender). Plan on spending as much time as possible outdoors, light walking near lake with DS3.
PH: I have decided not to track this as I have a tendency to be a bit (ok, a lot) OCD and can see myself easily obsessing over this to the point of being ridiculous. I am hoping that the drastic diet change and supps will be enough to change Ph. I did notice a big difference in CM. I typically have a lot of EWCM, last month there was almost none, I had to rely to OPK and temp to know when I OVed.
REPRESH or DOUCHE: Undecided about this and need help. I did buy some RePresh, but am not sure if I should use it or douche since I am not tracking Ph??
PLAN FOR BD: NEED HELP HERE!!! We are abstaining from AF to cutoff. Last month I OV on CD17, but my period this month is a day shorter so planning on BD on CD13???? Undecided on O+12, not sure I can pinpoint O with very little EWCM, but do track with OPK and temp (unless DS3 doesnt allow me to sleep well enough to get an accurate temp). ANY SUGGESTIONS???
SILLY EXTRAS: Wooden spoon with pink ribbon under bed, pink newborn girl shoes under pillow (I refused to buy anything until I knew the gender of all 3 boys, this time I bought the shoes and may buy a girl dress as well). Chinese calender says GIRL if I concieve in August, which if I get pg this time it will be....barely.
ALSO: I truly believe we will get our girl. I never felt this way before, and I put a lot of stock into the fact that DH is my best friend and I adore him. My first marriage wasnt great, I am in a better place altogehter in my life, am making better decisions than I used to (ah, maturity). I am taking the posistion that this will work, but if for some reason it doesnt and we get a boy, that little boy must be very determined and destined to be ours.
I think thats all!