TTC BOY in a few days! Please help with my questions if you can!

[onthepond]

Hi Ladies! My husband and I are going to try for a boy in a few days and I am wanting some advice from each of you about what to do. We have one beautiful daughter already (no sway - just having fun and surprise!) so this will be our only shot at a boy (only planning to have 2 ;)).

Here are my questions...The baking soda drink is to raise my PH, correct? If so, when should I start that and how much should I be drinking each day? Anything else I can do in a week to try to raise CM PH? I have to admit that I really am not sure of my PH - hubby is between 8-9 every time though. One more thought - baking soda baths leading up to BD - good idea or not? I am not going to do the BS douche or finger - want to try to be as natural as possible and we have been trying to boy diet as much as we can.

I bought some preseed at Target today. Should we use that to help sway boy? I usually do get some EWCM but not a ton however the past month I have been drinking a cup of green tea each day and also taking one fish oil and one EPO each day so maybe that will help create more this month?

I will be using Clearblue Easy and Target Brand OPK's - planning to time BD as close to OV as possible and will also be temping. All of this is so overwhelming but I really would love to have a boy. If I am missing any easy sway things that we could add in, please do share! I am just ending AF so will be TTC in about 1.5 weeks! Thanks so much! :nails:

[dloui128]

Hi Ladies! My husband and I are going to try for a boy in a few days and I am wanting some advice from each of you about what to do. We have one beautiful daughter already (no sway - just having fun and surprise!) so this will be our only shot at a boy (only planning to have 2 ;)).

Here are my questions...The baking soda drink is to raise my PH, correct? If so, when should I start that and how much should I be drinking each day? Anything else I can do in a week to try to raise CM PH? I have to admit that I really am not sure of my PH - hubby is between 8-9 every time though. One more thought - baking soda baths leading up to BD - good idea or not? I am not going to do the BS douche or finger - want to try to be as natural as possible and we have been trying to boy diet as much as we can.

I bought some preseed at Target today. Should we use that to help sway boy? I usually do get some EWCM but not a ton however the past month I have been drinking a cup of green tea each day and also taking one fish oil and one EPO each day so maybe that will help create more this month?

I will be using Clearblue Easy and Target Brand OPK's - planning to time BD as close to OV as possible and will also be temping. All of this is so overwhelming but I really would love to have a boy. If I am missing any easy sway things that we could add in, please do share! I am just ending AF so will be TTC in about 1.5 weeks! Thanks so much! :nails:

I believe the baking soda drink is once a day AF-O
I wouldn't worry about testing your PH its just a lot of hassle. I highly recommend being on the HE diet for a minimum of 6weeks, and definitely use the preseed each time you BD. Your supps sound good, but I would include some folic acid since you are drinking green tea. I would try to get in at least 3 BD attemps in your fertile window so an example would be O-4 O-2 and O. Also make sure your DH is releasing every two to three days to keep his count high.
If you have time doing some weights will also help in your sway. Best of luck

[Cinss]

If you are going to drink bs i would not do the bs bath too, you will absorb the bs through your skin and too much is not healthy. Preseed has a ph of 7ish so that is great for your sway. Like dloui said diet for at least 6 weeks is best, and weight training would help. You will want 3 attempts in your fertile window so as soon or shortly after you get a +opk go for it 3 times within 48 hours. Best of luck and the odds of having a boy after a girl are already in your favour :)

[onthepond]

Ooh thank you so much - all of you. I really do appreciate your help! Hubby doesn't like the idea of me doing the baking soda drink so I will be skipping that. I will just add some baking soda to my baths when I take them instead :) Maybe I wil skip testing my pH as I have honestly never tested mine. Hubby has always been high, so I hope that is good.

I have been doing as much of the diet as I can for about 6 weeks now...green tea, water with lemon, and 100% fruit juices. No soda, no coffee, but have snuck a treat here and there. Red meat, eggs, protein bars... and more meals - more calories. Ooh, and I have been taking a prenatal and one extra folic acid per day, just forgot to mention that earlier.

I will plan to use the preseed - glad I heard about that from some of you on here! DH and I will DTD every 2-3 days as we approach OV and will try to BD as close to OV as possible. Does anyone know with the Clearblue Easy OPK's when to DTD after the first smiley face? I usually test every few hours when I know OV is approaching but do not know how long after the first smiley I should probably ovulate. Any other last minute tips are greatly appreciated! I think we have about a week now...(crossing my fingers that it happens this month)...thank you again for all of the advice!

[Cinss]

Check the instructions, but i think it is 12 - 36 hours after the 1st smiley you will ovulate. Great diet, and treats are ok for blue. Doing some squats, push ups, sit ups and calf raises for this last week leading up to O will definatly help too (raising your testosterone levels). Best of luck.

[afy]

Sorry to butt in but I wanted I ask when you guys DTD was it soon as you got your + opk test? I'm actually using clearblue fertility monitor.. That pinpoints the fertile days and the PEAK days..

[atomic sagebrush]

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/ttc-boy-best-practices/1444-baking-soda-basics.html this has info about baking soda in it BUT I am in agreement with dloui and cinss, I personally would NOT recommend doing it.

The case against pH and swaying is here: http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gender-swaying-discussion-ttc-boy-girl-home-swaying-info/11684-ph-pickle.html I super prefer people use Preseed over BSF/BSD. green tea, fish oil, and EPO :agree:

To decide when to time your attempt you may want to read this first, it's the case against timing: http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gender-swaying-discussion-ttc-boy-girl-home-swaying-info/7691-trouble-timing.html

and then have a gander at this one which talks about when to have attempts and how many to do: http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gender-swaying-discussion-ttc-boy-girl-home-swaying-info/9736-how-many-attempts-should-i-do-when-pink-blue.html

BTW welcome, glad you found us!

[atomic sagebrush]

Sorry to butt in but I wanted I ask when you guys DTD was it soon as you got your + opk test? I'm actually using clearblue fertility monitor.. That pinpoints the fertile days and the PEAK days..

Peak = pos OPK and that's when you should start DTD for a boy! (best odds of conception AND in line with Shettles for those who want to include timing.)

[dloui128]

Sorry to butt in but I wanted I ask when you guys DTD was it soon as you got your + opk test? I'm actually using clearblue fertility monitor.. That pinpoints the fertile days and the PEAK days..


yes

[afy]

So we could try a day before our +opk too? And then the morning or afternoon after we get +OPK , night again, then next morning too?

[Cinss]

So we could try a day before our +opk too? And then the morning or afternoon after we get +OPK , night again, then next morning too?

Sounds good to me :)

[The Anchor]

So we could try a day before our +opk too? And then the morning or afternoon after we get +OPK , night again, then next morning too?

Yes, perfect.

[afy]

Oooo thank you ladies.. I've finally got it around my head lol.. Although I have a while till my attempt..

[dloui128]

So we could try a day before our +opk too? And then the morning or afternoon after we get +OPK , night again, then next morning too?

:agree:

[onthepond]

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/ttc-boy-best-practices/1444-baking-soda-basics.html this has info about baking soda in it BUT I am in agreement with dloui and cinss, I personally would NOT recommend doing it.

The case against pH and swaying is here: http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gender-swaying-discussion-ttc-boy-girl-home-swaying-info/11684-ph-pickle.html I super prefer people use Preseed over BSF/BSD. green tea, fish oil, and EPO :agree:

To decide when to time your attempt you may want to read this first, it's the case against timing: http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gender-swaying-discussion-ttc-boy-girl-home-swaying-info/7691-trouble-timing.html

and then have a gander at this one which talks about when to have attempts and how many to do: http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gender-swaying-discussion-ttc-boy-girl-home-swaying-info/9736-how-many-attempts-should-i-do-when-pink-blue.html

BTW welcome, glad you found us!

Thank you so much - so glad I found all of you! Seriously overwhelmed but we are going to do what we can to try to sway boy. I am following all of your advice - no baking soda. We will just continue boy diet as much as we can and I will drink one green tea and take one fish oil, EPO, prenatal and folic acid per day. We only have about a week to go before I should be ovulating but I am hopeful that this will happen for us. If anyone has any great last minute tips or things I should be doing - let me know!

Hubby's PH is 8-9 each time - do I need to test mine? I have no clue what mine would be although I have been drinking a lot of water with lemon to hopefully help. One more thing...do you think preseed is necessary? Is it better to use it than not use it to sway boy? I would love some thoughts on this because I am just not sure what to do with it. Thanks so much!

[dloui128]

Thank you so much - so glad I found all of you! Seriously overwhelmed but we are going to do what we can to try to sway boy. I am following all of your advice - no baking soda. We will just continue boy diet as much as we can and I will drink one green tea and take one fish oil, EPO, prenatal and folic acid per day. We only have about a week to go before I should be ovulating but I am hopeful that this will happen for us. If anyone has any great last minute tips or things I should be doing - let me know!

Hubby's PH is 8-9 each time - do I need to test mine? I have no clue what mine would be although I have been drinking a lot of water with lemon to hopefully help. One more thing...do you think preseed is necessary? Is it better to use it than not use it to sway boy? I would love some thoughts on this because I am just not sure what to do with it. Thanks so much!

If you get a lot of EWCM on your own then you don't necessarily need preseed. If you don't then I HIGHLY recommend preseed.

[afy]

If you get a lot of EWCM on your own then you don't necessarily need preseed. If you don't then I HIGHLY recommend preseed.

Dloui about the preseed my EWCM seems to slightly vary through each cylce sometimes i have ALOT sometimes its not so much i was thinking to still go for preseed either way because im not always sure

[Cinss]

Dloui about the preseed my EWCM seems to slightly vary through each cylce sometimes i have ALOT sometimes its not so much i was thinking to still go for preseed either way because im not always sure

definatly wont hurt to have some just incase, funny thing with me was i used preseed for 8 months and ran out, didnt buy any more, upped the fish oil to 3 x per day bam heaps of ewcm and bam again preggers :)

[dloui128]

Dloui about the preseed my EWCM seems to slightly vary through each cylce sometimes i have ALOT sometimes its not so much i was thinking to still go for preseed either way because im not always sure

I would still go for it

[onthepond]

definatly wont hurt to have some just incase, funny thing with me was i used preseed for 8 months and ran out, didnt buy any more, upped the fish oil to 3 x per day bam heaps of ewcm and bam again preggers :)

So, Cinss - based on your experience would you recommend skipping the preseed? I am taking fish oil too, but the one that is just one pill for a day's dose, maybe that will help with my CM this month? I am just so torn on the preseed because I have read in a lot of places that a DD was conceived. Really don't know what to do here. We bought some but haven't yet used it. Thanks :)

[dloui128]

So, Cinss - based on your experience would you recommend skipping the preseed? I am taking fish oil too, but the one that is just one pill for a day's dose, maybe that will help with my CM this month? I am just so torn on the preseed because I have read in a lot of places that a DD was conceived. Really don't know what to do here. We bought some but haven't yet used it. Thanks :)

If you naturally don't get a lot of your own EWCM then I would highly recommend preseed

Check this thread out

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gender-swaying-discussion-ttc-boy-girl-home-swaying-info/7293-pre-seed-gender.html

[Cinss]

So, Cinss - based on your experience would you recommend skipping the preseed? I am taking fish oil too, but the one that is just one pill for a day's dose, maybe that will help with my CM this month? I am just so torn on the preseed because I have read in a lot of places that a DD was conceived. Really don't know what to do here. We bought some but haven't yet used it. Thanks :)

no i am not saying skip it, i actually freaked out a little when i got my bfp because i didnt use it. if you have lots of natural ewcm when you are attempting you dont need it, but for the days leading up to O you may, definatly good to have it there handy.

[atomic sagebrush]

Thank you so much - so glad I found all of you! Seriously overwhelmed but we are going to do what we can to try to sway boy. I am following all of your advice - no baking soda. We will just continue boy diet as much as we can and I will drink one green tea and take one fish oil, EPO, prenatal and folic acid per day. We only have about a week to go before I should be ovulating but I am hopeful that this will happen for us. If anyone has any great last minute tips or things I should be doing - let me know!

Hubby's PH is 8-9 each time - do I need to test mine? I have no clue what mine would be although I have been drinking a lot of water with lemon to hopefully help. One more thing...do you think preseed is necessary? Is it better to use it than not use it to sway boy? I would love some thoughts on this because I am just not sure what to do with it. Thanks so much!

We're glad you found us too!! It is overwhelming at first but soon it will all fall into place.

You don't need to test pH, we have seen so many pH opposites that I'm not even convinced it sways very much if at all (and sky high pH probably isn't that great anyway.)

Preseed can help if you don't make a lot of CM. We've had good results with it, but of course tons of boys are conceived without it every day! I never used it with any of mine.

[atomic sagebrush]

So, Cinss - based on your experience would you recommend skipping the preseed? I am taking fish oil too, but the one that is just one pill for a day's dose, maybe that will help with my CM this month? I am just so torn on the preseed because I have read in a lot of places that a DD was conceived. Really don't know what to do here. We bought some but haven't yet used it. Thanks :)

The tricky thing about swaying is that sometimes people use something or do something for a particular reason so it makes it look like things are swaying when they really aren't. As an example, people are often told to use Preseed if their husband has low sperm count, but low sperm count sways pink and Preseed may not be able to counteract that, so those people are more likely to conceive girls regardless of the Preseed. People on Clomid are also told to use Preseed, but it sways pink and can counter the blue effects of the Preseed. If you're 75% likely to have a girl, and you use Preseed and it makes you only 70% likely to have a girl, the Preseed still swayed blue for you even tho it wasn't a magic blue bullet. (I just made those numbers up as an example)

[atomic sagebrush]

definatly wont hurt to have some just incase, funny thing with me was i used preseed for 8 months and ran out, didnt buy any more, upped the fish oil to 3 x per day bam heaps of ewcm and bam again preggers :)

that is interesting, thanks for sharing! That actually helps me a lot with the pink swayers.

[afy]

After how long did you ladies notice you having a lot more EWCM when you were taking fish oil and EPO supps? And did you generally seem to notice a difference in your CM and/or EWCM .. I've been on the He diet only 5 days lol so I wanted to find out if anybody felt a difference I know it's still early days for me!

[Cinss]

I was taking 1 fish oil tablet per day and was having a little ewcm, like nothing coming out but if i dipped my finger in there would be some, then when i upped the fish oil to 3 x per day i had enormous globs of it and it was coming out for a day or 2.

[afy]

After how long did you start getting EWCM when you were taking fish oil? Because I just started takin them 4days now

[atomic sagebrush]

After how long did you start getting EWCM when you were taking fish oil? Because I just started takin them 4days now

You aren't going to get EWCM except at ovulation anyway, so if you're early or later in your cycle you won't be getting any EWCM until 3-7 days before next ovulation.

[Cinss]

After how long did you start getting EWCM when you were taking fish oil? Because I just started takin them 4days now

It was within a month, like Atomic said just prior to O.

[onthepond]

I was taking 1 fish oil tablet per day and was having a little ewcm, like nothing coming out but if i dipped my finger in there would be some, then when i upped the fish oil to 3 x per day i had enormous globs of it and it was coming out for a day or 2.

Nevermind - just read Atomic's post and that makes me feel better. I am about 4 days out and still not having much CM, but I usually don't get much until a day or so before OV.

What are your thoughts on Mucinex? Should I try some of that in addition to the EPO and Fish Oil? When should I start that if I do? I should OV on Thursday or so this week...getting SO excited but also nervous. Thanks!!!!!!!

[Cinss]

Hi Cinss, question on this...I am taking 1 fish oil and 1 EPO per day and am about 4 days from when I should OV - still not really having much CM at this point. The fish oil I take is the kind that is a full daily dose in 1 pill, can I take more than 1 of those? Or were you maybe taking a different one? Thanks so much!

The ones i was taking were just bought at the supermarket and are labled 1000mg, so i was taking one at breakfast, lunch and dinner totalling 3000mg for the day. Another tip is to drink at leat 8 glasses of water per day, i am pretty sure that helped too, i know its hard to get in all that liquid plus juices etc, but at the time i was only drinking water and green tea.

[afy]

Sorry I meant CM.. I don't know if we should be getting more with the fish oil

[Cinss]

Sorry I meant CM.. I don't know if we should be getting more with the fish oil

Oh sorry, umm i dont think you will get more cm from fish oil, just more ewcm.

[onthepond]

What are anyones thoughts on taking Mucinex on these final days leading up to OV? Should I or shouldn't I? I haven't really had much CM yet, but shouldn't OV until Thursday or so...I have been taking 1 fish oil, 1 EPO, and drank 1 green tea each day since AF - so that should help. Should I hold off or start 1 Mucinex tonight? I really didn't know much about that one until I found this site so really don't know if people usually do that or not. Open to all suggestions. Thanks!

[dloui128]

What are anyones thoughts on taking Mucinex on these final days leading up to OV? Should I or shouldn't I? I haven't really had much CM yet, but shouldn't OV until Thursday or so...I have been taking 1 fish oil, 1 EPO, and drank 1 green tea each day since AF - so that should help. Should I hold off or start 1 Mucinex tonight? I really didn't know much about that one until I found this site so really don't know if people usually do that or not. Open to all suggestions. Thanks!

I used it and it helped a little with CM but I also used preseed. I would say go ahead and use it

[Cinss]

Maybe just see how you go on the fish oil, epo and green tea. If no luck this cycle maybe add it in next time.

[onthepond]

Okay ladies - final few days for DH and I before we TTC our boy. Any last advice or things to remember? I am not doing any douching but do plan to use some preseed. Any set amount we should be using? I am hoping to get my smiley face on Thursday :) Thanks again for everything!

[atomic sagebrush]

Nevermind - just read Atomic's post and that makes me feel better. I am about 4 days out and still not having much CM, but I usually don't get much until a day or so before OV.

What are your thoughts on Mucinex? Should I try some of that in addition to the EPO and Fish Oil? When should I start that if I do? I should OV on Thursday or so this week...getting SO excited but also nervous. Thanks!!!!!!!

I think adding some Mucinex can always help a blue sway. There's no such thing as overkill when it comes to CM, the more, the better for blue.

[atomic sagebrush]

Okay ladies - final few days for DH and I before we TTC our boy. Any last advice or things to remember? I am not doing any douching but do plan to use some preseed. Any set amount we should be using? I am hoping to get my smiley face on Thursday :) Thanks again for everything!

I'd use a quarter's worth every day and then a generous application to DH's equipment before DTD.

[The Anchor]

I'd use a quarter's worth every day and then a generous application to DH's equipment before DTD.

Oh, I didn't know this...so every day from AF to O? The package says up to 15 minutes prior to DTD...

[onthepond]

Okay I need help now please. Super stressed. The Green Tea and fish oil and EPO must be making me OV early because I randomly took a clearblue easy OPK just a few mins ago and it had a smiley face! I am freaking out because I was supposed to OV on Thursday or Friday this week. What do we do now? Plan to DTD tonight? I just took my first one today at 1:30pm. I did take one last night around 5:30pm and it was negative but obviously I made a bad decision and didn't test later last night or this morning until now so I have no idea when the surge started :(

Other problem - hubby and I last had sex on Sunday evening because we were hoping for the 4 day cutoff thinking Thursday would be the earliest that I would OV, so how much is that going to hurt our chances of conceiving a boy? I am just heartbroken because I had this all planned out for Thursday. If it seems a lost cause, please tell me, otherwise I think we will plan to go for it tonight and tomorrow morning unless you guys have other ideas. I seriously cannot believe this. I just about died when I saw that smiley face...The good news is that I had a ton of EWCM...but the smiley face does not mean that I am ovulating right now, does it? Doesn't it mean it is leading up to it? SO, maybe we BD tonight before bed and tomorrow morning before work...I would like to get in 3 attemps - what about a lunch time BD tomorrow, too or is that too much BD without a 4 days cutoff his was only 2 days? Or is that too close to O+12? Please give me your thoughts on what to do next - I am trying not to cry over here. Thanks!

[The Anchor]

My advice...for a blue sway you should DTD tonight, tomorrow morning and tomorrow night. Don't worry about cut off or O+12 (and read the timing essay if you get a chance). Do you have preseed?

[onthepond]

YES! We have preseed and will use some tonight and tomorrow. I am seriously just devastated. Thank you so much for the advice. We will plan to BD tonight, tomorrow morning, and then tomorrow night, too.

ONE more thing. Thursday was going to be a critical boy day for moon signs and biorythms and of course yesterday was critical girl day. Do you guys believe in those? If so, are we destined to have another girl based on that? I seriously just want to cry right now...all of this is so overwhelming.

[The Anchor]

If it helps you any, my DD was conceived under boy signs and positive ions and my DS was conceived under girl sign and negative ions. So I don't put much faith i those...

[onthepond]

My advice...for a blue sway you should DTD tonight, tomorrow morning and tomorrow night. Don't worry about cut off or O+12 (and read the timing essay if you get a chance). Do you have preseed?


Hi Anchor - which timing survey are you talking about?? Thanks so much!

[The Anchor]

Atomic wrote an essay on how timing doesn't really sway either way...

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gender-swaying-discussion-ttc-boy-girl-home-swaying-info/7691-trouble-timing.html

[The Anchor]

These ones too:

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/ttc-girl-best-practices/2728-abstaining-frequent-release-mixing-cutoff-o-12-a.html
http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gender-swaying-discussion-ttc-boy-girl-home-swaying-info/5636-frequency-bd-pink-blue.html

[Cinss]

onthepond, you have the green light :) Anchors advice is good, try for 3 attempts. Yippee for a tonn of ewcm! Dont stress out over the moon and ions etc, there is no science behind any of that. Best of luck, i hope you catch that egg :)

[atomic sagebrush]

Oh, I didn't know this...so every day from AF to O? The package says up to 15 minutes prior to DTD...

It's not make or break, it just seemed like something that could help if we started it a few days before O so it could get in all the nooks and crannies, then a good shot of it right befrore!!

[The Anchor]

It's not make or break, it just seemed like something that could help if we started it a few days before O so it could get in all the nooks and crannies, then a good shot of it right befrore!!

THANKS, that totally makes sense :agree:

[atomic sagebrush]

YES! We have preseed and will use some tonight and tomorrow. I am seriously just devastated. Thank you so much for the advice. We will plan to BD tonight, tomorrow morning, and then tomorrow night, too.

ONE more thing. Thursday was going to be a critical boy day for moon signs and biorythms and of course yesterday was critical girl day. Do you guys believe in those? If so, are we destined to have another girl based on that? I seriously just want to cry right now...all of this is so overwhelming.

Swaying works not because of magic, it works because in some environments boys have a better chance at surviving to hand down genes to future generations, and other times, in other environments, girls do. It does not make any sense that one day you'd have the wrong environment for a boy and then the very next day, a girl would suddenly be more likely to survive. Your body just doesn't work like that. It takes cues from the world around you as to what baby has a better chance at handing down the genes and that's the gender you're most likely to conceive.

Moon signs have never been proven to influence gender in any way. Moon PHASES might have a tiny influence but the moon phases on IG are not correct, it has nothing to do with ions and has to do with moonlight.

Biorhythms were invented by a mental patient and based on numbers that he just happened to "like" and then the idea that all women have a 28 day cycle every month, which as we all know is totally not the case.

[onthepond]

Swaying works not because of magic, it works because in some environments boys have a better chance at surviving to hand down genes to future generations, and other times, in other environments, girls do. It does not make any sense that one day you'd have the wrong environment for a boy and then the very next day, a girl would suddenly be more likely to survive. Your body just doesn't work like that. It takes cues from the world around you as to what baby has a better chance at handing down the genes and that's the gender you're most likely to conceive.

Moon signs have never been proven to influence gender in any way. Moon PHASES might have a tiny influence but the moon phases on IG are not correct, it has nothing to do with ions and has to do with moonlight.

Biorhythms were invented by a mental patient and based on numbers that he just happened to "like" and then the idea that all women have a 28 day cycle every month, which as we all know is totally not the case.

Thank you so much Atomic! To be honest, I did not believe in them anyway but of course this threw me for an unexpected loop today so I think I just got nervous about everything. In your opinion, when should we BD now that I got the smiley face at around 1:30pm? I am thinking tonight, tomorrow morning, and then tomorrow night. Is that too much? Ooh I just want this to be our month. Thanks all for your help!

[Cinss]

Thank you so much Atomic! To be honest, I did not believe in them anyway but of course this threw me for an unexpected loop today so I think I just got nervous about everything. In your opinion, when should we BD now that I got the smiley face at around 1:30pm? I am thinking tonight, tomorrow morning, and then tomorrow night. Is that too much? Ooh I just want this to be our month. Thanks all for your help!

perfect :)

[onthepond]

Ok ladies - ONE more question. I took 2 more OPK's last night, one at 6pm was positive and one at 9:30pm was negative. Hubby and I BD last night around 10pm. I woke up in the middle of the night around 3am and took my temp and it was 98. Every day prior I was about 97.18. I took it again a few times at about 4am, 5am, 6am and I am now at about 97.86. Does it look like I OV early this morning? Should we still BD one more time this morning or should we just hope and pray from the one time that this will be our month? TTC a boy! Thanks so much!

[atomic sagebrush]

Sorry I didn't see this sooner, but YES!! Your schedule sounds perfect.

[onthepond]

Sorry I didn't see this sooner, but YES!! Your schedule sounds perfect.

Hi Atomic, what do you think about the timing after the temp rise this morning? I know that it was very unlikely that it would have been 12 hours since OV andI wanted to BD one more time to at least have 2 attempts in there but am worried it was maybe too late? I did not have a ton of ewcm but we did use quite a bit of preseed for both attempts. Overall I feel good about it but it really just threw me getting that smiley face so early...thought we had a few more days and I guess I expected more ewcm. I did post my sway in the sway area, could you let me know what you think? Fingers and toes crossed for a BFP and healthy baby boy! Thanks a ton!

[Cinss]

Are you charting on FF at all, maybe we could have a look at your chart?

[onthepond]

NO :( I am not. I have been charting on a calendar next to our bed. This month was really a goofy one...I think because of the green tea and EPO. Usually I am so regular. Well - too late to make changes now...we BD last night and this morning, which was what we were most comfortable with when discussing this. I guess in all reality that I only OV 1-2 days earlier than I had thought that I would, so I guess it isn't that crazy. I am confident, though, that we BD within 12 hours of OV...I am thinking I must have OV overnight or early this morning and our final BD was at 6am. I do know that I had EWCM in my cervix and could feel my cervix very high and slightly open (even still this morning) - which I think is good.

Fingers crossed. Toes crossed. Saying a prayer.

[Cinss]

No problems, now that you are in the 2ww and it is really boring and drags, seeing as you have all the info jotted down on your calender, you could enter it all in on FF (if you can be bothered) it is such a great ttc tool and it is really helpful and informative, and i know when i was using it it was quite reassuring that everything went well, its free too and you can post it here if you need anyone to take a look :)

[atomic sagebrush]

Hi Atomic, what do you think about the timing after the temp rise this morning? I know that it was very unlikely that it would have been 12 hours since OV andI wanted to BD one more time to at least have 2 attempts in there but am worried it was maybe too late? I did not have a ton of ewcm but we did use quite a bit of preseed for both attempts. Overall I feel good about it but it really just threw me getting that smiley face so early...thought we had a few more days and I guess I expected more ewcm. I did post my sway in the sway area, could you let me know what you think? Fingers and toes crossed for a BFP and healthy baby boy! Thanks a ton!

There is no too late - I don't think O+12 sways anyway. :)

One good attempt beats 5 bad ones!!

[onthepond]

Ooh thank you so much! That is what I wanted to hear. I do feel really good about both of our attempts and so does DH. Now we are in the 2WW...terrible :) Could any of you ladies take a look at my sway in the swaying forum and let me know what you think? Please be honest - we would love a boy but will feel equally blessed with another little girl, too, would just love to hear your thoughts!