rabbit
January 2nd, 2013, 07:25 PM
UPDATED!!!!! We went team green in the end and last week our little BOY arrived!!! The sway worked :-) (or we just got really lucky!) thanks to all for your tips and encouragement !!!! Blue dust to you all!
So hubby and I are hoping for 2 kids, we would love a boy then girl as that was the birth order both of us grew up in. However, seeing as this is baby #1 we didn't want to go too heavy on the swaying (baby #2 will be a different story!!) I was just going to do shettles as suggested in TCOYF and then found this site and added in a few more elements! Anyhow, due in July, here is our sway!
Name: Rabbit
Swaying attempt - Natural
CM pH : Didn't check the day of BD because I O'd 4 days early throwing everything off! We had a very rushed BD around midnight after I got a + OPK before bed- the next AM my temp rose so we barely caught that egg! Had been 7-8 ish the week before though.
DH pH : never checked
Big O: Yes- before and after DH!
Minerals DW
Calcium: As little as possible.
Potassium: 2 cream of tarter/baking soda combo drinks per day the week of- yum! Plus tons of bananas.
Sodium: Lots. But this was no change from usual :-)
DH minerals
None. But his diet was similar to mine.
DIET:
Tons of tomatoes and avocados, lots of potatoes, cereal galore, bananas, avoided dairy products and sweets.. in 3 months TTC put on 8 pounds!
Did you continue diet after attempt? Until my BFP.
DH consume caffeine before attempt day: On the day of I'm sure he did, but not right before.
Drinks: Lemon water, BS drink, COT drink.
Supplements
Green Tea: At least 1 cup a day for DH and I!
Vitamin E: Yes (in multivitamin)
Vitamin D: Yes (in multivitamin)
Fish Oil: Yes
Folic Acid: Yes
Royal Jelly: No
Bee Pollen: No
B12: No
Potassium: Yes
Zinc: No
Prenatal: No, but multivitamin
Fertile CM: No
Mucinex: Yes, 2 times daily week of O
Wheat grass pills: No
EPO: No (I tried it once and it gave me horrible diarrhea and cramps! Yuck!)
DH supps:
Just a multivitamin.
Timing:
I was supposed to ovulated on CD 14. On cycle day 9 I started OPK testing and got a (-). Tested right before bed on CD 10 and it was positive! Was afraid of missing the egg (I know for boy you are supposed to wait 24 hours) so we DTD immediately. In the end we did:
O-2 (not intentionally BDing! but it might have done the trick...)
O
But not because this was our sway plan- because we were so caught off guard by early ovulation!
DH caffeine before attempt: No
How many kids do you have before: 0
Number of months TTC: 3 months- had a chemical the first cycle, BFN the second, and my beautiful sticky baby the third.
Your Age: 26
BD position: Doggy style. Propped up my hips for at least 45 minutes.
EWCM: Some, but not tons.
DH type of undies: boxer briefs
DH use cold bath/shower or ice: no
Old Wives tales, Astrology, Moon Phase, etc: biorhythms and moon cycle said boy! But this was just good luck :-)
Number of months TTC: 3
Will update you when I have pink/blue news! When I got my first BFP I had my heart set on a boy. But after my chemical I realized that all I wanted was a healthy sticky baby which is what I thankfully have :-) Blue would be a bonus, but I will be so happy either way (that's a nice thing about it being the 1st!).
Thanks to all of you who posted your boy sways- they were very helpful in getting ideas for mine, even if it was very very light!
So hubby and I are hoping for 2 kids, we would love a boy then girl as that was the birth order both of us grew up in. However, seeing as this is baby #1 we didn't want to go too heavy on the swaying (baby #2 will be a different story!!) I was just going to do shettles as suggested in TCOYF and then found this site and added in a few more elements! Anyhow, due in July, here is our sway!
Name: Rabbit
Swaying attempt - Natural
CM pH : Didn't check the day of BD because I O'd 4 days early throwing everything off! We had a very rushed BD around midnight after I got a + OPK before bed- the next AM my temp rose so we barely caught that egg! Had been 7-8 ish the week before though.
DH pH : never checked
Big O: Yes- before and after DH!
Minerals DW
Calcium: As little as possible.
Potassium: 2 cream of tarter/baking soda combo drinks per day the week of- yum! Plus tons of bananas.
Sodium: Lots. But this was no change from usual :-)
DH minerals
None. But his diet was similar to mine.
DIET:
Tons of tomatoes and avocados, lots of potatoes, cereal galore, bananas, avoided dairy products and sweets.. in 3 months TTC put on 8 pounds!
Did you continue diet after attempt? Until my BFP.
DH consume caffeine before attempt day: On the day of I'm sure he did, but not right before.
Drinks: Lemon water, BS drink, COT drink.
Supplements
Green Tea: At least 1 cup a day for DH and I!
Vitamin E: Yes (in multivitamin)
Vitamin D: Yes (in multivitamin)
Fish Oil: Yes
Folic Acid: Yes
Royal Jelly: No
Bee Pollen: No
B12: No
Potassium: Yes
Zinc: No
Prenatal: No, but multivitamin
Fertile CM: No
Mucinex: Yes, 2 times daily week of O
Wheat grass pills: No
EPO: No (I tried it once and it gave me horrible diarrhea and cramps! Yuck!)
DH supps:
Just a multivitamin.
Timing:
I was supposed to ovulated on CD 14. On cycle day 9 I started OPK testing and got a (-). Tested right before bed on CD 10 and it was positive! Was afraid of missing the egg (I know for boy you are supposed to wait 24 hours) so we DTD immediately. In the end we did:
O-2 (not intentionally BDing! but it might have done the trick...)
O
But not because this was our sway plan- because we were so caught off guard by early ovulation!
DH caffeine before attempt: No
How many kids do you have before: 0
Number of months TTC: 3 months- had a chemical the first cycle, BFN the second, and my beautiful sticky baby the third.
Your Age: 26
BD position: Doggy style. Propped up my hips for at least 45 minutes.
EWCM: Some, but not tons.
DH type of undies: boxer briefs
DH use cold bath/shower or ice: no
Old Wives tales, Astrology, Moon Phase, etc: biorhythms and moon cycle said boy! But this was just good luck :-)
Number of months TTC: 3
Will update you when I have pink/blue news! When I got my first BFP I had my heart set on a boy. But after my chemical I realized that all I wanted was a healthy sticky baby which is what I thankfully have :-) Blue would be a bonus, but I will be so happy either way (that's a nice thing about it being the 1st!).
Thanks to all of you who posted your boy sways- they were very helpful in getting ideas for mine, even if it was very very light!