Mochagirl
June 17th, 2011, 01:26 PM
Hi ladies, most of you know me already from all my ramblings in the diet-related threads, but as I approach the final days before my attempt, I thought I should post my sway for comments/suggestions.
I'm 36 (turning 37 in a few months eeek!). I have three beautiful boys: 5 year old identical twins and a 23 month old. I swayed very, very lightly with ds3, using IG, but I was chicken to try the diet, so pretty much all I did was take supplements and try to reduce sodium. I also attempted O+12, but I screwed up the timing and ended up with O-8 or something like that.
Here are the supplements I'm taking this time:
Cal/Mag 333mg/167mg three times daily
Baby Aspirin, once daily (I was taking cranberry until about 2 weeks ago and finally switched)
1mg of folic acid, twice daily (I was taking a prenatal vitamin and only realised about 2 weeks ago that this probably didn't fit into the low everything diet)
160mg Saw Palmetto once a day (I only started this a week ago, after ds weaned himself)
400mg Vitex, twice daily (I only started this less than a week ago, when af arrived)
I'll stop taking SP and Vitex when I O, but keep taking Baby Aspirin...right?
I'm doing the "Low Everything" diet pretty hardcore. For a while I was incorporating aspects of the IG diet into it (I was eating chicken and avoiding potatoes and tomatoes), but in the last few weeks I've been leaning much more heavily towards the low everything diet. I average about 1000-1200 calories a day (I'm trying to increase this, but having trouble), 40g of protein, 500-700mg of sodium (I'm surprised at how easy it is to stay well under the 1000mg limit) and I'm trying to keep fat as low as possible. I started out at about 130 and now weigh 120-122, depending on what time of day I weigh myself - this is lower than I've weighed since I was a teenager.
DH isn't following the diet or taking supplements, but he's eating my bland meals without complaint and I haven't been cooking him meat much, so his sodium and protein should be lower than usual. I've also replaced his usual juice with Crystal Light and he hasn't even noticed :).
I'm due to O on June 21st, though I just started taking Vitex and don't know how that will affect my cycle. I've decided to throw timing out the window and hope that the diet and supplements will do their job. DH has been releasing once daily since af started a week ago, and now that it's finally done, we'll start dtd daily until I have confirmation that O has passed.
I'm going to take Benedryl to help dry out my cm. I wish I could get Zyrtec, but it doesn't seem to be available in Canada. I take the Benedryl the day before O and on O day...right? Or do I take it every day we dtd? How soon before dtd should I take it?
We'll use Sylk as a lube for our attempts, and I'll be using Rephresh. Starting today (af has finally left), I will use one applicator full every 3 days. Is that right? When do I stop using it? When I O? Do I use it more or less often as O approaches?
During 2WW, I'll continue the diet as well as I can (though I might loosen up a little bit since my Mom will be visiting and it will be my son's 2nd birthday), but I'll make sure to keep controlling my blood sugar by skipping breakfast and not snacking in the afternoon.
So...what does everyone think? Have I missed anything?
I'm 36 (turning 37 in a few months eeek!). I have three beautiful boys: 5 year old identical twins and a 23 month old. I swayed very, very lightly with ds3, using IG, but I was chicken to try the diet, so pretty much all I did was take supplements and try to reduce sodium. I also attempted O+12, but I screwed up the timing and ended up with O-8 or something like that.
Here are the supplements I'm taking this time:
Cal/Mag 333mg/167mg three times daily
Baby Aspirin, once daily (I was taking cranberry until about 2 weeks ago and finally switched)
1mg of folic acid, twice daily (I was taking a prenatal vitamin and only realised about 2 weeks ago that this probably didn't fit into the low everything diet)
160mg Saw Palmetto once a day (I only started this a week ago, after ds weaned himself)
400mg Vitex, twice daily (I only started this less than a week ago, when af arrived)
I'll stop taking SP and Vitex when I O, but keep taking Baby Aspirin...right?
I'm doing the "Low Everything" diet pretty hardcore. For a while I was incorporating aspects of the IG diet into it (I was eating chicken and avoiding potatoes and tomatoes), but in the last few weeks I've been leaning much more heavily towards the low everything diet. I average about 1000-1200 calories a day (I'm trying to increase this, but having trouble), 40g of protein, 500-700mg of sodium (I'm surprised at how easy it is to stay well under the 1000mg limit) and I'm trying to keep fat as low as possible. I started out at about 130 and now weigh 120-122, depending on what time of day I weigh myself - this is lower than I've weighed since I was a teenager.
DH isn't following the diet or taking supplements, but he's eating my bland meals without complaint and I haven't been cooking him meat much, so his sodium and protein should be lower than usual. I've also replaced his usual juice with Crystal Light and he hasn't even noticed :).
I'm due to O on June 21st, though I just started taking Vitex and don't know how that will affect my cycle. I've decided to throw timing out the window and hope that the diet and supplements will do their job. DH has been releasing once daily since af started a week ago, and now that it's finally done, we'll start dtd daily until I have confirmation that O has passed.
I'm going to take Benedryl to help dry out my cm. I wish I could get Zyrtec, but it doesn't seem to be available in Canada. I take the Benedryl the day before O and on O day...right? Or do I take it every day we dtd? How soon before dtd should I take it?
We'll use Sylk as a lube for our attempts, and I'll be using Rephresh. Starting today (af has finally left), I will use one applicator full every 3 days. Is that right? When do I stop using it? When I O? Do I use it more or less often as O approaches?
During 2WW, I'll continue the diet as well as I can (though I might loosen up a little bit since my Mom will be visiting and it will be my son's 2nd birthday), but I'll make sure to keep controlling my blood sugar by skipping breakfast and not snacking in the afternoon.
So...what does everyone think? Have I missed anything?