crazycatcouple
June 25th, 2014, 08:35 PM
TTC a BOY Sway Attempt
Gender Result:
Unknown
DW Age:
31
DH Age:
34
Current Children's Gender(s)
girl
Number of Months TTC
3
Did you purchase and follow a GD Personalized Plan?
Yes
MINERALS
Calcium Intake(Please describe)
Whatever was in my multivitamin, plus full fat dairy regulary
Magnesium Intake(Please describe)
Whatever was in my multivitamin
Potassium Intake(Please describe)
Drank some coconut water in the days leading up to and the days of attempt
Sodium Intake(Please describe)
Just normal, didn't really add anything additional
SUPPLEMENTS USED
DW Supplements Evening Primrose Oil
Fish Oil
Folic Acid
DH Supplements Fish Oil
Multi-vitamin
Vitamin D
L-Arginine
L-Carnitine
Any additional supplement info?
DW also took multivitamin, Brewer's Yeast, Probiotic, Vitamin D, Coq 10, Maca, and Wheatgrass supplements. Also drank gelatin drink 1-2 times per day around attempts.
DH also took Probiotic, Coq 10, and Wheatgrass supplements
DIET
Did you follow a diet plan?
Yes
If yes to diet, which one did you most follow? HE(High Everything)
Comments regarding DW's diet changes-
Used a lot of high quality protein shakes to help increase overall protein intake to over 120 g per day. Ate every few hours to keep blood sugar up. Lots of eggs and full fat dairy. Also ate more sugar than recommended, but always included protein with it.
If diet was used, length of time before attempt?
About 6 months, but not always super strict.
Did you skip breakfast regularly?
No
Did DH change his diet with you?
No
Comments regarding DH's diet-
He's always been a big eater, but lots of sweets, which he continued to eat.
DId you consume alcohol? A couple of drinks per week
DId you try to limit caffeine?
Yes, I had 1 drink per day
Any Diet Details?
-
Any Diet Comments/Additional Info?
It was a loose diet with mostly just more of everything, both the good for us stuff and the bad for us stuff.
WEIGHT AND EXERCISE
What did you weigh/BMI do leading up to O?
DW is 5'6" and weighed 140 starting the diet, and crept up to about 152 by the time we got our BFP.
Any Weight/Exercise related additional info/comments?
Worked out heavily - lots of weight training and definitely bulked up a bit.
THINGS in VG and CONCEPTION DATE(CD) INFO
pH Before Starting a Sway Program, if known
unknown
Any VG potions used? NO
CM pH at attempt
unknown
DH pH
unknown
THE DEED INFO
How many BD attempts did you make for the BFP cycle?
3
BD Pattern DTD through Ovulation
BD Dates according to Ovulation 1 Day Before O
O Day
After O
BD Position
Multiple
Any additional comments?
As soon as we got a positive OPK, we DTD for 3 days straight. DH has abstained for about 5 or so days before that.
Any relevant attempt details?
Attempts were at the end of a vacation, so we were relatively stress free.
Did you do anything with Ions?
no
Moon Phase during conception?
Waxing Gibbous
Did you use any Old Wives Tales?
no
Things that make me feel great about my sway:
I definitely felt like I had more testosterone in my body overall.
Things that make me nervous about my sway:
We had so much sugar in our diet. I made sure to eat protein with my carbs, but there were still a lot of sweets consumed.
Things worth mentioning:
DH didn't do a whole lot. He took supps, but forgot them a lot as well. He also worked out a bit more often and was at the top of his normal weight range. We had about 3 months of strict HE dieting, but then decided to hold off on our attempts for a couple months, so our diet faded a bit then. It was only 1 month after trying to get back into it that we got our BFP and the week of our attempt was vacation, so although we were fairly stress free, we were also not quite as strict with our diet and were drinking much more alcohol during that week.
Gender Result:
Unknown
DW Age:
31
DH Age:
34
Current Children's Gender(s)
girl
Number of Months TTC
3
Did you purchase and follow a GD Personalized Plan?
Yes
MINERALS
Calcium Intake(Please describe)
Whatever was in my multivitamin, plus full fat dairy regulary
Magnesium Intake(Please describe)
Whatever was in my multivitamin
Potassium Intake(Please describe)
Drank some coconut water in the days leading up to and the days of attempt
Sodium Intake(Please describe)
Just normal, didn't really add anything additional
SUPPLEMENTS USED
DW Supplements Evening Primrose Oil
Fish Oil
Folic Acid
DH Supplements Fish Oil
Multi-vitamin
Vitamin D
L-Arginine
L-Carnitine
Any additional supplement info?
DW also took multivitamin, Brewer's Yeast, Probiotic, Vitamin D, Coq 10, Maca, and Wheatgrass supplements. Also drank gelatin drink 1-2 times per day around attempts.
DH also took Probiotic, Coq 10, and Wheatgrass supplements
DIET
Did you follow a diet plan?
Yes
If yes to diet, which one did you most follow? HE(High Everything)
Comments regarding DW's diet changes-
Used a lot of high quality protein shakes to help increase overall protein intake to over 120 g per day. Ate every few hours to keep blood sugar up. Lots of eggs and full fat dairy. Also ate more sugar than recommended, but always included protein with it.
If diet was used, length of time before attempt?
About 6 months, but not always super strict.
Did you skip breakfast regularly?
No
Did DH change his diet with you?
No
Comments regarding DH's diet-
He's always been a big eater, but lots of sweets, which he continued to eat.
DId you consume alcohol? A couple of drinks per week
DId you try to limit caffeine?
Yes, I had 1 drink per day
Any Diet Details?
-
Any Diet Comments/Additional Info?
It was a loose diet with mostly just more of everything, both the good for us stuff and the bad for us stuff.
WEIGHT AND EXERCISE
What did you weigh/BMI do leading up to O?
DW is 5'6" and weighed 140 starting the diet, and crept up to about 152 by the time we got our BFP.
Any Weight/Exercise related additional info/comments?
Worked out heavily - lots of weight training and definitely bulked up a bit.
THINGS in VG and CONCEPTION DATE(CD) INFO
pH Before Starting a Sway Program, if known
unknown
Any VG potions used? NO
CM pH at attempt
unknown
DH pH
unknown
THE DEED INFO
How many BD attempts did you make for the BFP cycle?
3
BD Pattern DTD through Ovulation
BD Dates according to Ovulation 1 Day Before O
O Day
After O
BD Position
Multiple
Any additional comments?
As soon as we got a positive OPK, we DTD for 3 days straight. DH has abstained for about 5 or so days before that.
Any relevant attempt details?
Attempts were at the end of a vacation, so we were relatively stress free.
Did you do anything with Ions?
no
Moon Phase during conception?
Waxing Gibbous
Did you use any Old Wives Tales?
no
Things that make me feel great about my sway:
I definitely felt like I had more testosterone in my body overall.
Things that make me nervous about my sway:
We had so much sugar in our diet. I made sure to eat protein with my carbs, but there were still a lot of sweets consumed.
Things worth mentioning:
DH didn't do a whole lot. He took supps, but forgot them a lot as well. He also worked out a bit more often and was at the top of his normal weight range. We had about 3 months of strict HE dieting, but then decided to hold off on our attempts for a couple months, so our diet faded a bit then. It was only 1 month after trying to get back into it that we got our BFP and the week of our attempt was vacation, so although we were fairly stress free, we were also not quite as strict with our diet and were drinking much more alcohol during that week.