bluebonnet22
October 31st, 2014, 01:52 PM
TTC a Girl Sway Attempt
Gender Result:
boy/girl twins!
DW Age:
30
DH Age:
35
Current Children's Gender(s)
DS
Number of Months TTC
4
Did you purchase and follow a GD Personalized Plan?
Yes
DIET
Did you follow a diet plan?
Yes
If yes to diet, which one did you most follow? LE(Low Everything)
Comments regarding DW's diet changes-
I have been on LE diet since April (with 20 days off for my loss pregnancy in late August- early September). I would say I followed the 80/20 rule. I was strict 80% of the time and ate normally the other 20%. I very very rarely ate meat, ate way more processed foods, etc. I probably wasn't strict enough, but I lost a lot of weight so I did what I could manage without becoming too thin.
If diet was used, length of time before attempt?
7 months
Did you skip breakfast regularly?
Yes
Did DH change his diet with you?
Yes
Comments regarding DH's diet-
He ate less meat because I cooked far less. He definitely wasn't a vegetarian this cycle and didn't eat remotely an LE diet.
DId you consume alcohol? Often- daily
DId you try to limit caffeine?
No, I drink caffeine regularly
Any Diet Details?
I overdid it the first week of the cycle I conceived (dropped 6 lbs in 10 days). My ovulation was delayed and I was leaving town without DH so needed to get a positive before I left. I ate 2 cheat meals (vegetarian but too much greasy vegetable oil) and ovulated the next day. I was at an important family dinner where meat was the only option so ended up eating 2 ounces or so of red meat on ovulation day to be polite. I gained 1.4 lbs around ovulation . EEK. I think I had gotten too thin and needed to gain the weight in order to ovulate but surely that's a huge blue sway factor.
Any Diet Comments/Additional Info?
As I said before, I was perfect on the diet 80% of the time. Trying to be perfect 100% of the time would have made me completely crazy and even if this is a boy, I don't regret my laid back approach to the diet.
WEIGHT AND EXERCISE
What did you weigh/BMI do leading up to O?
Starting weight (April) 151 lbs, 24 BMI
Lowest weight (2 days prior to O) : 123.5 lbs, 19.6 BMI
Conception weight (O day until BFP day): 125 lbs, 19.9 BMI
Any Weight/Exercise related additional info/comments?
I was extremely commited to the 60 minutes per day 7 days a week cardio. For nearly the entire 7 months I kept this up! I missed 10 days during my loss pregnancy and otherwise only took 1 day off every 3 weeks or so. By the end I was running 6 miles at a 9 minute mile pace (very strenuous!).
THINGS in VG and CONCEPTION DATE(CD) INFO
pH Before Starting a Sway Program, if known
N/A
Any VG potions used? NO
CM pH at attempt
No idea
DH pH
No idea
How many BD attempts did you make for the BFP cycle?
1
BD Dates according to Ovulation O Day
Any additional comments?
This cycle we DTD daily (this is DH's preferred release pattern and he was very crabby after months of swaying). We had one attempt 6 days prior to O and another attempt the morning of ovulation day.
THE DEED INFO
DH Info about Swimmers Frequent Release
BD Position
Multiple
Did you Jump and Dump? Yes
Any relevant attempt details?
We had FR for ~10 days prior. Not for swaying method, but as mentioned above to keep DH happy. We always used pull out other than the one attempt on ovulation day.
SUPPLEMENTS USED
DW Supplements Chitosan
folic acid
DH Supplements
-
Any additional supplement info?
DH took OLE
Did you do anything with Ions?
no
Moon Phase during conception?
Waxing Crescent
Did you use any Old Wives Tales?
No
Things that make me feel great about my sway:
Extremely commited to exercise. I had a loss one cycle prior to conception. It was an early loss (6w5d) and I did have AF between the loss and this conception so I doubt it did much. I lost a lot of weight and was pretty good overall on diet for 7 months!
Things that make me nervous about my sway:
I was on vacation after conception/ovulation so I was off the diet. I gained 1 lb around ovulation time!
Things worth mentioning:
My gut instinct tells me this is a boy. I don't feel like my diet was perfect enough and I didn't take fiber all that often. I tried as hard as I could without making myself crazy! Any healthy baby is a blessing and DH and I will be thrilled with a second healthy baby boy!
Gender Result:
boy/girl twins!
DW Age:
30
DH Age:
35
Current Children's Gender(s)
DS
Number of Months TTC
4
Did you purchase and follow a GD Personalized Plan?
Yes
DIET
Did you follow a diet plan?
Yes
If yes to diet, which one did you most follow? LE(Low Everything)
Comments regarding DW's diet changes-
I have been on LE diet since April (with 20 days off for my loss pregnancy in late August- early September). I would say I followed the 80/20 rule. I was strict 80% of the time and ate normally the other 20%. I very very rarely ate meat, ate way more processed foods, etc. I probably wasn't strict enough, but I lost a lot of weight so I did what I could manage without becoming too thin.
If diet was used, length of time before attempt?
7 months
Did you skip breakfast regularly?
Yes
Did DH change his diet with you?
Yes
Comments regarding DH's diet-
He ate less meat because I cooked far less. He definitely wasn't a vegetarian this cycle and didn't eat remotely an LE diet.
DId you consume alcohol? Often- daily
DId you try to limit caffeine?
No, I drink caffeine regularly
Any Diet Details?
I overdid it the first week of the cycle I conceived (dropped 6 lbs in 10 days). My ovulation was delayed and I was leaving town without DH so needed to get a positive before I left. I ate 2 cheat meals (vegetarian but too much greasy vegetable oil) and ovulated the next day. I was at an important family dinner where meat was the only option so ended up eating 2 ounces or so of red meat on ovulation day to be polite. I gained 1.4 lbs around ovulation . EEK. I think I had gotten too thin and needed to gain the weight in order to ovulate but surely that's a huge blue sway factor.
Any Diet Comments/Additional Info?
As I said before, I was perfect on the diet 80% of the time. Trying to be perfect 100% of the time would have made me completely crazy and even if this is a boy, I don't regret my laid back approach to the diet.
WEIGHT AND EXERCISE
What did you weigh/BMI do leading up to O?
Starting weight (April) 151 lbs, 24 BMI
Lowest weight (2 days prior to O) : 123.5 lbs, 19.6 BMI
Conception weight (O day until BFP day): 125 lbs, 19.9 BMI
Any Weight/Exercise related additional info/comments?
I was extremely commited to the 60 minutes per day 7 days a week cardio. For nearly the entire 7 months I kept this up! I missed 10 days during my loss pregnancy and otherwise only took 1 day off every 3 weeks or so. By the end I was running 6 miles at a 9 minute mile pace (very strenuous!).
THINGS in VG and CONCEPTION DATE(CD) INFO
pH Before Starting a Sway Program, if known
N/A
Any VG potions used? NO
CM pH at attempt
No idea
DH pH
No idea
How many BD attempts did you make for the BFP cycle?
1
BD Dates according to Ovulation O Day
Any additional comments?
This cycle we DTD daily (this is DH's preferred release pattern and he was very crabby after months of swaying). We had one attempt 6 days prior to O and another attempt the morning of ovulation day.
THE DEED INFO
DH Info about Swimmers Frequent Release
BD Position
Multiple
Did you Jump and Dump? Yes
Any relevant attempt details?
We had FR for ~10 days prior. Not for swaying method, but as mentioned above to keep DH happy. We always used pull out other than the one attempt on ovulation day.
SUPPLEMENTS USED
DW Supplements Chitosan
folic acid
DH Supplements
-
Any additional supplement info?
DH took OLE
Did you do anything with Ions?
no
Moon Phase during conception?
Waxing Crescent
Did you use any Old Wives Tales?
No
Things that make me feel great about my sway:
Extremely commited to exercise. I had a loss one cycle prior to conception. It was an early loss (6w5d) and I did have AF between the loss and this conception so I doubt it did much. I lost a lot of weight and was pretty good overall on diet for 7 months!
Things that make me nervous about my sway:
I was on vacation after conception/ovulation so I was off the diet. I gained 1 lb around ovulation time!
Things worth mentioning:
My gut instinct tells me this is a boy. I don't feel like my diet was perfect enough and I didn't take fiber all that often. I tried as hard as I could without making myself crazy! Any healthy baby is a blessing and DH and I will be thrilled with a second healthy baby boy!