crunchy811
January 16th, 2015, 02:28 PM
Hello all,
New here but have been lurking for a while.
We are trying TTC pink. We are older parents (DW=36, DH=45) and have a 3 year old boy who had several developmental issues and even got an autism dx, so shooting for a girl is much safer for us.
However, we have several restrictions due to our age and the issues that we had with our son. For example, I need to stay on prenatal DHA and prenatal Vitamins. Husband needs to be on Proxeed. That being said, I have drastically changed my diet to a more acidic diet and I am skipping breakfast and trying to lose weight . I have also started taking more Ca+ and Mg+ and I am currently looking for a cranberry supplement.
We think O+12 is the better way to go for us, and I have read a lot about it, but I still have a few questions...
1- I have a clearblue fertility monitor. From what I understand, I should wait until the monitor shows ovulation (NOT just high), and from there I start monitoring changes in BBT, CM, O pain. Once I have experienced all those changes, then 8 or 12 hours later we DDT. Is this correct?
2- I hear a lot about 36hrs with O+12. what is this exactly? Does this mean that, if I am using the clear blue monitor, when I see ovulation, then most likely 36hrs later I should DDT, considering everything else (BBT, CM, O pain) also confirms this? I am SO confused about this.
3- This is TMI but I am having a hard time distinguishing between dry and wet CM. Should I just check CM at the entrance of Vg or all the way up? If I go all the way up then there is some wetness and even some lotiony type of stuff, but it's very scant. Is this considered dry?
4- I read somewhere around here that Ovulation can occur when you have your period. that's confusing to me. Why is it that my ff chart show that I should ovulate a few days AFTER my period?
Thank you so much everyone!
New here but have been lurking for a while.
We are trying TTC pink. We are older parents (DW=36, DH=45) and have a 3 year old boy who had several developmental issues and even got an autism dx, so shooting for a girl is much safer for us.
However, we have several restrictions due to our age and the issues that we had with our son. For example, I need to stay on prenatal DHA and prenatal Vitamins. Husband needs to be on Proxeed. That being said, I have drastically changed my diet to a more acidic diet and I am skipping breakfast and trying to lose weight . I have also started taking more Ca+ and Mg+ and I am currently looking for a cranberry supplement.
We think O+12 is the better way to go for us, and I have read a lot about it, but I still have a few questions...
1- I have a clearblue fertility monitor. From what I understand, I should wait until the monitor shows ovulation (NOT just high), and from there I start monitoring changes in BBT, CM, O pain. Once I have experienced all those changes, then 8 or 12 hours later we DDT. Is this correct?
2- I hear a lot about 36hrs with O+12. what is this exactly? Does this mean that, if I am using the clear blue monitor, when I see ovulation, then most likely 36hrs later I should DDT, considering everything else (BBT, CM, O pain) also confirms this? I am SO confused about this.
3- This is TMI but I am having a hard time distinguishing between dry and wet CM. Should I just check CM at the entrance of Vg or all the way up? If I go all the way up then there is some wetness and even some lotiony type of stuff, but it's very scant. Is this considered dry?
4- I read somewhere around here that Ovulation can occur when you have your period. that's confusing to me. Why is it that my ff chart show that I should ovulate a few days AFTER my period?
Thank you so much everyone!