DebH Boy Sway June 2011

[DebH]

BOY SWAY:


NAME -Debh

Gender Resulted - GIRL
EDD February 24 2012
Swaying Attempt - Natural

PH
CM pH -8.6
DH pH -High 8’s week before but didn’t’ test after he drank BSD

Baking soda douche -no
Baking soda on finger on attempt or week before -Day before and day of attempt

How did you use Pre-seed, and what was its PH? No

Egg whites used/type/pH Yes Davidson’s PH 9.25

Big O - Yes, Before, After

MINERALS
Calcium Avoided
Magnesium -Avoided
Potassium Added lots to diet
Sodium Salted everything
DH minerals Decreased calcium, magnesium, added more salt

DIET
Dietary Changes - Switched to alkaline diet and more salt, red meat and sweet potato, banana, dried apricots - every day. 2 months+ on diet changes.
Did you continue diet after attempt/ how long? -Weakly attempted to follow in 2ww
DH caffeine consumption before BD day -Cut down to a cup a day
DH caffeine 1/2 hour or an hour before BD -Strong coffee 1 hour before

HORMONES
Drinks -Knox jiggler recipe of 3 packets plus 2 cups blueberry pom juice daily.
Desperate to increase PH, drank BSD day before and day of O. DH drank it too.

SUPPLEMENTS
Evening Primrose Oil (EPO) -500 twice a day
Robitussin/Guafanesin tablets -600 daily af to o
Alka Seltzer Gold 2 tablets daily af to o
Green Tea - 2 cups daily
Fertile-CM No
False Unicorn No
E No
Fish Oil GNC Triple strength 900mg omega 3
Folic Acid -2000 mcg taken as 1000 twice a day
Flaxseed Oil -no
Alfalfa No
Drinks All day every day Lemon water, v8 once a day, 2 cups green tea daily
Others -l-arginine 500 mg daily

DH supps -zinc 50, l-arginine 500, folic acid 1000, Fish oil 900 mg omega3, B12 500

TIMING
Length of DH abstinance -5 days
BD on O - Yes
How close to O -18 hours past 1st +OPK
BD how often -ONCE
Charting O with Temp - Yes
Charting O with OPK - Yes
Fertility monitor used/type - No
suspected O date- 6/7

IONS
Oed in what moon phase -In between but after New, before Full (Closer to New ☹)
Changed ions in other ways? -Cell phone in undies right after and all morning. In pocket all day

OTHER
How many kids do you have? 3
What gender(s)? 1 boy, 2 girls
# of months TTC 1
Your Age 39
BD position Doggy
EWCM present/how much? -Yes
DH undies type -Boxers
Did you use instead cups/how long? No, but propped up on pillow for at least an hour after.
DH cold bath/ shower or ice - no
OWT - anything under bed? - Son’s baseball glove and photo in frame made by him

COMMENTS? I thought this was a really good sway and we tried very hard to follow everything we could. I had NT scan at 13w 1d this week and the tech said he will not guess this early (34 yrs experience, but he is a total arrogant jerk EVERY pregnancy I've had - DH hates him more than I do!). I asked twice and both times he insisted he doesn't check and would not be giving me any "shots" to try and guess on my own. THEN, as we're getting ready to walk out he goes "girl, girl, definitely a girl". So now I don't know whether to believe him or not. Still reluctantly hoping it is boy.

Link to my Chart - http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/334b75

[Flava]

It'a a great sway!!!! This can be your boy for sure !Don't listen to the jerk tech he did that because he is a jerk! Do you have any pic at all from the scan?

[gizmo77]

what an a**hole. i had a perinatalogist like that ALL arrogant (about other things). where do theseppl come off. does he know you want a boy?? then for sure he is teasing you. why would he tell you when youre about to walk out...to gain power/control. i hate those types.
i think your sway is GREAT!!!

question, why did you use real EW if you had your own ewcm, plus all the ewcm supps. just bc of ph? i was thinking of doing that too. i have my own ewcm, plenty, but i would have done real ew just for pH but i keep thinking the lemon water and bsd will take care of that...?

congrats on the pregnancy!!! :-)

[zanacal]

Congratulations and FX for a boy - I agree with the others about your tech, what a complete prat. {hugs}

[DebH]

I have the most ewcm a 3-4 days before o and then it tapers off. When TTC DD2, I had read TCOYF and used CM only to figure out when to give it a go. After charting for this one, I see that I probably was 3-4 days before o with the first, heavy EWCM.

I wanted more EWCM later since I knew that O was coming at the tail end of my EWCM days. I also wanted the higher PH of the real ew. I was very concerned about the PH. Even with alkaline diet and lemon water for months, my PH was only around 6-7. It only went up into the 8's after I added BSF + BSD.

BTW - He knew we were hoping for a boy - he sounded pretty certain when he said it was a girl.

[DebH]

This is all I got:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/17905467@N03/

[LolaInLove]

Hey Deb, great sway indeed! Don't sweat it, you don't have too much longer till your big scan. We will be keeping FX for ya!

[Flava]

Sorry there is no nub on your pic's ! Baby is very cute!!! I think there is no way he could tell girl from this pics and just no way for sure at 13 weeks! So he know you want a boy that's why he said girl. he is just an @$%^& don't worry!

[DebH]

Thanks everyone! You make me feel much better about it!

[atomic sagebrush]

I would SO not trust a girl guess at 13 w from anyone!!! Don't despair, I think you had a great sway and I'm sending you blue dust by the ton.

[begonia]

Deb ITA with AS - I think girl guesses are MUCH less reliable than boy guesses; they're frequently based on "not seeing anything boyish" rather than ACTUALLY seeing girl parts, KWIM? And boys can hide their business for SURE!

That 1st pic with the hand?!?! Precious!!! Sorry the tech was a jerkface! Glad everything looks a-ok with your LO!

[DebH]

Went for an independent gender check ultrasound this morning because I didn't want to wait until October 21st (when I will be 22 weeks). At 18W, 2D there is NO doubt this baby is a GIRL. Totally disappointed in swaying.

[TTC5]

Hi deb sorry to hear you did not hear boy :( I hope your baby girl us healthy and sending you healing love and light with dealing with gd xxxx

[LolaInLove]

Deb, congrats on your new baby girl! I can tell you are bummed about it, but just know that you gave it a great shot, your sway was very good. They are never 100%, but it is wonderful that you have a healthy baby, and that is by far the most important thing. Hope you are doing well....xxoo

[Foxy]

Congratulations on your sweet baby girl! I hope you are doing OK. XX

[gizmo77]

congrats on the girl! it is frustrating after all that work, but that just shows how special this liitle girl will be to you and your family. remember, girls take care of their old parents better than boys! ;-) (thats what i always try telling myself!)

[atomic sagebrush]

Huge hugs and best wishes.

[TTC5]

How are you going, Deb??

[DebH]

I was going through my passwords and came across this site - I had forgotten about it and thought I'd update.

1. I still don't believe natural sway makes a bit of difference (unless it has been perfected in the last 7 years?)

2. Don't stress about this if you are trying to sway. I got a girl and wanted a boy. Charlotte is amazing, brilliant, outgoing, beautiful and so unique. Wherever she goes everyone knows her name when they leave.

3. I have another reason this is just not that important. Swaying for the gender you want is not a real issue if you try and get some perspective on it. We moved to Montana (where DH is from) in August 2014 when DD3 (Charlotte) was only two. That October, when I was 42 years old with no family history of anything and on no meds, a healthy weight, and a non-smoker I got a 104 fever and was diagnosed with Acute Leukemia (AML undifferentiated - extremely rare). That is when your whole view of what is important does a massive about-face. There was a very high likelihood that I wouldn't live to see any of my kids grow to be adults. It took 2 rounds of very intense inpatient chemo to get me in remission. Then I was lucky enough to have my only sister be my perfect match for a stem cell (bone marrow) transplant in Feb 2015 to save my life. I went to Mayo Clinic in Phoenix for transplant. I missed Charlotte's 3rd birthday as I fought to stay alive. I was away for 100 days, only seeing each child 2 times. Charlotte was sick a bunch that spring and I only saw her once. The whole time all I wanted was to go back to my life and be mom. Nothing stresses me out like it used to. I have looked death straight in the face and realized what is truly important - and to me swaying ain't it. I take a dozen or so meds every day for chronic GVHD and immune support (GVHD is a bad side effect of Allogeneic transplant where your donor's stem cells create white cells that can attack any of your organs). Mine attacks my fascia and makes my skin on my lower legs and wrists tight. I am happy every single day that my transplant worked and that I get to be here today. I got to see my now 14 year old son not only grow taller than me in the last 4 years since I got sick, but he is now 6'2" and in high school! All 3 daughters have me for advice and love. I'm grateful for all the time I have been able to be mom again since coming back and the fun times and vacations that I would have missed. I am happier than I have ever been in my life knowing that I get to be here a little longer. My immune system is weakened due to immunosuppressants and photopheresis treatments to treat the GVHD. Even still, I can do almost everything as before. I am 46 now. Charlotte is 6 and I am so happy to have HER. And that I am able to be here for her. I was sad about my sway at the time. It matters nothing to me at all now.

Best wishes to all of you!