Am I ok to TTC pink in 4 weeks or wait?

[Debahlgrim]

I was doing weight watchers diet in June and July and lost 10 pounds, lapsed during August and maintained weight, and now back on it and I have lost 3 pounds the past two weeks. I JUST started exercising yesterday and I am very committed to cardio 60min a day, 5-6 days a week. I just ovulated yesterday and I would like to TTC next cycle- so in about 4 weeks. That means I will only be losing weight for 5-6 weeks straight but 12 weeks overall but only exercising for 4 weeks straight before TTC. I can definitely wait another cycle but I'm wondering if I can TTC in 4 weeks?


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[foxtrotmama]

That depends on whether you'd prefer to be pregnant sooner or have a "better" sway. I think you're probably in a pretty good spot to TTC pink, but if you will regret not doing the diet and exercise for longer if you were to have a boy, I would wait a cycle or two.

[Debahlgrim]

I think I will wait then if it means I have a better sway. I would rather be patient and not have any regrets. Of course, I would LOVE to have another son! But I don't want to say "what if I did this or that." We are 3 for 3 getting pregnant on the first try. I sort of want to be pregnant by November because then baby #4 will be only two years younger in school than baby #3. After that and they are three years apart in school.


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[atomic sagebrush]

Since we get best results with 12 weeks or more on diet, anyone who CAN diet that long, SHOULD, if at all possible.

Of course that having been said, many people can't do it that long for example because they're too thin to start with, they need a certain spacing or have work requirements, or are over 38-ish and in a hurry to conceive. I believe anything longer than 6 weeks is still a good thing, it's only the people who dieted 2-4 weeks that got really poor results.

[Debahlgrim]

Thank you! Since I was on the WW diet in June and then I wasn't trying too hard in August, should I start over or can I go from the June date as far as weeks on the diet? I'm not sure how strict it is. But exercise is best at least 6 weeks?

Would a good approach be to use extra measures that might not be as good for conception like using Rehresh? And then the following month try without Rehresh? Or is the diet and exercise by far the most important thing?


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[foxtrotmama]

I personally don't set much store by pH specifically, although anything that reduces the number of sperm should sway pink. If you feel more comfortable making conception less likely, you definitely could do that.

Read through the threads on the diet. It's specific for values, but I wouldn't call it strict and personally think it's better to ballpark the values than to count every gram of protein. I tend to be obsessive when TTC and am trying to dial that back this time.

[atomic sagebrush]

Thank you! Since I was on the WW diet in June and then I wasn't trying too hard in August, should I start over or can I go from the June date as far as weeks on the diet? I'm not sure how strict it is. But exercise is best at least 6 weeks?

Would a good approach be to use extra measures that might not be as good for conception like using Rehresh? And then the following month try without Rehresh? Or is the diet and exercise by far the most important thing?


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pH is another thing like timing that did not work for most of us on here (myself included) and once I researched the biology of it, it's actually impossible that it even works the way that the old-school sway people claim it does. http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gender-swaying-general-discussion/11684-ph-pickle.html We tracked our results on the jellies like RepHresh and they were neutral, meaning that they did not seem to sway pink or blue for us. So again it's a case of trading something that actually sways, for something that does nothing - not a good trade.

I can't tell you if you should TTC or not. I don't know what you were eating or how bad you fell off the wagon in August. I think it's best to do what you think best for yourself and your family, if you're going to live a thousand lifetimes of regret if you try this month and get a boy, you may want to wait, but at the same time you never know you could be perfectly set up for pink this month and if you need to try for child spacing or work needs or whatever, that matters too. IT's just something that I can't decide for anyone. :)