Attempts

[sp17]

Hello,

After a long and complicated road this past year, I am TTC again for the first time since two losses and some scary medical diagnoses. Considering those circumstances, I did not have a chance to do anything special for a pink sway such as diets, supplements, or exercise. I have been taking iron free prenatals and 400 mg of magnesium glycinate daily. So, I am relying on timing and attempts right now.

My cycles range from 27-32 days. Normally, I get positive OPKs at around days 16-18 and I have gotten pregnant twice by using one attempt at the first bright positive OPK day on cheap Wondfo tests.

Here is where I have made things complicated this month. On CD 15, I was low on Wondfo OPK and Clear Blue. On CD 16 and 17, I was high (blinking smiley face) and the lines on my Wondfo tests were getting darker. I BD on CD 17, but what makes things unclear right now is penetration was very shallow...to the point where I did not know if I got any sperm in. Thinking there was no point in staying still, I got up and went on about my day immediately realized that I J & D. I would have been better off staying still, even for a few minutes. Now, I don't know if this attempt even counted.

CD 18 was finally a peak OPK day (solid smiley face) and pretty bold lines on the Wondfo. Today is CD 19 and the Wondfo lines are as dark as they get. I noticed a lot of ewcd CD 18 and 19.

Should we give it another attempt? Am I risking swaying blue if we do? If we attempt again today, should we do compressed release or anything else?

Thanks so much in advance.

[atomic sagebrush]

No more shallow penetration, that has never been proven to help a sway and it really cuts odds of conception.

Since you've been at this for a while my inclination is for you to have another attempt, but it is of course up to you - if you'll live 10000 lifetimes of regret if you try and conceive a boy, then skip the month, but don't forget that for all you know this may be a better month than future months may be There are a lot of aspects of swaying that we don't understand and can't control.

[sp17]

I ended up trying one more time. The same thought crossed my mind that I could potentially pass up a successful month, only to run into more trouble with miscarriages in the future or something. I would rather try than never know! There is something special about little boys too, and I would like one someday anyways.

So the diet is most important, right? I do naturally consume around 1200-1600 calories (I've been 94 lbs since high school and I'm 28) and I don't have much time to snack.

One hour of cardio per day of exercise, right?

I'll look into all this in case this month does not work.

Thanks for your advice!

[atomic sagebrush]

Good luck and pink dust!

LE Diet is 1500-1800 cals, 40-50 g protein, 30-60 g fat for most people. I'd prob. eat a bit more to start if you pick up the exercise as you are already obviously super petite and cannot spare any weight loss.