First time swaying - pink sway

[Greenbean]

Hi everyone,

I'm new posting but I have tried to read a couple of the key starting threads.

We aren't look to try just yet but I want to get prepared for a girl sway in the near future.

I'm not keen on supplements or using anything that isn't natural when DTD since I really over worry about how this might affect the baby- obviously the main wish is for a healthy child!

I will happily give other things a go such as frequency and diet but am a little confused here too. I think I understand from the threads that our previous attempts using FR were done incorrectly- the FR wasn't actually done over a long enough time period.

How long can a man abstain before his sperm quality is affected? Or will he continue making fresh sperm each day to replace the un used lot? ��

Am BFing. Do frequent walks and am of small build and healthy weight.

[atomic sagebrush]

Hi and welcome!

That's fine! We have phased out virtually all the supplements that most sites recommend as they didn't work and had tons of risks and side effects, plus also cut odds of conception.

Neither abstain nor FR has been super effective for us, but both are done for 7-10 days before having one attempt. Yes, abstain can be harmful to sperm quality. The important thing, for reasons we can only guess at, is having one attempt. Something about one attempt in the fertile window sways pink.

BFing probably sways pink anyway (and again, another reason to stay away from sway supps as most are not ok when nursing)

Walking 60 min. per day is a great pink sway tactic. :)

[Greenbean]

Hi and welcome!

That's fine! We have phased out virtually all the supplements that most sites recommend as they didn't work and had tons of risks and side effects, plus also cut odds of conception.

Neither abstain nor FR has been super effective for us, but both are done for 7-10 days before having one attempt. Yes, abstain can be harmful to sperm quality. The important thing, for reasons we can only guess at, is having one attempt. Something about one attempt in the fertile window sways pink.

BFing probably sways pink anyway (and again, another reason to stay away from sway supps as most are not ok when nursing)

Walking 60 min. per day is a great pink sway tactic. :)

Hi atomic! Thanks for the reply.

That's great about the supplements etc.

Ok great so either just literally DTD once around O or do FR 7-10days before one attempt due the fertile window? I truly agree from past experiences that one attempt probably is a huge pink sway. I read a couple of your posts about timing and I think you suggested DTD the day of a positive opk?

That's good about BFing- it didn't help before but can't hurt if we still are when we start TTC 😊
60 mins! I'll definitely have to up my walking then. I normally achieve 60 mins about twice a week. ☺

[atomic sagebrush]

They're really the same thing - just have one attempt, you can add FR if you want.

Day of positive OPK is easiest and also great odds of conception.

Well, you don't know it didn't help, that's the thing. If you go from being 70% likely to have a boy to 55% likely to have a boy, that's a huge sway but you'd still end up more likely to have a boy overall than a different person might be. I had 3 boys without breastfeeding, a boy and a girl with it, and I like 50-50 results much better than 100% LOL.

[Greenbean]

They're really the same thing - just have one attempt, you can add FR if you want.

Day of positive OPK is easiest and also great odds of conception.

Well, you don't know it didn't help, that's the thing. If you go from being 70% likely to have a boy to 55% likely to have a boy, that's a huge sway but you'd still end up more likely to have a boy overall than a different person might be. I had 3 boys without breastfeeding, a boy and a girl with it, and I like 50-50 results much better than 100% LOL.

Thank you for managing to reply to me once again!

so could DTD before a positive opk be safer for a girl sway? I know it's hard to know exactly what day O will be and worse if only doing one attempt.

Yes true aha I totally agree!! I like your odds ��. Hopefully we will still be BFing then even if it's only a bit at night. Every little helps

[atomic sagebrush]

Timing doesn't work. It doesn't sway and most of us on here, myself included, have 2-3-4 or more opposites with it.

It is fine if you want to try it, just that it isn't important and doesn't do anything. The one attempt does and the reason why we do it on positive OPK is not for timing, just because it's an easy way to have one attempt.

[Greenbean]

Thanks atomic. I forget that timing isnt so relevant now. It's so nerve racking going against the timing thing but I'll definitely try DTD just once I think with the 7-10 of fr beforehand.I think I'll try change my diet too, though I love having my brekky- a nice bowl of porridge! ��.what time is it ok to start eating? Is a hot chocolate ok instead? Can easily get rid of meat and basically be veggie. Soup season is here!! ��

[atomic sagebrush]

It's fine to do timing too, just be sure you're not doing 4 attempts with timing!

Porrige may sway blue as it has chemical components in it that may raise testosterone. Just try pushing it back even if just 1-2 hours longer than you were. There is no right time to start eating, just a little later than you were.

You can have hot chocolate but treat it like a meal or along with a meal.

[Greenbean]

Sorry for the be delayed response. Thank you for the above. That is a shame about porridge swaying though im sure I can go without whilst swaying. Would you say DH should also avoid porridge?

[atomic sagebrush]

It's probably not a big deal, just one of those things we figure, well, since technically we don't NEED it to conceive, we'll just skip it. DH should probably avoid it too. But I'm pretty sure it's really minimal if you end up wanting some now and then.

[Greenbean]

Ok great- so I've pushed breakfast back. Trying to have it about 10am. Porridge has gone from my diet, replaced by rice crispies or wheaties. Hope these are ok wasn't sure if I should go with cereal or toast. Making changes to my diet slowly. Am trying now to snack at all between meals. Does no added sugar squash counteract the no snacking?

[atomic sagebrush]

Cereal is not good for a pink sway. It is the only food ever proven to be associated with more boy conceptions (probably because it's vitamin fortified but we honestly aren't sure) Toast is better.

Anything unsweetened, zero or very low cal like squash is fine between meals. Doesn't count as a snack.

[Greenbean]

Hi atomic,

Thank you for this. I realised a day after I posted about previously reading about cereal, so swapped to toast. I have done a lot more searching through the forums but am confused about milk. Should I be having more or less milk? I was thinking a glass of milk with my breakfast toast. I've also been avoiding the squash anyway and discovering I'm happy drinking mostly water. I'm worried I might be eating too few calories even if I reach the fat recommendations. Should I be bumping calories up by having sweets with meals?

[atomic sagebrush]

There are two schools of thought on milk.

Our school of thought is that milk is ok within limits but it is not a free food and it does not sway pink. If anything it may sway blue due to it being very nutrient dense. Most of us on here, myself included, have had at least one opposite doing the dairy heavy type of sway diet and taking lots of calcium/Vit. D supps and so we are more inclined to give all that up to get girls (and it worked for me).

The other school of thought is that calcium sways pink and eat tons of dairy. I can't recommend that not only because it didn't work for me but because I"ve seen soooo many people do nothing for swaying other than those two things and they had boy after boy doing that. If you must do a calcium heavy sway diet (your call) just be sure you're doing it in supplement form, without Vit. D, and not ingesting 1000's of cals a day in the form of dairy.

You need to get enough calories, period. The minimums are more important than the maximums because the minimums are to enable you to continue to ovulate and get and stay pregnant. It doesn't need to be sweets, could be fruit or some other food - whatever sounds appealing!