Trying to sway blue this cycle

[krish]

Hello
I am totally new to this thread but I have reading and staying tuned on some wonderful stories shared by you all and some tips as well.
I have a 6 year old daughter who is asking for a baby brother (I personally do not have a preference on gender)
After trying the shettle method for 2 months TTC a boy, I gave up, then I come across this website which donot talk about timing but number of attempts
I will be trying CD7, 9, 11, 13,14,15,16,17 (I usually get a +OPK on CD16)
Is that too much that it might sway pink ? Also, I am not going all out on the sway with diet and all . I am only taking EPO, robitussiin and pregnancy vitamins (Elevit in Australia)
(with my DD it was one attempt only in the fertile window)
Any suggestions would be much appreciated
Thanks

[MiaMelb]

Hi Krish,
Good luck ttc.
These are just my thoughts so take or leave whatever you want.
O will usually be 24-48 hrs after +opk and the general recommendation is BD the night of +opk and twice the next day if you can. I'd ease up on the cd 13 and 14 attempts, mainly bc they are too far out from O to be serious attempts and if DH BDs 5 days straight he may run out of steam by the time O comes around. Perhaps BD cd 7, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17 is better? Or got by the recommendation above.

[krish]

Thanks MiaMelb for your suggestions. This week is the fertile window. lets see how it goes

[atomic sagebrush]

I want you to drop the EPO as it may sway pink.

I agree with Mia that if you really don't ovulate till the 17th then some of those earlier attempts may be overkill. So let's have you do more like this: 11, 13, 15, and then 16 (night) 17 (morning) 17 (Night) if you possibly can.

[atomic sagebrush]

Hi Krish,
Good luck ttc.
These are just my thoughts so take or leave whatever you want.
O will usually be 24-48 hrs after +opk and the general recommendation is BD the night of +opk and twice the next day if you can. I'd ease up on the cd 13 and 14 attempts, mainly bc they are too far out from O to be serious attempts and if DH BDs 5 days straight he may run out of steam by the time O comes around. Perhaps BD cd 7, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17 is better? Or got by the recommendation above.

This would also work and possibly may be even better than my recommendation esp. if you do ovulate more like CD 16.

[krish]

This would also work and possibly may be even better than my recommendation esp. if you do ovulate more like CD 16.

Thanks a lot for replying Atomic, I did drop the EPO
I ended up getting peak smiley face (i am using clear blue digital ovulation pack) very early morning on CD15

So summary of my BD is as follows:
CD 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 (both morning and night), 16 (manage night only)
But I know the signs of my body, and I am quite certain i ovulated the night of CD15. I wish I could BD on CD 14 as well but I was dead exhauted and ended up falling asleep early lol and DH did not wake me up

I hope I managed to catch that egg this month - will update in 2 weeks i guess (hoping not to test at all until late AF:nails: )

Cheers
Krish

[MiaMelb]

GL:bluesperm:

[atomic sagebrush]

Sounds great to me Krish!!! Very well done!!!

[krish]

Sounds great to me Krish!!! Very well done!!!

Thanks atomic. As much as I am looking forward to the bfp, I am also quite apprehensive because with my daughter, I had a very difficult delivery (forceps delivery) tearing my gall bladder. That's probably why I have left 6 years gap before deciding to try for second one. I have also been told that I can never have a natural delivery after my first one.so was a quite traumatic experience for me if you know what I mean.
Also I wanted to ask if the every other day method does not work for me to get a bfp this cycle, I was thinking of doing everyday bd since I get the flashing smiley face to full smiley face which I guess would be 5 days straight in the fertile window. Do you think that is a good idea to sway blue? Thanks for feedback and suggestions.

[atomic sagebrush]

Oh my gosh how awful. :heart: I hope and pray your next delivery is easier!!!

I don't like every day BD unless you're CERTAIN you're in the fertile window (O-3 through O Day). The reason is because we cannot know in advance when you'll ovulate.

Since many days of sex in a row may possibly sway pink, (because most of the sperm will have died off before the egg shows up) if your ovulation was delayed and your husband had been releasing all that time, by the time the egg shows up, his sperm count may be lower and most of the early attempts will not have been viable.

And that is IF he can keep going with it, because many guys can't. We've had people try this and then end up with only one viable attempt in the fertile window (many attempts before the fertile window, but those sperm would all have died off), and then their husband runs out of steam and can't have sex any more or can't ejaculate.

So I like you guys to stick with every other day till you're sure that the fertile window has opened. Since sometimes we can get many days of flashy smiley before peak, I would like you to stick with every other day durign the flashy days, to let his sperm numbers build back up again and to save his energy for when it counts - when we're sure we're in the fertile window.

[krish]

Thanks atomic for putting time and effort explaining this which totally makes sense. I will definitely stick to every other day method. Will post the outcome for this cycle in 2 weeks I guess.
Cheers
Krish x

[atomic sagebrush]

Let me know if you have any questions in the meantime!

[ugwuedith50]

Hello, please I am new here and I am planning on conceiving now Please is there any special thing to eat or do to conceive a boy because according to Chinese calendar and moon this is not a month that I can conceive boy. And my menstruation started yesterday been 23rd October. Please I will be very grateful if you can help me THANKS

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[Throwaway_panther]

Hello, please I am new here and I am planning on conceiving now Please is there any special thing to eat or do to conceive a boy because according to Chinese calendar and moon this is not a month that I can conceive boy. And my menstruation started yesterday been 23rd October. Please I will be very grateful if you can help me THANKS

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Chinese gender calendar and moon have nothing to do with gender and are not scientific. The whole site has diet and suggestions for trying to get a boy!

https://www.genderdreaming.com/forum/trying-to-conceive-a-boy/

[ugwuedith50]

Please can you list the diet and suggestion for me

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[atomic sagebrush]

Hello, please I am new here and I am planning on conceiving now Please is there any special thing to eat or do to conceive a boy because according to Chinese calendar and moon this is not a month that I can conceive boy. And my menstruation started yesterday been 23rd October. Please I will be very grateful if you can help me THANKS

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Hi and welcome! I have a diet thread here: https://www.genderdreaming.com/forum/trying-to-conceive-a-boy/16806-high-everything-diet-nutshell-version.html and the FAQ is here: https://www.genderdreaming.com/forum/trying-to-conceive-a-boy/27056-he-diet-faq.html

We have gotten best results having 3+ attempts in the fertile window starting 3 days before ovulation and going through O Day. But most people want to stick with Shettles timing, so have an attempt at night the day before you expect ovulation (O-1) then again the next morning (Ovuation day) and again that same night (ovulation day).

[krish]

Hello. Just would like to update AF came so am out this cycle. I am fine with that but the only thing that is weird is I got positive steady smiley face on CD 15, then AF came today which is cycle day 27. It looks like I might have ovulated cd13 but don't understand the positive smiley face cd15.
Anyways I can putting myself up and get ready for next cycle as much as I am devastated. It's my 4 months trying to conceive now. I don't know if age is an issue. I am 36 and DH is 39. But I will keep doing what I am doing. Taking prenatal and I was thinking of adding fish oil?? Is that okay for blue sway??? Atomic any views or suggestions? I was also thinking of using a basal thermometer to temp ovulation dip now because I am not sure if I can trust clear blue digital only

[atomic sagebrush]

You may have had a slightly short LP too. I woudl not worry about that as it's still plenty of time to conceive with and would not have a negative effect for your sway or for conceiving.

Or it may have been that the Clearblue was tricked and gave you a high when you really should have been getting peak. It can happen.

While I don't usually recommend starting temping, it would def. give us more information about when O is occuring and whether your LP is short or not.

500 mg fish oil every day or 1000 mg every other day - that's the dose for fish oil now.

[krish]

Hello
I have a question. Would much appreciate any suggestions. We gave quite a lot on our place these days so haven't been able to bd every second day since AF. I got my flashing smiley face from clear blue digital today. I was wondering if I would still sway blue if I bd everyday from today for the next 5 days. I usually get 2 flashing days before the static smiley. So I guess I am doing
O-4 FLASHING SMILEY
O-3 FLASHING SMILEY
O-2 STATIC SMILEY
O-1
O, 0+1
??? DOES THAT SEEMS RIGHT FIR BLUE SWAY ATOMIC? PLEASE HELP
THANKS FOR YOUR INPUT
WARM REGARDS

[atomic sagebrush]

Let's skip the O-4 attempt because I'm worried your husband will run out of steam before the egg shows up.

But yes that looks like a good plan otherwise.

IF you end up with 3 or more flashy smileys, let's do every other day in that case only (so if u have a 3rd day of flashy smiley, take that third day off, BD on the 4th, take the 5th flashy off, and so on, till you get the static smiley and BD day of static smiley, next day, and then again the third day.) You want to err on the side of BD on the solid smileys, even at the expense of the flashy ones.