Blue sways chatty thread 2021

[Bommy_7]

Hey all I thought it would be fun to have a chat thread for all us blue swayers. I would love to get some encouragement and cheer each other on! Maybe introduce yourselves of you'd like :-)

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[Bommy_7]

I'll go fist :-) I'm Holly (bommy is an old running nickname) I live in the pacific northwest US. We have 4 kiddos 3 girls and a boy ( which I used this site to sway for :-)) and are looking to try one last time for another boy.

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[atomic sagebrush]

Good luck ladies let me know how I can help! We're doing great for blue sways this year!

[Bommy_7]

That makes me feel better dd3 was a failed slight sway. I'm starring tyc in August so hopefully we will be ready.

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[Dreamingblue19]

Hi! I am swaying blue as well soon (either this month or next we will start). Thanks for starting a chat thread! Do you remember what all you did for your previous successful sway?

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[Bommy_7]

Welcome:-) so I took prenatal vit D magnesium brewers yeast. Did my best to follow the HE diet, gained 20 lbs which I don't recommend but we tried almost 6 months and he was almost 4 years after my youngest..also did weightlifting.

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[Dreamingblue19]

Thanks! I am doing similar supplements but no brewers yeast. I just did a little weight lifting this afternoon. I am slowly adding it back to my sway after a back disk injury. Do you remember what timing/frequency you went with?

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[Bommy_7]

Honestly we only had one attempt so I sometimes think we got lucky there
I definitely want to try more attempts this time

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[Dreamingblue19]

Same here! I think we will aim for at least three in the fertile window and a couple after just in case I ovulate late. We are trying to have them unprotected outside the fertile window for the time being and I found temping has helped me with this. I am torn on if we will use preseed or Mucinex but I bought them both just in case.

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[Jazmin]

Hi Everyone,

I am also ttc a boy with sway. I paused for few weeks and planning to resume soon.

I am trying to loose some weight, as we tried 2 months around March and took a break.

wishing everyone the best [emoji170]


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[Dreamingblue19]

Hi Jazmin! Good luck to you. Sometimes it's good to get swaying and TTC off your mind for a bit as it can all be very stressful. We were going to try this month but decided to hold off until next (I am having some back issues).

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[Kerry45]

Hi all, also trying for boy sway. Have been trying for many months now. Hope it works for me soon and all of you.

[marcci]

Hi all, hope you don’t mind if I join this thread. Plan to start TTC our last child and would like to sway blue.
A little back story - had our first son in April 2017 but he was born still at 39+ 5. No cause was ever found, baby boy’s heart just stopped beating. Had our second son June 2018. It took three months to conceive him, and we somewhat swayed. Tried to follow the HE diet as much as I could. Used Preseed and DTD on O+1, O and O-1.
Had a tougher time getting pregnant with our DD who was born September 2020. I was diagnosed with PCOS and ended up taking Letrozole and Progesterone. DTD, O+3, O+2, O+1, O and O-1. I don’t remember purposely doing this, so figure I must have expected to O but didn’t so just kept DTD until I finally O’ed.
I haven’t gotten my period back since having my daughter. Am just finishing up Provera to hopefully kickstart my body into ovulating again.
Atomic - does Letrozole or Progesterone have any pink or blue sway? I would prefer not to have to take again, but also would rather get pregnant sooner than later, so if need be I will probably start again in the next couple months if we haven’t been successful yet.
This time around my husband has also started taking Finasteride. I have read some horror stories, but he’s had no issues with ED or anything like that. Worried it might make him sway pink though.

[atomic sagebrush]

I'm so sorry to hear of your loss, how heartbreaking. :heart:

Yes, we believe that letrozole has some pink sway effect (about 3-5% pink friendly, this is shown in at least one study now) and that finasteride may as well. The progesterone seems to be neutral. The good news is that many many baby boys are also conceived on letrozole, so if you sway in other ways, it will make up for the effects of the letrozole.

[marcci]

Is there an updated thread with best blue sway techniques? Seems like most of the posts have been updated saying there isn’t much evidence for lots of the previously recommended techniques.
Seems like HE diet and timing are still recommended. Anything else in particular?

[atomic sagebrush]

Is there an updated thread with best blue sway techniques? Seems like most of the posts have been updated saying there isn’t much evidence for lots of the previously recommended techniques.
Seems like HE diet and timing are still recommended. Anything else in particular?

HE Diet, weight training exercise, taking prenatals and a few other supplements, and having 3+ attempts in the fertile window work. Most of the old-school sway tactics do nothing and are in many cases worse than nothing.

[marcci]

Thanks Atomic! Can I ask which specific supplements are being recommended now?

[atomic sagebrush]

Fish oil no more than 500 mg (if you can only find 750/1000 take every other day instead of daily) (hubby can take this too)

Prenatal or multivitamin with no more than 100% of most nutrients and without added herbal components (with the Vitamin D you can go up to 250% but the other stuff should not be megadoses, just 100%) Your husband can take this too

IF you are drinking green tea, using the baking soda drinks, taking any herbal supplements (green tea is ok, but I don't personally recommend the others), are over 35ish or have a history of miscarriages, or are hoping for twins take 2000 mcg folic acid or folate total (including the amount in your prenatal). Take this thru the entire first trimester of pregnancy then gradually wean off by spacing doses further and further out till down to the amount in prenatal. (Hubby does NOT need, and should not take, additional folic acid or folate. Only 400 for him)

Probiotic - while on some sites this was recommended for pink, we had such terrible results for girls with probiotics we switched over to using them for boys to great effect! Both you and your hubby should use these.

If you'd like, you can take 100 mg coq10 daily till BFP and then gradually wean off. This is the least important supplement though. Both of you can take this.

Robitussin or Mucinex - use this starting about 3 days before you expect to ovulate and carry on 3 days afterwards. Hubby does not need this unless you find his semen is very thick and clumpy.

Avoid things like fertility herbs, Asian herbs, anything said to "aid implantation" as you do not need them and they can very much harm your blue sway.

Your husband can also add in l-arginine 500 mg and l-carnitine 1000 mg daily. you SHOULD NOT take this or any supplement that has either component in there, even if someone tells you it is good for blue. These have wreaked havoc with people's menstrual cycles, dried up their cervical mucus, and been associated with sway opposites.

[marcci]

Thank you so much, Atomic!

Just finished Provera on Friday, so expecting my withdrawal bleed any day now. I looked back and I didn’t ovulate till CD28 and CD34 the previous two times I took provera to restart, so guessing I still have a bit to go before being able to really try.

[marcci]

Hey Atomic, can you help point me in the right direction doe the fish oil? There’s so many options - omega 3, salmon oil, krill oil. Is there a specific one that sways more blue or something in particular I should be looking for?

One more question, folic acid or folate? I’m finding both of them and unsure if one is better than the other?

Thanks again!

[atomic sagebrush]

We're finding that 500 mg max is best. Too high doses may lower cholesterol and in turn testosterone, but also may contribute to bleeding that can end a pregnancy.

Whatever one you can easily find that is a reliable name brand and you can get easily (without having to order online).

While most people can use either folic acid or folate, we believe folate to be best because anyone who cannot take folic acid (due to clotting disorders that have been undiagnosed) will benefit from that.

[Blueswayer1]

Hi all, I have just had a miscarriage :.( ttc a boy

[atomic sagebrush]

:heart: :heart: :heart:

[GoofyGurl]

Blueswayer1 I've also just had a loss and swaying blue as well. Sending lots of blue dust your way!

[Bommy_7]

Oh man got busy and see this thread has blown up [emoji1] welcome everyone! So excited to meet fellow blue swayers. So after came Sunday and we are starting ttc this month! I'm visiting family now so home to be home before bd time lol.

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[marcci]

The prenatal I’m taking has 800mg folate. Would this be a good folate to take on top of it? 43392

[atomic sagebrush]

That one is ok. What most people do, though, is buy 400 mcg so they can take smaller doses over the course of the day. It may be better utilized by the body that way.

[Blueswayer1]

Goofygurl sorry I have just seen this! I am sorry to hear of your loss too, lots of blue dust to you aswell! Are you going to start trying straight away?

[marcci]

So the provera didn’t work and I never got my period. Tried twice. My doc figures it was because I was still pumping.
But about a month after I had quit pumping I was getting fertile CM so dtd and lo and behold, got a BFP a few days ago.
I am unsure I did much, or enough to properly sway blue though.
Took my prenatal, fish oil and extra folic acid, but that was mostly it.
I do strength training, but I did that before DD too. My diet has sort of been all over the place. Been trying to lose weight on and off so don’t think I could say I did the HE diet.
We only dtd on O and O-1.

[atomic sagebrush]

Your doctor is wrong. You should have been given estrace to build up a lining and then the Provera, that's how they do it in cases where Provera doesn't trigger a bleed. The reason why Provera doesn't work has to do with there being no lining to shed so you would have needed to build up a lining first and then it would have worked fine whether or not you were pumping.

HUGE congrats on the BFP! That's fantastic news! Tons of blue dust coming your way! I got one of my boys catching the first egg while breastfeeding (AND doing a pink sway diet!) so I promise it's possible!

[marcci]

I’ve been taking the extra folic acid on top of my prenatals, as well as fish oil. Should I continue on, or cut back? I’m 9 weeks.

[atomic sagebrush]

I like you guys to take it till closer to the end of the first tri, let's say 11 weeks, and then gradually start weaning off of it by spacing doses further and further out till you're taking just the amount in the prenatal. The neural tube is still forming at this point. :)

[Jazmin]

Hi ladies,

who is trying to attempt next month.. [emoji170]


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[ruby_blue]

Me! I just discovered this thread. This year has been such a wash out for me… I’m currently wondering whether being sick has completely disrupted my ovulation :s

Here’s to hoping for better things & blue dust in 2022! Fingers crossed :)

[Jazmin]

Hi Ruby

yes , lets hope new year brings us joy and a healthy baby boy.

when are you expected ovulate? my AF starts after a week.. and ovulation will be around 6/7 of Jan or around.


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[ruby_blue]

Thanks very much :) honestly, it’s anyone’s guess at the moment. I’m on CD 21 and no sign of ovulation yet. I think it’s been delayed this month due to illness, great timing!, so this might be a longer cycle than usual (& I’m currently using protection again)… so I have no idea about next month :( but estimating late January… Very annoying as my cycles has just about started to get on track.

How are you finding the diet?!

[Jazmin]

Did you take any medication? yeah I think sometimes illness and medication can change around our cycle but it will be back on track soon. I was also unwell and ended with antibiotics hence I couldn’t try this month.. so .. i will have to wait and see if AF and ovulation is still on track, hopefully not big changes.

dieting wise, I am trying to eat well. eating almost everything but ensuring i include protein in all or most of my meals. trying to drink plenty of water.
going for walks and doing mild weight workouts.
I find diet hard because naturally i am someone who don’t snack at all and wait to be very hungry to eat something. now I have to remind myself to eat before I starve [emoji2] lol



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[afya1]

Hey there ladies, is anyone in the 2WW? Hope all is going well for you.


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[Jazmin]

Hi Afya, not yet.. waiting for next cycle for attempt. are you on 2ww?


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