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September 15th, 2018, 10:39 PM
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Newbie TTC boy help appreciated
Hi everyone!
We have two beautiful daughters, 3 and 1, and I am currently night weaning the 1-year-old in attempts to coax Aunt Flo out of hiding! I’m hoping to start my period soon and get to baby making with a solid boy sway in place. When we conceived our girls, we were definitely, unknowingly swaying pink. I was running 4-6 miles 5-6 x/week, I was eating a pretty low calorie diet( large calorie deficit with all the running). And we were once-a-weekers in the sex department (and I was staying out of town for classes when we conceived #1) AND we conceived girl #2 on ovulation day (high opk with temp spike the next day).
So, this time around we are going to try to sway for a boy. I know my husband would love a boy!
So, from reading what I’ve gathered is for a boy you want to eat higher cal/dense nutrition, have unprotected sex every 3-4 days until +opk then daily for three or four days, and don’t run/cardio like a lunatic like I was. I’ve been drinking 1 V8 every day, lemon water, 1 banana, Raisin Bran with bananas and raisins for breakfast, I’ve been eating lunch, and a healthy dinner (prior to this diet change sometimes is only eat once or twice per day), and I’ve stopped running. I’m also taking a Thorne prenatal vit with 1000 micrograms methylfolate daily. We are gonna have to really work on BD more! What else should I/we be doing? DH one a day men’s 50+? I do drink coffee and wine pretty regularly. Should I cut out alcohol? Coffee? Thanks!
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September 16th, 2018, 09:14 PM
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Swaying Advice Coach
Hey, please bump this for me! Thanks!
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September 16th, 2018, 11:34 PM
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September 17th, 2018, 05:02 PM
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Swaying Advice Coach
Agh, one more bump! thank you!
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September 17th, 2018, 05:21 PM
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September 19th, 2018, 02:59 PM
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Swaying Advice Coach
You really are very much already doing what I like to see. I do want to mention that bananas are in NO WAY boy-making foods, that's all a very silly idea about bananas having potassium - but honesty they don't even HAVE that much potassium compared to other fruits and vegetables and have very little other nutrients going on. They're basically adding 100-200 cals of pure sugar to your diet - and HE Diet already can make you gain weight. I would switch the bananas (unless you're in the mood to have a banana!) with a more nutrient rich fruit like peach or blueberry.
I would limit coffee to 1x a day, red wine or dark beer to 2-3 times a week.
I also would love to see you both on probiotics, they have been very pink friendly for us.
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September 19th, 2018, 02:59 PM
#7
Swaying Advice Coach
and thanks for your patience BTW!
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September 19th, 2018, 05:26 PM
#8
Hey, no problem! Thank you for your response! Did you mean that probiotics have been blue friendly? We can both add probiotics. Men’s one a day 50+ for DH. I’ll take mucinex too. And I might go ahead and add fish oil.
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September 21st, 2018, 12:39 PM
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Swaying Advice Coach
Agh yes!!! They are NOT good for pink - evne though other sites will say that they are. Probiotics got such terrible results for us for girls, it was CRAZY! Now we use it only for blue sways.
No more than 500 mg fish oil a day - more may lower cholesterol and make it harder for you to make estrogen/testosterone.
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October 20th, 2018, 09:28 PM
#10
Hi atomic! Well, Aunt Flo arrived! I’m on CD11 now. My husband had surgery on Monday, so we thought we might sit this cycle out and not TTC until next month. He will start working out again in about a week. He is doing P90x3 (30 min instead of 60). I’m considering doing this, because I feel I need to increase my muscle mass. I did strictly cardio (3-6 mi 6 days/week) when I conceived both my daughters, so I think I’m safe doing the p90x3. I have added the probiotics (cultrelle) and 500mg fish oil. My question for you is is it ok that I’m still breastfeeding my 14 month old? Theoretically it decreases estrogen. But I’ve read you aren’t completely sold on the hormone theory. Also, I had my breast implants removed three weeks ago. They had been in for 12 years. And I’m hoping that may make my body healthier (i. e. Less inflammation) and possibly help sway blue. Thoughts? Thanks a bunch!!!
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