Licorice root and frequency

I believe dh has has high testosterone...high sex drive, went bald in mid-20s, etc.

We conceived our first 2 boys bding every other day, no sway, but looking back my diet was so boy friendly. With our last boy (3rd), we included fr for 7 days in our LE sway, no LR. Debating with our next sway whether we should do FR with LR or just LR and no frequency. Would using LR alone with 1-2 attempts have the same effect at lowering sperm count and testosterone? This is our last chance at a little girl so I want the strongest sway with the least stress.

I would do the one attempt with LR and whether you do FR or abstain before that one attempt is up to you. Personally, (but I am no swaying expert) I think getting too caught up in FR makes things stressful and I am content with just one attempt in the fertile window, and just don't worry about abstaining or FRing. I"ve seen lots of successful sways where they do abstain/one attempt/LR...if my DH was remotely cooperative, this is what I would do. ALthough I know alot of women aren't comfortable with abstain...and well...some of us can't do FR...so one attempt in fertile window makes good sense to me.

DH will have just turned 36 when we start trying so I def. don't want to risk abstain. FR was very time consuming last time around and def. took the fun out of trying, but I also don't want to look back with regrets which is why I am curious if LR alone with 1 attempt would do the job or not. I def. think leaving FR out would help keep both of our T-levels low, so it prob. boils down to which is more important...lower T-levels or lower sperm court?

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Originally Posted by Threelittlemen2013

DH will have just turned 36 when we start trying so I def. don't want to risk abstain. FR was very time consuming last time around and def. took the fun out of trying, but I also don't want to look back with regrets which is why I am curious if LR alone with 1 attempt would do the job or not. I def. think leaving FR out would help keep both of our T-levels low, so it prob. boils down to which is more important...lower T-levels or lower sperm court?

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Is there still a chance if you do frequent release and LR?? Would you suggest fr bd or just a few bd attempts? And also is it just DH who take LR and does actual liquorice work?

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Originally Posted by Threelittlemen2013

I believe dh has has high testosterone...high sex drive, went bald in mid-20s, etc.

We conceived our first 2 boys bding every other day, no sway, but looking back my diet was so boy friendly. With our last boy (3rd), we included fr for 7 days in our LE sway, no LR. Debating with our next sway whether we should do FR with LR or just LR and no frequency. Would using LR alone with 1-2 attempts have the same effect at lowering sperm count and testosterone? This is our last chance at a little girl so I want the strongest sway with the least stress.

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Hi there! Last month was our first month TTC on our girl sway. My husband took LR and we did a 16+ day FR. We got a BFN. I think the two together lowered his sperm count too much, but it also could have just been our luck last month. We just completed our 2nd month's attempt (2 DPO! :) and we left FR out entirely. He took the LR, but after seeing FR result in many BFNs around here I decided to remove it from our sway. Another girls swayer, Thorz300, was doing a long FR for a couple months and then the month she cut it out of her plan she got her BFP. After seeing that I was convinced FR is harder on the swimmers that I originally thought! Anyway, I should know in the next couple weeks if our attempt was a success! Good luck to you!!

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Originally Posted by Tree

Is there still a chance if you do frequent release and LR?? Would you suggest fr bd or just a few bd attempts? And also is it just DH who take LR and does actual liquorice work?

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I wonder if FR and LR is overkill as well. To my knowledge, LR is just for DH.

[QUOTE=BabyGirl2013;348719]Hi there! Last month was our first month TTC on our girl sway. My husband took LR and we did a 16+ day FR. We got a BFN. I think the two together lowered his sperm count too much, but it also could have just been our luck last month. We just completed our 2nd month's attempt (2 DPO! :) and we left FR out entirely. He took the LR, but after seeing FR result in many BFNs around here I decided to remove it from our sway. Another girls swayer, Thorz300, was doing a long FR for a couple months and then the month she cut it out of her plan she got her BFP. After seeing that I was convinced FR is harder on the swimmers that I originally thought! Anyway, I should know in the next couple weeks if our attempt was a success! Good luck to you!!

Fingers crossed for you!!!

I see your dilemna about raising T vs lowering sperm count. Are we splitting hairs...probably but thats what swaying is all about! ;)

Can he do a CFR? I think this had good results in the stats.

Also, you could lower sperm count with the jellies etc or a douche?

I've actually been leaning towards using LR and CFR this time around. I'm still on the fence with douching....

What are people's thoughts on FR inside or outside until attempt?