Glowlight girl sway - Girl!!!
Gender Resulted - :DD: Thank you atomic!!! You are a wealth of information!
Gave up measuring pH very quickly - too hard to get enough cm to get an accurate reading
Used sylk
MINERALS
Calcium yes, 1200mg (life****** natural Ca not Calcium Caltrate or carbonate); increased dairy to one large glasss of skim milk and a yoghurt. Didn't have much dairy when had ds
Magnesium yes
Potassium very low
Sodium very low
DH minerals cranberry, but very relaxed with taking it
didn't purchase a plan, just researched A LOT prior to swaying. Just before swaying started reading more and more atomic's essays on dreamgender which made a lot of sense to me so used mostly tactics described here.
DIET
Dietary Changes no salt in cooking, low salt products, IG and LE diet (reduced calories and protein, lost weight although I'm small to start with, diet started 4 months before attempt with occasional cheats but avoided all no-nos), added carbs (pasta, unsalted butter, bread) and skipped breakfast daily - this made me dizzy. When I tracked my food intake I realised I was nowhere near the calorie limit and couldn't really increase it without go over fat and protein limits. I had jam, sweets etc
It was my 30th birthday the month before attempt, so quite a bit of alcohol that month but otherwise in moderation before that.
Did you continue diet after attempt/ how long? stopped as soon as I started feeling horrible in the mornings without breakfast, more than usual low blood sugar dizziness (about 9 dpo, POAS and was +ve!)
Caffeine never drink anyway
DH caffeine occassional coffee
EXERCISE
I don't do intense exercise, so more of a couch potato except I walk quite a bit so don't sit around all the time. I did a few sessions of zumba but had to stop 2 weeks before attempt because I had a bad cold. DH actually went on a huge health kick (he was a bit overweight when we had ds) so ate mostly protein, protein shakes, lots of cardio but also weights :( He was happy and healthy though so I didn't want to spoil that.
Does constantly lifting a toddler count as weightlifting? lol
HORMONES
Drinks occasionally high Ca content mineral water (Perrier) or added Life****** natural calcium powder to drinking water, light milk, lots of peppermint tea, coke zero
Supplements Cranberry - high potency, a little vitamin C
SUPPLEMENTS
Cranberry yes
Acidophilus in yoghurt
Sudafed no
Others vit C (but not regularly), B6 to lengthen LP after stopped bf my lp was 8 days after bf even with 28 day cycles, lengthened to about 9-10 days last cycle
DH supps not regularly - cranberry
TIMING
BD cutoff (# of days) 1 I think, had to do an extra day because O was a day later than expected according to OPK
BD thru O possibly got close to O
O+12 no
Frequent BD/how many days yes, DH FR daily and at least 4-5 attempts with break in BD 3-4 days before stopped, had a break of 2 days then BD again 2 attempts prior to stopping altogether either 1 day before O or close to it (if that makes sense, didn't want to raise testosterone with daily BD so had a couple day break but DH FR daily to reduce count)
Charting O with Temp yes
Charting O with OPK yes
IONS
Oed in what moon phase new moon (although conceived DS on new moon too)
Changed ions in other ways? lavender room spray and essential oil, open windows
These are things I do anyway (more recently not when I had ds), I like my lavender for relaxation nothing new in term of doing this on purpose for swaying
OTHER
How many kids do you have? 1
What gender(s)? ds
# of months TTC 1 (complete suprise, ds took longer)
Your Age 30
BD position mis
Jump and dump not immediately
EWCM present/how much? very little
DH undies type brief/tight boxer
DH hot bath/shower yes
OWT - anything under bed? no, wore rose quartz pendant daily for several months which I had and wore prior to knowing about all this swaying business
COMMENTS?
Could've been stricter with the diet had I know it would only take 1 month but let it go in the end ie. had to do occsional cheats at social occasions but didn't let go of all basic principles, I did the best I could. Stopped bf ds 4 months prior so cycles were still getting back to normal but I could always get positive opk and temp shift so knew when O hapenned. Fingers crossed! No nub visible on 12 w scan so waiting for 16w to see gender.
Feel good about sticking to diet for over 4 months and getting other factors mostly 'right'. However, the exercise thing for both DH and myself may sway the other way. Overall I did everything in the opposite direction of what we did to conceive ds (other than daily bd). One attempt would be too difficult for us because of my cycles still settling.
