TTC a Girl Sway Attempt
Gender Result: Girl, girl twins
DW Age: 32
DH Age: 32
Current Children's Gender(s) Boy, boy
Number of Months TTC 2
Did you purchase and follow a GD Personalized Plan? Yes
DIET
Did you follow a diet plan? Yes
If yes to diet, which one did you most follow?
Comments regarding DW's diet changes- Decreased calories to 1500 (from 1900-2000), changed from higher protein lower carb to 45%carb, 40%fat, 15%protein. Fasted until ~noon 90% of the time, cut down on snacking a lot.
If diet was used, length of time before attempt? About 3 months
Did you skip breakfast regularly? Yes
Did DH change his diet with you? No
Comments regarding DH's diet- No change
DId you consume alcohol?- A couple of drinks per week
DId you try to limit caffeine? Yes, I had 1 drink per day
Any Diet Details? -
Any Diet Comments/Additional Info? I use MFP (myfitnesspal) to log all my food intake and exercise.
WEIGHT AND EXERCISE
What did you weigh/BMI do leading up to O? 230 pounds, BMI 34
Any Weight/Exercise related additional info/comments? With my boy pregnancies, I weighed about 255-260 when I got pregnant. After son #2, I weighed 294lbs :( With MFP and exercise, I have lost about 60 pounds in two years. I previously lifted heavy weights, but stopped about 6 months ago in preparation for this sway. I still have been doing Zumba 2x/week, running a time or two a week, and try to hit 10,000 steps every day.
THINGS in VG and CONCEPTION DATE(CD) INFO
pH Before Starting a Sway Program, if known -
Any VG potions used?
CM pH at attempt -
DH pH -
How many BD attempts did you make for the BFP cycle? 1
BD Dates according to Ovulation
Any additional comments? We BD'd every 4 days, as directed by my plan.
THE DEED INFO
DH Info about Swimmers
BD Position Missionary
Did you Jump and Dump?
Any relevant attempt details? Hubby and I sat in the hot tub prior to DTD, I also donated blood on CD 11, which I believe caused a later O day for my (CD 17). We DTD CD 14, and then O+1, just because we were supposed to be doing it every 4 days. Not sure which attempt got me pregnant. Best +opk was @ 1800 on CD 16.
SUPPLEMENTS USED
DW Supplements- Vitex
- Baby asprin
- folic acid
- Fiber
- Antihistamine
- Saw Palmetto
DH Supplements -
Any additional supplement info? -
Did you do anything with Ions? No.
Moon Phase during conception? New Moon
Did you use any Old Wives Tales? No.
Things that make me feel great about my sway: Hot tub prior to BD, late O, donating blood and got a flu shot prior to O, fasting before noon regularly.
Things that make me nervous about my sway: Not losing as much weight as I would have liked prior to attempt.
Things worth mentioning: I used to eat higher protein, lower carb diet and lifted weights. I switched my ratios around (see above), and stopped lifting about 6 months ago for my girl sway.
Update 1/20/2015: It's TWIN GIRLS!
