TTC a Girl Sway Attempt
Gender Result: GIRL!!!
DW Age: 28
DH Age: 27
Current Children's Gender(s) DS-4, DS-2
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- Traditional LE-6 weeks then switched to PCOS LE 12 weeks
If diet was used, length of time before attempt? 18 weeks total
Did you skip breakfast regularly? Yes
Did DH change his diet with you? No
Comments regarding DH's diet- Didn't change his diet at all. Ate less meat just because I was vegetarian. He always skips breakfast anyway.
DId you consume alcohol?
DId you try to limit caffeine? Yes, I cutback
Any Diet Details? Changed to decaf coffee.
Drank white wine or did vodka shots daily
Greatly reduced white sugar and white flour
Ate only whole grains
Added cinnamon to my coffee
Cheats were typically seafood--shrimp, mussels, clams
Ate lots of rice, corn tortillas, baked potatoes, veggie pizza and iceberg salads.
No oatmeal, dried fruit or nuts, no coconut oil, no meat or chicken.
Any Diet Comments/Additional Info? -
WEIGHT AND EXERCISE
What did you weigh/BMI do leading up to O? Lost 10 pounds. 18.5 BMI at conception. Didn't want to drop too much lower and mess up ovulation.
Any Weight/Exercise related additional info/comments? Intense cardio 6 days a week for 18 weeks. Bought a treadmill on Craigslist for $50 and ran 60+ minutes about 6 days a week.
THINGS in VG and CONCEPTION DATE(CD) INFO
pH Before Starting a Sway Program, if known Unknown
Any VG potions used?
CM pH at attempt Unknown. Determined not to stress about it
DH pH Unknown
How many BD attempts did you make for the BFP cycle? One
BD Dates according to Ovulation
Any additional comments? DH and I had a few glasses of wine and then took a hot bath together. He released outside me and then less then half an hour later we had our attempt, reverse cowgirl position. No jump and dump I just rolled over and went to sleep.
THE DEED INFO
DH Info about Swimmers
BD Position -
Did you Jump and Dump?
Any relevant attempt details? Really relaxed. Used a little sylk for lube.
SUPPLEMENTS USED
DW Supplements
DH Supplements -
Any additional supplement info? Took 1/2 dose natural calm daily which works out to less than half your daily recommended dosage-- about 175 mg. this was not for a traditional cal/mag sway but rather for my PCOS and thyroid.
Did you do anything with Ions? No
Moon Phase during conception? -
Did you use any Old Wives Tales? Nope
Things that make me feel great about my sway: Intense cardio for 18 weeks
One attempt, second batch
Clomid
Alcohol
Things that make me nervous about my sway: "Boy" month of October
Same weight as ds2
Husband did NOTHING
Things worth mentioning: The cardio and diet really mellowed me out. I really felt like I made the switch from "martha" to "Mary" plus lots of things were out of my control at this time-- DH laid off, selling in a bad market, being on WIC and medicaid.
