I need some pink in my life
Hello all!
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I have a long post ahead so be warned. ;)
I have been reading like mad and I found this sticky very helpful: http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...Your-Pink-Sway
But I can't seem to find all the answers I'm looking for and I would love a few opinions. Maybe I'm not reading in the place though. Please feel free to point me in the right direction. I love reading!
I'm 28. DH is 29. We have two sons that are 8 and 2 1/2.
I have had mild girl envy for a while especially because I have over 20 friends/acquaintances that have had girls the past year and a half, including my sister in law. I never had a sister or close relationship with my mother so maybe this contributes to the longing also.
Neither of my pregnancies were planned. The 8 yo. was born 34 week premature and needed a blood transfusion after he was born due to a rupture in his umbilical cord. My 2 1/2 yo. had single umbilical artery, but blessedly did not have any other problems. It was definitely a high risk pregnancy though and would subsequently cause other pregnancies to be high risk.
I have PCOS although I am not the standard "look a like" for PCOS girls. I am average/thin and I have no other conditions contributing to or stemming from the PCOS that I know of. I suspect I have had it all my adult life, but did not get really bad until after I had my second son.
I have almost always had regular periods though they became irregular after the birth of the second son. My cycles are regular again. I am mostly symptomatic in other ways: difficulty losing weight, hirsutism, male pattern baldness/thinning hair, rapid weight gain if I go off of metformin, irregular and heavy periods and acne if I do not take saw palmetto and/or vitex, etc.
my first question is related to PCOS. How many women here have successfully gotten pregnancy with girls and had a healthy pregnancy all while dealing with PCOS? Please point me to the right threads and I will read. :D
My cycles are mostly regular, but I'm still having a difficult time pin pointing my exact day of ovulation. I have EWCM for days followed very thin, almost transparent mucous days and this mucous does not dry up or change form quickly. Occasionally I will have mittelschmerz and/or light spotting on the suspected day of ovulation, but that is not every cycle. Literally, the mucous/discharge will last for over a week in total.
my second question is: is it worth spending money on an ovulation predictor kit or something like that? Should I start temping? Any other recommendations? I work overnights so my schedule is really screwed up and am concerned that my body temperatures will never be totally accurate or reliable.
I am not on hormonal birth control right now. We do a combination of barrier and rhythm. I generally know when I'm supposed to be fertile and abstain or use barrier since we are still currently trying to avoid pregnancy. Speaking of supplements, that leads me to my third question:
Can you ladies evaluate my girl friendly supplements and let me know what else I should consider or get rid of?
per day:
- Regular multi-vitamin (not prenatal)
- Calcium + D 600mg/200mg
- Saw Palmetto 320mg
- fish oil 1000mg
- metformin 500mg
per night:
- benadryl 50mg
- flexeril (muscle relaxer) 10mg
- ritalin (at work) 10-20mg
I do not currently take vitex because of the saw palmetto and it seems to control the symptoms of PCOS a little bit better.
My fourth, fifth, and sixth question:
Do you ladies think it is a good idea to take both vitex and saw palmetto together?
I think I may need to get rid of the fish oil, too, since I read that may be more boy friendly. Yes?
Would taking more metformin per day help things?
my seventh question:
DH takes Zoloft (anti-depressant), calcium, MVI, and fish oil. I read that anti-depressants may sway girls, but I'm not sure if it will help if it is coming from a man versus the woman taking it.
Do you think DH's medication choices may have a helpful girl impact? If so, we may add liquorice root and other things...
The reason I ask is because I read here that men create equal amounts of XX and XY sperm so I'm not sure about his meds?
8th question:
I have regular ph testing strips. Are these good for testing the vag's ph and if so, how are in does the sample need to come from? :oops:
I think that's it for now. Thank you so much for reading. I appreciate any response or direction I may receive. Thanks again and I look forward to being part of this community!
