TTC a Girl Sway Attempt
Gender Result: Boy
DW Age: 29
DH Age: 29
Current Children's Gender(s) B,G,B,B
Number of Months TTC 3
Did you purchase and follow a GD Personalized Plan? No
DIET
Did you follow a diet plan? Yes
If yes to diet, which one did you most follow?
Comments regarding DW's diet changes- I dramatically cut down my fat intake, stopped snacking and no longer ate breakfast. I also switched from drinking tea to coffee.
If diet was used, length of time before attempt? I started the diet in mid January so had been on the diet for 5 months when I got my bfp
Did you skip breakfast regularly? Yes
Did DH change his diet with you? No
Comments regarding DH's diet- He continued to eat as normal, lots of fatty foods, lots of sugary pop. He is currently at his heaviest adult weight.
DId you consume alcohol?- A couple of drinks per week
DId you try to limit caffeine? No, I drink caffeine regularly
Any Diet Details? I mainly ate bread, rice, pasta, salad and veg. I had the occasional cheat where I would have some meat but was mostly quite strict. I did not factor the sodium restriction into my sway and in fact I was consuming much more than I ever have before.
Any Diet Comments/Additional Info? I would only have 2 meals a day, one usually at half 11-12pm then my 2nd meal at 7.30-8pm so I went long periods each day without any food/drink. I waited until I was hungry to eat. Which was actually easily done with 4 kids to look after ha ha.
WEIGHT AND EXERCISE
What did you weigh/BMI do leading up to O? 10st 4lb BMI 23.6
Any Weight/Exercise related additional info/comments? I lost a pound the week of our successful attempt, I lost 26lb during my time on the diet and was at my lowest adult and conception weight. I could not commit to doing the exercise so I went down the couch potato route. I had been losing a lb a week consistently the few weeks leading up to O.
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 made our one attempt when we got our first pos opk, I'm guessing it was 1 day before O but I'm not 100% as I don't chart.
THE DEED INFO
DH Info about Swimmers
BD Position Missionary
Did you Jump and Dump?
Any relevant attempt details? I got up to use the loo about 5 mins after dtd.
SUPPLEMENTS USED
DW Supplements- folic acid
- Fiber
- Antihistamine
DH Supplements -
Any additional supplement info? I took fiber with every meal not just high fat meals-
Did you do anything with Ions? -
Moon Phase during conception? -
Did you use any Old Wives Tales? -
Things that make me feel great about my sway: The one attempt, the length of time I had on the diet, the fact my dh smokes, my weight loss. Also having 2 alcoholic drinks the evening of our attempt.
Things that make me nervous about my sway: Not doing exercise (although I didn't do any when I got my dd), the cheat days I had.
Things worth mentioning: My dh is in a stressful job where he is either driving or sitting behind a desk so I hope that helped nuke a few swimmers :-) My cycles were getting shorter and shorter each month leading up to my bfp which I hope means I was in a good place for ttc a girl. My cm was completely different to when I conceived my boys, was lotion like so I hope that is a good sign but I am fully expecting it to be a boy and if it is I will love him just the same as the others.
