TTC a Girl Sway Attempt
Gender Result: Boy
DW Age: 29
DH Age: 30
Current Children's Gender(s) boy, boy
Number of Months TTC 6
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- The LE diet was a big change for me. I normally ate meat and full fat dairy every day, ate breakfast, and snacked all day long. I started skipping breakfast November '14 and officially started the LE diet May '15. I have celiac disease so I had to continue eating gluten free. I started out around 1500 cals but I lost too much weight especially with breastfeeding/exercise so I upped it to 1800 cals and added in full fat dairy per Atomic. After DS2 weaned, I was less hungry so I ate between 1600-1700 cals and dropped the full fat dairy sometime in January/Feb. I struggled to get enough protein and usually stayed between 35-40g but towards the end of my sway I managed to get in 40-45g. Fat was usually around 35g and was typically from safflower or canola oil or vegan mayo, butter every once in awhile. I ate vegetarian, no breakfast, no snacks, usually two meals a day sometimes three. I often ate rice pasta, gluten free bread, beans, rice, fruit, veggies. I had a black coffee every morning. I developed a sweet tooth on LE so I always had something like a cookie or candy. I also ate some trans fat, something I never did before. For empty calories I always had a soda at lunch and often vodka or wine with dinner. I often had candy too for empty cals. The week leading up to O we were on vacation so I didn't track cals/fat/protein but stuck to no breakfast, no snacks, two meals a day, and vegetarian. The day I O'ed, I had quite a bit of alcohol at lunch and dinner...wine and a few fig cookies I brought were basically my dinner since the hotel had nothing I could eat.
If diet was used, length of time before attempt? 11 months
Did you skip breakfast regularly? Yes
Did DH change his diet with you? Yes
Comments regarding DH's diet- DH went vegetarian in August '15 and continued to eat that way until Feb. After that he was so heartbroken from my losses that he didn't want to continue with it. He also wanted to get back into weightlifting and he needed too much protein to continue eating veggie. I didn't make a big deal about it since I know working out makes him happy. He still avoided red meat and mainly ate chicken, occasionally fish. DH told me he felt like he had low testosterone due to no energy and feeling really emotional all the time, even after he started eating meat and exercising again.
DId you consume alcohol?
DId you try to limit caffeine? No, I drink caffeine regularly
Any Diet Details? -
Any Diet Comments/Additional Info? -
WEIGHT AND EXERCISE
What did you weigh/BMI do leading up to O? BMI 17.8 at conception..I lost too much weight on LE and got down to a BMI of 16.2. I slowly gained back some weight and maintained it the last couple of months. I was still at the lowest weight I've ever been since high school.
Any Weight/Exercise related additional info/comments? For 7 months I exercised 4-6 days/week for 60 minutes on my stationary bike. I averaged 75-100 miles per week. The week leading up to O I skipped exercise as I was on vacation.
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? 2
BD Dates according to Ovulation- 4 Days Before O
- 1 Day Before O
Any additional comments? For the first time ever my body started gearing up for O on CD11 which is way, way early for me. O ended up getting delayed for whatever reason and I didn't O until CD22. I honestly had no idea I'd even O'ed when I did as my temp didn't rise until a week after my pos. OPK. I'd pretty much given up that cycle as we were waiting on my next RE appt. to set up a game plan and I was more relaxed since we were on vacation. We conceived the same cycle I had the HSG done.
THE DEED INFO
DH Info about Swimmers
BD Position Missionary
Did you Jump and Dump?
Any relevant attempt details? I put "other" for DH because I didn't want to micromanage his releasing patterns. My libido was almost non-existent so he often released on his own when he wanted since we didn't DTD all that often.
On our O-4 attempt my dinner was a bottle of wine so I was way drunk and don't remember much from that night lol and on O-1, missionary, no orgasm, hips propped for a bit then I fell asleep.
SUPPLEMENTS USED
DW Supplements
DH Supplements
Any additional supplement info? I started out taking 800mcg folic acid then upped it to 1600 after my first loss. After my second loss I switched to 2000mcg folate. I also took 18mg iron 3x/week starting in Jan. due to dizziness, fatigue and long (but light) periods. I didn't take it as much the last month or so since those symptoms eased up a bit.
DH did peppermint tea and cranberry for about 6 months then stopped. He said the tea made him feel like a lady LOL but he still took the cranberry, just not as often after my third loss in Feb.
Did you do anything with Ions? no
Moon Phase during conception? Waning Crescent
Did you use any Old Wives Tales? no
Things that make me feel great about my sway: I was doing the diet and exercise for a long time...way longer than I ever expected! I feel like I did what was doable for my personal situation. I'm proud of myself for sticking with it for as long as I did as it was such a huge change for me!
Things that make me nervous about my sway: I feel like I did what I could but I also have a strong feeling this baby is another boy. I just don't feel like we can have a girl.
Things worth mentioning: DH and I have always wanted a daughter so I really wanted to give swaying my all. It took us on quite the journey including three early losses but we're so happy this baby has decided to stick so far.
