TTC a Girl Sway Attempt
Gender Result: Girl
DW Age: 36
DH Age: 39
Current Children's Gender(s) 1 Boy
Number of Months TTC 6-9
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'm a vegetarian, so I already had that going for me. I cut out breakfast and at first was very strict about calories and fat. I was already starting from a BMI of about 19, and over the nearly 9 months I was on it, it slid down to close to 18.5. At that point my cycles started to get wonky, and I was worried that I'd lost too much weight, so I continued to skip breakfast, but I started not worrying about protein or fat or anything. I just ate what I wanted for the last month to try to get my weight back up a bit.
If diet was used, length of time before attempt? I was on the diet for 7 weeks before we started trying, but then it took seven months of trying before we were successful. So I was on the diet for about 9 months.
Did you skip breakfast regularly? Yes
Did DH change his diet with you? No
Comments regarding DH's diet- -
DId you consume alcohol?- A couple of drinks per week
DId you try to limit caffeine? Yes, I cutback
Any Diet Details? I started out drinking alcohol and coffee, but by the end I cut all of that out.
Any Diet Comments/Additional Info? -
WEIGHT AND EXERCISE
What did you weigh/BMI do leading up to O? I started out at about 120 pounds but slid down to 111 by about six months in. That's when my cycle started getting weird, and I became concerned that I had lost too much weight.
Any Weight/Exercise related additional info/comments? -
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? -
BD Dates according to Ovulation- 5 Days Before O
- 4 Days Before O
- 3 Days Before O
- 2 Days Before O
- 1 Day Before O
- O Day
- After O
Any additional comments? The seventh month we went ahead and BD'd every day throughout my fertile window. It was exhausting, but it worked. Also, my husband was fighting a cold that week, which I subsequently caught during the TWW.
THE DEED INFO
DH Info about Swimmers
BD Position Multiple
Did you Jump and Dump?
Any relevant attempt details? -
SUPPLEMENTS USED
DW Supplements
DH Supplements -
Any additional supplement info? I was too nervous to cut out prenatals, so after a couple of months of trying, I started taking them again. It was stressing me out too much.
Did you do anything with Ions? -
Moon Phase during conception? -
Did you use any Old Wives Tales? I put a small wooden spoon and a girl onesie under the bed. That reminds me that I ought to go fetch it now. :-)
Things that make me feel great about my sway: I was on the LE diet for a long time. I definitely felt physically depleted. Once we got our BFP, I started eating normally and realized just how different my eating habits had been during all those months of swaying.
Things that make me nervous about my sway: The cycle we finally conceived we DTD every day throughout my whole fertile window until I confirmed ovulation with temping. I also wasn't being very strict about diet at that point because I was trying to gain some weight back. I did continue to skip breakfast, though.
Things worth mentioning: -
