TTC a Girl Sway Attempt
Gender Result: Boy
DW Age: 26
DH Age: 26
Current Children's Gender(s) Boy
Number of Months TTC 1
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- I feel like I changed my diet a lot. Before swaying, I was an all day grazer, but with swaying, I minimized meals. I let myself be hungry and sometimes forgot to eat. (Busy with a toddler, working, etc.) I cut out a lot of meat but still occasionally had chicken and tofu. Tried skipping breakfast for awhile but it was really hard because I don't have a gallbladder and ever since the surgery, if I don't eat shortly after waking up for the day, it results in all day diarrhea (sorry--TMI) This happened a lot in the beginning, so hopefully maybe that helped with the less nutrients thing!
If diet was used, length of time before attempt? Pretty consistent from about March 2016-August 2016. Took a break in the fall/winter but modified it before BFP mid January.
Did you skip breakfast regularly? No
Did DH change his diet with you? Yes
Comments regarding DH's diet- Added more soy
DId you consume alcohol?- A couple of drinks per week
DId you try to limit caffeine? No, I drink caffeine regularly
Any Diet Details? Drank way more caffeine than usual. Not usually a drinker but added in low calorie drinks way more frequently than usual. I felt like my body was lacking a lot of what I needed, to be honest.
Any Diet Comments/Additional Info? -
WEIGHT AND EXERCISE
What did you weigh/BMI do leading up to O? 114.8 /BMI 21
Any Weight/Exercise related additional info/comments? Was less active/all around healthy this time than I was with my son
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? This is approximate. DTD Jan 2 night and got positive OPK on the 5th sometime.
THE DEED INFO
DH Info about Swimmers
BD Position Missionary
Did you Jump and Dump?
Any relevant attempt details? Husband and I both smoked that night if that makes any difference?
SUPPLEMENTS USED
DW Supplements- Vitex
- folic acid
- Antihistamine
DH Supplements -
Any additional supplement info? -
Did you do anything with Ions? Have rock salt lamp in room, painted nails shortly before attempt, and had lavender oil diffusing often in my house.
Moon Phase during conception? Waxing Crescent
Did you use any Old Wives Tales? Girl clothes under bed.
Things that make me feel great about my sway: I did a lot of meditation/visualizing about this. I had a tremendous amount of stress (as in, huge life stress) about a year and a half consistently leading up until attempt. I know last minute dieting doesn't work, but I really did not eat much at all the few days surrounding attempt because I ate some spoiled food and was afraid of getting food poisoning if I ate too much (I'm a weirdo emetophobe...) Husband starting smoking a couple of months before attempt and never did that with our son. I feel like we both just weren't in as great shape health wise this time. Lots of lack of sleep for me because of my third shift job. I had a small cold at time of attempt.
Things that make me nervous about my sway: Could have followed diet better weeks leading up to attempt time. We weren't really trying the month of BFP, it happened before I was fully prepared. Might also be a good thing, I wasn't trying to control anything like I can tend to.
Things worth mentioning: -
