TTC a Girl Sway Attempt
Gender Result: Boy
DW Age: 36
DH Age: 36
Current Children's Gender(s) DS1 3
DS2 1 (at time of conception)
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 started skipping breakfast and limiting calories to 1800 cal/day in June 2017. In November I started sticking to the limits for prot and fat (50-60 g). I ate loads of whole grain spelt pasta and bread and also a lot of potatoes. I followed mainly the LE PCOS diet, although I don't have PCOS. I'm vegetarian anyway and had two meals a day, lunch at approx. 12 am and dinner at approx. 6 pm.
If diet was used, length of time before attempt? Approx. 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? No, I drink caffeine regularly
Any Diet Details? I drank 3-4 cups of coffee a day, but I didn't make the coffee that strong. After a chemical in the month before my bfp I replaced half of my normal coffee powder with decaf coffee as I was worried that too much coffee could contribute to pregnancy losses.
Any Diet Comments/Additional Info? I didn't drink alcohol in the tww and had a glass of wine maybe eod in the other time.
WEIGHT AND EXERCISE
What did you weigh/BMI do leading up to O? 65 kg / 143 lbs. BMI 22
I lost 14 kg / 30 lbs during the 9 months dieting
Any Weight/Exercise related additional info/comments? I walked on a treadmill 5-7 times a week since Nov 2017
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? Not sure if it was 2 or 3 days before ovulation. I had a positive opk at 11 am (was negative earlier that day) and my temp went up the next morning already. I had to get up several times that night though so that might have increased my temperature. I think it's more likely that I ovulated the day after my positive opk and that would have been 3 days after our attempt.
THE DEED INFO
DH Info about Swimmers
BD Position Missionary
Did you Jump and Dump?
Any relevant attempt details? I got up and went to the toilet after 10-15 min, but not much came out (tmi). So maybe it was too late for j&d already?
SUPPLEMENTS USED
DW Supplements
DH Supplements -
Any additional supplement info? I took femara 2.5 mg CD4-8. It was my first cycle on femara. I decided not to take fibre because of the high amounts of fibre from all that whole grain spelt I ate.
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: Long time on diet, exercise, coffee, 1 attempt and femara
Things that make me nervous about my sway: My prot was always on the higher side of the limits and some days even at 61 or 62 gram. I hope it doesn't matter. I drank about a cup of milk a day that I added to my coffee. So around 50 ml of milk in each coffee, what is probably more than we should add. I tried to drink two coffees shortly after each other in the morning and the other two before and after lunch, but wasn't so strict on that.
Things worth mentioning: I started with a light sway in summer of last year and as time went by and hubby wasn't ready to tcc yet I began to think about what else I could do and started adding things like exercise, femara, alcohol and more coffee (normally I drink 80% milk, 20% coffee and the last months before my bfp it was the other way around). Now that I write everything down it seems quite ridiculous how much I ended up doing when my intention was only to do a light sway ;-) But my initial feelings didn't change over time: I would love to have a girl and wanted to try what I could, but I would also love to have a little boy. I'm sure we will get the perfect child for our family! :-) I got my bfp in March and my last scan was yesterday at 8 weeks where we saw a little bean with a flickering heartbeat.
