9cycles of Trying and now 9mths of Waiting!
I think I got everything....
First I should say that I have “Multiple Vitamin Absorbsion Defect” I do not absorb many vitamins from supps and food… D, C, A, E, and Iron to name a few. I normally have to take a set amount of certain vitamins but with Dr supervision I was able to stop these vitamins from AF-O. Oddly I have not gone back on my normal vitamins since O and my blood work a week ago was in the above average range, the Dr says he wants to keep testing to see if it stays... found out later after baby was born I could go 2mths before my vitamin levels crashed really bad.
Also all this was stopped at Christmas and nothing was done in Jan. when I conceived DS3!
USERNAME: purplepoet20
AGE: 30 1/2
DH'S AGE: 32 (in a few mths) or 5 if you count his true male age
CHILDREN: 2 Boys (4 and 2) that I wouldn’t trade for anything
HOW LONG TTC: Since july 2011… First Planned pregnancy!
DIET: I did slowly start the LE Diet last summer. I cheated 1-2x’s a week. But in Nov 2011 I was only skipping am meal and eating 2 meals a day with very very small bite sized snacks here and there. I ate about 1400 cals a day and lost 10lbs (only including recent AF-BFP). I did get really sad a few times and pigged out and kept gaining the weight back every month. I did use Garlic and Onion powder on all my food but no salt. I only ate either and apple or a pear everyday and no other fruit. I ate beef 1-2x’s a month and either chicken, pork, or lower oily fish daily. Because of hubbies diet (started with my cd1) we have not had any pasta, potatoes, oils for cooking, fat or skin with our meat, or fresh garlic, onion, red peppers. Since cd1 I have only had 4-6oz of meat at dinner, 2 eggs (on dry toast) for breakfast, 2cps of veggies, and 1 fruit everyday. I did also have 1 yogurt a day from AF to a few days before O, when we ran out.
EXERCISE: Zumba 1-2hrs a day, Exercise Bike in the morning, and a slow walk in the late morning with the boys… Not to mention all the house cleaning and running around.
POTIONS & PILLS: I did take Vitex, SP, and Calcium Citrate from Feb-Nov last year from AF-O, but stopped. The last 2 months AF-O I took… 200mg Soy (this cycle cd4-8), “Rainbow Light Prenatals” Vegan food based vitamins, Mag 250mg, Vita C 1,000mg, and 50,000 Cranberry Eq. After O I started 200mg of B-6, 800mg of FA, and lowered the cranberry slowly from 50,000 to 15,000 and still lowering daily. (I think when the cranberry was stopped right at O my blood went from free flowing to clotting and it may have prevented an implantation)
POTIONS & PILLS FOR YOUR MAN: From AF to O while we were trying he took SP, Vita C, Iron, A, E, and 7,000mg of cranberry. His pills changed after I O’ed because I felt he needed extras with his diet. They are all boy friendly supps so I told him if no bfp we can not try again until he is off the pills (would have been Dec when he hopes to be 180).
TIMING AND DTD: Wanted to dtd everyday but we had a few days of being sick or tired. We dtd cd3-cd10 (O’ed cd12), dtd again cd12-cd14, and every other day after that. I was on top everytime and then I waited about 1-2mins before going in the lay down position.
PH RELATED AND J&D: I have been drinking 32oz of Crystal Light daily (I have so much still), 4 packs of splenda everyday, and about 30oz of RO water. I only did a full tube of rephresh once 2 days before O because I felt like my ph was going up. This is my first cycle not doing J&D and I fell asleep laying on my back but no pillows. Before swaying my PH was normally around 7.5-7.9 and then I started the supps. From Mar-Dec 2011 it was normally around 4.5-4.8 but recently it was 5.5 the day before, during, and the day after O.
PAINS, SIGNS, OR 2WW RELATED: I had O pain on my right first, then left, and then the next day both sides hurt so bad it felt like labor pains. From 5dpo-9dpo I had pinching, burning, and stabbing pains in 3 different spots (2 on the right one high and one low)… very concerned about triplettes but I would take twins. During the 2ww I have had heartburn, nausea, hot flashes, food adversion, craving mushrooms and eggs, and every boob issues possible (real big ouch).
IONS, MOON, AND CRAP: O'ed 2 days after the New moon. The moon was in Pisces the day I O'ed. Both DH's and my Biorythmics were in the Lean Girl (was right for the 30 babies I checked). Jones Lunar Calendar says girl. We have tons of plants all over the main living area of the house. Large Crystal on DH side of the bed.
Anything else? I have tons and tons of girls clothing in my closet, NB-3mths in a dresser near my bed one outfit that I hold in my arms daily, a shoe box with – MIL’s 1st outfit, wooden spoon, baby earrings, Catholic Saints Metals, Buddist meditation beads, Native American pouch with my animal spirit guide in it, Handcarved Irish necklace my great-grandma made for me before I was born, and Amesthyst rock – under my bed. Sewing Patterns of girls dresses and baby dolls. Lots of praying and thinking girl thoughts.
FINAL NOTE: I was really starting to question if I was pregnant or everything was in my head. The bfp was such a surprise I cried while still sitting on the toliet. I couldn't believe it when both lines started to show at the same time and I was thinking my mind was playing tricks on me.
