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I just want to say that all of you have inspired me in so many ways-just to be a better person is one! I wish you all the best and hope you all will be able to live your dreams:) Good luck in your future cycles- I admire your strength through this all, those who have been trying for awhile. [emoji123]
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Mars- I am so happy for you! Your much deserved BFP has finally come! I pray for a healthy sticky bean for you and a wonderful pregnancy! This is so awesome!
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That is a great line, Mars! No squinting necessary! Big congrats!!
I'm so so SO happy for you Mars!!! 2 gorgeous lines :) Congratulations on your pregnancy!
Thank you ladies! I feel so relieved we finally got there. I hope that all of you are joining me too :) most of all I'm excited to eat a proper meal and breakfast and steak!!!
Yay Mars! Enjoy your steak:) see you in the due date group! What will your dd be? Must be very close to mine- congrats again!
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Going by when I Od I believe I'm due October 28th. Will be strange for me as I've only had boys born in the first half of the year. Oh we are also Team green [emoji16]
So sorry to interrupt...Would it be possible to ask you all some advice? I got a +opk at 11am this morning and I'm now getting negatives. I'm using wondfo. The only possible explanation I can come up with is that I drank too much water. Because we were opssibly going to ttc today, I drank a LOT more water than usual thinking it might help with ewcm.
Do you think water/dilution could explain it? Or do any of you ladies know any other reason? I cannot bear to pester Atomic with this I have asked her SO many questions!
My OPKs with FMU are always darkest. Then in the afternoon around 2pm with concentrated urine they are pretty dark, any other time and they are normally much lighter. I think your urine being too diluted could definitely play a role in the negative after a positive.
Beautiful, Mars!!! Congrats!
Junie thank you - that's great to know. I guess I should assume the + was the real thing and that the negatives (which are only a bit fainter than the control line) are neg because of dilution.Quote:
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Mars - I interrupted your party. Congratulations on your bfp. :)
tm29 you have not interrupted anything, I was where you are just 2 weeks ago asking the same question :) I used Opks this month for the first time and I was testing at 2pm as I was told that was when the LH surge was the highest. My opks were only showing slight lines so for a few days I also tested at 10am and the lines were much stronger so I would say it could be due to dilated urine.
Beautiful lines Mars! So excited for you! Congrats!
I love seeing the BFPs from everyone! Gives me hope. [emoji4]
I just want to say that this 2ww feels like a 4ww since I was about 10 days early on what I thought was temp shift. Agony! I just got my 100 pack of Wondfos though so I'm ready for next cycle too! At least something to look forward to!
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I second it feeling like forever. It has only been 2 days, and I am already planning for next cycle. I have lost 2lbs [emoji4], refined things once again, and am ready for cycle 9. I feel things are as good as they can get right now- everything is in balance and harmony. I can keep trying without any angst. I am just anxious for something to happen- AF or BFP. Oxymoron, huh?! I am a piece of work [emoji1][emoji6]!
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Congrats Mars! Great news and inspiration to us others waiting [emoji2]
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Congrats Mars!!
So sorry, Maiden. Hopefully this cycle!
Mars, I sm so happy for you! What beautiful dark lines!
tm29, it absolutely sounds like dilution is affecting your OPKs. I have to be so careful about how much I drink to get positive OPKs.
Thanks Mars and Maidentomother - We went for it. I was completely terrified that it was some kind of false + but we went for it anyway. Assuming that was +opk then we've had one attempt on + and we'll try and one today. Hopefully another today and 2 tmw if DH is up to it.
My sway was SO imperfect. I'm really stressed about it. We had a loss at 12 weeks after a really good sway but then I waited so long (since early dec) for my cycle to return that atomic advised me to go for it on the first ov even though we're ttc blue. I had been eating kind of HE but possibly not quite enough cals and definitely not enough fruit and too much coffee and I even had alcohol. But I REALLY do not have time on my side, so we went for it.
Even so, it was a completely different diet from the one that got me my gorgeous daughter. That was textbook LE. I feel completely in awe of you strong, healthy boy-moms with your high nutrient diets. I think I may have done my best to be a member of the club - I really hope it was good enough. :)
Here I am with all of you ladies. Few more attempts to go, but I'm a Feb 2ww girl. Huge luck to all of you - it's all so agonising this stuff. Matters so much.
I'm excited to be in the 2WW with you tm! Maybe we will both get our BFPs!! I'll take your pink dust and you can have all my blue :)
Junie! You're so lovely. I will happily take your blue dust. I have the most adorable little peach of a daughter so I can highly recommend my pink dust. Here you go -
(Too much? You didn't want twin girls? Bad luck you asked for it!!)
Junie, can I ask you a question? Atomic has told me not to compare myself with other people when it comes to diet, but I am just so curious to know what you ate to get your two boys. You think you ate more than 2000 cals per day? I can't ask anyone I know this question because no one knows I'm swaying... Please tell me to disappear if this is too personal. :)
tm29 - first off, I LOVE your picture. It completely made my day. I absolutely love squirrels; they're so cute and funny. :) I've got my fingers crossed for you and blue dust. Maybe even just the small adjustment in your diet since having DD will even sway blue. And it sounds like if you're getting a lot of attempts in around O that would be great too! I actually really like fruit juices instead of trying to buy actual fruits. I know it's a little late, but maybe even for next cycle (although, I hope there isn't a next cycle and this is a blue bean!). Good luck!
I woke up this morning with a steady temp (actually, exact same temp as yesterday. Weird.) Went to the bathroom and noticed a little spot of blood in my underwear. I also noticed some in toilet, so kind of bummed. However, I don't have any AF symptoms at all: no sore bb, my back isn't really sore, no cramps (just small "twinges" on my right side really. Kind of what I've felt for a few days now). I feel actually really good. Could be implementation? I put a pad in (haven't done that since middle school!) to get a more accurate idea as the day goes along. If it continues throughout day I'll call it AF. If it stops I'll call it....??
So happy for you Mars!!! Congrats [emoji2]
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TaytumJ - thank you! Really good luck to you, and I HOPE AND HOPE this is your month.
I'll certainly drink juices and eat more fruit if we try next cycle.
TM29 and TaytumJ- please take all of my blue dust! I have two rambunctious, snugly with mama boys! I sure hope and [emoji120]you get one! I'll be glad to share with you how I ate/exercised/BDed to get my two boys. I led the classic boy lifestyle unknowingly.
I'm 3DPO, we will see. I've been dealing with a very sick DS2 (he's 20months). I'm happy where I am at diet and exercise wise so I am in good shape for next cycle.
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tm29- I'll gladly share! I am naturally pretty thin and before my twenties could really eat whatever I wanted (now not so much LOL). While TTC for the boys I was eating whatever I was hungry for (lots of pasta, chips, salads, meats, cake,etc) and working out a few times a week doing mainly weight/strength training. I would say that with alcohol I probably often ate well over 2,000 calories easy. I also have some light PCOS tendencies which I think also sways boy.
Oh Junie - if I ate that much I would be very overweight. Sounds like a PERFECT A+ blue sway! Also sounds really fun. AND IT GOT YOU TWO BOYS!!! I raise my alcohol-free glass to you.
Oh gosh. I hope I won't regret ttc this month. My sway would certainly have been better if I'd tried next cycle.
I'm trying to focus on what Atomic said about swaying being individual.
XXforhubby, thank you! Is it pretty much the same story?
XXfor hubby - I just absorbd what you said about your son. I really hope he's ok.
When I got my boys I ate in this pattern: breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack before bed. Breakfast one of the following: oatmeal with blueberries, Kashi cereals, Multigrain Cheerios or bagel with cream cheese. Snacks one of the following: grapes, apples, granola bars, or Luna protein bar (chocolate chip cookie dough mmmm). Lunch one of the following: Greek salad with chicken (LOVE feta cheese!) with cherry tomatoes, black olives. Turkey sandwich with Colby cheese. Leftovers from the night before. I always had an apple and baby carrots too with lunch. Dinner one of the following: pasta with tomato sauce broccoli and chicken. Lasagna, chicken tacos with rice, Grilled meats, pot roast, etc. always included a vegetable and a starch (broccoli and green beans usually and potato of some sort or side of rice/pasta/noodles.) fav snack before bedtime was a small bowl of oatmeal with dark chocolate chips and a 1/2tsp of vanilla extract. I also had a square of 90% Dark chocolate once a day and had either 2 cups of coffee or green tea with honey in the mornings. Ate between 1800-2000 calories a day, but I needed to due to my exercise routine. If I didn't exercise or took a day off, I ate between 1400-1600 calories a day. I was 125 at 5ft 4in and was very muscular/well toned.
Supplements: prenatal vitamin with DHA, calcium plus vitamin d, and acidophilus everyday.
Exercise: weight training for 30min followed by 30-45min of cardio 4-5 times a week. Took daily walks with DH after dinner. Also did Yoga 2-4 a week.
BD pattern: every other day before fertile CM, then every day until fertile CM dried up.
All this= 2 lovely boys!!
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XX- I also just reread the part about your son. I hope he starts getting better very soon!
TM- our first son was a honeymoon baby conceived while on vacation for 2 weeks in Mexico so I was definitely eating and drinking more than normal :) 2nd was conceived in the month of Dec when there are Christmas markets here with delicious food and mulled wine, and lots of get togethers with friends at restaurants so again more than normal amount of food and drink. But there are quite a few different types of boy moms so I wouldn't worry at all!!!
Oh and my BD pattern and the snacking was very similar to XX :)
Thank you ladies! DS2's fever broke finally and is now back to his normal self. I was pretty worried about him, since he is my tall, lean boy with not much weight to spare.
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XX and Junie - thank you! Glad to hear your son is doing a bit better, xx.
XX - your diet is not a million miles off what I've been doing. It's pretty similar, really. Same snacking pattern as both you and Junie. I've also recently gained quite a few lbs from comfort eating after my loss. Haven't lost it yet.
I just wish I knew for sure we were BDing at the right time!!! +opk yesterday morning and all negatives since.
This is such a stressful business!
TM29- I'm sure you're doing great! There are a ton of us boy moms here that can help out! I never used opks with my boys. I always checked my CM every morning with a little toilet paper in my vagina. I just went by CM. I do now too to make sure I only BD once or twice in my fertile window.
Stressing over a sway sways blue [emoji6][emoji170]! I would keep doing what you're doing! If you're not sure, just ask!
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Junie, I think you maybe Oed on CD31, if you've definitely Oed which I am nokt 100% sure about, as your temps are still low.
Taytum, is the blood red/pink (vs brownish)? If so, at 7DPO I think implantation bleeding is more likely than AF spotting.
XX, I hope DS2 feels better soon.
XX - I'd love to know! I'm naturally thin too, but since going off BC I lost 8lbs, which is a lot for my body type. But, I just felt so much better after stopping BC and I wasn't hungry all the time or craving crazy things. I started to eat more veggies and had a pork chop for dinner almost every night with veggies and a spinach salad. Eating at least two fruits during the day as well and adding some fruit juices as well. I workout about 3x a week, but I HATE cardio. I used to just walk, ride the bike, or jog for about 10 minutes. I've picked up more weights now since getting on this site. I also think I have some PCOS symptoms. I'd like to think I'm naturally boy friendly, but we'll see. I'd be just as happy with a girl as well, but I know that whatever I'm destined to have, God will give me. :)
I've been checking my pad throughout the day and basically there's not much there. Right now it looks like there were just a few spots (TMI: might even be left over from the pad being somewhat scrunched "in" when I sit down). And some pinkish (the blood on the pad looks more brownish? Maybe left over from this morning) when I wipe or go to the bathroom one little spot in the toilet. Hmmmm? Ideas? No cramps though. No sore bbs. Nothing really.
Could be irritation from your cervix or implantation bleeding. I had that with DS2 and thought AF was coming early, but I had sore BBs though.
Your diet sounds good. I would follow: breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack to keep your blood sugar nice and steady. Fruit juice is great. Sometimes I had fruit juice mixed with water or carbonated water with dinner. Usually cranberry/grape juice.
If you hate cardio, Yoga is great! It can get your heart rate up and build muscle at the same time. Black Swan Yoga has a variety of instructors you can choose from for only $8 a month. I ****** it on my iPad, iPhone, or my smart tv. I augment my cardio with Yoga to keep me sane from ttcing so long. I love either Melanie or Candice!
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Hahaha I just caught up on other posts! Thanks for the info about your boy sway! I'm pretty good about breakfast snack lunch snack dinner (I feel like I eat a big dinner and don't save room for snacks at the end of the day!). I feel like I need to try to eat more, but then I feel more sluggish during the day, and that's hard to do when you have to keep up with 14-year-olds all day!
I will give Yoga a try! In my small, rural community there are few choices, and yoga isn't one of them, although I've always loved it. I'll have to check online to see if I can get some of them! Thanks for the tip!
When DH and I DTD on Sunday there was light blood after - that could have been because my cervix was soft? Not really sure on that. But, didn't really have anything yesterday, and now just the spotting today. All just so weird. Nipples seem KIND of sensitive, but only when I push on them, so that might be why they're sensitive too haha.
XX - Thank you so much! Yes, Atomic has commented on the blue-ness of the OBSESSING I'm doing. I really am, it's crazy - and tiring! Must be very difficult ttc pink and NOT obsessing - a little like trying not to think of a pink elephant.
If ANYONE needs pink sway advice I can certainly help. I don't think I'll ever go back to eating/exercising that way. Not now I know how it feels to eat 2000 cals and never ever ever have low blood sugar. AMAZING!.You boy moms are so right!
Taytum, I had very heavy implantation bleeding - so heavy I used a tampon and assumed I was out that month. I found out I was pregnant when I was testing for ovulation in what I thought was my next cycle?! Hopeful story? :)
TM29- out of curiosity, how did you get your DD? I enjoy learning about other people's approaches.
It's funny how you can't imagine going back to the girl diet ways! I can't imagine going back to how I used to eat! I feel so much better not snacking and eating right before bed! I do miss my weights though and look forward to getting a BFP to resume my old regimen. I have found I have mellowed out a TON on the girl diet and don't obsess/control things anymore. It is SO freeing for me!
Sounds like you're doing well on the diet and wish you a blue bundle! Boys are SO much fun! I love their energy and how tender they are with their moms- there's nothing like it [emoji4]!
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