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I'm not sure when I'll O my cycles are irregular, especially after the miscarriage. I'm taking soy isoflavones this cycle though so I've got everything crossed that they help my O sooner. I've read some great success stories online about people taking soy, so we'll see!
I'm due to O on the 23rd. Sometimes it happens a day before or after.
Bd last night again . Not sure it would have been worth it but oh well. I'm confused now too. I know I would have ovulated by now and after bd last night I saw the same mucus that I thought was ewcm but it can't be that so maybe I'm confusing the two. So all the time I thought I saw loads of ewcm it could have been semen? But it's really really stretchy.
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I'm CD17 and have been spotting / light bleeding since CD14 :( I don't know what is going on. I read you can get some mid-cycle spotting with Soy but this seems a bit too much!
Are you also doing Soy, purple? How much did you take and on what days?
I took 120mg on days 3 - 7. I have taken it before and conceived DS2 but it was a different brand which isn't available anymore.
Last month I had some weird spotting too but it started CD24 so I counted it as AF but the cycle before was annovutory.
I think spotting around ovulation can be fine, are you temping so that you can confirm O? I took 175 from CD 3- CD7 and I'm really hoping it has a positive effect for me! So far it has just given me migraines (which I often get during AF anyway).
I've had spotting a few times around ovulation as well, especially when I was still breastfeeding but DS1 was almost weaned. I think it's just normal sometimes. I've even read that it's a sign of super fertility LOL!!!
It's a bit more that spotting, more like a light AF. It also seems like I have EWCM too.
I'm using OPKs and so far they are negative. My temps are in the low range but I only started temping a few days ago as I had a cold and temp orally.
Congrats, smarston!!! Hope to join you soon!
seabeewife, I'm due to o on the 24th. We're cycle buddies!
Anyone have tender breasts before o? This is very unusual for me to have it now with o expected on Friday. It's normal to have it the whole 2ww, but why so far before o? I am trying abdominal fertility massage leading up to o this cycle, so I'm wondering if that's affecting my hormones. Also if I didn't mention it already, my temps stabilized when I added the wheatgrass back in this cycle.
I just had a HUGE temp dip this morning... no way I'm ovulating 3 days early!! Does RRL make you ovulate earlier usually?
Sage- 3 days till O! I'm glad your temps stabilized again. I think in general feeling lots of stuff throughout the cycle means your hormones are strong- hopefully that means a nice strong O for you!
Seabee- I bet it could affect your cycles a bit although I never had that from RRL.
I'm hoping for some nice CM this cycle. I haven't had any since the miscarriage and it would be a good sign for me that my body is going back to normal. I've read that soy can help so that would be great.
Looks like I did O yesterday according to my temps. All I changed was the RRL and folic acid. I haven't gotten my usual egg white to let me know a couple days ahead though. We ended up doing a lot more BD'ing than I planned during my fertile period which makes me nervous. But DH is leaving in a few days again for training, so I couldn't leave him high and dry.
Good luck see bee! Now the dreaded wait...
I am doing everything I can not to test in the next few days. 7dpo today and symptom spotting like crazy. I'm really going to try and sit it out until 12dpo. If it's bfn this month I think I'll have to wait another month to tt again because I have let myself eat less - nothing dramatic obviously just not so I'm stuffed all the time - and I wouldn't want to risk it. Oh I hope I hope I hope! 4 months on the HE is enough! But there are plenty of people who wait a lot longer than that I know. Going crazy!
Once I hit 7dpo I go nuts wanting to test. I'm the worst with symptom spotting! I hope you get your BFP this month! Ttc is so nerve wreaking!
Seabee- there are a lot of girl moms who did ED BDing so I think it doesn't automatically mean boy. I think if you were doing things like diet that that still plays a big role!
tm29- I have 2 boys and didn't spend all my time going around feeling stuffed LOL. I just grazed a lot and never felt hungry. I hope you get a BFP this cycle so it doesn't matter but if you don't I wouldn't wait :)!
I agree Junie, the diet and pH I feel is much more important for getting a girl. I miss snacking so much! That's my biggest change.
I'm Xing everything and praying that you ladies get your much deserved BFPs!
Tm29- do not feel that you have to wait another month! You can keep right on TTCing! I too just grazed throughout the day and was never stuffed all the time! I was actively building muscle so I needed more calories, but I never exceeded 1800-2000 calories ever! On days I didn't exercise I ate more like 1500-1600 calories. I was buff but slender!
PLEASE those of you swaying blue, take my always on the go, and snugly with mama blue baby dust!
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Thanks seebee, XX and junie - I really appreciate it. It's so helpful to hear what you all did to get your gorgeous boys. I'm really interested to hear 1800-2000 cals. Would you believe I have been eating around 3000 for 4 months! Since we Ttc I've taken it down to 2,500 and I have not eaten red meat EVERY day and I am a lot more comfortable. And I've enjoyed doing a whole hour of exercise not just 45 mins of mainly weights. I'm still snacking twice a day - but this is a really light sway in comparison with what I did in advance of our last bd marathon lol. XX I will take that whole truck of blue dust. I really want you all to have your little girls!!!! Fx like crazy. When should I test 12dpo?!
Live dangerously Tm29 and test at 10DPO! If you get a BFN, then I would test at 12DPO.
I got a strong positive at 10DPO, and I had NO symptoms either.
FX and [emoji120]🏻for you! You blue swayers have a special place in my heart. I hope and [emoji120]🏻you get your blue bundle, because I know how much I love and adore mine! I want that for you too!
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tm29-- I don't remember if I told you before but I have two boys and this is what I did:
2 attempts in fertile window
Green or white tea with honey every day
Never drank soda ever
Never drank coffee ever
Never drank alcohol ever
Full fat dairy
Vitamin D, probiotics, B complex, multivitamin, fish oil daily
Ate one serving of meat a day usually
Drank only water besides tea
Good luck!
I ended up with 2 attempts.
o-2 and ovulation day itself.
7 DPO currently. Will test at 9 DPO.
I hope I didn't ruin my pink sway too much by doing 2 attempts but one wasn't working for us.
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Healthygirl, I did 6 attempts for my blue sway, lol. If I had done 2 attempts I would be pretty confident it was pink-friendly.
essnce629 - thank you so much! I have 1 coffee every morning and a small glass of red wine now and then and no green tea, so I'm pretty different from you there. But I have gained maternal condition like crazy. Here's hoping.
XX - live dangerously, lol. Maybe I will. I will certainly be broadcasting it here. :)
AF is here for me. Good luck to those of you who are still in your April 2ww.
I guess I will be moving along to the May 2ww :(
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So sorry Hbuhs. It's a heartbreaking process.Hugs to you.
Sorry hbuhs. I know how it must feel.
Did you end up doing every 4 days and additional attempt at pos opk?
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Tm29 I hope you get your 6 attempts give you your BFP.
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So sorry hbuhs :(
I guess I didn't ovulate yet? Temp dropped way down again. Might be due to all the drinking I've been doing.
I'm so so sorry Hbuhs!
I'm driving myself CRAZY. I'm 39 so this all feels really last minute and I know women have babies later, but we all know it gets harder too. Ugh! Thanks Healthygirl I need all the luck I can get and every one of those 6 attempts!
I have ABSOLUTELY NO SYMPTOMS at 8DPO. XX you had no symptoms at all, right? Shouldn't I be noticing something? It's so hard to concentrate on anything I really have to stop thinking about all this. But how?!
Tm29, I will be 35 in a few days and feel the clock is ticking for me.
I'm 8 DPO as well and don't feel anything except for occasional very mild pms cramping.
Hope we both get our BFP this cycle. How long have you been TTC?
When will you test?
I will test tomorrow.
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Yep, I had zero symptoms! All I had was a semi decent chart! I couldn't even get a positive opk either, which was strange because I always did! My chart didn't start to look promising until 9DPO when I had a second temp rise. I thought, huh that's strange. If my acupuncturist didn't give me a clue, I would have been clueless!!
FX and [emoji120]🏻 for you all!!
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Thanks XX - Oh I love your story!!
Healthygirl - 35 sounds YOUNG to me now, but I'm not trying to make out you're crazy to worry. I was worrying at 35 too - but I got pregnant first month trying. I got pg first month again last year, but I had an mc and since then my cycle vanished and it only returned for this last attempt. So I will feel VERY lucky if I catch the first ovulation.
All in all, I have been swaying 3 months before the pg last year and 4 months since the mc. I am fat and anxious! I don't think I dare to test tomorrow, I'm so scared of seeing a stark BFN. Oh you are braver than I am. Incredible we o'd on the same day. I am going to cross everything for you!
XX - and other moms of boys, could you tell me what you mean by a snack? Missing out on snacks is the thing which sounds hardest for you all about the pink sway. What kind of snacks do you normally eat? My sway snacks are so full of calories, I can't imagine you ate that much - particularly if you, like you said XX, ate around 1500-1800 on a non-gym day.
I'd be so grateful to know!
Not snacking has been a big change for me. I liked to snack on cookies, cake and chocolate mostly. Sometimes I would be healthy and have fruit or yogurt. I was probably snacking all the time when TTC DS2 as I was home with DS1 and I eat more when I'm at home especially as I also like to bake!
I used to love snacking on whole grain crackers (vitaweets ) with crunchy peanut butter. I would have it twice a day ( morning tea and afternoon). Sometimes chocolate too.
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Oh I miss snacking so much. I used to be great at eating just a handful of popcorn or a few nuts or a cookie, a peanut butter honey sandwich, a few crackers with cream cheese, a few slices of cheese, a joghurt, maybe a few pieces of salami or ham with cheese or toast, etc.
I think because I normally ate quite small amounts while snacking that the calories didn't go up too much.