Blue Swayers daily chat thread!!!

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Originally Posted by dancingdiva88

Oh? So how come a lot of blue swayers I've seen on their attempts have their husband have some caffeine before BDing?

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Like ELP said, it may have been carried over from other methods/websites. It truly makes no sense whatsoever to consume something RIGHT BEFORE bd and expect it to affect sperm. For sperm health and maternal environment to be affected, you have to change diet and lifestyle ahead of time, like weeks ahead :)

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Originally Posted by dancingdiva88

Hi ladies, I made DH have a strong coffee before BDing last night and the poor guy didn't sleep then the entire night. He actually has a bad caffeine intolerance - so cola, coffee, tea, energy drinks, chocolate etc. keep him awake for like two days and if he has too much gets paranoia and heart palpitations etc. Is it really recommended to help sway blue? Should I just tell hubby to suck it up and go to work tired?

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Smoothies! You can easily sneak in 2 tablespoons of nut butter into a smoothie and not actually "taste" it. I personally add a tablespoon of peanut butter to my greek yogurt, I'm not sure how and why I thought it was a good idea, but it tastes soooo good! lol. I'm not a peanut butter fan.

There's also a new nut butter that is VERY tasty and sweet without sugar. Maybe you can give it a whirl, it's much more palatable than any other nut butter I've had. No peanuts. I found it at costco. It's REALLY tasty.

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Also, another way to get nuts in is in salads. Walnuts are wonderful on just about any salad. You need alot of leafy greens to get all the wonderful micro nutrients from them, you can make a large batch of salad dressing and top it with walnuts. Yum!

Thanks everyone. I'll cut that caffeine hit for hubby then. He'll be happy.

Grrr. So I got a peak smiley on my digi midday Tuesday and my temp dropped right down. - usually ovulate the same day as I get my peak. Yesterday morning (Wednesday) it shot right up, however I had to get up at 3am for DD and knew this would affect my temp. Today's is still somewhat up but dropped a bit from yesterday but is only the same as some pre-o temps. Do you think my body geared up to O with a peak and a temp dip but then didn't? It's never happened before. Tomorrow's temp will be wacky too as I fly out tonight for a wedding on the weekend.


I should mention I've had ovary pain and got the peak smiley on cd13. I usually ovulate day 16 and get a posutive opk either 15 or the day of o. One time I ovulated day 19 and one other time cd21.

Coffee for DW sways pink not for DH, but it's not the most important practice for DH to drink coffee before attempt. It a practice to 'vitalize' sperm before BDing, DH is supposed to drink it 30min-1 hr before BDing, but as I said it's not a must for swaying. In fact, DH drank coffee before DD3 attempts- mind you my diet didn't change that much and I was drinking coffee/lattes like mad.

You want to eat the most nutrients you can in your snacks... They have those p3 snack packs- it has chunks of cheese, a serving of almonds, and lunch meat. They're different ones too, lunch meat is high in nitrates ,so, you could use this type of snacking as a guide and change it up... but add a healthy nutritious carb with your proteins.
I would meal prep- I would mix walnuts, cashews, and almonds in a baggy and I always carried a lara bar or a bag of dried apricots and this was one of my protein+carb snacks while on the go. I would pre-make hard boiled eggs for the week and grab one in the morning. Or beef jerky + a healthy carb- grapes, oranges, pineapples, peaches, pairs (I usually had fruit cups for work). I was working out regularly so, I added naked juices... I'd have a naked juice and a boiled egg, tuna sandwich, or beef jerky for example... Sorry, not trying to ramble... just trying to remember, but I also work and we have 4 kids, so, I had to be creative with what I ate and what was easy without eating crap. Keep in mind when adding nuts you still want more omega 3s and less omega 6 - which tree nuts are higher in omega 6s.

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Originally Posted by dancingdiva88

Grrr. So I got a peak smiley on my digi midday Tuesday and my temp dropped right down. - usually ovulate the same day as I get my peak. Yesterday morning (Wednesday) it shot right up, however I had to get up at 3am for DD and knew this would affect my temp. Today's is still somewhat up but dropped a bit from yesterday but is only the same as some pre-o temps. Do you think my body geared up to O with a peak and a temp dip but then didn't? It's never happened before. Tomorrow's temp will be wacky too as I fly out tonight for a wedding on the weekend.


I should mention I've had ovary pain and got the peak smiley on cd13. I usually ovulate day 16 and get a posutive opk either 15 or the day of o. One time I ovulated day 19 and one other time cd21.

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So Im not a ovulation expert! However, temping wasn't reliable for me due to waking up with my other kiddos throughout the night and am. Have you taken anymore opks? I would keep taking them just to watch them turn neg... Anyways, you normally ovulated 24-48hr after peak smiley... normally. I could be you haven't ovulated yet... or your gearing up for another LH surge, which is why I'd recommend to continue taking OPKs. Also, keep in mind the HE diet can make you O sooner too...

Anyways good luck! Keep bding every 2-4days!!

Thanks bre. I did tests yesterday afternoon, Last night and this afternoon and all got negatives - so maybe I did ovulate? Between the peak smiley midday Tuesday and the Wednesday afternoon negative? The temp dip would correlate with this too on the Tuesday.
So frustrating. Guess we'll see in 12 days time as that's my usual LP length. Does the HE diet do anything to your LP length? If it has made me O, it's made me O earlier than before but does it have any affect on LP?
Thanks ladies for all your advice!!

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Originally Posted by dancingdiva88

Thanks bre. I did tests yesterday afternoon, Last night and this afternoon and all got negatives - so maybe I did ovulate? Between the peak smiley midday Tuesday and the Wednesday afternoon negative? The temp dip would correlate with this too on the Tuesday.
So frustrating. Guess we'll see in 12 days time as that's my usual LP length. Does the HE diet do anything to your LP length? If it has made me O, it's made me O earlier than before but does it have any affect on LP?
Thanks ladies for all your advice!!

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No problem! That sounds like you O'd!! I would still suggest (if you have cheapie opks) to take one daily just to be sure! I don't think it affects you LP, your LP should only every vary by maybe 1-2 days! So, if it's normally 12 days will probably remain at 12 days. Fingers crossed for a BFP!!

So don't think I o'ed. Had a super low temp again today. Thinking I geared up to O With the temp dip and the peak and then never did. Got to love Our hormones.

Desperately want a boy please share your swaying success with me as I have 5 GIRLS

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Originally Posted by jerseygirl267

Desperately want a boy please share your swaying success with me as I have 5 GIRLS

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Hi there :) There is a boy swaying section of the forum where you can see swaying success stories and best swaying practices.