Rate your sway :)

Oh just to add - I took one night about 2 weeks before my sway and read almost every sticky on this site! The complete index was such a huge help. I learned a lot and made a plan for myself. Asked some questions and decided not to wait another month or two or three since I felt my lifestyle and diet was already more girl
Friendly. Plus, I wanted a gentle sway so as not to raise T levels. And another part was that I just wanted to try for another little baby. Haha. I felt the time
Was right. But anyhoo, AS, members, and all the info here (that AS has researched and given to us) helped tremendously. And thus, I give myself a 4. ;)

I'd say mine is a 2...if I get pregnant at all. I've dropped things because I haven't gotten pregnant yet, but have not been eating breakfast, not snacking too much, lowered protein, etc. I am not doing supps except folic acid, but for me I think the key is that I have changed my diet. It's not drastic, but hopefully enough.

Of course on the flip side, if I had to rate myself on doing a boy sway, I'd be negative. LOL

I would say at least a 4, if not approaching a 5. I will very strict on the diet, regarding no-meat, eating only twice a day, eating no breakfast. I was on the LE diet for nearly five months before conceiving (and largely vegetarian for about three months before that). I lost about 12 pounds, going from 107 lbs. down to 95.5 lbs. No exercise, the recommended supps (baby aspirin, saw palmetto), DTD methods that aren't as conception-friendly (saliva as lube, woman on top), and DH was great about FR (10 times in the week prior to our attempt). Also, I had been on vitex for six months and the month of conception was my first month off (I think it was preventing pg) -- Atomic successfully conceived her DD with this same Vitex pattern. The only thing I was concerned about was how many times we DTD ... I think it was six or seven attempts in the week leading up to ovulation. My O time could vary and earlier cycles with one or few attempts hadn't succeeded in conception. So that was my one concern at the time; were there too many sperm on the scene?

Also, I was doing lots of prayer and scripture studying, to bolster my belief that I would either get the daughter I desired or that God would put a new dream in my heart, if we were destined for a third son.

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Originally Posted by My Three Sons

Of course on the flip side, if I had to rate myself on doing a boy sway, I'd be negative. LOL

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Great point!!! A lot of us were doing unintentional boy sways when we got our little dudes so just by doing away with that, we do a lot to sway.

mhmmmm 3.5 maybe? 3.95? :)
- I only did the diet for 5-6 weeks (2 weeks pretty lacks - no meat what so ever though, skipped breakfast most days) and the rest super strong (no meat, no snacking, no breakfast ever, 1200cals).
- I didn't do any supps except folic acid. But even if we don't get pregnant this cycle I won't be using any either. I want to go as natural as possible.
- DH did the diet with me, super well - He actually lost 6lbs! He took licorice root for about a week then stopped due to potential issues with other medication he's on for colitis.
- I used rephresh and antihistamines which definitely helped thinking back on other cycles.
- pH was 4 or under at attempt and the following morning was back at 4-5
- We only did a 6 day abstain and one attempt (which I'm worried was maybe 2-3 days before O, so not sure if I'll even get preggo) I would have liked the abstain to be one day longer.. but what can ya do!
- Although the diet was shorter than most people do, I lost 6lbs. I went from a BMI of 16.8 to 16.0 - I'm not proud of this as it's getting dangerously low. I started to bump up cals a bit in the 2ww because I definitely don't want to risk my health or lose O. This is the lowest I've ever been, lost a lot of muscle that I used to have from exercising which I've stopped.

Anyways, I guess I'm going to finish it off and say I'll give myself a good 4. It's really the best sway I'll ever have because at this point I cannot lose anymore so I only can gain - which is boy territory and I know the longer I'm swaying the more things I'll start to drop. Here's hoping for a BFP!

I would give mine a "lucky 3." My "intentional" aspects of the sway were rather weak. I also had to be concerned with T-levels. So weak was better than none for me. The diet was not long or that great. Our timing was all off (in regards to FR/abstain).

BUT, I had strong aspects that were "less intentional" that probably tipped the balance into a solid sway (as I think a three in a scale of five is a strong sway). I was breastfeeding, waking all hours of the night, had very low blood sugar (always do when nursing), was getting sick, and taking aspirin for a blood clotting condition. So those things probably helped boost my sway from a weak-2 to a decent 3.

It worked, so I guess something tipped the balance just enough, even if it was pure luck.