Marvelous March 2WW

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Originally Posted by foxtrotmama

Results are best for 12 weeks of diet for pink. ;)

Unfortunately you're right, you have almost no chance of conceiving the day your period ends. If you have a shorter or irregular cycle that might make it more possible.




My diet is slipping for sure. I way over ate yesterday and had red meat twice in three days. I'm missing the things I've cut out a lot and I'm getting irritable about it. I'm just kind of emotionally done with this but not willing to TTC without it. :/

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I know what you mean. I've been on LE since last July. I see myself slipping however I also see myself not getting pregnant so I've had to let go of some things on the diet. I have extremely low iron so I had to add meat in moderation bavk. I even never stopped eating sweets at night as a third meal bc I don't want to or care. I can't do alot of carbs anymore bc my body gains weight when I eat not lose!
To be honest I am over the whole thing. I've basically dropped everything now except 3 meals a day no breakfast.
I am not doung 1 attempt bc I can't get pregnant like that. This month we are swaying to get pregnant.
If this month doesn't work.. I think I'll take a few months out and maybe do iui in summer.

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Robin, I started in June so I totally get that. This is cycle 6 of TTC, but we missed having a decent attempt a couple times. I'm still young and have always conceived in the first few cycles so I hope to keep going for a while but this is so far from my normal (very boy friendly) lifestyle. With the complications I've had combined with finances this really needs to be our last baby so I feel like there's a lot of pressure because this is our last chance at a take home baby girl.

I've been on the diet since last June as well, so I wasn't exactly sure how long was recommended..thx for the info. AF just recently returned in Dec now that I'm only nursing at night, so recently TTC again. Didn't work last month, but hoping this is the month. Like someone mentioned before...avoiding a December baby lol...too close to the holidays. I know what you mean about pressure-this will be our last as well boy or girl! Adding to the pressure...get this...my husband & I have had a name we love picked out for our future DD since before we were married. His brother and wife are expecting their 1st & having a gender reveal party in March. If it's a girl, they've already picked out the same girl name!!! What are the chances?!

Lola, I'm due to o 26th but hoping fx I o a day earlier as will be an absolute mission to try and bd the 25th..... think I have a plan in case though but hoping I wont need it!

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Originally Posted by foxtrotmama

Results are best for 12 weeks of diet for pink. ;)

Unfortunately you're right, you have almost no chance of conceiving the day your period ends. If you have a shorter or irregular cycle that might make it more possible.




My diet is slipping for sure. I way over ate yesterday and had red meat twice in three days. I'm missing the things I've cut out a lot and I'm getting irritable about it. I'm just kind of emotionally done with this but not willing to TTC without it. :/

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HUGS...I fully understand what you mean. I had a burger this weekend at a birthday party. But there is nothing I can do about it now, so I will just do my best to stick to the diet today and worry about tomorrow when the time comes.

I have always gone early, and probably could never go late, so if we decide to skip a month to avoid a Christmas baby it wouldn't be until April. I don't think we will though (we have in the past). I'd rather have a holiday girl than take a month off and let my sway slip, which I know I would.

Sounds like we're on a similar track pbn! Fx for us! I planned to BD everyday this week, but second guessing my approach after reading some comments/advice.

Certainly understand wanting to continue the sway for a holiday girl foxtrot! A precious gift for sure!!! Haven't decided if we'll skip, but hopefully it won't be an issue for any of us!! Thinking positive!!

Lola if you bd every day there'll be no ammo left for when it counts, dh stores will be depleted of stock, I'm sure you get the picture lol.... are you swaying? If you're not then e2d days is apparently best for conceiving or smep :)

Can see your swaying girl from previous post, sorry I didn't get a chance to go back till now :) So now I'm hoping you haven't said how long you've been ttc as that's my next question lol. If you're just beginning you are better off trying one attempt at pos opk or bd e4d if your not monitoring your cycle.

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I agree with not depleting DH stocks! After several failed attempt months I have discovered that he is "releasing" on his own everyday so not leaving much for me! I have put him on a strict E3d "self release" plan now. That helped get our BFP last year (finally). Now that we are back TTC again I have had to get strict with him again. Honestly - he thinks he is hard done by! I have been on the LE diet for over a year now. I am the one who is making all the hard changes. I think he can give it up for a few nights a week. I finally got a +opk today (cd19) & even though Im not well at the moment I dont want to miss a month. Wish me luck & send me your pink dust!

Fx for you kc!!

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Thanks for the advice! I realized that I'm going about this all wrong! I was going with the idea that since the boys swim faster, but don't last as long, the boy ammo would hopefully be gone by O, leaving some pink ammo. So that doesn't work? Definitely rethinking this & going to go buy an OPK today. This is my 2nd month ttc, but first time swaying. Slightly discouraged (& I know I shouldn't be) b/c I got pregnant immediately with both DS. Desperately want a DD this time! I have been on the LE diet since last June & staying away from foods that I think are boy friendly. I was taking vitex, but stopped b/c I read that it could make ttc difficult. Maybe these will help: Sick with a cold, small dose of Zoloft for anxiety (wasn't on it for either DS), using sylk (DH doesn't like it)....so we shall see. FX for pink...fx for pink for all of you as well kc foxtrot shann! Are you swaying pbn?

I will also join you lovely ladies as ive just had my first smiley flashing face so should have a solid face by the weekend..would love to hold out until sunday for the new moon but i think il o before that.. we can all be nervous and excited together �� lots of baby dust to all of us x

Lolabelle, the whole boy sperm swims faster/girl sperm lasts longer theory has been disproven.
atomic wrote about sperm count and frequency here.

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Thanks for the advice! I realized that I'm going about this all wrong! I was going with the idea that since the boys swim faster, but don't last as long, the boy ammo would hopefully be gone by O, leaving some pink ammo. So that doesn't work? Definitely rethinking this & going to go buy an OPK today. This is my 2nd month ttc, but first time swaying. Slightly discouraged (& I know I shouldn't be) b/c I got pregnant immediately with both DS. Desperately want a DD this time! I have been on the LE diet since last June & staying away from foods that I think are boy friendly. I was taking vitex, but stopped b/c I read that it could make ttc difficult. Maybe these will help: Sick with a cold, small dose of Zoloft for anxiety (wasn't on it for either DS), using sylk (DH doesn't like it)....so we shall see. FX for pink...fx for pink for all of you as well kc foxtrot shann! Are you swaying pbn?

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Yes, when it was studied with modern technology unfortunately Dr. Shettles was proven entirely wrong. http://genderdreaming.com/forum/sway...m-y-sperm.html

The stuff Dr. Shettles saw thru a microscope 50 years ago was not ever X and Y sperm. It was capacitated and uncapacitated sperm. The entire theory was based on a huge mistake. http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gend...le-timing.html

Lola - I would stop using the Sylk if DH does not like it. No point in making it more difficult. For you, I would suggest going with E4D or the +OPK attempts as well. Yes, as fox has mentioned, Shettles has been disproven.

Welcome five - It is really good to see you here!!! FX'd for pink for all of us that want it!!!

I believe I am 2 dpo as my temps have gone up and everything else is pointing to it as well. And I already heafve this crazy urge to POAS!!! Oh man will it be a LONG tww if this keeps up. Oh my.

Thanks everyone, it's making sense now...I'm def a newbie lol. Very interesting read! Hope it's not too late to change my approach this time! So basically need to take a break from BD for a few days, then BD once at pos OPK. On a new mission now. Exciting you are on your tww shann...understand trying to resist that POAS urge ugh!

One attempt in the fertile window is definitely getting the best results for pink. That's probably why things like a cutoff seem to sway, because with a cutoff you'll only get one attempt. Of course with a cut off it takes longer to conceive.

Shan, we test together...I'm also 2dpo.


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@lola no I'm not swaying anymore but I have become a vegetarian now and have been for probably 6 weeks now. I was on le diet for 6 months in 2015 then on/off it again during 2016. I am taking clomid (prescribed) so I'm hoping these 'pink' things will help sway but I'm ok either way, just want my sticky bfp :)

I feel I might o on cd13 which is awesome for fitting in with hubbys night shifts coming up. Cant wait to do my opk today!!! Really hope its near positive so I get a pos opk on Friday..... I've been feeling ovary twinges and my bbs were sore this morning so fx!! Will update after todays opk :)

Shannshaff that's awesome you're in the 2ww!! You'll habe to post your chart in a weeks time so we can obsess over it lol!

Hi and welcome fiveboys!!! Looks like a few of us may o around the same time 😀 we can obsess together and hopefully make the 2ww seem shorter!

Yay for pos opk kc!!! And being sick apparently is good for pink! I lol'd at your 'self release' plan for dh 😂😂

Momamia read your update in feb 2ww! Hope things get started for you this weekend 😀 so exciting! I have a good feeling about this month 😉

Foxtrotmama can't believe you're almost at testing time!!! Fx for your bfp!!

Hope I haven't missed anyone! I'll read back through properly today when I get a chance :)


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Yay maxim!!! Was just about to post in the feb 2ww thread and ask you to post a pic of your chart!

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I'm a vegetarian too pbn, didn't seem to help with my last 2 DS lol, but I think there were other boy swaying factors that I didn't realize. FX for your sticky BFP!!! Bought my OPK today & started the new plan. Neg...but hope to O Friday!!! We are going to be on a similar track!

I'm sick too kc, hoping that only works in our favor!! So what cold meds should I take for the best pink sway? I need to research that more!!

Can't wait to be in the tww obsessing with all of you soon

I don't know what I am having yet, but I was sick with a cold before/during ovulation and was super stressed during my BFP cycle.

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Congrats XX! When do you find out gender? Fx that our pesky colds help us with our pink sways!!!!

I'll have a pretty good idea at my NT scan at the end of March from what I do/don't see. My anatomy scan will be around the beginning of May [emoji4]



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So my opk is same as yesterday :( so no early o for me boo!!!!!

Hoping for some advice ladies. I'll attach a pic of my chart so you know where I'm at. I'm guessing I'll o cd14 as per usual. Today is Thursday where I am and we dtd last night. I was going to do e2d with an additional attempt at pos opk but dh starts night shift Friday night and doesn't finish till Monday morning. So my dilemma is this, we could get an attempt in tomorrow during the day probably between 12-2pm but if I get a pos opk on Saturday the only opportunity we'll have to dtd is early Saturday morning like 8am'ish (I've already arranged to drop my boys off at a friends for an early play date). Hubby would be coming off a 14 hour'ish night shift so not even sure he'll be up to dtd - bear in mind he's 45 lol. So the way I see it I could have an attempt Friday daytime and skip possibly skip Saturday morning, or attempt to do both but worried his sperm will be too depleted right when it counts OR hold off till Saturday morning and hope he'll manage.... I've never fallen pregnant from anything but at least an o-1 attempt and worry the Friday attempt will be too early :(

Thoughts anyone?
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Hahaha!!! Forgot I have a link to chart in my signature 😂

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Pbn3, is it possible for you to do all the work on Saturday morning? Maybe that will allow for deposits to be made without in spite of him being tired.

Yeah that's what I'm leaning towards cosmo. Going to see if I can change the play date time to 10am so he can get hopefully a 2 hour sleep before I wake him to dtd. My friend is going out at lunch so the afternoon is out unfortunately :( feeling some decent twinges so I was surprised my opk wasn't darker but maybe my body is working on a 10/10 egg 😂 sure hope so!

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well we BD last night even though I'm not well. There was no way I was going to waste this month. Such a lousy time to have gastro :( Poor hubby had to do all the work. The only upside out of this is that we had 1 attempt, I was unwell, & it was after my first period after a m/c. My best friend also has a theory that bad sex always leads to pregnancy :rofl: here's hoping she's right!

Omg, ladies, there is a cheese festival going on immediately next to my office today. A CHEESE FESTIVAL.

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Look at all the cheeses!!

Whoa! Amazing! One cheat day won't be bad Erin! I'm jealous! Where are you located?



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Looks like Montreal! 😊

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I'm here ladies :) I don't recognize a lot of your names, but I've been here off and on since its inception :D

I have an O question today. I mean, I'm totally familiar with my cycle (6 babies + many cps) but this one I'm not sure what to do with. I only slept 3.5 hours last night before I had to wake up 30 min early and temp (which I have done for the last 3 days as hubby is a shift worker). I think if I put in 1 or 2 higher temps ff is going to give me cross hairs, but I didn't O yesterday. I am almost certain it will be today, it could have been in the middle of the night but O is pretty painful for me usually so I don't think so.

I do have all my bases covered with bd in any case, but I dont want to bd anyMORE if I dont have to. Not that I mind but its been hard on DH, his shift work switching to days is always tough and hes so tired, its been hard to get him to bd at all! I'd like to give the poor guy a break. I know a lot of pink ttc ladies do bd e3d but that's just not for me, I'm 40 now and while I do want pink, I also don't want to waste time (and we did daily and got girls for our losses anyway).

I'll post my chart, if any of you can look and tell me what you think please. I think maybe I may have O last night possibly, I did have a lot of pain but it wasn't quick and sharp as usual, it was long, painful and ongoing for a few hours, which did happen last time I conceived in retrospect, but I was on femara at the time and it was the most painful O ever!

<a href="https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/5918a4">My Ovulation Chart</a>

Hope that works!

A bit about me if you don't know me, I have 3 boys and a tom boy ages 8 to 20! Had 2 losses in 2nd trimester in the last 12 months, both precious, perfect baby girls. One was lost to ecoli/food poisoning and the other I had a SCH that tore at 15w just last month. My drs have all said to hurry up and try again, so I took off last month since I got an infection from the d&c and we are back to trying AGAIN. I can't get hopes up, I get pregnant easy but after these losses ...well its devastating. I get pregnant fast and easy generally tho so at least I don't struggle there.

Looking forward to the TWW with you!

Ok that didn't work...

Oh, I did add 1 more higher temp and it's giving me crosshairs 2 days ago which is completely wrong.

My Ovulation Chart

I am no good with charts, but just wanted to say welcome and good luck, sweetlily. I think I will be ovulating soon too if I didn't miss it, so maybe we'll be in the 2WW together.

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Ok that didn't work...

Oh, I did add 1 more higher temp and it's giving me crosshairs 2 days ago which is completely wrong.

My Ovulation Chart

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It may be possible that you Oed on CD12, but we need a few more temps to be sure. You may not have Oed yet either.

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Pbn, I'd bd on Saturday morning. FX for you!! :)

I'm super sick so I'm sorry for not commenting on everyone. I'm rooting for all of you!! :)

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So a crazy thing happened to me this morning. As I was getting up from the couch to leave for work, I have a huge ripping type pain in my abdomen. It hurt enough for me to commeny and sit back down. Poor DS2 was right next to me and was worried for a bit. After a few seconds it was gone. What in the heck was that? Was I just Oing now? Who knows, but was very strange and thought I would share.

And I really have a HUGE POAS obsession! I want to start testing already. Just for the fun of POAS. I honestly am not thrilled with getting a BFP this month as my diet was not as I would have liked and my DD would be days after DS2's birthday. But we shall see what happens.

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Originally Posted by Erin514

Omg, ladies, there is a cheese festival going on immediately next to my office today. A CHEESE FESTIVAL.

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Look at all the cheeses!!

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Erin - look at all that cheese. I would love it and I would die as well since I am lactose intolerant!!!