Abundant April 2ww - Part 2
Sky blue- I just saw your post about how us boy mom's got our boys. There is a thread that has TONS of info in it from several boy mom's. I'll give you a synopsis of how I got my boys [emoji4].
DS1- I had no clue about swaying. I always ate between 1500-1900 calories. I had 3 small-average meals a day that were well balanced. I always had meat (red meat or chicken), a veggie (I love broccoli, asparagus, potatoes, tomatoes, green beans, spinach, etc), and a carb (pasta, brown rice, quinoa, etc). I LOVE cheese and always put it in my meals! I had small snacks of either nuts and raisins, banana, apples and cheese, protein bar (Luna because it's yummy and low calorie with high protein), or a protein shake. I always exercised 4-5 times a week for 60 min. First 20-30min were lifting weights with no rest in between exercises to keep my heart rate up, followed by 30-40min of cardio (running on a tread mill or the elliptical). Sometimes I did a 30-40min of power yoga after lifting for cardio. We always BDed frequently in my fertile window. Usually EOD or every day. I didn't use opks then, but I did chart my cycles. DH was extremely fit- lifted weights and did little cardio. He didn't drink much alcohol and had little stress with work.
DS2- I was somewhat familiar with Swaying but thought there was more substance to Shettles 🤣. We BDed prior to getting my opk and only BDed after O was confirmed with charting. He was conceived with late ovulation and was from an O day attempt in retrospect. I hadn't lost the last 10lbs from breastfeeding DS1 despite him weaning 3 months prior. I conceived my DS2 the second month following a miscarriage at 10-11 weeks. I ate much like I did with DS1, but had lower calorie intake due to being depressed following my miscarriage. I had just started exercising again, but I was only doing Yoga and power yoga to help with my depression.
DS3- I joined gender dreaming and purchased a plan from Atomic. I became depressed/obsessed when it began to take longer than 3 months to conceive. It actually took me 8 months and 9 cycles to get my BFP. After every BFN, I wanted to add this vitamin, start acupuncture, bring in Yoga, you get the drift. I was a hot mess! Poor Atomic, I'm sure was shaking her head at me the whole time but I wouldn't listen to reason. I switched to the PCOS version of the diet, which I have since learned causes me to be insulin resistant. Despite staying within the limits, I did have animal protein and cheese. We BDed Every 3 days, since I wasn't getting a positive opk. I truly believe that acupuncture helped me conceive him, because I also had high FSH and 0 AMH levels from increasing a supplement I had been taking for non-swaying purposes. I increased it when I read a study that it helped improve egg quality in older women. If I would've read further, it mentioned it made fertility worse in women who did not have PCOS. Again, I was a hot mess since it was taking me long to conceive. Basically, I was my own undoing.
Sorry for the book! If you have anymore questions, just read my first sway. You will see there was no way I was going to get a girl with all I was doing, haha!
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