October 2ww!

Hi Everyone, I havent been able to get online. I have been getting bfn's I am 12dpo today and af is due sunday so i think i am out. I really thought I was pregnant I am so upset about it because with our ds i fell in first month and to be honoust we have been trying for a while now even on o day and before and it is just not happening!! I think i will stop using all the gels and things and just hope it happens. Good luck to everyone!! xxoo If i happen to get a bfp on sunday i will let you all know but i doubt it i have bad cramps so i really think i am out!

pinkin- try not to get too discouraged, I too got DS1 & DS2 first shot but this time it's taking longer. They say do the opposite of what you did to get the boys so I am choosing to look at this positively and be encouraged by the fact that it is taking longer because it is different! Good luck!

Thanks Pinkdreams... What are you doing in your sway? I am thinking of using maybe rephresh instead of acijel and just using it every 3 days and hope to use it 3 days before o.. Maybe i should cut out using sylk also? I am not sure what to do i just hate having this on my mind all the time I am really down today.

I am totally OCD so I do a daily checklist and a DTD checklist so I don't obsess. I am doing a fusion type diet of all that I have read, basically trying to eat very little and no red meat at all, low sodium, drinking crystal light and tons of equal in everything, 3-4 peppermint teas a day and adding metamucil clear and natural fiber to all beverages (not only is the fiber supposed to help it really has helped me to not be so hungry!). I am using rephresh every 3 days from end of AF to O, timing it so that I will be using it 1 day before O ( I am using it regularly to avoid the "clumpy stuff":nyd:) I am taking cranberry, saw palmetto, folic acid, baby aspirin and zinc, Dh is taking cranberry, licorice root and calcium, magnesium, baby aspirin and drinking a lot of crystal light and avoiding red meat as well. I use a tiny bit of sylk while DTD and DH is abstaining for 10 days then we will DTD CD11 & 12 (he will release once or twice if he can manage it on 12 before the attempt) and am scheduled to O on 15. He takes a hot shower before. I would have also done an attempt on 15 but will have my father visiting and staying in DS1's room so he will be in bed with us.:worry: I J&D last month and will not be doing that this time. I will probably take a benadryl if I notice a lot of CM. I have negative ions up the wazoo- trionz bracelet, hematite bracelet, a bracelet I made of rose quarts, amethyst and tourmaline. I wear a magnet therapy belt over my lower half while sleeping, rock salt lamp and fountain by the bed, fans on in all rooms, fish tanks and plants in the house, lavender soaps (hand, body and dish) lavender lotion, lavender oil burning and candles. I have a pink outfit, socks, hair bow, wooden spoon and scissors under the bed, pink ribbon under my pillow, and a pink bib under my mattress. I have pictures of girl babies on a my vanity mirror and I say little positive manifestation type things to myself when I sit to get ready for the day. I have 7 day candles burning that I say prayers to St. Gerard to. I change nail polish and use hairspray daily. I "ask" my deceased mother in law and my step Dad to help.:Angel: Basically I am doing everything I can think of and choosing to be lenient with the timing since I don't think it's super important and doing the diet to the best of my (realistic) ability without adding too much stress to my life. I wanted to do some things "imperfectly" because I think too perfect a sway doesn't work. So did I mention I am totally OCD?!?!:think:

WOW sounds like a great sway you will do well. How long have you been ttc? I think I will be dropping the acijel then.. I have alot of neg ion things too!! And yeah I am not going crazy on timing either..... I have added exercise now i am doing 6km runs everyday with a bike class so its all cardio!! hard to do when i dont eat much!

this is our second attempt while swaying.

Pinkdreams im also OCD but ive really done my research and tried to keep it in check by doing only the diet obsessively...i think if i were to do the gels and douches with already lowering ph by diet i would have killed ALL the leftover spermies..i think you should cut out the jels if your ph is already low from diet and supplements if you dont conceive this time? IMO?Im a bit of a fertile mirtle so if this month i dont conceive after using the diet and supplements i will just cut salt and skip breakfast and keep the supplements instead of such a strict diet,I planned to do cut off o+12 last time but i skipped that too as i figured my age 37 is against me,and sooo many people say timing is the least important the diet is the MOST..
I hope your still in the game and still get a bfp its still early days?

pinkin-hugs ! using less gels could be a good idea because if you use to much sperm can just get tired trying to swim over all that stuff and so they never make it out of it and up in the tubes.
I ttc blue and use ew but always just 2ml and use it before bd so at the end there is not much left for sure so it's easy to swim up in it. GL!

How is everyone else? Any good news?

HEY again. I'm back, just 1dpo now. Flava, we are neck and neck!!! I will read back and see who is here and what's up, but just wanted to extend a giant FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX for us all this month!