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Bump! I want to do exercise but getting in an hour every day is really difficult this month, I may be able to do a half hour a couple of time a week' maybe every day but a whole hour every day was just way too much for the way life is going right now.
Well, the thing about exercise is that I honestly don't KNOW. I had to come up with a blanket recommendation that I felt would work for everyone, so I came up with the 60 6-7 idea because I knew that would work. But that doesn't mean you as an individual can't get a girl with less (provided you are losing weight on a lower protein diet), it's just that I had to pick the number that I felt would be most effective for the population as a whole. That having been said, I do think the 60 min. part is more important because after about 45 min. your body runs out of carbs to burn and has to start converting your stores of fat/muscle to use as energy. So if you could even do 60 min. 4 days a week, that could be enough for some. 3 days a week, 30 min a day, I don't think that's going to work for most people.
I BEG you to keep the one attempt for now. We've gotten 75% with one attempt and I hate to see people drop it without giving it at least one month without the stuff like jelly, frequency, antihistamine - I'd drop ALL of those things before giving up on one attempt. Plus, you were doing both frequency and antihistamine longer/harder than I recommend anyway. One attempt has had vastly better results than all of them. If you really didn't ovulate for 3 days, you'd be in with 3 attempts in fertile window which has thus far yielded 60% BOYS even with otherwise pink sways (and 80% boys with blue sways)
Just because you didn't O for 3 days last month, doesn't mean this is going to happen in future cycles (esp. since it sounds like you were under a fair bit of stress) so I would stick with pos OPK or first thing the next morning if you're more comfy with that. BTW you can still get pg from an attempt CD 13 with O on CD 16, it was all the other stuff you were doing that kept it from happening (or else it just wasn't your month)
Oh thank you! That's very helpful! ;) I think I can do an hour of exercise four times a week, that's much more doable. I think we will stick with just one attempt again at pos OPK and just try not to obsess during the 2WW. This month I'm planning distractions so that should help keep me from testing until AF does or does not show up.
I'm also going to be less hard on myself about my cheats because it seems like I'm still losing weight even on my splurge days, and sometimes it seems like splurging on my calories gives my body the extra push to lose. I figure if I stay away from meat, keep losing and keep protein low I can call it good enough along with the other stuff we're doing. :fx:
Thank you!
Hey Atomic! Yet another BFN this month. This is what we did last month:
Vegetarian LE. I don't watch levels but I try to push breakfast back as far as possible and eat mostly carbs, low protein and low fat.
Consuming Equal and Crystal light
Folic Acid
Baby Aspirin every four days
Alcohol every night AF-O
Husband
Licorice Root AF-O
FR AF-Pos OPK
Briefs AF-Pos OPK
One attempt at +OPK
What should we drop this month? Husband is thinking dropping FR would be effective as he notices a reduction in volume and viscosity. (Sorry if TMI) Or should we drop the Licorice Root?
I'm also concerned I have a short LP as I start spotting 5 full days before AF. Should I drop the aspirin and start Vitex instead? My cycle is typically 30 days.
I'm temping this month just to get an idea of when I'm Ovulating.
March conception would mean a Christmas babe so it's not as big of a deal if we don't up fertility drastically this month but if I don't get pregnant in March we might drop everything except for the one attempt and our Vegetarian diet in April.
I'm finding myself wishing we had started trying months ago. I should've had more of an inkling of how long it would take to conceive.
I would 110% drop the frequency. I would have him release every 2-4 days but keep the one attempt.
how long has he been on LR?
Would also consider dropping tighty whiteys.
you can take both aspirin and vitex, HOWEVER I am not sure I'd have you start vitex at this point. How long has this been going on? How heavy? A new thing or ongoing? Temping may help us get a better picture of if this is a problem or not. Try having one serving full fat dairy a day and 4 whole eggs a week.
I've always spotted two to three days before AF but the last few cycles it's been 5 full days of spotting before AF. It's brown discharge that gets darker every day until AF starts. Basically since I started baby aspirin, which is one every four days. This will be DH's fourth cycle on LR from AF to O. He's 29 and I'm 30, we're both have healthy BMI's and I'm still losing weight but much more gradually than before. Half a lb a week vs 1-2 lbs a week.
Should I add any kind of semen retention technique for our one attempt? I have been doing the hips up for 20 minutes deal but I've thought about putting an Instead cup in just to keep what's there in there for a day. I figure we're doing so much else to sway it might help to give a little bit of advantage. :pinksperm:
I was hesitant about the Vitex because my cycles have remained regular 30 days even throughout swaying.
OK then I would not start vitex if you are hesitant and would try upping the dietary fat in the way I suggested and hopefully that will help.
DH can't take LR more than 6 months consecutively so I would have him keep it in for at least one more month and then he's due for a break anyway.
No, I do not recommend propping hips for 20 min. (may sway blue) and I really really really do not recommend instead cups. (unneccesary and can actually seal the cervix SHUT with sperm on the outside, plus you lose so much semen trying to put the damn thing in there that it's worse than nothing) The living sperm will be gone from the ejaculate within 15-30 min. and the "stuff" that comes out is semen full of dead/deformed sperm that your body wants to be rid of anyway.
i would have you lay flat for 5-15 minutes and that's it.