I just had to share my stars for this week (in our local paper) - "Try to be serious even if it is just for minute. You seem unable to think about anything but romance or sex!" :rofl: how appropriate considering I ov'd today!!!
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I just had to share my stars for this week (in our local paper) - "Try to be serious even if it is just for minute. You seem unable to think about anything but romance or sex!" :rofl: how appropriate considering I ov'd today!!!
I'm just bummed and frustrated. We can't really do FR so we did abstinence. I usually ovulate around cycle day 16 but I started OPK's on CD 14 and they have all been negative since and now I'm on cycle day 19. I had EW on cycle day 16. So far this month, we only BD on CD 9 and CD 16. I am not sure if I ovulated early or if not at all?? Next month, I am starting OPKs after period. I am just putting so much pressure on myself because I do not want a huge gap between my kids and we are already moving towards 3.5 years. Plus with wanting a girl, I am eating so much less healthier than I have ever have. I know stress is bad, but this is starting to stress me out! Thanks for letting me vent...I hate knowing I am already out this month!!!
I'm trying this month...I am nearing 40 so I don't want to waste too much time. I am not too good on the diet since I just started going through all the info. (Tons of info here, which is awesome!) I did Rephresh yesterday CD 6 and will do that every 3 days, and will BD starting tomorrow, every day til positive OPK. I've never seen a positive OPK so I hope I don't mess that up. This is definitely our last baby so I am totally hoping for a girl. Do you think the Rephresh and DTD each day with cut off will be enough? I've also been drinking CL, taking a little cranberry supp and bought peppermint tea today.
You may not be out though. My OPKs were vague last month and this but I still seemed to have a normal cycle so I'm blaming the test sticks! This site is such a great place to vent worries and stuff isn't it. I'm anything from 5 to 8 DPO and experiencing some symptoms like huge hunger and more EWCM than usual but am trying to ignore it really as who knows! I am also planning on waiting until at least 10DPO to test. Hope I stick to that!Quote:
Originally Posted by hplnvf32
Good luck! I'm 99% sure I am out. I tried digital OPK's too and never got a positive and got positives last month. I didn't start testing til day 14 cause I usually ovulate later. So either I ovulated early or not at all :( Hope you get your BFP this month! Fingers crossed November is my month!!!
Girls I didnt get a positive opk last moth but did get pregnant some how !!! It sadly ended but please just ecause you didt get your opk + if you dtd around the time u usually would there is still a chance !!
Well, I am still hanging out waiting to ovulate. I haven't gotten PPAF yet, so I don't even have a CD to report. LOL
I thought I ovulated on Oct. 3, but my cervix just opened yesterday, so that tells me I have not ovulated yet. I am doing opks, temping, and checking cervix/cm to try to determine when I O. I may have to wait until November. :( I am really hoping to be pregnant by Christmas!
Hi Everyone! I'm joining you too in October...should have an O on Oct31 or Nov1. I have one DS and am hoping to have a girl next. I started losing weight 6wks ago on a low-carb diet and once I found this site I switched to the LE diet. So I'll have 3 weeks on that before O. I had held perfectly stead at 153 for 18months prior to this. So being 140ish now is drastic for me. I'm nervous because I think I'm just really really fertile in general. I usually have TONS of EWCM. I had my first DS without trying at CD17. And my cycles have been perfectly regular 28 days & O at CD15-16. And I got my cycles back PP 2months with my DS1. I'm guess I'm just not sure how easy it will be to lower my already high fertility, especially since I've just been doing the diet for 3 weeks. I'm also worried because I am very fit (lots of muscle) which doesn't go away easily since I have figure skated since I was 3. I am also very high-energy so I'm worried about testosterone levels.
But enough of that, here are the things I'm proud of:
Things I'm doing to lower Ph: acidophilus 2tabs/day, Rephresh every 3 days AF-O
Things I'm doing for ions: lavendar oil
Things I'm doing to follow LE diet: Drastically reduced salt/calories/protein/fat and stopped taking strong multi-vitamins. I was probably eating 2000-2500 cals/day easily. I work out 3-4x/wk and have always been active so I burn it. I am also still BF my 23m DS1 2x/day. I know I was probably getting +2000mg of Sodium each day. New goals are: 1600 cals, 40-50g protein, 50-60g fat, 800mg Sodium. DH is cutting salt and having 2-3 8oz glasses of pure cranberry juice too.
BD Plan: DTD at CD12 (O-3) and CD13 (O-2) and JD ... try monitoring with OPK (never done it before) to see if it says O at CD15-16 like usual. DH FR CD5-12. Rephresh full applicator CD6 and CD9 and finger tip morning of CD12 and CD13.
Here is my regular day at a glance:
Strong Peppermint Tea 2-3x/day in the morning and evening
1st Meal at 10am or pushed to 12pm if possible consisting of non-fat greek yogurt and a slice of low-sodium cheese
2nd Meal at 1-2pm with small iceberg lettuce salad with a few tomatoes/onions with balsamic dressing and 1 serving white pasta with unsalted butter and 1tbsp parmesan cheese (and occasionally 4 chips and 2 tbsp low-sodium salsa for a treat!)
3rd Meal at 7-8pm with either white rice/yogurt/2oz chicken all mixed up or a pita with 1-2tbps hummus and sliced cucumbers (and pizza dough sliced thinly and baked and rolled with non-salted butter and cinnamon sugar for a treat)
Drinks: Water plus 1-2 8oz glasses of pure cranberry juice
Supplements: 1-2tabs acidophilus, 800mg folic acid
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
I will be attempting Halloween weekend. AF started today, so I am back in the race once again and so flipping tired of trying to tell you all the truth!!!
Praying for you all...
Well, I guess we are in the 2ww now.
We dtd on cd 8 and 9 after abstaining for probably 10 or 11 days. I didn't read about the not abstaining for us older couples until after we did it. Editing to add we did J&D and shallow release.
Anyway, I still have not had a positive opk, but I think I must miss mine, I've never seen a positive one.
I have had ewcm today and yesterday (days 9 and 10) but we dtd yesterday because I was still getting the negative opks...
I did use about half a tube of rephresh a couple of hours before dtd, so maybe that will help.
I've been a bit under the weather too so I have not been eating very much the past couple of days.
Also I got my ph test strips in the mail today and it was 4.5, so I am hopeful.
Lastly my cervix was high, soft and open today, so despite no positive opk, I think I am probably o'ing today or tomorrow. We'll see what the temp spike says tomorrow. To be safe, we won't dtd tonight plus I don't think DH could handle a 3rd day. He didn't want to last night, so ironic that it's usually me that doesn't want to. LOL
Anyway, I hope that my very lazy sway will result in a BFP GIRL! I am not big on the diet, but try to eat less, drink tons of CL...do you think that may be enough?
11 dpo and I am pretty sure I am out. Got a BFN and AF is surely on her way. Hoping Halloween brings me some luck!
Hating this diet. Starving. Ugh. I miss my meat. I had a tiny bite of chicken but for the most part have remained meat free.
yeah i agree the diet totally sucks! we dtd cd 12, 13, 15 & 16 pretty sure i o'ed d 15. Not really hopefully this month as last 4 or 5 months have been bfn....also the 12 days before o was home visiting my family and my mum was cooking meat dishes left right and centre. Avoided some but not all so a little red meat for me in the last two weeks...really hope that doesn't go against my sway, but being on this diet for over 4 months it's getting really hard to keep up the motivation to continue!!! hopefully lots of us will get bfps and be put out of our dieting misery!!!!
Hi all,
I have been reading this website for a while and this is my second post. I posted some of this in the 'what we did to get boys' thread too, but would love any opinions on my past experience, and current sway!
DS1 - No idea about O as I was completely naive to that all back then, frequent bd since we were on honeymoon, every other day, sometimes twice. I drank alcohol but only sometimes, and not that much. I had 1 'real' coffee a day (latte) and drank decaf tea frequently. Also drank green tea and chai tea made from leaves. Hardly any dairy in my diet due to lactose intolerance, so I drank a LOT of soy milk. I drank a lot of orange juice. I took vitamins daily, had been on centrum for years. I ate super healthy, lots of vegetables and fruit, very mixed and varied diet. I was eating slightly more calories back then, than with DS2, i'd say around 1800 - 2000 a day. If I ever binged it would be salty things like chips and dip, or I would sneak some soft cheese despite being intolerant. I did eat a lot of red meat, chicken and fish, and rarely ate vegetarian dishes. Lots of pasta, tomatoes, spinach etc because I cook lots of italian food. NEVER skipped breakfast, but didn't ever eat a lot either. I had musli or oats for breakfast or if in a rush, toast with vegemite (salt!). Never drank soft drink (soda) and watched salt intake as a rule, however like I said my binge foods were salt-laiden, even though I didn't binge often. We were on the pill and taking malaria tablets for holiday o/s, didn't know malaria tablets can cancel the pill and hey presto - pregnant!
DS2 - I had read a tiny bit about swaying and this time bubs was planned, I was on prenatal multivitamin AND high dose folic acid, no idea why but my doc put me on 5000mg (megafol 5). I tried the shettles method for TTC girl, 3-5 days before - FAILED! Got pregnant 2nd cycle off pill. However I do think my diet was still bad for TTC girl. I was still drinking orange juice daily, still having coffee and tea, lots of soy milk and lots of varied fruit and veg. Little dairy.
I believe my ph was naturally around 7 (higher with ds1 possibly) because this time, before I started swaying for baby 3, I tested ph and it was 7. After cranberry and acidophilus (inner health +) It was 5, and with diet now 4 to 4.3. I can see the supplement's biggest benefit is changing ph. I was eating 1200-1400 calories a day and going for walks most days. Fruits included banana, apple, orange, grapes, mango etc. Veggies included potatoes (often), avocado, spinach, tomato, broccoli, peas, corn, carrots etc. Ate lots of olives and other salty things like spicy tomato salsa.
With both boys I had lots of CM (maybe due to soy intake).
This time i'm heavily on dairy, stopped soy milk entirely, on cranberry, folic acid and inner health +, was on calcium but stopped after reading lots on here about how it may not work and may even increase nutrients so much it sways boy. Focussing on reducing salt and potassium and eating 1200-1500 calories a day. Jogging or fast walks most days. No red meat, chicken, fish. Bland diet with few veggies and few fruits (only approved ones like raspberries, eggplant etc). Lots of milk and cheese, despite the ill effects. Loosing weight. Bd once in 7 days, so trying once a week before predicted O, then trying for O+12 as well. No rush to get pregnant as this is my last so I don't mind reducing my changes by fewer attempts. Taking antihistamine a few hours before bd. DH hot shower before bd. BMI is 20 and dropping, i'm loosing weight on this diet which I HATE. I was so healthy before! No tea or coffee, occasional peppermint tea, and daily 1 x decaff late made at home with skim milk (it's my one vice, I miss the taste and its still cold here so I can't bear to stop hot drinks entirely). If I ever cheat it's eating chocolate which I don't love, but all my friends with girls (about 10 of them) seem to have one thing consistent, they diet, but when they cheat its sweet, usually chocolate. I don't cheat often but it holds me off having chips or salty things.
Have been on the diet about 6 weeks now. Getting better as I go. Have eaten some read meat but very infrequent and much less than before. For dinners: about 3 vegetarian meals a week, 1 fish and 3 chicken. Lots of eggs instead of meat. skipping breakfast or where I can't, having raspberry jam on toast. Trying not to snack (BIG STRUGGLE) but if I do it's raspberries and yoghurt. Would kill for an avocado or some mushrooms and spinach but saying NO!
Trying to chart BBT but often get woken up by 3 year old too early and forget. Watching cm and using known cycle length with iPeriod app to estimate O. Trying to get better at BBT. Know my coverline now so that's something. Watching for the dip before spike. Should O on 26th. Also using OPK's although I didn't get a + last month, think that was due to coming off pill. I had one period when I stopped, then another starting 6th Oct (34 day cycles), so this month I will O for sure. Almost positive that happened with ds2. Not convinced timing works but trying the abstain thing then twice 7 days apart. Can't be bothered to bd every day and dh won't do it himself and dump it (fair enough) that takes it too far in my book and no romance! Douched last cycle but now my ph is low no need to.
I dont drink alcohol now either. Or orange juice!!
oh and dh taking calcium (2 tabs a day) and cranberry (2 tabs a day) and has cut down to 1 coffee a day from about 8!
Any other tips?
Meeks32,
Sounds like you have everything covered! I wish I was that thorough, or maybe I was about 3 years ago, as I have been trying for a daughter since our 4th son was born. I started out really detailed and now, I have dropped all swaying other then the Clomid, folic acid, baby aspirin, BBT, fertility monitor, OPK's, and so on. I pray you get your girl soon!
So I know I am out this month cause I never had a positive OPK. I'm on CD 24 of a typically 30-31 day cycle. I decided to start temping again. I had high temps for the past fews days and then this morning, a dip. I have creamy CM and then I take an OPK and its pretty much positive! WTH??? Any advice?
are you taking Clomid? I would say that you might be Oing later this month. Maybe your cycle is off a bit? Mine was late this momth cd18 and it lengthened my cycle to 32 days. I am guessing it could have caught the end of your surge? With me I surge for days and if you did not catch it before in your cycle maybe you just got it by accident of the end of it? But if you cm changes to watery or EG, that would give you more confirmation if you are Oing. Are you able to check you cervix to see if its open or not? as far as temping is you temp over your normal coverline?Quote:
Originally Posted by hplnvf32
Hows everyone? CD7 for me and gearing up for our attempts this weekend.
I have a new question.
So we did abstain leading up to O this month, dh abstained 6 days then we bd last night. This morning I got my first ever +opk, which apparently means I will O in next 12-36hrs.
Do I bd again tonight to try and get O+12 OR do I not bd at all and hope that the girls get up there from our attempt last night, which was probably 24-36hrs before I O'd.
According to Atomic's instructions for abstain I either have to stop now and hope we got there (don't really mind waiting another month since this is our 3rd and final child) or dh would have to release himself tonight then we try again. And to be honest neither of us are comfortable with that, I hate it being so clinical.
Annoyingly I had the big O last night during bd too, which is bad for girl, but I did take antihistamine before. dh forgot to hot shower first, hoping abstain was enough to get us there.
Do I try again tonight and make dh hot shower first? or just leave it and wait and see if it was close enough to O to conceive???
New here from IG :)
Our attempts were a week and a half ago...hanging out for the 2ww. 10 dpo and BFN. I shed a lot of tears today...but if I remember correctly I never got a BFP until at least the day of my period. What do you all think? I am such a POAS addict. I started at 7dpo!
I have read where some women don't get them until 14-18 dpo. What are your experiences? Should I be planning my next sway or keeping my hopes up? In the past?
Hi JacquelineQuote:
Originally Posted by JacquelineB
With my first ds I didn't test positive for 6 weeks!!! Obviously by then af had not arrived and I had a blood test confirm, so it's possible, yes. With ds2 I tested positive from date af was due, and believe me I am also a poas addict and tested every day!
I'm currently waiting too, 6 dpo tomorrow and will test from then! I'm just dying to EAT! The second I see a plus I am getting busy eating tons! Also very much hoping for a positive because I can't keep loosing weight or I will be too unhealthy. Am at my lowest adult weight now, so fingers crossed.
Keep swaying just in case!
I got a VERY faint BFP with FRER this morning! However, I am skeptical. I took my multi vitamins before bed so my urine was very yellow. Can this make a difference?
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Originally Posted by JacquelineB
BIG CONGRATULATIONS!!!! And I do not think the vitamins can affect a HPT! If you see a line faint or not it's supposed to be POSITIVE!!!
No vitamins can't cause a false positive, nothing can! You can have a false negative but not false positive. Yellow urine if anything would be good because it shows its very concentrated not diluted.Quote:
Originally Posted by JacquelineB
How many dpo are you now??
CD14 +Smiley OPK and PEAK on monitor!!!! DTD already this am and going to later this evening!!! Never got PEAK except first month using monitor and that has been so long ago at CD22. I guess taking my Clomid on CD1-5 might do the trick this time LOL!
11 dpo yesterday and definitely BFP!!! Whoo hoo!!!
That is wonderful!! Congrats!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by JacquelineB
Amazing news, congrats! Tell me, are you going to use the intelligender urine test at 10 weeks, or wait to find out the sext at the 18-20 week scan (I'm in Australia so it may be different for you?). I won't be able to wait, so whenever my BFP happens (I'm 7dpo today, waiting, waiting) I will be hanging out for my 10 week moment to test. Previous pregnancy intelligender was accurate for me, and also 2 of my close girlfriends, even though it is very expensive. I will be looking so closely on my ob's ultrasound machine at each visit too!!
OMG and you can go off the diet now too! How lucky! Can you tell I'm going mad? I've become a PCOS addict and stalking the forums for diet tips, constantly updating my sway. I need a BFP soon before I go mad, or die of starvation!!!!! ;-)
Quick question for you all who are reading this thread ... this is my first month trying out all this advice for ttc a girl ... and also my first month using opks. I just got a +opk this afternoon which is CD15. We DTD on CD10, CD11 and CD12. I wish we would have done CD13 as well, then I wouldn't be worried. But at this point, if i O sometime in the night, it will be just over 72 hours since our last BD. Anyone here gotten a BFP after DTD 4 days before O? Or do you know someone who has? We'd really love to get pregnant this month. There isn't really a rush; its just a feeling. Should we just wait it out? Or should we do it one more time tonight with DH doing a FR and a hot shower beforehand and me doing a little rephresh? I'd love any thoughts you might have either way!!!!
I don't think timing sways, so I say go for it again for good measure or wait it out if you aren't in a rush.Quote:
Originally Posted by smbarnett11
We did decide to DTD. It was a weird night...DH got home late, we had babysitters coming over, and we had a wedding to get to. He didn't have time to hot shower or anything, but I took a Zyrtec earlier and I JDed immediately...like 5-10seconds afterwards. It seemed like everything came out. We had been doing FR CD2-12 but not CD13-14. Oh well, atomic said she got her DD on the night of her +opk so here is hoping that I will too!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by KraizyDaizy
Well we DTD a couple times on our +OPK as well this cycle so hopefully both of us will get our DD this way! Finger crossed for us both!!Quote:
Originally Posted by smbarnett11
Hi all im 11dpo trying hard not to test yet got my hopes up way too high last month feeling very tiered and crampy today not sure if that's just because AF is due in 3days also found out my sister in law and best friend are both pregnant so would love to find out im expecting too they say things come in 3s praying its true.. Fingers crossed for you all x
Took a test today BFN.. Yet a day late how frustrating either AF is late and will show up anytime or hcg levels aren't high enough yet hate not knowing :/
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Do you temp? Are they still up? FYI most of us are over in the November thread now if you are feeling lonely...
Fingers crossed for you.