So sorry for your loss. Good luck to you this month!Quote:
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So sorry for your loss. Good luck to you this month!Quote:
Originally Posted by itsallaboutthepink
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No i was fortunate to concieve my girl the first month of trying xQuote:
Originally Posted by ginger222
Thank you.Quote:
Originally Posted by ginger222
I can’t believe I’ve got back on the crazy train of TTC again! [emoji175] We fell accidentally with our little boy so strange to be actively TTC this time.
How much exercise are you doing/planning on doing Ginger??
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Right now I’m doing about 4 days/week for 60 mins. I’m going to do my best to bump it up to 6 days for 6 weeks before ttc.Quote:
Originally Posted by itsallaboutthepink
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Wowsas, that’s good going [emoji108]Quote:
Originally Posted by ginger222
How are you managing to do it with your 2 little ones?! I struggle to get cardio in with just the one and full time shift work (Plus I’m perpetually shattered!) You go girl!!!
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I’m only working part time, so when I have the kids home with me I go to the gym, which conveniently has child care. It’s like a mini vacation lol. Sometimes I exercise after I put the kids to bed, or just have hubby watch them on the weekend. Full time shift work with a LO is worth more than any exercise I’m sure! [emoji28]Quote:
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Hi ladies I’d like to join this thread too!
Thirdtimelucky, AUS 37
I have 2 kids, DS1 (2.5) and DS2 (9 months) and hoping to TTC in Nov/Dec 2019 to add a little girl to our tribe. I’ve been living a very boy friendly lifestyle without knowing (only discovered this site after my second boy) so it will be hard for me to do LE diet and I’m not really a cardio person lol. But I’ll try. I’m still breastfeeding my youngest so will start tracking ovulation when my period returns (not yet). Am about to start the diet soon too. Do all of you skip breakfast? I’ve been doing intermittent fasting for years, having my dinner around 5pm and then eating breakfast the following day after 9am and no snacking. Would that still be ok? If you do eat breakfast/late breakfast then what is allowed? I love my oats but I understand it’s a No on LE diet. Thank you and good luck to everyone!
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Hi thirdtimelucky,
I think you’re good as long as you delay breakfast a bit. I don’t bother with breakfast because I just don’t get hungry in the morning anymore. I just drink some black coffee. Some other ladies might have some suggestions for breakfast. Good luck! [emoji4]
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Hi! I would love to join in!
35, USA,
4 boys (no swaying), 1 girl (successful sway), 1 miscarriage (unknown sex, did not sway)
Vegan LE diet, Femara & exercise, TTC in October!
I went vegan in February, but am incorporating other portions of the LE diet in now as well (like no breakfast, coffee, etc). I am so excited to meet you all!
I’m aiming for 1900cal 60g fat, 50g protein which is what I did for my last sway.. but I am nursing once a day still so that probably changes things.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fiya
I started at 61kg, I am now 58kg, so have lost 3kg in 2.5months, BMI is 19 so don’t want to continue losing at that rate..
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Starting the LE diet next week! Not looking forward to it lol
I been doing some exercises not cardio so within two weeks I’ll start cardio, which is going to be difficult what is the minimum of days for cardio? Anyone having a hard time with the exercise part? I’m going to try my best, but with four kids I hardly have time.
You wouldn't be replacing him, but I do understand why you feel that way. These feelings can be very complicated. My daughter loves to sing "twinkle twinkle little star" and your little boy is one of those beautiful stars up there :LotsofLove:Quote:
Originally Posted by itsallaboutthepink
I conceived my first boy in the thirth cycle after getting of birth control, my second boy in the first cycle (but my DS1 was only 6 months old, so I was probably very very fertile at that time) and my little girl in the tirth cycle on LE and with one attempt at positive OPK, so for us it went actually quiet smooth. I was 24, 25 and 29 years old when conceiving them and I am 33 years old now.Quote:
Originally Posted by ginger222
So do you mean you eat 2 times a day? Breakfast after 9 am and dinner at 5 pm? Or do you still have a lunch in between? If you have two meals, I think it's perfect. If you have lunch and want to keep the breakfast, than I should skip the lunch and eat a bit more for breakfast and dinner.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thirdtimelucky01
I've added you to the recap op page 1 :running:
Maybe you should bump this for Atomic or ask this question in a separate thread so that she sees it. But I think that when nursing, you could eat a little more fat and proteins.Quote:
Originally Posted by laurelw
Welcome! I love your user name, it's so sweet. I see you are also swaying for the second time, so fingers crossed we both get a little sister for our miracle daughter.Quote:
Originally Posted by HopingForHairbows
Fiya, I cannot figure out to to reply to your comment *sigh*. I found a section on eating and fasting yesterday and Atomic said that you don’t have to limit yourself to 2 meals a day (in the same way you don’t have to skip breakfast), as long as you eat less frequently than when you conceived boys - and I was a non-stop grazer. Ladies who already successfully swayed for a girl, what do you think worked for you? TIA!
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You need to click on Reply With Quote in the lower right corner under the post you want to quote.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thirdtimelucky01
I swayed pink in 2015 and I ate two meals back then and I'm trying to get there this time, but Atomic gives the best advice so you can keep doing what you are doing :-)
Thank you so much! My little girl asks me all the time why other people have sisters and she does not. I always remind her that she has lots of lovely brothers, and some people don't have any brothers at all!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fiya
I didn't read through every page of this thread. What month are you starting TTC? We said October/November, but now are feeling more open to the possibility of trying in September. I need to start getting my cardio in!!
:agree: that's what I do with my daughter all the time, I tell her how I wanted a big brother when I was little (which I did!) and how jealous I am of her LOL and she just eats it up. She says the dog is her sister. :)
That is so beautiful [emoji177] Thank you.Quote:
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My daughter loves Twinkle-twinkle too so now I will think of both my lovely children when she sings it.
I think it’s probably just a knee-jerk reaction I’m having to a horrible experience. It’s almost like if I can’t have him I’d rather not have any boy if that makes sense?!
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How old is she? Mine is turning 3 next week, so she isn't asking those kind of questions yet, but I'm sure she would be thrilled to have a sister. We will be TTC'ing in September :cheerteam: I will be on LE for 10 weeks, but last time it took us 3 cycles and I was on LE for 22 weeks back then, and I'm 4 years older now so...Quote:
Originally Posted by HopingForHairbows
Me too Atomic, I badly wanted a brother when I was little. I had just one sister. I think we always want what we don't have. And when I was a teenager, my mum told me she had been pregnant and ended the pregnancy because she wasn't in a good headspace to keep the baby. In my teenager head, that was the little brother I always wanted so I had a lot of trouble understanding why she didn't keep the baby. But now I have two little boys, so I'm fine now lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush
My daughter is 4! She only started asking for a sister in the past 6 months actually. In fact, when I was pregnant with our youngest she kept saying "I hope it's a boy!", (we were team green) so I was extra shocked when she started asking for a sister.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fiya
I was planning October originally but now I am thinking September also, which will give me almost exactly 12 weeks on LE before our attempt. I hope we both get our BFPs easily this time around! First shot would be ideal!
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How is everyone doing ladies?
I have started ovulation tests to see if I still ovulate on CD14 and I'm on CD11 and the line is getting slowly darker, so that seems promising. It is just so tempting to start trying for a baby right now, but I need to stay focused on our goal lol
Hi ladies,
How swaying is going for everyone ?
I was wondering if the diet limits are cumulative or has to be considered for each day ? well maybe it is a stupid question, but what I am doing is that some days I go too strict in limits and the next day I go over the limits and inversely, so overall I am within the limits for the week but not each day ...
Exciting! I know what you mean about it being tempting! How long until your attempt?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fiya
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September! And you?Quote:
Originally Posted by laurelw
Question for Atomic, I hope you'll read this but if not, maybe the other ladies can help out too.
I know that back in 2015, you said that for a pink sway, it was good to be at your lowest conception weight. Is this still true or is losing weight and doing things different then when getting boys enough? I would still have a lot of weight to loose to be at my lowest conception weight (44 lbs), but when on LE, I loose quite a bit of weight so the weight loss isn't a problem.
If you guys have questions PLEASE just start a separate thread and ask me. I happened to see this come in, but I don't read the support threads usually (and it's super confusing when 10 different people are asking questions in the same thread!). Please don't worry about bothering me, I want you to bother me rather than rely on answers that may not be correct. More misinformation gets spread in support threads than any other place and it actually takes me way longer to correct an incorrect answer weeks and months later, given to several people than if you guys just start new threads and ask me! :)
I never have had any evidence that "lowest conception weight" is necessary or ideal. But the thing is, people want concrete numbers to go off of and so I settled on that. I didn't think it mattered then, I am convinced it doesn't matter now. I don't think your body has a memory of all the weights you've ever been at. All you really need to do is just eat differently than you recently were (most important) and differently than you were when you had boys (less important) and that is what counts.
If you want a goal to aim at, lowest conception weight is one goal that's worked for some people. But I don't want anyone dropping below BMI 21 anyway and for sure not lower than BMI 18.5 under any circumstances.
Above all else it is time on diet that has worked. Not amount of weight loss, not timing weight loss, not BMI. So when you have more weight to spare, it's fine to not lose that all. Just be sure you're doing differently tahn you were recently and your body still sees that as a reduction in nutrients coming in.
I’m doing okay on the diet so far but I’m having trouble not going over on fat. The calories and protein I’m doing just fine on. I guess my favorite types of foods are on the fattier side so I’ll have to change it up somehow. I had this same problem last time. I haven’t started exercise but I’ll definitely be doing it. I’m only going to do it for the last 6 weeks before our first attempt though because I don't have any weight to spare. Hope everyone is doing well!
I also have trouble limiting fat. For me it is the hardest part of the diet. So far I am able to avoid snaking, limiting calories and protein, replacing tea by coffee.Quote:
Originally Posted by ThinkingofPink
Did you sway before ?
Attempting in September so have started working out and le diet but I am cheating here and there ..pink dust to you!
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I’ve done my bit of cheating too and I know I’ll do some coming up still! CD1 for me yesterday. It’s on!Quote:
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BE sure you guys aren't counting the small amounts of fat (and protein) in fruits and veg. Fruit and veg (except avocado and olives) are free for fat and protein. Many times when people ahve trouble in the limits it's because they're counting the fat and protein in fruit and veg. And low carb veg you count nothing in them, they're free and unlimited, don't even count the calories.Quote:
Originally Posted by ThinkingofPink
Atomic, which veg are considered low carb? I saw you mentioned tomato, cabbage, cucumber before. What is high carb other than potato, sweet potato, pumpkin?Quote:
Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush
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Has anyone had negative responses from family/friends about having another? This will be our 4th and hasn’t been great reactions. Frustrates me how everyone can’t wait for your first, keep asking when you will have a second, are hesitant and question why you have a 3rd and then assume you are done?
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It is lovely reading everyone’s stories. I can’t wait to hear the rest of the journey.
I’d like to join in this group. We are TTC next year but I’m doing all my research this year so I can be cool and calm and ready to go next year! I work in a highly stressful job with very long hours and as a result I’m a control freak at home - classic boy mum personality. I’m hoping if I research and hear lots of other stories now, I’ll be so relaxed and used to the theories when we try. I’ll be getting a personalised plan too.
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Yes! This will be our third and everyone is saying we are crazy, it’s too hard, expensive, no time to give them enough attention etc - though most of the people who say that have two kids lolQuote:
Originally Posted by laurelw
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I actually think 3 is perfect (well so is 4). I sort of think when it comes to families - go hard or go home! I had only one sibling and I always looked at those larger families who just had so many kids they could literally party on their own. Although challenging I think the environment for kids has lots of positivesQuote:
Originally Posted by Thirdtimelucky01
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