OMG you're just like me holding my phone like a mad woman perching on the edge of windows while the kids watch me like I'm mad! What would we do without internet!? Probably have 12 kids like my grandmother!!!
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OMG you're just like me holding my phone like a mad woman perching on the edge of windows while the kids watch me like I'm mad! What would we do without internet!? Probably have 12 kids like my grandmother!!!
Ha ha yep my phone is perched on the back of the sofa and takes ages to load and I can't move it lol oh well I'll get my exercise in each day, walking to get enough signal lol
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Can only look at the positives really ;)
Gorgeous sunshine today!!
It is lovely
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Eek sweet mummy praying your attempt is successful! So so exciting! X
Yes mothers of boys I'm thinking of getting the 21 day meal plan too as I'm looking into the meal and becoming a Martha about it and just think it'll be amazing to take the stress out of meal planning! X
Thanks foxymrsg!!! Will not POAS until 14dpo so I don't get my hopes up so will keep you posted!
The best part about the meal plan is once you get the hang of it you won't even need to be "Martha" about it and it becomes second naturexx
Has anyone here had the meal plan?
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I haven't bought the 21 day one but I've printed off the 500 cal meal suggestions. Have you had a look at it? Let me see if I can find the link x
Haven't found the one I used but just found this when I searched for "menu"....looks really good!
http://genderdreaming.com/forum/ttc-...-le-meals.html
Finally found the link I used for meal ideas! To be honest I've been on this "diet" so long that I don't use MFP anymore and just have a feel for calories, protein, carbs, etc. So I pretty much don't deny myself anything at all but just eat most things in moderation because I think lots of girl moms out there didn't have to go through so much drama to get their girls...oh and I'm lazy lol
http://genderdreaming.com/forum/le-d...ning-pink.html
Thanks for that Hun, will book mark it and print off when I get to work next week! X
Thanks for that, I'll look when I can get on the laptop.
I'm frightened I'll buy the meal plan and discover that the cost of the meals either come in above my food budget, the meals are not going to fit in with our family eating together, or are too hard work and so I'll abandon it and have wasted that money.
Anyway af arrived, really thought I'd get a longer lp, was sure I Od before my first pp af, about 10-14 days before. But I've either got a short lp like after ds3, not O'd at all, or Od earlier than I thought and had a second surge which is what I picked up with the opk. Still at least it's given me longer on the diet I guess.
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Yes! Internet is fixed!
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Woo hoo to fixed Internet!!
Sounds good about more time on diet...getting to grips with it and fitting it in with family was hard at first as my mouth would salivate when they were eating sometimes lol but I just needed to keep reminding myself of the end result and that usually helped :)
Yeah I keep trying to remind myself of why I'm doing ot
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Can I just ask if anyone knows if the cheap opk's are ok to use? I have uses them for the past 2 cycles.they just give a line when a lh surge is detected and it says ovulation will occur 24-48 hours after that.is just testing once a month enough? Just don't really want to go spending a fortune in these things.lol
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If you are getting a positive when you test I guess one a month is fine. If you don't know when to expect O it's best to keep testing until you get a positive. I've only ever used the cheap ones.
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How is everyone today? Beautiful weather isn't it? Always feel happy when the sun is shining!!
How you getting on with exercising Motherofboys? I walked DS1 to school today as I was driving last week and on the walk back with DS2 in the buggy I was so out of breath! Was so embarrassing as I huffed and puffed back home lol Hope you're getting an hour here and there when you can!
Hope you're also doing well foxy and Eleena xx
OBEM back on tonight woo hoo!!!
hi girls have anyone had or heard about cell-free DNA test i just stumbled across it, apparently you can have a blood test from 7 weeks preggas to find out if your having blue or pink, i dont know much about the test so if you have info be great xx
Sweet mummy OBEM!! Omg I'm so excited can't wait! Can't believe they had a break in the middle feel that was harsh! Lol! Keeping us in suspense! Lol!
Butterfly I haven't heard of the test over here. Seen lots of us ladies have it as think it's standard test there to check baby is healthy, but not heard of our docs doing it but that doesn't mean they don't I prob just haven't heard about it! Lol!
Was down the gym while it was on and the fact they all had girls (except the daddy who wanted a boy which prove even men can have GD!!) was such good motivation on the bike tonight and didn't feel tired like I normally do! Although I did want to cry my eyes out for each birth and was thinking if anyone was looking over my shoulder they'd be all "what the heck is she watching!?!" lol
That test sounds so good although I reckon the NHS wouldn't offer it so you'd probably have to do it private and it would most likely be expensive. Could do some investigating maybe and find out? I don't know if I'd want to find out so early though...would rather live in ignorant bliss until 20 week scan in case my dreams are shattered! Then have another twenty weeks to come to grips with it.
I paid £650 for the harmony test (there are a few different ones available depending where you live, google non invasive blood test) to check for trisomy issues, the blood goes to America to a lab, they test the free floating DNA in your blood. Early gender confirmation is a bonus of the test but I did it as I am 38 and wanted to know if baby looked healthy as I don't put much faith in the Nhs cubs test. I did wait til my 12 week scan confirmed baby looked ok. You can get it from 10 weeks. I was prepared to say good bye to the dream forever, purely to have peace of mind over health of baby, and ended up getting the best shock of my life! xxQuote:
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Hey sorry I've been a bit absent. Well, I missed one born, it's recorded but with the boys and man being World Cup obsessed and me using my mornings to exercise I've not really had the chance to catch up with it.
I am still finding it hard to motivate myself with the exercise. My walks have just become boring now as I'm so limited to where I can walk to get back in time.
Diet is going better though, I don't eat breakfast or snack at all now. And my meals I'm trying to eat until no longer hungry/just about full, rather than when I'm for to burst. So even though I've not managed to cut out a lot of things I wanted to like meat, everything is lower because I'm just not taking in as much food over all.
I got dh some olive leaf extract and told him it was there if he wanted it as every time I mentioned buying it he wouldn't give a straight answer (he'd say something like "more babies?! You like babies") and then he asks me a few days ago "so this other thing you want to do (meaning swaying) when do you want to do that? As soon as?" Erm well seeing as you are not using any protection so we could become pregnant at any time and I'm already dieting and exercising I'd say that the answer would be "immediately"
Lately I just find myself wishing someone could tell me "yes you'll have a daughter one day" or "no, sorry it won't happen" just so I could relax. If they say no I'd still have another, but I wouldn't be clicking up a mental list as long as my arm of all the things I'm going to eat as soon as I get that bfp. And if they said yes I would then Id still sway but I'd be able to relax more, not on the sway stuff but just in myself.
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motherofboys i so know how u feel, i feel like i have a empty hole in my belly that only a daughter could fill, i try not to think too much about it anymore as i would go into a deep depression, i just want to get preggas soon and what will be will be, hubby is taking olive leaf n l-root and tonight wer going in for the kill lol lots of pink thoughts n princess dust ;) xx
We are limited with dh age, so no L-root for him, no abstain.
A few things have changed recently that have altered dh eating and he doesn't even realise. As well as thins that have made it easier for me with the diet. And I think that I can see how people can think they did nothing differently but still get the opposite. I still very much doubt I'll get a girl, and yes if I think about it too much I get depressed. I just can't see it being that way for me. I wish I could hurry up and get pregnant, enjoy my last pregnancy and then move on knowing that it's over with. The waiting and hoping is the worst.
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I should point out that all the foods I want are naughty snack foods too. Although atomic did say on another post if there's something you really want swap a normal, sensible meal for it. But we eat as a family so wouldn't set a good example as I'd never eat a normal meal and just sit and pig a whole share size bar of chocolate while they sat their with their veggies and chicken lol
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Motherofboys hiiiii!! Was wondering how things were going!
I think all the boy mummies on here feel the exact same - "it will never happen for me!" and "can someone just guarantee me a girl please!" I know I definitely do and even if I hear "It's a girl!" at a scan I won't believe it until I see her in my arms!
This is why I'm so desperate to do exercise as I feel like it is the ONLY sway tactic so far with pretty much 100% success results. The thing that motivates me is my hot pink trainers lol I look down while I'm on the bike and think GIRL!!! Another thing too is my 'Martha' tendency to challenge myself to beat my last number of miles, RPM etc. You just need to find that thing deep down inside that drives your yearning for a girl and use it every time you go to exercise. In the long run six weeks on diet and exercise will be a drop in the ocean compared to always wondering if you could have done more.
Having said that if after all I've done results in DS3 for me I will still love him to bits because he did a heck of a lot to be here!
Lots of positive thoughts and hugs your way!! Xxx
As for snacks I still eat TONS!! Today for lunch I had about a TBSP reduced fat hummus with sea salt crackers which meant.....a lion bar, banana chocolate bread and a diet coke for dessert!!!! LOL!!! Of course I was starving by dinner but that is the plan AND I got to have the naughty stuff I wanted without feeling guilty!
Don't let the diet put you off.... loads of girl moms have girls while eating stuff we are avoiding but I think the key is to be ravenous between meals, eating your meals all on one go and no snacking. Once you crack it it really does become second nature!
It is so weird because I don't even know why I want a girl, and I always thought I wanted all boys. Maybe I'm just greedy. I always remember my mum saying that 'my song' should be Queens I Want It All (and I want it now) maybe it's true, I mean I am so impatient and I got the boys I wanted but still want something more. Darn I'd hate to admit she was right about something! Lol
I think half the problem is I still see myself being here in 2 years, going "well I got the diet and exercise mastered but I'm still not preg" I guess I'm not the positive person I used to be, as far as I'm concerned it's going to take forever to fall pregnant and if I don't call it a day before we do, I'll end up with another boy. Don't know where this negative persons come from.
I don't plan to find out next time. I have always found out at the scan and I kept saying "next time we will have a surprise, we can't this time in case it's a girl" so with this possibly being the last time, I want that surprise. Besides if I was told girl I too wouldn't believe them lol
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Exactly!! I'd be like "girl!?...get another sonographer please!" lol
Kick that negativity in the butt girl!!! Your future is bright no matter how you take it...you've already got four beautiful kids so another one would be the cherry on top whether it is conceived now or next year! I've been on here yonks myself so we can hang out together lol
Like I say I hate the waiting an wondering. If I knew I would have a girl one day I'd wait as long as I needed to for her. But not knowing drives me mad and makes me want it all to hurry up so I can just know lol
You know I don't think it helps that today was dh Nan's funeral. She had 3 boys herself and no girls. We got a lot of comments from distant relatives about "wow 4?" And closer relatives with "you'll have a girl next time" no one knows we plan any more. And my nephews girlfriend who is 21 was doting on ds4 then started raving on about her friend who is pregnant with a girl and how cute all the clothes are and how previous all the girls stuff is.
Also my best friend gave birth to her second girl on the 5th.
Most of the time now I find myself ok with everything and happy with my boys and so positive about another boy. Then I have days where the desire is just too much.
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Just yesterday a friend of mine that is having a boy (due at the end of the month) asked if we are going for #3 and told me I better be careful as I would probably end up with another boy or worse yet twin boys! All I could say was well I'd be so happy and blessed to have any child once it is healthy is all I am concerned about... the insensitivity of others is unbelievable!!
I want to be pregnant yesterday...I stare at pregnant women in public in awe thinking "please let that be me soon!!"
So sorry to hear about your DH's nan...my DH's nan also only had 3 boys!! Hence why everyone is convinced we can't have a girl. I think I really want a girl just to tell people where to stick it. If I could get just 1p for every time someone reminds me that 'well the husband determines the sex' I'd be a bloody millionaire!
Yeah one of my friends told me after ds4 was born that I'd best not have any more as I'd have a boy. Felt like saying "and what's wrong with that" she has 1 of each, and told me a few days ago that her and her new bloke have decided they want a baby together and are hoping it's a girl because (get this!) he already has 5 boys! Yet she still maintains that I shouldn't have another!
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Ohhhhh love it lol Hope she has a girl then!!!
Hi ladies! Omg I totally get everything you are saying! I just wish someone will say oh yes you're going to have a daughter or not as the case may be and then I can just continue on as normal and know whatever will be will be and be happy with either!
Oh the insensitivity of people makes me sick they have absolutely no idea what it's like when they throw their silly ideas and owts at us!
Ah I'm so desperate to starts trying soon but know I need to wait till we Move first! Feel like everything with the house diy has ground to a halt at the mo, maybe once that's back on track I'll feel a bit more positive! Finding myself around a couple of really negative people at the mo too that's getting me down so am distancing myself from them as can't bear the way they make me feel at the mo..not always baby related with them they are just negative people in general and it is just about everything. Lol
She's rubbed it in my fave for years, even before it was important to me , that I don't have a girl. I know it makes me sound bitter but is quite like it if she got a taste of her own medicine. But I'm not that mean. I like to see my friends happy, so hopefully we will both have girls lol
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Meant this in a sarcastic way!! Sometimes "friends" that know our most inner secrets or desires can be our worst enemies I think as the friend who said that to me knows about my swaying and said if I get a girl she wants to know what I did...errrrr fat chance!! I'm not as nice as you motherofboys!!Quote:
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Hoping house moves speed up and ttc journey is next on the agenda! I have done the same and just not getting in touch with negative people because I tend to want to get into "debates" with them over nonsense and raise my t levels and not to mention my blood pressure. I will talk to them again when I get my BFP lolQuote:
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morning girls..... o lord i need some advice, was fed up of waiting for positive ovulation and the mood just felt right last night that we bd, huge problem being i had the big o twice which was a bloody first lol and done my test this morning and ive finally got a high fertility, its not the peak face which is when i need to bd acording to my plan but i dont know if i should bd now at peak, but i really do want to get a bfp this month arghhhhhhhh help xx