I am the opposite - I know far to many ladies who have 4 boys!
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I am the opposite - I know far to many ladies who have 4 boys!
How you doing KC? x
waiting, waiting.... had way too much to eat today. Part of me thinks that if I am pregnant than its not going to change anything now, but part of me just keeps wanting to stick to LE incase we need another month of attempts. I find that the days that I work are really easy to do the LE diet, & the days that I am at home or out & about with the kids its really hard. Im also finding it harder to stick to in a way the longer this goes on. That sounds a bit crazy but I am really over the no snacking part. Im quite used to not having breakfast now & I am finding that quite natural but it the afternoons that are the hardest for me. only 8dpo today but also CD26 so I AF should be here in the next 2-4 days. I couldnt help myself & tested this morning & got a BFN, but it was just a cheap internet test not a good quality test. I will leave the good ones for the weekend.
I know the wait kills! I tested 8dpo with bfn. I got a bfp 13dpo. Im a 26 day cycle. Fingers crossed for you KC! Keep up the LE you're doing great. Even if you give in here or there that doesnt matter.. I think its when we go totally off track its harder to get back on. I know i only ttc for 2 cycles but i was on my best LE for 7 months so i understand the snacking bit. It is the most strangest thing but now im not hungry in the mornings and i dont snack. I dont know if it is my subconscious or if im just programmed or tainted.. its not deliberate either.. Its almost like when i told myself i could not - i wanted to, and now that i CAN i dont need to! Anyway... im sure ill be back to my eating habits soon! Good luck hun. I know you will keep me posted. Thinking of you xx Hang in there xxx :)
and Im out. AF arrived this morning. I only had a 9day luteal phase again & I wonder if that is part of the issue. Now we are going to have to cancel our holiday that we planned in 3 weeks as it will be exactly when O should arrive & hubby wasnt coming with us. :hair:
ah no, sorry KC, really thought you had it this time! So you cant go away? How you feeling?! xx Here if you need the chat xx
frustrated. Trying to figure out what we are going to do differently. My luteal phase is only 9 days & AF is very very light & short so I am sure that is the issue. Hoping atomic has some ideas.
Hmmmm.. I wouldnt know what to suggest other than stop the Sylk because you were doing e3d and you didnt j&d. Unless other things like FR or abstain.. Do you have an idea when you ovulated? Did you add attempt at a +opk? Im sure you well get some great guidance and you will get your bfp KC hang in there! xx
Have you lost too much weight kc? When I was losing weight too quickly my luteal phase ended up being 4 days at one point. I had a month out and put on a couple of pounds and made sure to eat a bit more fat and it went back to 11 days which was good.
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Sorry to hear this KC ... Do u have to cancel your holiday? Might be exactly what you need, it so annoying having to wait to attempt again ... I'm in the same boat, well had one attempt last night and another in 4 days ... I kept the ky jelly and antihistamines, just afraid if I drop loads it won't sway so going to give it another shot and hope for the best. How r u feeling squiggle .. any morning sickness?
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Hey Amelia
So you not using opk's at all? No symptoms and no MS yet.. but I got MS at 7 weeks with both boys so don't think I'm out the woods just yet! Ok so good luck with your next attempt.. I know it's hard to give up certain things.. but as Atomic says "your sway, your way" :) I kept Sylk but didn't do antihistamines because I didn't really need them. Ok. So eeeeeek... update us soon xxxx
we cant afford to skip a month so we wont go away. its not the end of the world. Atomic has suggested increasing kj, protein & fat. adding in eggs 4-6times a week, full fat dairy once a day & red meat once a week. Hopefully that helps without swaying blue too much. I didnt get any EWM last month which was really rare for me so hopefully this will be our month! If it can bring ovulation forward by just a few days we might still go away, & that might give me a better chance of a longer luteal phase too.
I got ms at around 7 wks with all my boys too but a friend of mine has 5 boys and 1 girl and the only one she didn't have ms wit was her girl 😃 .. no not using opks anymore, wrecking my head to be honest and I want a more relaxed approach this time listening to my body and dtd every 4 days! Good luck kc this month and who knows u might just make that holiday ... 😃 x
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Hey Amelia. Are u in the 2ww yet? Xx
Hey Squiggle .. the 2ww starts today, had our attempt today ... And I've my friends hen party on Sat ... Not great timing, what do ye all do on occasions like that, drink or abstain in case!!?? Don't know what to do, might just have a few glasses of wine and leave it at that, nothing too crazy!!
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I would drink. But that's just me.. and I did a bit in my 2ww because no guarantee I was pregnant. I stopped at BFP. And I told my GP! Good luck hun. Enjoy the party and fingers crossed xx
Thanks Squiggle x I could do wit letting my hair down ... Hopefully this is our month!!! Have u a scan booked anytime soon, so u are around 6 wks now ya?
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I'm 7 weeks this Friday. Scan at 12 weeks unless I go private for earlier scan which I might do. Pretty weird having to wait so long without knowing how things are progressing. Hope you join me soon Amelia xx
Exciting Squiggle ... U won't feel the weeks passing, nerve wrecking aswell having to wait tho ... At least your pregnant and at that stage!
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Thanks hun. I'm grateful to be at this stage but I'd be lying if I said I'm at ease. Having lost one at 12 weeks after DS1 I'm desperate to get to that stage of pregnancy. XxQuote:
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Oh no I'm sorry to hear that love ... What an awful thing to happen to you, try and rest as much as possible (I know it's hard when u have two little ones) and make sure ur taking a good prenatal ... It would be great to be able to fast forward time sometimes!! Sending u lots of 💕💖
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Im only cd11 today so I have weeks to go on this cycle. Im trying to avoid the forums a bit this month in case that is just adding to my stress/martha tendicies etc. fingers crossed things keep going well for you both. I will probably check back in a week & hopefully I have ovulated by then!
Squigglepink I'm sorry to hear about your loss in the past!
Sending a hug from afar and hope these 5 weeks pass ASAP for you but mostly quietly and smoothly.
GOOD LUCK KC!!! Im thinking of you and hope to hear from you soon xxQuote:
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Hi KC, how things with you? Not sure if you do pop back in to GD but thought I'd say hi and thinking of you... AND Amelia.. hope you are both ok.. pls keep me posted xx big hugs xQuote:
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Hi there ... So I was 7 days late, same symptoms as last time, planning on testing yst and AF arrived!!! They don't seem to be sticking for some reason!!! How are you doing? How soon until your scan, any ms? Xx
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Hi! Still on the 2WW & Im on;y 5dpo. 10dpo on saturday, so If I get past that I might be in with a chance. (my luteal has only been 9-10 days). Thanks for thinking of me! Im pretty busy at work this week so hopefully that will be good distraction this week :)
The wait is the worst KC .. I was full sure I was pregnant this time I stopped the diet for 3 weeks ... Now I'm afraid to attempt this month so might give it a miss and try nxt month so I'm 6 weeks on the diet again ... Don't want to mess it up because this is my last baby!! So frustrating I was half thinking of leaving it all together but the strong desire for a daughter always comes back and everyone seems to have girls except me!!!!!
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Hey Amelia. How frustrating and sorry it didnt happen this time but hun maybe the 3 weeks break was necessary. The diet for me was the hardest and i gave myself a few full days of eating how i needed to eat because i would have given up totally otherwise.. I know it gets more and more hard to stick to the further on you are on it but i think giving yourself a bit of a break every now and then will balance it out! Are you thinking of doing anything difs next attempt? You dont have to say but here if you want to chat it out xxQuote:
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Thanks Squiggle .. it's very unusual for me not to be pregnant now especially after I got pregnant first attempt on all 3 boys ... Think I'm going to drop the ky jelly and acigel for my nxt attempt but stick with everything else ie. Diet, antihistamines, one attempt, coffee and I'm going to try and up my alcohol intake, what did you drop? How r u feeling?
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Ive been battling to be honest. Severe bloating (like ridiculous) with mild abdominal cramping, constipation etc.. I suffer from this anyway but since BFP it has more than trippled with all symptoms at once! Anyway, medicine wasn't working so Doc put me on other meds which i started today. So if i can just get that to tone down a bit i can hopefully start enjoying this pregnancy..Quote:
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I did a light sway hun so i didnt have much to drop. My DH didnt take anything. I only took fibre and FA but a week or so before attempt due to my bloating i stopped them to see if that would stop the bloating (didnt). First 'failed' attempt i did J & D and i took antihistamine, one attempt at +opk and used Sylk. Next attempt i didnt J & D and no antihistamine. We BD day before positive (cos my opk's were getting lighter not darker so we just DTD, and then got a positive opk the next day), used Sylk, and only the one attempt. I did LE for 7 months and i was couch potatoe. I only weighed/recorded food in app food for like a week but that wasnt really my thing so i gave it up and just skipped breakfast, had two meals a day and lots of wine. I had coffee with milk in the am and diet coke in the day.. i had a treat with a meal if i wanted to xx
Oh you poor thing I hope you get some relief from the meds, I find a lot of these things subside after the intial 12/14 weeks. Hopefully that's the case with you xxQuote:
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That sway sounds great ... I opted for couch potato too :-) ... Don't have time to brush my hair some days let alone do an hr exercise :-)... Going to drop the jellies nxt attempt, 3rd time lucky an all ... And I'd that doesn't work jellies and antihistamines then!! Xx
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Thanks.. I dont want to moan because I know many who just want a bfp and here I am pregnant and complaining!
Do you need the antihistamines? I didn't really..
Your entitled to moan every now and again ... Everyone is, good to get it off your chest :-)Quote:
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Maybe I should drop the antihistamines too, thought they were good for swaying pink and drying up cm. Maybe I have that wrong, I was taking 1 a day for up to 10 days before dtd, what do u think?
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Not sure on duration but I just took one tablet an hr before attempt. Yes. True it dries up CM and that's why I didn't really need it because I don't have much in the first place, but for our second attempt I was really dry already so taking one would have been redundant in my opinion.
Hi! I totally understand with your struggling lately! These past 3 months I have got slacker with each 2WW - still only eating twice a day but eating more than I have been so going over my daily totals. In a way it has made it easier going back into it hard everytime AF shows though. Ive been on the LE diet for 36weeks now! Thats almost the same length as a pregnancy. Skipping breakfast isnt too difficult anymore but I still miss snacking & meat. Ive been eating red meat once a week for the past month to try & help my short luteal phase so that has been nice & I really look forward to that meal. I would dump the antihistimine, J&D & lube if you dont really need it. I worry a bit now that I have had to add in the red meat & full fat dairy but I also thought I might be pregnant by now. My first took ages to conceive but my second was almost instant! LOL. Fingers crossed that AF stays away this weekend.
KC and Squiggle how are you both doing? I've started my Af today so going to attempt this month ... Wish me luck, hope your both doing well xx 😘
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5dpo our 4th attempt. I am so relaxed this cycle as I expect it to fail again. We BD every 4 days but it ended up being at +opk so its almost 1 attempt really. It was a monitored cycle too so lots of blood tests to pinpoint ovulation - the bes news is that I already knew before they told me based on signs from previous months. Im really not sure what to change next. I have a short luteal phase which I think is our problem. i have introducedfull fat dairy, loads of eggs & red meat back in to my diet. Added in breakfast (toast) occasionally & dropped some breastfeeds to see if that will help. I think I have just come to the conclusion that I am just really good at making boys & I think that is just the way it is going to go.
Good luck KC. Thanks for dropping back in to keep me posted. Think about you girls and hoping you get a BFP real soon xQuote:
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Hi Amelia, Sending you all the luck in the world hun xx How are you doing with LE etc? xQuote:
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