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Atomic, when you swayed pink what things were you doing/eating/drinking?

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Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush

pH of 6 not at ovulation (it should rise further at O) with DH pH of 8-8.5 is brilliant and I wouldn't change a thing. You do not need semen pH any higher than that.

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My PH was 5 at O

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Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush

Mince is fine (if mince means ground beef??) sorry I'm dumb. :p

I answered on your other thread but I think improving your DH's diet will only help. Even if he were to have a salad with a burger or chicken sandwich at McDonalds and lay off the coffee/beer a bit, that will be a step in the right direction.

In case you don't see this on your other thread, he MUST stop smoking or cut back if possible.

l-arg and zinc :agree: but don't overdo the zinc, 25 is plenty and 50 may be too much.

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The zinc tabs say 220mg

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Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush

His losing muscle and poor eating habits are def. not a good thing for his swimmers. You want strong healthy swimmers for blue and lots of them. Plus (not to keep flogging a dead horse3 ;)) the smoking is not good for blue.

Abstinence with one DTD is a recipe for pink and that is what a lot of pink swayers do for their sway.

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He won't quit, he has tried so many times.
Yeah abstinence + DTD is how I got my girls.

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Originally Posted by TTC5

Atomic, when you swayed pink what things were you doing/eating/drinking?

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I took the 1200 cal/ 250 mag/400 Vit D combo, vitex 2 w on 2 w off, B6 100 mg, a lot of extra folic because DS 3 has spina bifida, plus a prenatal and a DHA supp because I am older than the hills LOL. (so everything I tell the pink swayers on here, not to do!!) Cran gives me unbelievably bad headaches and I was BF so didn't want to take aspirin either. Drank aspartame every day but not a disgusting amount, only a glass or two.

Eating habits - I was trying to do a Low Everything style diet but I hadn't really fleshed out what that was exactly yet. I was eating too much butter for sure and also yogurt and cheese. I did cut back quite a bit of my sodium and though I did continue eating some tomato and potato, it wasn't my normal amount and I was getting barely any potassium anyway. I was vegetarian but that was tough because DH was REALLY not on board with swaying and is not supportive of my GD in general, and he kept getting super annoyed with me whenever I tried to follow my vegetarian plan when he was around. I began to get worried that he would pull the plug on conceiving if he thought I was too wrapped up in getting a girl rather than a baby. So I did eat more meat than I really ought to have because when he was around I would sometimes just go with what he was wanting to eat rather than insisting (like he would want to go out to eat or visit relatives and so I was kinda stuck.)

I was losing a lot of weight but then I stopped for a month to regain a little bit to lose it again, ate breakfasts more than I had been, and got pg accidentaly that month after I had gained about 3 lbs. I was also planning to take antihistamine but I didn't have a chance.

ph 5 isn't great but a lot of people have had success getting their pH to go up just with diet. No worries, it's gonna go up.

220 mg zinc is way too much, that's for people who have colds to take only for a few days and then stop. He can take 50 at most and it may be better for him to take more like 25-30. If you want to take some zinc you should take even less, like 15-25.

Sorry if I put too much pressure on the no smoking - as long as he goes on some sperm-friendly supps like l-arg and l-carnitine, that will undo some of that damage anyway.

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Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush

ph 5 isn't great but a lot of people have had success getting their pH to go up just with diet. No worries, it's gonna go up.

220 mg zinc is way too much, that's for people who have colds to take only for a few days and then stop. He can take 50 at most and it may be better for him to take more like 25-30. If you want to take some zinc you should take even less, like 15-25.

Sorry if I put too much pressure on the no smoking - as long as he goes on some sperm-friendly supps like l-arg and l-carnitine, that will undo some of that damage anyway.

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He is on L-arg he isn't a heavy smoker, less then 10 day so I hope it helps.

I don't know how to give him less zinc, maybe I can cut the table in half.

It's Natures Own Amino Acid Chelated, Zinc 220mg, equiv to elemental zinc 22mg

Is that the wrong zinc?

Mon 31st Oct 2011
EPO
BSF

lemon water
Green tea
9 seed toast with vegemite
Ryvita with tomato
Ryvita with ham and tomato
Lemon water
Nut crumble muesli bar
Apple
Ham and tomato sauce sandwich




Been going through some of the successful sways to try and make a plan up.
I think DH release every 2nd day from now and then abstain from 3days before O.

Been getting a bit slack with the food. Yesterday I didn't eat until lunch time.

Today has been ok I think
Breakfast - 10 mins after waking up - Nutri Grain
2 hours later - 3 pieces of 9 seed bread with vegemite
1.5hrs later - banana
lemon water

Forgot to say. Started taking conceive well gold 2 days ago.
Also we started to release and big O every 2 days.

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Originally Posted by love being a mummy

He is on L-arg he isn't a heavy smoker, less then 10 day so I hope it helps.

I don't know how to give him less zinc, maybe I can cut the table in half.

It's Natures Own Amino Acid Chelated, Zinc 220mg, equiv to elemental zinc 22mg

Is that the wrong zinc?

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No, it's the elemental zinc you are after. So he is actually taking just the right amount.

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Originally Posted by love being a mummy

Been getting a bit slack with the food. Yesterday I didn't eat until lunch time.

Today has been ok I think
Breakfast - 10 mins after waking up - Nutri Grain
2 hours later - 3 pieces of 9 seed bread with vegemite
1.5hrs later - banana
lemon water

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I would like to see you getting a bit more protein and trying for protein and carbs together at every meal and snack if you can. So with your banana you might want to add a few nuts or a hard boiled egg. Same with the Nutrigrain bar. The prob. is that just carbs cause your blood sugar to rise high and then crash, and 2 hours is plenty of time for this drop in blood sugar to occur. For TTC a boy you want your blood sugar to stay nice and even all the time, so protein and carbs together is the best way to accomplish this.