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Oooo, exciting !! I hope it works good !! :-D !!
My pee stick lines for this am were darker . Ha . Not getting excited. The only other darkish line was cd 13, today is cd 22 . Almost a 10 day difference
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This is my first time ph testing , I don't have high hopes for it . Haha.
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Hey guys, I am trying to figure out if I am going to be swaying with you or not. My goal is June (birth calender) for a girl sway. The problem is that I was originally planning for March April but I just couldn't commit to the LE diet, or any swaying tactics really, I've been ridiculously busy. Pretty much, I want a girl BAD (I'm one of the heartless ones that is not so ok with another boy), and I am in the mindset that if I'm going to do it at all it has to be now (this year). I've been researching and telling myself for months that I need to buckle down and commit to LE and a full sway attempt but I just haven't been able to and I'm still really confused about a lot of the info on the forums (especially acronyms). I have seen that Atomic says that she doesn't believe in "egg priming" but then later she recommended starting LE as close to 3 months out as you can. So what do you guys think...is it too late now to start a sway (I probably wouldn't even be able to start till next week)? Should I stop beating myself up every day that I haven't started swaying yet and just give up on it for now? Or is there still plenty of time? The most stressful part is that as I said I really don't even want to try unless I know that I did everything I could TTC Girl, but the date is fast approaching and I just don't feel capable of trying to figure out LE diet and everything else right now (I've been reading for months and it all still seems like a foreign language to me) :-(. I just stressed myself out putting it all into words lol...I know how ridiculous it sounds
Mlane, don't stress about it too much ! I feel the same way about wanting a boy, don't feel too bad .
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So that sent too early .
I didn't do anything special with my girls . With the first one I ate good amounts of meat and didn't really lose weight or anything . It would have been a good boy sway. Not planned. I ate dairy .
With the second I was on super high protein , lots of exercise, vegan menu and soy free. I had lost a lot of weight . But we baby danced a ton before, during, and after ovulation . Only took normal vitamins.
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There are I guess easy ways to sway, but after 3 boys I'm convinced that if you really want something you have to commit. With DS3 I kinda swayed, I read all the stuff and when I realized how much of a lifestyle change it would take to be "girl" friendly I sort of half assed it, and well, I got another boy. lol I think swaying is best viewed as a game of chances. If you do nothing your chances are pretty close to 50/50, the more you do to way the more that ratio tips a bit. If your a gambler and it wouldn't break your heart to have a failed sway, not tipping that ratio much may be just fine for you, really it' what your comfortable doing.
As far as "egg priming" the diet isn't to prime the egg, it's to prime your body. To my understanding the LE diet is designed to trick your body into thinking times are tough, the longer you have a low nutrient diet, the higher the chance of that happening.
The acronyms are kind of confusing. I have that in my idea file for my writing as an article I need to get to lol (I write for Yahoo, not this site, but my "niche" is women's health and parenting.
Lol Makes sense and that's cool . :-) Write mama write !
I'm going all out for a boy sway this time , I hate meat but I get higher and fattier protein this way for the most part. It less stressful than packing a million snacks of low protein together . I'm targeting every little detail including cutting back on sweets . I don't even crave sugar now ! I've already packed on some pounds .
Didn't realize you could pack on pounds without sugar ! J/k . It's not any better . Haha .
Sending girl baby dust your way !!!
Are there any favorite snacks or meals you loved with your boys ?
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I noticed the same thing Fiore, it is now rare for me to crave sugar. Even when AF was around the corner and that was my worst craving time.
Thanks so much for the responses.
Fiorefleur, from everything that I've read I'm pretty sure that testosterone is the biggest influence (at least I think it was for my two boys). When I do sway that is going to be what I focus on most. I think that the diets that atomic created address this issue along with other things. For both of my boys my husband and I were both in the Marine Corps and and I ate A LOT of fat and protein....and just about anything else I wanted too (think big juicy burgers and fries on the reg). I'm pretty sure that just about everything in my life served to raise testosterone. That's my biggest concern for trying to sway pink, I'm fairly sure that I naturally have pretty high testosterone :-(.
Unwirklich,I know you're right about committing. Knowing that is really what's stressing me out because I want it so much but I know that it's gonna take that commitment and I just can't make it happen right now. The "egg priming" thing that I was talking about was something Atomic said a couple years ago that starting the diet around three months was called egg priming because you were trying to condition the egg from the beginning of it's life. In that post (which I can't find right now) she said that 6 weeks should be fine because she didn't believe in egg priming, but then in a later post she said that they were seeing better results starting around 3 months out. Pretty much what it comes down to is that I know the answer to my question, if I really want to do it I need to get a serious and solid plan and put it into action for at least three months (because I'm pretty sure my husband and my testosterone levels will push for boys) I'm just looking for someone to tell me what I want to hear that I can diet for a month, take vitex and saw palmetto, and make a perfect princess...:-( Ugh! It's just frustrating when you want it so much and you just can't commit to making it happen.
If anyone knows of a thread that has all the acronyms could you post the link? Just if you know off the top of your head where it is. It's pretty easy to get lost in gender dreaming lol.
Sorry to jump in ladies I haven't been very active. I'm getting so nervous!! April is our first attempt month. I'm starting to get scared!