Jaw-dopping June 2ww

Hi ttc, welcome!!!

Mommy, did you test again?

CD17 opk on bottom after a 5 hour old [emoji54] long day!!! It's a touch darker, but adjusting for a longer hold not sure there is a huge progression.

Ok tmi question and I swear I've asked this before, but I honestly cannot figure it out. Someone please tell me how to differentiate ewcm from left over sperm. [emoji85]

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Maxim its something about dropping it into water? If it balls up its ewcm if it doesn't its sperm? Or maybe it's vice versa... oh and your opk is darker for sure!!!!! Cant wait to see tomorrows!!!

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Max - EWCM will stretch and sperm will not. :)

ttcblue - I will second all that Pbn3 said. I have many many many (ok 5) boys and will tell you that I believe your diet makes a world of difference! You are on the right track and no month will be a perfect sway. Just go for it, pray (or think positive thoughts) and only TTC if you will be ok with an opposite. Your DH has made changes as well. But again, I am with Pbn3 and think you should ask DH what is going on with him since you noticed the binge drinking. That is one thing that stood out for me in your post. It is a red flag. Just want to make sure you and your family are safe and in a good place to TTC.

Hello everyone else! I am cheering you all on and can't believe the way this month has started!!! It is a GREAT month!!!

Eek!! That looks great Max! Nah will just do it first thing in the morning and await af to show her ugly face sometime in the evening. Usually after 3pm she approaches!


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Hi and welcome ttcblue! Wow sounds like you have a lot on your plate atm!! I have never heard of sperm taking 70+ days to mature �� my understanding was if a man has released then he starts regenerating new swimmers immediately hence the very popular bd pattern of eod during fertile window advised by the medical world worldwide (most obs will recommend this and if you Google how to get pregnant quick it will say the same)..... that allows 48 hours for sperm recovery/build up to happen. I will look into more now but I researched sperm recovery times quite a bit way back when and never came across anything about sperm maturing. Interesting and will be looking into it today :)

Sounds like you are doing fantastic on your side of things which really is the most important! While it doesn't help having dh smoke I agree that you should just accept it as its out of your control. Plus I've known lots of men who have boys that were/are smokers. As for the drinking is there a reason why he's suddenly binge drinking? Maybe try and talk to him about how he is feeling. I only say that because in my experience many binge drinkers are doing so because of how they are feeling (coming from someone who has binge drunk themselves). I'm not sure how much coffee and alcohol sway so I personally wouldn't skip a cycle. I was a big coffee drinker and drank quite a bit of alcohol when I conceived my boys. BUT my diet was heavily HE (I realize now), we had two attempts, and I had been exercising and was feeling really fit in the months prior to conceiving. The thing is one or two things are not going to make or break your sway. I've seen the most rigid, 110% sways fail. There is no guarantee but also no harm in trying to lean towards a particular gender. You need to look at what you've achieved yourself, be proud and know you've done your best! Try and think of dh's actions like this - he's willing to ttc (many dh's aren't or put an unfair time limit on things) he's taking vitamins . (again many dh's wont have a bar of any type of swaying) so if he is relaxed and is healthy regardless of the smokes and alcohol then I say go for it! You never know what is around the corner. What if something happens next cycle that makes you want to skip again? Where do you draw the line? That's my very long winded opinion anyway but I'm not swaying so it's easy for me to say all this I suppose. I do hope you hear from some more blue swayers and that it will ease your mind ��



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I read online that after sperm "form" they hang out in the testes for approximately 73 days to mature before they are actally released.. i dont know exactly, that's just what i found on google lol.

That's another worry, is that every time something isn't perfect I will back out. I don't think anything is bothering him, he was just invited out with some friends he hadn't seen in years, then the day after we had a wedding to attend, and thursday-sunday well be on vacation so i know he will be drinking every night, and it just so happens that I'm expecting o on Monday or very shortly after.

My hubby has actually put a limit on things :/ I have only 3 cycles to ttc and if it doesn't happen, we won't have another baby. He has told me he thinks having a boy would be cool, which it why he's willing to take the vitamins, but the thought of 3 children scares him and he had flat out told me he doesn't want another. 3 cycles was our compromise.

Thank you so much for letting me jump in and get your opinion, and thank you for taking the time to get back to me. You really helped me relax a little! So far I'm thinking I'm going to go for it because everyone is telling me that, basically, I'm just being overly paranoid (who mee?? Lol) but so far i haven't really heard anything that sticks out for me to believe I really need to wait a month.

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Ttc: I guess I can tell you with my boys, I gained weight before each of them, was very snacky, didn't workout, and rather enjoyed my sweets and junk food. Loved all the red meat! Lived a very unhealthy lifestyle. My personal opinion I would go for it, because you have changed your lifestyle for the better. I don't want to say that and then you get an opposite. There's always a chance of that unfortunately, even if your sway is 100 percent...


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Thank you for this! I was starting to worry about eating the dark chocolate daily too, because I ate nothing BUT chocolate and junk with my girls. Literally no veggies or meat and rarely fruit! Crazy right!? I was all about the coffee and carbs and somehow never gained weight. So I guess I'm being silly worrying about a dark chocolate mounds bar on a daily basis lol! Thank you again, I needed this :)

Welcome ttc! :) good luck on your blue sway!


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Morning!

Naci - I hear ya with the lazing around in a king bed – shame that didn’t happen – looks amazing though, the coast here looks quite similar :D and yum those cupcakes, my kind of Bday! Sounds like though not everything was to a T like you had hoped you still had a great time :D
My DD2 will likely be like your oldest, she is an end of September baby so will likely be one of the oldest when she starts school (cut off end of June) but am less concerned – she is spot on in terms of development for her age etc so she will maybe be less bored by not starting school as early than her big sister, whom has always been rather precocious with everything (think walking at 8 months, talking with sentences at 15 etc lol).

Max – definitely getting closer sweetie, that egg is getting readyyyyyy! :D

Mommy2apples – definitely try to get a patch on your little boy’s eye – I had a lazy eye and that’s what we did for me – I was about 2, and I remember the discomfort (but at least now these days you can get funky looking ones - mine where just the band-aid beige color lol) but I can control my eye now so it doesn’t stray – worth it to avoid surgery in my mind for sure :D
I’m sorry about the neg test :( next month will be a winner, has to be- FX!

TTcblue18 – welcome here hon :D glad you followed my advice to join us hehe
The blue mamas here have a wealth of knowledge that I shameless tap into :D FX for your 1st cycle to be a blue winner!

Hi to everyone else I don’t get a chance to mention ;)

Gah nooooo! Just realised I forgot my little kit bag at home this morning so no opks –of all days when I am getting so close! booohooo that’s what happens when it’s chaos before leaving the house and you have a toddler that misplaces my things from my bag all.the.time and silly me didn’t check (Dh usually takes them to daycare but he had an early start this morning so I had to, break the routine and stuff like this happens lol)… Guess will have to get home early to test lol been getting ovary pains since yesterday so assume there is something happening in there – and do not want to miss the surge!!!

Thanks LMSM! Definitely going to see about the patch! Something about them bringing up surgery with my baby doesn't sit right with me! Thanks girl!

Yes definitely get home early and test!!


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Hello & welcome ttcblue18! We're a chatty bunch & all of the ladies here are awesome! I have 2 boys and firmly believe that I unknowingly swayed blue. I've always naturally had a low protein, low fat vegetarian diet, but always ate a light breakfast, snacked instead of big meals & loved boy friendly foods such as dried cereal, potatoes & oatmeal. For DS1, I was doing cardio & weights with a personal trainer & had just stopped taking birth control. I did research on what could help me get pregnant fast, so I took the supp FertileCM 1-2x times a day from AF to BFP (not recommended by Atomic though), took soy isoflavones CD 3-7 hoping for twins and used a small amount of preseed. You sound like you have your sway on track! I got DH smoking for my girl sway, but from what I've been hearing, it doesn't make a huge difference...just one of those things that could help in addition to everything else, so I wouldn't worry & def don't skip as others have said. Blue dust!!!! [emoji170][emoji170]


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