The LAZY Swayers

Joining you ladies. I am nursing so can't be too hard-core about anything. On top of it, i only weigh 98-99lbs so can't be losing too much, if any, weight. In the past, I don't even ovulate if I don't weigh 102ish, but I am going to try to not gain weight this time and see if I ovulate. Yep, haven't had PPAF yet at 17.5 months but I started the diet. The big things for me, no breakfast. I used to eat a huge cereal breakfast as soon as I awake. i have been doing this as long as I remember. We eat meat at every lunch and dinner, and I cut that out. Trying to go vegetarian except for occasional fish. I am drinking Red Raspberry leaf tea in the am with aspartame for breakfast. I am restricting sodium but not sure if it's under 1 gram. I am not restricting potassium too much but I am on potassium because of high blood pressure meds I take. I have cut the tabs down half and hope that I am fine. I have Calcium Citrate with Mag supplements but only taking 600 mg a day so far. I am eating more yogurt because I don't know what else to eat with this diet! I am not creative. I have a rock salt lamp that I leave on a night only. Sounds like I am doing a lot but not 100% for sure. I still snack which I know you're not supposed to do, and at night I am eating sweets like ice cream and chocolate. So not really keeping my sugar that low the rest of the day, but calories are lower and the vegetarian diet is a huge change for me.

Hi genie -

I just wanted to stress VERY strongly that for your health, it is IMPERATIVE that you continue to take your potassium in the amount your doctors recommend. You can DIE from not getting enough potassium and some blood pressure meds (as you know) make you excrete large amounts of potassium and sometimes taking cal-mag can mess with your potassium levels even more. PLEASE return to taking your normal dose of potassium right away.

I do not believe potassium even sways anyway. The limit of potassium for TTC a girl on the FGD/IGD is 3500 mg and the cutoff for TTC a boy on the FGD/IGD is 4000mg That is the difference between a bowl of strawberries a day. It makes NO sense to me whatsoever that your body would 'decide' to have a girl or a boy on the basis of a single bowl of strawberries!!

I just conceived a baby girl and I too have to take supplemental potassium due to blood pressure and heart arrhythmia so I was 100% for sure getting ample potassium.

Lazy swayer over here too! I am taking the supplements (cranberry, vitamin c, b6, folic acid, acidophilus, vitex, calcium/magnesium, and baby asprin) religiously. I have been taking them for about five months now. I limit sodium and potassium, but I do have pizza once a week, and once a week I have a tomato sauce. I have been bad about cardio, but I am trying to step that up. I drink decaf coffee, and I use a lot I'd artificial sweetener.

When I got pregnant with DD I thought I was swaying hard, but really I wasn't. I did the cranberry, calcium/magnesium supplements, but that was it. I restricted sodium, but I wasn't as diligent with it. I cut out caffeine, and I didn't exercise at all. We ended up Bding the day before and the day after ovulation.

I am hoping it works this time too! I would love to five DD a sister! But if it doesn't, we would love a boy too. My DS is so much fun, I could see myself with another boy too.

I eat all the potassium no-nos almost every day! Lots of tomatoes, mushrooms, zucchini, spaghetti squash... The diet is so much easier to stick to when you don't worry about potassium. I eat a lot of veggies every day and even then still find it hard to go over 3500mg without milk and meat, so don't worry about it! :)

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Originally Posted by Mommasita

Lazy swayer over here too! I am taking the supplements (cranberry, vitamin c, b6, folic acid, acidophilus, vitex, calcium/magnesium, and baby asprin) religiously. I have been taking them for about five months now. I limit sodium and potassium, but I do have pizza once a week, and once a week I have a tomato sauce. I have been bad about cardio, but I am trying to step that up. I drink decaf coffee, and I use a lot I'd artificial sweetener.

When I got pregnant with DD I thought I was swaying hard, but really I wasn't. I did the cranberry, calcium/magnesium supplements, but that was it. I restricted sodium, but I wasn't as diligent with it. I cut out caffeine, and I didn't exercise at all. We ended up Bding the day before and the day after ovulation.

I am hoping it works this time too! I would love to five DD a sister! But if it doesn't, we would love a boy too. My DS is so much fun, I could see myself with another boy too.

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Hi and welcome Mommasita! I have a couple essays you might want to read - there is a case to be made against some of the traditional swaying supplements - they have def. worked for some people (and I'm glad to see they worked for you!!!) but many of us are refugees from failed sways and have been taking closer looks at some of the sway advice that's just been taken for granted for many years.

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/tryi...roversial.html (this is a three part essay, with links in the first essay to the other two. Has the case against calcium swaying and also a bit about sodium as well. We've been getting equally good results if not a bit better, without taking the cal-mag and I just conceived a baby girl on a low calcium diet after 4 sons and one failed sway!!)

Here is the essay aobut cran vs. baby aspirin. Cranberry is pretty rough on the body and there are safer options. http://genderdreaming.com/forum/ttc-...echniques.html

I don't have an essay about this but I was taking 100 mg B6 in my failed sway and one of the major swaying companies (sells diet and supp packages) dropped B6 from their supps because they thought it was contributing to opposites. Since you didn't take it the last time and had a girl, I suggest dropping that. We also tend to avoid Vit. C because nutrients may sway pink when taken by women, and also because Vit. C may increase CM. (more about Vit. C in the cranberry essay above.)

:agree: with folic, acidophilus, vitex, and baby aspirin. You might want to look into pep tea or saw palmetto and you can find those here:
http://genderdreaming.com/forum/ttc-...depth-how.html

Also, you may know this already but it's generally advised to give yourself a break from supps/diet at the 6 month mark to help restore your body's proper electrolyte balance.

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Originally Posted by jjc3434

I agree with AS about the potassium. It is very hard to meet the minimum potassium limit, especially if we are eating 2 meals a day and we are not downing all that milk and dairy like the ig diet. I had to incorporate some banana in my diet and I was researching veggies and zuchinni has a good amount of potassium in it too. I dare to say I even make a lot of tomatoe sauces with sodium free dice tomatoes, mushrooms, and zuchinni. I swear my chest aches when I don't get enough potassium. Please please make sure you are getting enough potassium.

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:agree: Once you realize what low potassium does to you, it becomes pretty easy to notice when you're not getting enough!

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Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush

Hi and welcome Mommasita! I have a couple essays you might want to read - there is a case to be made against some of the traditional swaying supplements - they have def. worked for some people (and I'm glad to see they worked for you!!!) but many of us are refugees from failed sways and have been taking closer looks at some of the sway advice that's just been taken for granted for many years.

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/tryi...roversial.html (this is a three part essay, with links in the first essay to the other two. Has the case against calcium swaying and also a bit about sodium as well. We've been getting equally good results if not a bit better, without taking the cal-mag and I just conceived a baby girl on a low calcium diet after 4 sons and one failed sway!!)

Here is the essay aobut cran vs. baby aspirin. Cranberry is pretty rough on the body and there are safer options. http://genderdreaming.com/forum/ttc-...echniques.html

I don't have an essay about this but I was taking 100 mg B6 in my failed sway and one of the major swaying companies (sells diet and supp packages) dropped B6 from their supps because they thought it was contributing to opposites. Since you didn't take it the last time and had a girl, I suggest dropping that. We also tend to avoid Vit. C because nutrients may sway pink when taken by women, and also because Vit. C may increase CM. (more about Vit. C in the cranberry essay above.)

:agree: with folic, acidophilus, vitex, and baby aspirin. You might want to look into pep tea or saw palmetto and you can find those here:
http://genderdreaming.com/forum/ttc-...depth-how.html

Also, you may know this already but it's generally advised to give yourself a break from supps/diet at the 6 month mark to help restore your body's proper electrolyte balance.

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Thank you for the feedback! I am still nursing my DD (18 months), so I don't feel comfortable taking the Saw Palmetto. I had been drinking the peppermint tea, but stopped when I ran out. I will get back on that! And funny you mention the B6 - I just read about that in one of the forums yesterday so I stopped taking it this morning.

So my next question - is it too late to make these changes when DH and I are planning on TTC this month (I should be ovulating in about 2 weeks)?

Is it really that terrible to take the Baby Asprin and Cranberry together?

And finally, would I benefit from using Replens as well?

Thank you for all of your advice!

does anyone else find thier temp doesn't do anything like it 'should do' thinking of giving up temping as it doesn't seem to actually relate to my cycle at all!
am i doing something wrong?

Yes, I have a HORRIBLE time with temping because I am a bad sleeper and I sleep with my mouth open, and I never see any pattern whatsoever. I have a very regular cycle, just that my temps don't seem to show any pattern at all.

What you may want to try is temping at NIGHT (at the same time every night, make sure you haven't brushed your teeth recently or eaten/drunk anything) and not in the morning. It's not considered as reliable, but for those of us who don't get good morning temps, it may help. Remember tho, you can't compare your morning temps to your evening ones, you have to keep the two sets of temps totally separate and compare them only to themselves (hope that makes sense)

Loving this thread! I can see me fitting right in. As i cant do the "strict" girl diet. My body just wont't let me. I am cutting down on my snacking and taking out meat as much as I can. My hubby is the one who does all the cooking and believes we must eat meat with every meal. With that said, i have decided not to eat meat at lunch and eat a minimal at dinner time. Praying for pink :)