I just love this thread so much! Thank you ladies for taking the time to do this, I check everyday to see if there are any new posts!!
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I just love this thread so much! Thank you ladies for taking the time to do this, I check everyday to see if there are any new posts!!
I have four:babym: and i had lots of orgasms around ovulation for all four and ate really healthy balanced diet hth:-)
I ate anything I wanted but most of it healthy. I was a big taco ell fan a few months before and then I ate a load of cafeteria food which never was good for you. Lots of turkey sandwiches with avocado and mayo and tomatoes. I ate an avocado or two a week maybe more. With a spoon and salt haha! Breakfast burritos with eggs and sausage nearly 5 days a week. I love tomatoes. Eat them raw on everything tomatoes can go on. I never eat white anything. not a big sugar eater. but i ate icecream and chocolate. high fat sugary things. big appetite. I've always made food a priority $ wise. I was probably 30# heavier which included a lot of new muscle from a grunt job I had. Lifting boxes and running with them for 8 hours. I was the only girl on the team. Ive never been a eed meat lover of any kind but i eat it when its offered or my ex wanted it. so nearly every day. Drank and smoked though. (Ive quit now for 6 years)
I just started swaying pink. It goes against every fiber of me but I'm committed. I see tomatoes and avocados and big glasses of kale and spinach juice and miss it. I need to make some hummus today.. Without salt:/
DH were eating a large serving of red meat with potato's and big serve of veggies every day! DH loves anything packed with cals for beverages and it addiceted to V's at the time of 2, heaps of strong coffee, loved B vitamin barocca drink every day! Honestly not big on salt but love take out once a week and probably ate all lot of canned goodies fruits and so forth. Pretty un healthy hah! Oh I am personally allergic to any white meat so no fish or chicken either and can't eat 90% of the fruits :( As the acidic builts up and I get ulsers and ther are down right painful!!! Yay me! I tried the IG diet with ds2 and couldn't stick to it! pasta and milk was all I could eat! :( I was starving for something with nutrience and would binge every few days because I felt like passing out! Ohh and DH loves soy sauce a lot and chilli!! Bedding was prety much O day, except for ds2 was a 3 day cut off and angel baby a 5 day! I have always had lots of ewcm around O!
With my first son and second son I basically ate whatever I wanted and that included lots of meat, pizza, fast food, etc. I also love cereal with milk and would have that almost every morning for breakfast and also alot of times for "dessert". I have PCOS so do not have a normal cycle and get EWCM often, I think because of too much estrogen. I had to take clomid to ovulate with them both. With number 3 I was trying to lose weight and eat healthier but that included eating often and lots of produce and still plenty of meat. I was taking lots of supplements and had just bought a vitamix so had plenty of green smoothies, etc. Oh, also, almost always had Big O
I posted in this thread before about what I did generally to inadvertently sway blue, but I recently stumbled on my food diary of exactly what I was eating and what supps I was taking when we were TTC #2.
I was on a diet to treat Adrenal Fatigue which is almost exactly the same as the HE diet Atomic recommends. I had to eat within 30 minutes of waking up, then every 2 hours until 2pm, then two more meals before going to bed early and getting 10-12 hours of sleep.
Here's a sample day-
Breakfast: 2 eggs scrambled in butter or coconut oil
Lunch: A huge salad with leaf lettuce, tomatoes, bell peppers, Parmesan cheese, with Olive Oil and vinegar applied very liberally as the dressing, Organic V8-type drink
Afternoon Snack: More tomatoes and bell peppers, zucchini dipped in hummus
Dinner: Soft shell taco with brown rice, beans, ground beef, and cheddar cheese
Bedtime Snack: A full cup of plain whole milk yogurt with a tsp of maple syrup in it.
I was drinking tons and tons of water straight from our well, very high in minerals. I often added lemon juice or ACV to it because I liked the taste.
Supplements:
1 tsp sea salt in 8oz water twice a day
Prenatal vitamin - New Chapter Perfect Prenatal whole foods organic vitamins
Cod liver oil
B-vitamin complex
Hema-Plex (Iron supp with tons of extra B-vits)
B-12 megadose
Folic Acid (daily total was 4000-5000mcg when we conceived)
Vit E megadose
Mag/Cal/D (200% RDA Mag, 40% RDA Cal, 50% RDA Vit D)
This is just what I did at the time. Atomic doesn't recommend the megadoses of vitamins and I really don't think most people need them. I was in a unique situation health-wise and they helped me, but I probably could have taken way less and still gotten a boy.
When i conceived my boys i was always eating and snacking a lot. Could eat all day, was addicted to dairy (no milk, yoghurt 1,5% fat with cereals, yummie!)
I think my bloodsugar never dropped because then i felt cranky and ate something. I think i was addicted to carbs, LOL.
We bd twice a week i think.
Few caffeinated drinks, drank herbal tea, water and fruit juice.
Loved to drink wine, but was bf-ing my first while conceiving my ds2. Lost almost all the pregnancy weight by then but my bmi was around 25.
I excersiced moderately, horse riding 1-3 times a week with my first, no exercise with my second. Cycling 20 minutes four times a week to and from the railway station (not as an exercise) with both my boys.
Without exercising and with a little overweight i was still masculine, have quite a lot of body hair (not really too much but i can use some less IYKWIM) and i get pimples real soon (although i think that was because of my eating habits which off course could have raised testosterone). I ate meet twice a day (on whole wheat bread and during diner), never had a vegetarian day and i looooovvveeee eggs!
So GL keeping your bloodsugar stable and raising T, i'll bet that's the key for conceiving blue!
Hi girls, I'm new here, I've been reading you for some days and I think this site is awesome! I have two boys and now I no longer wonder why! I'm always eating, always snacking. I'm from Spain and we have a pretty healthy diet there. I always have breakfast with LOTS of cereal, sometimes I have them for dinner too. I usually drink two coffees a day, always put quite salt while cooking... I don't do any exercise...
I must add that I have PCOS, which I found out while ttc ds1. It took me 10 months to get pg, so the last two or three months we bd everyday around O. And for ds2 it was pretty much the same: same diet, same difficulties to get pg...
I can't think of anything else, if I do I'll let you know girls! And sorry for my English :worry:
Just thought I'd add my inadvertent boy "sway" in to the rest. Reading all the girl mom's lifestyles has been so helpful for me, so I'm happy to contribute to this fabulous forum in anyway I can.
I'm a fairly lean/petite build. I've always been pretty fortunate to be able to eat whatever I want and not gain a significant amount of weight and for most of my life I have done just that. I do eat (when not on my girls sway!) my fair share of unhealthy snacks, but for the most part I eat a fairly well balanced, healthy diet that is high in "good' calories. I had carefully planned conception (w/o swaying) of my son several months in advance, so I spent the months preceding his conception being as healthy as I could. My lifestyle was as follows:
Diet:
6 small meals a day (averaged 1800 to 2500 cals),
breakfast was usually egg whites and toast, 2 of the other meals usually contained cheese and/or protein bars, and then a large dinner w/ some kind of meat,seafood, and potato . We ate a lot of fortified grains including pasta noodles that were extra fortified, brown rice, quinoa, etc. My diet was extremely high in protein, pottassium, and sodium. I also drank A LOT of wine.
Exercise:
I exercised 3 to 4 times a week. about 30 min of cardio followed by 30 min of weight training.
Supplements:
I began taking folic acid w/ DHA 3 months prior to conception
Attempts:
We used Preseed, with no history of infertility. I am just a planner (typical boy mom!) and wanted to get preggo as fast as possible! - It seemed to work because I got pregnant our first month trying.
We planned a weekend away around my expected Ovulation and I O'd as planned. We BDed on o-3, 0-2, 0-1, O, and O+1, BIG O for me every time.
When I read this I realize that its no wonder I had a boy!
Hope this is helpful to some of you! Hope you get your baby Boys!
Hi guys,
I'm so amazed at all of the boy stories. I totally ooze "boy". I have 2 x DS's:
DS1: We had been married for about 3 months. I had lost a lot of weight for the wedding (BMI 18), but had started to gain over our 2 month honeymoon (up to BMI 21). Was under a lot of stress after a close family member had died. Always O'd. Was on the OCP, but forgot to take it twice due to stressful circumstance. Always very healthy diet. Lots of supps, moderate exercise - 3 days per week. Subtly competitive. I'm a natural worry wart. LOVE salt. Drank no coffee or caffeine, but am a herbal tea fanatic. Very sensitive to carbs. Always on a high protein diet. Completely avoided fizzy drinks, artificial sweeteners. Ate tonnes of veges, legumes, nuts, seeds, omega-3 oils.
DS-2 After gaining a ridiculous amount of weight with DS1, lost a heap of it on a high protein diet, was running 1 hr everyday, too lots of supps, green powders, was in a managerial role at work. Hate being hungry, always snacking on savoury health foods.
Other things, lots of boys in DH family. He's one of four boys, his sister has all boys, his brothers have boys and cousins are all boys. My Mother had 3 brothers. DH is super competitive, wears boxers, eats lots of meat and is on a computer 24/7
I'm naturally stocky, always working hard to keep weight down. Comfort eater when I'm stressed. Always EWCM++. Need lots of sleep. Always in bed by 10.
This is an awesome thread. Getting great ideas of what not to do to get a DD :-)
Wow this could be my life too! Very similar on almost everything!! Good luck hon.Quote:
Originally Posted by sunnygirl
Hi ladies! I have one son already and another one is due this week! How I got them? Ds1: young, active, healthy food, no junk food, no take away, potatoes, meet, lots o
f tea, breakfast, salads, sex every day through o,planned pregnancy, both me and ex bf smoked, no alcohol.no stress, conceived in april. He is from a very boy heavy family. Ds2: a very healthy life style, but both me and dh are coffee addicts and use lots of salt, meet, breakfast, salads, bd everyday before and through o 5 times, planned pregnancy, no stress, just moved to a sea side towrn from london, conceived in summer, gained two kg because we were very happy and relaxed, no alcohol, lots of chinese. dh doesnt smoke. There you go, I didnt sway both times, didnt know what is swaying, next time going to sway pink! Blue dust to all who wish blue!
Hello, just thought i'd add to this thread. I also have 2 perfect boys who make my life worth living! I am a natural born boy swayer without trying. I am slim but have always eaten whatever i want. I enjoy savoury more than sweet foods and eat very little and often throughout the day. I'm not the biggest fan of red meat but started eating alot more of it since being married for some reason. I'm quite healthy by nature, do not like junk food, eat loads of fruits and vegetable with or after meals, drink orange juice, was having cereal or some form of breakfast during the time both DSs were conceived. DTD on O day or just after and O'd both times. Never use lube. Snack on foods right up until before it's time to sleep. Never use sweetners, always sugar. Love salt. Drink red wine especially as it has been my favourite. Am a natural born worrier, and very hormonal (ups and downs). I am a perfectionist, a pessimist and very organised by nature. I stress myself out over the little stuff. I don't excersie that much as i dont feel the need to but do light workouts from time to time. That's about it....quite typically textbook boy stuff i'd say!
Here comes my contribution:)
DS1: started to ear loads if red meat after I got married. Had yoghurt or cereal for breakfast. Mackrell on slice for lunch. Loved fat fish and took fishoil. It took me some time to get PG so I took B-vitamins and used cough syrup. Always big O when TTC, read simewhere it helpes get PG fast. Gained some weight after getting married. Excersie 2-3 times a week, cardio mostly. Dis not drink much coffe, but tea. BD often, every second day.
DS2: PG first month trying. Lost weight by breastfeeding DS1, weaned him off before TTC. Still same eating habits. Sødo lot of fresh fruit, not vegetables. Lots of dairy, was always drinking mill. Never liked soda or fizxy drinks
Hi Ladies, I only have one DS (ttc pink in the next few months) but thought I would add what I can remember from when I conceived DS.
About 6mths before conceiving him I had been quite ill and had operation so lost a lot of weight then (was at my lowest adult weight about bmi 20.5) but then after feeling well again after op I enjoyed being able to eat whatever I wanted and gained a lot of weight quite quickly lol...up to about bmi 25.5)
I never like eating breakfast much (this is easiest bit for me of ttc pink) but I used to force myself to eat a mullerlight mid-morning so I didn't get starving later on. Snacked a lot (crisps, sweets, tc), had big dinners with protein carbs and quite often a high fat sauce, with only few veggies.
sorry forgot to add although I didn't do OPK or really notice CM or anything my cycles were really regular at the time and I guessed at ovulation just from what CD I was on, and we BD 3-4days in a row around O, and I am sure at least 2 of those attempts I did not get up afterwards and slept with pillow under hips all night after BD....also I don't tend to have big O during BD but usually have O before BDing (sorry tmi)....sending everyone who would like blue all my blue dust!!....HTH
Hello,
Chiming in here as feel I should pay it forward - everyone is so helpful here!
I have 2 DS and one loss which was confirmed boy also.
Circumstances for all three have been quite different. Start by saying DH is one of 3 boys fwiw
DS1: just finished marathon training, so less running (1-2 pw), regular 2+/week yoga & competitive sport, Bodypump (weights) 2-3 pw. I was muscly and fit and lean! Rode to work every day (short 5km each way - did so until I was 31 weeks pregnant!)
Though it was a long time ago I remember eating breakfast every day (often multigrain toast topped with avocado and tomato, yoghurt and muesli); lunch was often leftovers or pasta with tuna / egg / beans and plenty of fresh veggies. I would snack on carrots, apples and almonds/seeds frequently through the day. Coffee as frequent pick-me-up. Ate lots of pasta (bacon and veg sauces, bolognese) and stirfries with meat, curries etc. Was trying a low GI approach to eating (and felt fantastic!) - involved frequent meals.
Highly stressful, competitive year: - competing for (and got!) long coveted promotion at work, studying as well as working, additional specialist training all just prior to conception.
Unsure about timing - plentiful EWCM, def big O during BD (always back in the day, sigh! ;p)
DS2: much less active - though had lost plenty of weight with DS1, and was realistically gaining steadily while weaning DS1 (though still petite). Incidental activity only. Walking daily, and baby wearing frequently (very muscly)
As DS1 was slow-gainer / failure to thrive our entire house was on a high healthy fat and high protein diet. Ate meat / veg protein sources most meals, plenty of cream, butter, oils added to wide variety of foods. Snacking every few hours.
Timed around O, again plenty EWCM, daily BD. Took a few months to conceive where DS1 was first time lucky.
DS3: was an oopsie, diet was clean eating, Weston Price style (meat / bone broths most days, eggs daily, soaked nuts, plenty of lard, coconut oil etc) ... Still no formal exercise, selling house, just interviewed and accepted new job (increased stress / competition), weight stable, less EWCM than usual, BD 2 - 3 days before O. He screened high risk at 1st trimester and MC after CVS.
I really believe my snacking (go the nut butters / seeds!), high fat/protein diet, general ambivalence to sweet foods along with competitive / project focused life has helped create our beautiful boy family. The pattern of exercise I am sure helped too. Good luck ladies!
Hi ladies, thought I would share how DH and I conceived our son. I was doing a basic IG pink sway, I was taking calcium and magnesium, pregnancy vitamins (which I think helped us get our beautiful little man). I was eating lots of yoghurt as I don't like milk. I was eating a lot of fruit and dried fruit. We BD'd the day before I got a positive ovulation test so had roughly a 2/3 day cutoff. We used Preseed (Another thing I think really swayed blue). It was winter so I had put on some winter weight and wasn't doing any exercise.
Hope this helps. Goodluck :)
Thought as I have spent many hours looking at ttc girl posts I should add how I concived my boy. It was on our honeymoon I had lost abit of weight before but always been slim so didn't have much to lose then ate whatever I wanted on hooks and after a few days of being on our honeymoon the condom split tmi!!!! Diet was pretty much everything I snack throughout the day but on fruit yoghurt etc not unhealthy food however always loved chocolate, always eat cereal or toast for breakfast, was eating a banana every day and was exercising 3 times a week, have the type of body that could get a six pack and looked quite tonned rather than skinny BMW was 18 when I feel pg, Dtd every 3 days roughly, and concieved my boy on day 11 of 28 day cycle. Good luck everyone I'm hoping for a girl so hope you all get your boys! Little boys are lovely :):)
Hi Ladies,
Thought I would add my two cent here too..since I can't seem to produce any girls. Boy three (failed sway) on the way in July.
DS1 conceived June 2009- jogged twice a week. Have been the same weight roughly since university. Ate breakfast every day...be it oats with fresh fruit or freshly squeezed fruit or vegetable juice. Home made veg soup and rye or wholemeal bread for lunch and dinner would be meat/ chicken or fish with a carb and veggies. Very much 3 meal a day with a fruit snack in between meals. DH wears boxers, also jogged once or twice a week and would have eaten two main meals a day with meat probably and always breakfast and oh a banana every day. DS was conceived bd every second day from CD 10 through to CD 18....classic boy timing apparently. I would also have been taking spiralina and probiotics and maybe also an omega oil supplement and DH would have been taking a zinc/ vit c supplement. DH has also maintained same weight since university.
DS 2 conceived also early June 2011- exercise would have been tennis once a week and jogging once a week. DH same. Diet same as above (had no idea about swaying of that diet influences). Timing was also same..every second day over fertile period. Always had ewcm. We enjoy a few drinks on a fri and sat night but other than that no alcohol and DH enjoys the odd cigarette with his beer or glass of wine. My weight was probably a kilo or two away from weight pre kids.
DS 3- conceived oct 2012. Doing LE diet since July and IG diet since March. As of july stopped jogging but continued pilates once a week. Got down to pre pregnancy weight in 2009 of 47 kilos. DH reduced meat intake and took LR and cranberry and cal/ mag. But continued wearing boxers and did little exercise due to a knee injury. We did fr for 6 days before first attempt and then bd every night through o. Was sure this was a girl, but no another boy. Also worth noting I didn't fill anyone apart form DH about my swaying but then was home with my family in oct and filled in my mum and sister and my mum did say that whatever I was doing I looked awful, so I definitely changed things but obviously between DHs sperm and me we are destined to just create boys!
Sending you girls all my blue dust! The very best of luck and I hope you get your boys.
I love the girl version of this (i am swaying for pink) but I thought I would add how I got my two awesome little boys. Both my boys were conceived in winter. At the time I was gaining weight and eating lots of holiday meals. I was not working out and we were BD every single day leading up to O, during O and after O! Diet was lots of meat, potatoes, etc and I always ate a big breakfast. I was drinking lots of coffee throughout the day and was drinking beer in the evenings. I was taking folic acid and prenatals. My husband was also gaining weight during these times and he was not on any vitamins.
Before I add how I got my boys I just wondered
You know how there are stats about how many of one gender you have making it more likely or less likely to get the same etc. Well when counting the 'coin flips', do you include step children or just yours and your partners children? DP had 6 sons to three different Women and the last three are ours. Also I have 3 sons but in terms of swaying I suppose it would be right to say I technically have 2 since the twins are identical cos the egg splits after conception
I swayed for a boy unintentionally with my DS. I ate a lot of protein and a lot of salty foods. I always ate breakfast. Drank a lot of fizzy drink and snacked quite often. Wasn't overweight, but was at my heaviest I've been for a while. Took prenatal vitamins and folic acid. BD every second day and always had a lot of CM.
I love this thread and since reading a lot of the girl post I figured I'd add how I got my boys.
DS1 was a honeymoon baby. I always have been a healthy eater and almost snacking having 3-5 small meals a day consisting of protein, fruit, yogurt and veggies. We didn't sway with him and I was shocked that I had gotten pregnant so quick. I am also a huge stresser by nature. I had started to gain weight also right after getting married after being strict for so long. Would always O before or during DTD. Took prenatal vitamins 3 months before getting pregnant.
DS2 due in August was a surprise though we were trying for 6 months for him but period had been all crazy and I was stressing from this. I ate the same (very paelo diet) and was exercising 3-4x a week running/walking 1+ hour. Took prenatal vitamins before conceiving (almost never stopped after DS1). Also always ate breakfast with both DS1 and DS2.
I didn't know about swaying until after finding out DS2 was a boy and we will try once more for a DD.
Good luck to everyone wishing for a boy! They are amazing.
Well, here's the thing. While I don't think coin flips are good analogies to gender ratio, that's not really how coin flips would work anyway. IF (big if) gender DID work like a coin flip, your odds of having another boy don't change at all even if you have had 10 in a row. It would still be a 50-50 chance.Quote:
Originally Posted by 1+2+3boys
Now in the real world, if you were watching someone flip a coin 10 times in a row, then 20, then 30, and it kept coming up heads every time, at some point you would be sensible to begin to bet on tails. Not because the odds themselves change from 50-50, but because the likelihood that you would have such a long chain in a row is so unlikely. It's not that the odds of 50-50 ever really change, but it's that the odds of 10 in a row are low. I just want you to understand that IF the coin flip analogy is true, your odds of a girl after 6 boys are still going to be 50-50. The overall odds of Joe and Jo-jo Blow, random citizens, having 6 kids that are all boys, is NOT 50-50, but that doesn't change YOUR odds.
NOW, if it's not a coin flip, then YES, your odds may very well change over time even if you do nothing. If you look at the Duggars, they had a long run of boys and then a long run of girls (more than most people have children at all) without swaying. Their biology just changed. And I promise, if we kept having kids, we'd eventually get opposites as well without swaying, just look at this family OMG Meet The Arndt Family (2010) - FamTeam.com The reason we sway is that most of us don't want to have to "Duggar it out", we want that opposite NOW!!
Love the pink thread on this and now sharing my blue story! Have 2DS and did not sway for either of them. I love salt and soy sauce (my mom was always nagging me about using soy sauce to season my meals), meat (all meats and deli meats - what's a meal without meat?!), potatoes, chocolate and pastries and pasta. I almost always eat breakfast and eat full meals each day. Love all my veggies too, the greener the better (that sways blue?). Enjoyed the occasional microwaveable meals too. Snacked often throughout the day, even at night. Loved having fresh lemon squeezed into my water! With DS1, we BD once or twice right when we got O peak on my fertility monitor and with DS2, he was sort of an unofficial try on New Year's night, hahah, so no clue when I O'd. I just told hubby to go for it since we were planning on having another soon anyway. Oh, also usually have good amount of EWCM, didn't really exercise much (tried occasionally) but have good muscle mass in general. Hope this helps anyone who wants to sway for boys.
Hi ladies can you talk about your cm
I am a mother of 4 girls and never never has EWCM
Always creamy and thick
Thank you
coffee, i've have aways had ewcm near my O time but some months less when i was sick or not eating as well. wish i could tell you more.
I have had ewcm around over. ovulation. The boy diet and supps will help with that.Quote:
Originally Posted by coffee
Coffee, I always had EWCM, used to have a lot esp around o
Hi all - I'm new here and just spent a day reading how you got your girls so its only fair that I share what I was doing when I conceived my gorgeous DS. I only heard about swaying very recently and I cannot believe how I have a naturally "boy" diet and lifestyle, I thought it was all down to DH having more boy sperm LOL!
I work in a highly pressurised job with long hours and stress but its the only way I perform at work, I can't be bored, I need a certain amount of stress and lots of things to do. So that is the work context. I'm not necessarily competitive with others but I am with myself and very driven. At the time I was going to the gym 5 times a week - Monday, Tuesday and Thursday was cardio, weights and core work, Wednesday was yoga and Saturday was a hardcore Pilates class. During the week I was at the gym at 630am and at work by 845. I continued this through pregnancy only cutting down when 30 weeks PG and switching to pregnancy yoga instead of normal yoga and Pilates. Still going 4 times a week though (giving birth was very easy because of this but that's another story). I have to do the weights program due to my ongoing RSI issue but I enjoy working out anyway.
At the time of conception, it was December, so winter in the UK, and the weekend before xmas so lots of Xmas parties. I had DH on a BD schedule to maximise sperm count, I was using temps and OPK to chart O. I had a pos OPK on the Monday (it was neg on Sunday and Tuesday) and we had BD Thursday night, Saturday morning, Sunday afternoon and Monday night. I didn't feel like it after that and I didn't have much EWCM, I felt for some on Monday and there was some but not as much as previous months so I was annoyed with that and even more annoyed on the Wednesday when I had LOADS of it and at that point my DH had left for South Africa!! I thought another failed month (this was our third month of timing it right the only difference being BDing after a day and a half to allow max sperm count instead of every day).
Diet wise I've never been on a weight loss diet. I eat healthily and what I want, when I want. Lots of protein, fruit, veg, no white carbs, they have to be wholemeal. More of a savoury than sweet person although at the weekend I do sometimes have dessert. I would have Special K cereal with organic whole milk for breakfast (I head read that whole milk helps fertility), fruit for mid morning snack, lunch would be sushi, or a salad wrap, or a brown toasted sandwich with tuna. Dinner would be cous cous or brown rice with chicken or fish and heaps of veg. I've never been one to add salt to food so that's an odd one and not a regular red meat eater, maybe a few times a month but good quality non fatty meat, I love steak and lamb. I would snack on nuts, yoghurt, fruit. People would bring chocolates and cakes into work and yes I could be very tempted and I did indulge!! I had been married for 2 years so wasn't watching my weight and had steadily piled on the pounds although not overweight, a UK size 12. Before meeting my husband I was working out for 2 hours a day and clubbing all weekend so I was a size 8 and too thin so I guess I just put the weight on naturally and looked a bit more "normal". For the first 2 weeks of my cycle I was taking green tea supplements (i read that they made the egg more "viable") and evening primrose oil, after O I took vitamin E (to help with EWCM). I always took folic acid. I gave DH green tea and zinc supplements every day (as I thought it would make speed healthier).
We both drink more than we should, probably around 30 units a week each but not every day. We are weekend drinkers although at this point in time it was party season so we were drinking every day.
I really hope this helps you DS seekers.
Reading how you guys got your DDs I wish I had known about swaying before as it seems much more difficult (for me) to conceive a girl, I could have tried the first time and if it had failed it would have been ok as I would have thought "next time", really only want one of each. But at the end of the day it's a healthy baby that you want and when I decide to get PG again as soon as I'm holding that baby in my arms I won't care what it is.
Blue dust to you all!!
Also we would always finish BD in missionary, I would always O, and I would stick my legs in the air for 10 min after, then put a pillow under my hips and go to sleep. Sorry if TMI
Hello, I'm new here but have spent a day reading as much as I can about girl swaying! I have 2 beautiful boys and after reading so much about the girl diet I can definitely see how I was favouring boys!
Ds2 was planned and I know I was eating loads of meat. I was kind of doing Atkins - lots of ham, bacon, steaks, eggs, etc. no carbs! I drank lots of coffee, and always salt everything an obscene amount!! I will definitely be cutting that out when it comes to ttc. I know I conceived ds2 either the day of ov or the day before.
Ds1 wasn't planned, but pretty much the same diet. More alcohol maybe. He wasn't planned but I did know my cycles and he was actually conceived about or 5 days days before ov!
Both were conceived by the only bd that cycle!
From what i can gather I think diet has a huge part to play in swaying, so this has given me a good idea of what to change for next time :-)
Since I had ANOTHER boy I decided to edit this post and add a few more things.
I was a vegetarian when I conceived all three of my boys. My daily diet for number 1 & 2 usually was:
-A bowl of cereal with full fat milk each morning (or an egg and cheese sandwich) I ALWAYS ate breakfast!
-a mexican type dish for lunch (usually a rice, bean, cheese, and sour cream goulash)
-a HUGE salad with lettuce, loads of chipotle sauce, shredded cheese, grilled corn, and guac for snack
-ramen noodles with butter, salt, pepper, and parmesian cheese for dinner
-and usually a bowl of ice cream and a bag of extra butter popcorn before bed
I always took vitamins or prenatals (at times megadose vitamins—B12, B6, and folate)
I was running when I conceived my DS1 and salsa/belly dancing when I conceived DS2- about 3-5 days out of the week
I usually drank either V8 or some sort of 100% fruit juice and whole fat milk. Ooh, and I always used milk to make hot cocoa-had that almost daily.
With my GD failed sway DS3 I was eating noodles with butter and parmesan cheese (that is it!). I stopped monitoring how much fat and protein I was getting so I'm sure I slowly crept up on the fat.
I always have tons of EWCM and all my boys I conceived the first month trying.
I've always been underweight, so with DS1 and DS2 I tried gaining weight. I went up 6lbs each time (from 109lbs-17.07bmi to 115lbs.-18.01bmi) With DS3 I didn't gain, but I maintained 108lbs (16.91bmi). I have been as low as 100lbs(15.66bmi) and was still ovulating so I must have something about me that wants to continue to procreate...even at a terribly low weight.
Thought I'd go ahead and add to this I have one DS and another on the way...
Took prenatals with both months before ttc. Ate lots of fast food. Drank quite a bit socially. I did only eat chicken though no red meat. Huge huge coffee lover. Not much exercise, very overweight. With this one I had been dieting hardcore lost 20 pounds got pregnant and then miscarried. I gained back 10 pounds and resumed my old eating patterns became pregnant again 4 months later.
Loved to late night snack. I didn't eat a ton of breakfast though and the coffee always seemed to make my blood sugar funky.
DH is a healthy eater. Loves garlic, takes quite a few supps for health fish oil, red yeast, and a multivitamin. He lost 20 pounds and was exercising a lot before this baby. He loves whiskey but doesn't over indulge.
Oh and when were trying to concieve we BD every other day usually missionary.
Hiya, what if there is no EWCM (never really had any sorry forQuote:
Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush
TMI)? Do I try using the pre seed or still no attempt? What's best for making my body produce EWCM? Thank you
Fish oil, grapefruit juice, foreplay, robitussin are all things you can try for more ewcm. But if none of that works preseed is the way to go.Quote:
Originally Posted by mandie*wantsaboy*
I have two ds. With my first I had no idea when I ov. we were just DTD every day for 10 days straight and bam, I was pregnant with ds #1. With ds #2 we DTD o-4, o-3, o-2,o-1. With both boys I took multivitamins every day without fail, ate breakfast every morning, usually a bowl of cereal and yogurt. I had a very low sodium diet and never drank milk, hate the stuff. I was somewhat of a couch potato, I ate fairly healthy, lots of fruits esp.