Yes a lot of people are having that challenge - how can I help?
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Yes a lot of people are having that challenge - how can I help?
Thank you atomic I think it's more me just being focused, I dobt know if you remember but after not falling lsst time you mentioned about just doing the diet for a month before is that still ok to do that or should I try doing it for longer?
While we have best results with diet 12 weeks or more, a lot of people start off with 6 weeks because they may not even get pregnant that first month on diet. It's your call to make - def. more pink friendly with 6 weeks or more on diet.
Hi Atomic I starting to concentrate a little bit more on the diet would you mind if I asked a question I wasnt too sure on.........so from my understanding it's best to keep blood sugar levels low, if I was to it eat a chocolate, cake, ice cream etc would it be best to eat it instead of a meal for eg lunch as I know they cause levels to spike and then drop, would it be better to eat straight after a meal so that you arent snacking but then I worry that if I had sugar with a low protein and carb meal it would keep my levels high?
You can have sugar either with a meal or as a meal. (but only if you don't have PCOS, more than 30-50 lbs to spare, insulin resistance, or some other reason to believe your body isn't good at lowering its blood sugar after eating sugar)
Don't worry about having cake with a meal, that is totally fine
Ok thank you
Can you do the pcos diet even if you dont gave pcos or 30-50lbs to spare or would you not advise it unless you have to?
Yes absolutely, I would actually prefer to see everyone on it, but it's harder for many people to stick with. If you can do it without losing too much weight, go for it!
Ok I might give that ok, so would you advise against sugar and am I still ok to have a small amount of white carbs
The alternate diet is meant to be done with no sugar and no white carbs. But that having been said, if you're doing it for other reasons than moderate to severe PCOS or 30-50 lbs to spare, you can usually get away with small amounts of sugar and white carbs. Also, since white rice and particularly pasta is generally well tolerated (unlike white flour and sugar) many people without severe PCO can handle white rice and pasta as well.
Hello, I hope you are all well......dh has started drinking an espresso every morning with a drop of milk, will that affect our ssay at all? Also we purchased a hot tub and he goes in iy most evenings I'm just wondering if that will make things harder to conceive so I'm wondering whether he should not use it whilst we are trying?
Thank you
Those things should only help a pink sway, but yes, you're right in that too much hot tub action can kill off sperm. I would use it very sparingly till u get that BFP!
Ok thank you we are due to start trying agaun the end of this month, so do you think I should let him use it this month and see what happens in case it actually helps our sway and if we don't conceive then stop using it xx
That's your call to make, though you've been at this for a while now so my gut is for you to skip the things that aren't really proven.
Well we actually haven't been trying since last December, we was due to start again March time but due to the pandamic we put it on hold so now hoping to start trying again.
Oh I gotcha, ok well in that case follow your gut instinct!
Thanks atomic x
Can I just check, are we able to bd and use protection throughout the cycle and then just have 1 attempt at pos opk?
Yes
Dh and I have started to drink a starbucks chilled espresso every morning, sometimes the caramel one sometimes just a regular espresso should I be drinking the regular one which has sugar or the no added sugar one, it's the only thing I have until lunch time?
I would stick to the sugar free one, if you're not having it with a meal.
So if I only had lunch and dinner (2 meals) could i include the cofee with sugar as a meal? Or best to still just have the sugar free one?
Yes, you absolutely could count it as a meal.
Thank you as always atomic for taking the time to reply
Can I ask if caffeine has any affect on the sperm, I know for dw coffee sways pink, I have tried to find info on coffee for dh but cant seem to find anything on this site about men drinking coffee, I know the old way of thinking was that men that dribk coffee produce more Male sperm but I'm not sure if that's still the case or has been debunked?
Sorry not to worry I have just found an artical where you say cafferine doesn't sway blue
I have seen NO reliable evidence that caffeine sways blue and plenty of evidence that indicates it may sway pink.
It was never that men who drink coffee make more male sperm, but more that the sperm swim faster which supposedly favors the Y sperm. But this is based on the notion that Y sperm swim faster, which has been debunked. It's also been proven that the fastest sperm that reach the egg immediately die upon getting there, for reasons we do not understand at all.
Ok great thank you, I'll get him to continue drinking double espresso, if only I could get him put jogging I would feel much happier but unfortunately he just doesnt have the time at the mthe moment he has even cancelled his gym membership
Dh has been using hottubs a lot lately which I'm guessing may actually help a little, but would it be ok for me to join him or is there a risk that the chlorine could interfere with me?
Yes that should sway pink for him.
Some have suggested that hot tubs could affect pH - but the thing is, pH has not even worked for us at all so I think it is fine.
Do be aware though that hot tubs too often can cut odds of conception to nothing by killing off a man's sperm, and additionally you should not do a hot tub when pregnant.
Oh ok thank you, I'll let him do it this month and if we dont conceive then maybe ill get him to drop it next month.
Thank you
I'm due to ovulate around the 30th of Aug so should get a pos opk 27th/28th so my plan is to let him sit in the hot tub as he has been doing that most evenings anyway but I'll will also give him a few drinks and we will have our 1 attempt that night, I was thinking of getting him to release on his own a few hours before but I know you said frequency doesnt sway too much is that still the case or should I still give it a go? I wont be using any replens or rephresh as I know you said that doesnt help a sway
Hi ya, I found something interesting in my notes last night from my last pregnancy/birth, when my ds was born I had ketones show up in my urine and also he was born a low birth weight with low sugar levels could that mean that I have a naturally high sugar level. I'm due to have my attempt in 2 weeks I'm wondering if that's something I need to think about?
Also, sorry atomic I know I always have a ton of questions if I did decide to jump in the hot tub before pur attempt would it be worth adding rephresh an hour before or is there not really much point or should 8 just be on the safe side and avoid the hot tub altogether and just let dh go in?
You've been at this a while now Sassy and I think it's time to drop things like having a release and dumping it before the attempt. I think that coupled wit the hot tub would very likely yield NO chance of conceiving.Quote:
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No it isn't and that finding is very common in pregnancy.Quote:
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I think that adding jellies at this point would seriously cut your odds of conception.Quote:
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Thank you for your replies, that's good to know about the sugar levels ��, ah we only tried once before xmas amd I think I ovulated late and actually stopped trying due to covid but decided to just go ahead and try this month as we still dont know how long this will be going on for. So as its only our second go at trying would ypu try using frequent release and rephresh this month and if it doenst work then droo it next month or would you just drop them altogether, this is definitely my last baby so I want to give it my best shot
My apologies I have just re read over some old posts amd noticed that you have said you have moved away from the rephresh as it isnt helping
It's your call to make. I don't believe in FR and RepHresh any more as they cut odds of conception and don't work, so it's easy for me to consider not using them, but I understand that a lot of people want to give them a go before giving up on them. Totally at your discretion