TTC BOY in a few days! Please help with my questions if you can!

Hi Ladies! My husband and I are going to try for a boy in a few days and I am wanting some advice from each of you about what to do. We have one beautiful daughter already (no sway - just having fun and surprise!) so this will be our only shot at a boy (only planning to have 2 ;)).

Here are my questions...The baking soda drink is to raise my PH, correct? If so, when should I start that and how much should I be drinking each day? Anything else I can do in a week to try to raise CM PH? I have to admit that I really am not sure of my PH - hubby is between 8-9 every time though. One more thought - baking soda baths leading up to BD - good idea or not? I am not going to do the BS douche or finger - want to try to be as natural as possible and we have been trying to boy diet as much as we can.

I bought some preseed at Target today. Should we use that to help sway boy? I usually do get some EWCM but not a ton however the past month I have been drinking a cup of green tea each day and also taking one fish oil and one EPO each day so maybe that will help create more this month?

I will be using Clearblue Easy and Target Brand OPK's - planning to time BD as close to OV as possible and will also be temping. All of this is so overwhelming but I really would love to have a boy. If I am missing any easy sway things that we could add in, please do share! I am just ending AF so will be TTC in about 1.5 weeks! Thanks so much! :nails:

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Originally Posted by onthepond

Hi Ladies! My husband and I are going to try for a boy in a few days and I am wanting some advice from each of you about what to do. We have one beautiful daughter already (no sway - just having fun and surprise!) so this will be our only shot at a boy (only planning to have 2 ;)).

Here are my questions...The baking soda drink is to raise my PH, correct? If so, when should I start that and how much should I be drinking each day? Anything else I can do in a week to try to raise CM PH? I have to admit that I really am not sure of my PH - hubby is between 8-9 every time though. One more thought - baking soda baths leading up to BD - good idea or not? I am not going to do the BS douche or finger - want to try to be as natural as possible and we have been trying to boy diet as much as we can.

I bought some preseed at Target today. Should we use that to help sway boy? I usually do get some EWCM but not a ton however the past month I have been drinking a cup of green tea each day and also taking one fish oil and one EPO each day so maybe that will help create more this month?

I will be using Clearblue Easy and Target Brand OPK's - planning to time BD as close to OV as possible and will also be temping. All of this is so overwhelming but I really would love to have a boy. If I am missing any easy sway things that we could add in, please do share! I am just ending AF so will be TTC in about 1.5 weeks! Thanks so much! :nails:

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I believe the baking soda drink is once a day AF-O
I wouldn't worry about testing your PH its just a lot of hassle. I highly recommend being on the HE diet for a minimum of 6weeks, and definitely use the preseed each time you BD. Your supps sound good, but I would include some folic acid since you are drinking green tea. I would try to get in at least 3 BD attemps in your fertile window so an example would be O-4 O-2 and O. Also make sure your DH is releasing every two to three days to keep his count high.
If you have time doing some weights will also help in your sway. Best of luck

If you are going to drink bs i would not do the bs bath too, you will absorb the bs through your skin and too much is not healthy. Preseed has a ph of 7ish so that is great for your sway. Like dloui said diet for at least 6 weeks is best, and weight training would help. You will want 3 attempts in your fertile window so as soon or shortly after you get a +opk go for it 3 times within 48 hours. Best of luck and the odds of having a boy after a girl are already in your favour :)

Ooh thank you so much - all of you. I really do appreciate your help! Hubby doesn't like the idea of me doing the baking soda drink so I will be skipping that. I will just add some baking soda to my baths when I take them instead :) Maybe I wil skip testing my pH as I have honestly never tested mine. Hubby has always been high, so I hope that is good.

I have been doing as much of the diet as I can for about 6 weeks now...green tea, water with lemon, and 100% fruit juices. No soda, no coffee, but have snuck a treat here and there. Red meat, eggs, protein bars... and more meals - more calories. Ooh, and I have been taking a prenatal and one extra folic acid per day, just forgot to mention that earlier.

I will plan to use the preseed - glad I heard about that from some of you on here! DH and I will DTD every 2-3 days as we approach OV and will try to BD as close to OV as possible. Does anyone know with the Clearblue Easy OPK's when to DTD after the first smiley face? I usually test every few hours when I know OV is approaching but do not know how long after the first smiley I should probably ovulate. Any other last minute tips are greatly appreciated! I think we have about a week now...(crossing my fingers that it happens this month)...thank you again for all of the advice!

Check the instructions, but i think it is 12 - 36 hours after the 1st smiley you will ovulate. Great diet, and treats are ok for blue. Doing some squats, push ups, sit ups and calf raises for this last week leading up to O will definatly help too (raising your testosterone levels). Best of luck.

Sorry to butt in but I wanted I ask when you guys DTD was it soon as you got your + opk test? I'm actually using clearblue fertility monitor.. That pinpoints the fertile days and the PEAK days..

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/ttc-...da-basics.html this has info about baking soda in it BUT I am in agreement with dloui and cinss, I personally would NOT recommend doing it.

The case against pH and swaying is here: http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gend...ph-pickle.html I super prefer people use Preseed over BSF/BSD. green tea, fish oil, and EPO :agree:

To decide when to time your attempt you may want to read this first, it's the case against timing: http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gend...le-timing.html

and then have a gander at this one which talks about when to have attempts and how many to do: http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gend...pink-blue.html

BTW welcome, glad you found us!

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Originally Posted by afy

Sorry to butt in but I wanted I ask when you guys DTD was it soon as you got your + opk test? I'm actually using clearblue fertility monitor.. That pinpoints the fertile days and the PEAK days..

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Peak = pos OPK and that's when you should start DTD for a boy! (best odds of conception AND in line with Shettles for those who want to include timing.)

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Originally Posted by afy

Sorry to butt in but I wanted I ask when you guys DTD was it soon as you got your + opk test? I'm actually using clearblue fertility monitor.. That pinpoints the fertile days and the PEAK days..

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yes

So we could try a day before our +opk too? And then the morning or afternoon after we get +OPK , night again, then next morning too?