Oh my! AF returns after over 2 and a half years - starting my girl sway planning...
I want to plan it so it's not stressful. I don't want to get TOO crazy because I'm naturally a stress head and getting over-obsessed about the fine details about something that is more out of interest would be pointless; I'm happy whether or not it's a girl, but if it's a girl, great! If not, great!
But I do want to give it a good try.
Anyone want to give me any tips for my plan? I don't have one as yet but I'm working on it starting now as I need to sort of get pregnant before February for a variety of reasons, travel related (need to fly home to the US for Christmas in 2012... I live in the UK but am from the US so it's a long haul flight and I need to be able to fly, i.e. not past 36 weeks pregnant and not with an under 6 week old baby, yikes. Time pressure. Sort of...)
*Both my husband and I have been vegetarian for YEARS... so that's a bonus.
*Our diet tends to probably be fat-heavy, though we're both thin/average weight... but whole milk, lots of cheese, TONS of beans, lentils, vegetables, etcetera... so at least on my end, I'd have to really alter that...
*I'm still breastfeeding my 20 month old son, so have no idea which supplements would be safe for me+him... vitex? I'm conflicted.
*I love at least one coffee a day... in the morning, so badly needed. I drink much more normally but I could go down to 1 in the morning - would that be bad?
*I'm really undecided about frequent BDing/release or abstaining... and whether to do a cut off or not. SO conflicted. I just don't know which way to go with that...
*Would my husband benefit most, if he does anything, by taking licorice root? If he only could do one thing--what's the most ideal thing to do in terms of supplement or food? I reckon supplement would be more beneficial. Obviously we're thinking of a hot-as-he-can-stand it bath dunk before BDing!
*I'm thinking of doing a lime douche and obviously frequent PH testing... pros/cons?
*The diet... I don't know, I'll have to come up with a plan and stick to it because it will probably just be me on it and it has to remain cost effective but simple. I hear rice is good. What about spices? i.e. garam masala, basil, cinnamon, coriander, cumin, and so on? If I could only have one cheese, which would be the ideal cheese?
Sorry there's a lot... I've been looking into this for nearly a year now and I'm still not sure where to start. I was waiting for my period to finally return, and it has... so... oh my! Time to start planning...
For the record, before I conceived my son, I would get pregnant first month trying but lost two pregnancies before him. I have had comments at least a few times from ultrasounds about features on my ovaries as being possibly polycystic but I have no symptoms of this, so it was merely an observation. I DO believe I probably have higher testosterone than normal. This is something I'd like to lessen/decrease, ideally... I think it'd help. I have very MILD symptoms of higher testosterone... i.e. hairy but in not too noticeable of ways (side of face, under belly button, toes, etcetera.)
Oh my goodness, sorry for rambling... :hair: