Hobbermittens' successful BOY sway!!
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My sway worked!! IT'S A BOY!!
Name:Hobbermittens
Swaying attempt - Natural
CM pH : about a 7
DH pH : 7.5 at the highest
Big O: Yes
Minerals DW
Calcium: Didn't do dairy, but didn't avoid calcium from other sources.
Potassium: Took a supplement, plus ate bananas every day and potatoes at least every other day (sometimes more often).
Sodium: Salted food at every opportunity. Ate other high sodium foods as paft of my regular meals.
DH minerals
DH ate pretty much what he wanted, though he ate the same dinners I did. Didn't avoid anything. Ate salty stuff because that's what I served him.
DIET:
I did the HE diet, though I avoided dairy. Lots of fruits, nuts, meat, potatoes, tomatoes, veggies, hard boiled eggs, beef jerky, and tons of Lara bars. Ate breakfast first thing after waking up, and had a snack just before bed. Ate so often I never felt hungry! Always had protein and carbs together. I gained about 20 lbs, but I was on the diet for 5 months before getting my BFP.
Did you continue diet after attempt? Just until BFP.
DH consume caffeine before attempt day: Yes, he drank coffee most days.
Drinks: Lemon water, pineapple juice with gelatin and ACV mixed in, ASG, BSD, V8 spicy with nutritional yeast mixed in
Supplements
Green Tea: Not very often--I was afraid it would block too much Folic Acid.
Vitamin E: Yes
Vitamin D: Yes
Fish Oil: Yes
Folic Acid: Yes
Royal Jelly: Yes
Bee Pollen: Yes
B12: No
Potassium: Yes
Zinc: No
Prenatal: Yes
Fertile CM: Yes
Mucinex: Yes, week of O
Wheat grass pills: Yes
EPO: Yes
DH supps:
Vit E, Fish Oil, Folic Acid, Zinc, Men's over 50 Multi Vitamin, CO enzyme Q10, L-Carnitine, L-arg, B12
Timing:
This is where things got confusing. We were aiming for O-4, O-2 and O, but I may have O'ed early. FF says I O'ed on CD12, but I personally think I O'ed on CD13. So we either DTD on O-4, O-2, and O, or O-3, O-1 and O+1. I will never know for sure. My cervix was still open on CD13 and I had EWCM that day, so I think I O'ed CD13, but FF still says I O'ed CD12. WHo knows.
DH caffeine before attempt: Yes, before 2 attempts
How many kids do you have before: 2 girls and 1 boy
Number of months TTC: 3 Months
Your Age:39
BD position: Deep missionary (I was afraid to DTD doggy style because I didn't want to lose swimmers while flipping onto my back, plus I conceived DD2 in that position!).
I lay with hips propped on a pillow for 1 hr after BD.
EWCM: Lots of EWCM
Preseed or EW: Preeseed!
DH type of undies: boxers
DH use cold bath/shower or ice: No, but I did keep tabs on his shower temps so it wasn't too hot!
Old Wives tales, Astrology, Moon Phase, etc: I O'ed on either the night of the full moon or the night after. The moon sign was either in Leo or on the Cancer/Leo cusp.
We DTD in the NW Corner of the room with my head facing north. Under the bed were several boy things, like a onesie that said "little brother" and a blue bib.
I also consulted an astrologer about what days to DTD. And after DTD, I visualized blue swimmers getting to the egg first. I know a lot of that may sound hokey, but I think it helped!
I still am in shock that we got our baby boy! I was convinced that my sway failed until the moment my son was born. It was the most amazing surprise!!
Thank you SO MUCH Atomic for everything you did to help with my sway! I know the HE diet made a huge difference for me, and helped us get our little guy. :) I can say with full confidence that timing isn't a big sway factor and that getting 2 attempts in were enough to get us a boy--both things I was worried about initially because of the confusion about my O day.
