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I am doing parts of the diet, but it seems like you have to do most parts of the diet for it to work. If I use RepHresh every 3 days, starting after AF, do you think it would keep my pH low enough? My attempt is in 10 days so I will do one today and every 3 days from now, through O. I am doing a 2 day cutoff and don't know if this will kill all the swimmers. TIA :)
Chunky Monkey, I too used the Rephresh! But I only used it that week of O and it kept my pH down great!!! The only time it got above 4 was right after BD, and it only got 5-6, so I added just a little touch more. I was worried too that maybe I shouldnt have added more because I didnt want to kill my swimmers, but it was the only jelly I used and I didnt jump and dump, so I wanted to kill SOME of them! I dont test until sometime next week so I dont know yet if I killed them all off or not!! But the rephresh does work really well at keeping pH down! I was aiming for a 2 day cutoff but ended up with 1-1.5 days!
Oh good! I don't know if I should try a 2 or 3 day cutoff. I really want to get pregnant this month! When you added more Rephresh after BD, how long did it take for your pH to go back down to a 4? I'll keep an eye out for your results next week. Good luck!!!
It was pretty quickly, I want to say I checked it about 15 minutes later and it was back down! Have you tried it and checked your pH? And then I kept checking it throughout the day and it was fine!!
No, I don't have a monitor to check my ph :(
You dont HAVE to buy a dig monitor, you can just get the strips like the ones you would pee on. Thats what Im using! I didnt want to spend the money on one of those monitors! You just have to make sure the pH of the strips goes low enough, mine start at 0.
Good Luck ladies with your sways. RePHresh sounds really effective and i am in two minds whether to use it as part of my sway. I have currently been testing Acijel out and it seems to keep my ph low, however i like that rephresh is supposed to reduce the ph of everything it comes in to contact with -such as semen.
Praying4princess can i just ask when you said your ph went up to 5-6 after bd was that imediately after bd? Do you think that was the ph of both cm and semen mixed? Thanks
Chunky monkey i would try and get hold of some ph strips so that you can test your ph, however i have never heard of rephresh raising anyones ph.
I was writing down everything that day, and I wrote that it was about 30 min after DTD that it was 5-6ish! Thats when I added just a touch more! I was scared about killing all my spermies, but it freaked me out going up!!! Lol But it was the only jelly I used and I didnt jump and dump so it was okay that it killed alot of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Another princess
Praying4princess, thanks for your reply. FX its a pink BFP for you this month.
Thanks for the suggestion! Where did you get the strips? My attempt is in 10 days. Since we are going for a cutoff, I am going to use rephresh the day of my attempt, which will be 2 or 3 days before O, and as soon as I wake up on O day. With the cutoff, I don't think I will JND either. Deciding the details is not easy!
You can say that again!! I bought ph ion strips from ebay however they didnt work on me, which indicates that i have low ionic strength. That is the risk if you buy the strips - they may not work on you. I eventually purchased a hannah digital tester also from ebay. I conceived my daughter with a 2-3 day cut off. Goodluck with your attemptQuote:
Originally Posted by Chunky Monkey
pH is the part of the puzzle with the least amount of scientific support. I really hope you can at least cut back on calories, fat, and protein, and skip breakfast, even if you can't do other parts of the diet 100%.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chunky Monkey
I like the idea of using RepHresh every three days but I don't think you need to use it quite that far in advance (that stuff is spendy!!) A week to ten days in advance is plenty! To keep the swimmers safe, don't use it right before your attempt, just use it a day or two, or even just a few hours before (depending on how much you want to get pg.)
Thank you so much Another Princess!!!
Chunky Monkey, you can by them at some health stores, and some pharmacies or order them online. The brand I have is Phydrion, and the were pretty cheap! I thought I was just ordering one bottle for the price but when they came it was 6 bottles with 100 strips each! They also have the paper strips...Ive seen them at my health store.
Atomic, I have been skipping breakfast for about a year! But didn't know about it swaying girl until recently. I do have coffee every morning, a capp, so the milk may cancel out the "skipping breakfast" part. More recently I have lowered protein, calories, fat and salt. I have cut out almost all red meat too, which is a big change for me. I am going for a cutoff since I got PG with both DS's on O day or within 24 hrs of O. I want to do a 3 day, but feel like I need to do a 2 day to up my chances of getting PG. I also don't know if I should do JND, shallow penetration, hot shower and antihistimine with a cutoff. I think if I do all of that, along with the Rephresh that I won't have any swimmers left by O day! Are there any key things that you recommend over any others?
P4P, thanks! I am so close to my attempt but I may try to find some at a healthfood store.
Eh, I think it's ok. Not perfect but still pink friendly.
I think your diet is looking good!!
I TOTALLY agree with what you're saying about overkill and wanting to get pg quickly. I think timing is the least effective.
With a cutoff, I would prob. not do all those things. Pick the ones that feel "right" to you and go with it.
If I were swaying, I would do frequent BD with a one day cutoff and antihistamine. I ~might~ use RepHresh but I wouldn't use it the day of or even the day before my attempt. I prob. wouldn't ever do JND with a cutoff, I would at least give it a good 5 minutes to get where it needed to go!!