TTC a Girl Sway Attempt
Gender Result: girl
DW Age: 24
DH Age: 28
Current Children's Gender(s) Girl (loss), boy, boy
Number of Months TTC 18+
Did you purchase and follow a GD Personalized Plan? No
DIET
Did you follow a diet plan? Yes
If yes to diet, which one did you most follow?
Comments regarding DW's diet changes- After being diagnosed with high levels of prolactin for unexplained reasons I decided to go off the LE diet and go on a calorie controlled, fat reduced diet as prescribed by my doctor to loose weight as they believed it would help. I was also prescribed metformin + Orlistat (commonly known as Alli, but in a higher dose than over the counter) to stop some of the fat absorption.
If diet was used, length of time before attempt? LE diet was used from Jan - Feb 2013, Orlistat diet was used from May - July 2013 (BFP). In between I used normal healthy eating.
Did you skip breakfast regularly? Yes
Did DH change his diet with you? No
Comments regarding DH's diet- DH smokes, drinks coffee like it's water and generally has a horrible diet. He thinks vegetables will kill him and fruit are just there to look pretty in the bowl.
DId you consume alcohol?
DId you try to limit caffeine? No, I drink caffeine regularly
Any Diet Details? - Decreased red meat intake (possible 1-2 month) and ate mostly fish or white meat.
- Not too much dairy due to lactose intolerance
- Caffein from Pepsi max only
Nothing magical - just general healthy eating. Each meal contained no more than 5g of fat per 100g (as prescribed by Doctor)
I did snack, but predominantely on fat free yoghurt and fruit. The month I got pregnant wasn't my best month and I did slip a bit on the sugary path, but generally I was a pretty good girl!
Any Diet Comments/Additional Info? -
WEIGHT AND EXERCISE
What did you weigh/BMI do leading up to O? 30+
Any Weight/Exercise related additional info/comments? Cardio, cardio, cardio.
I lost 9 lbs in the month leading up to getting pregnant and 2 lbs leading up to O.
THINGS in VG and CONCEPTION DATE(CD) INFO
pH Before Starting a Sway Program, if known -
Any VG potions used?
CM pH at attempt -
DH pH -
How many BD attempts did you make for the BFP cycle? 2
BD Dates according to Ovulation
Any additional comments? It's sad, I'll admit - we only had sex twice this month as we both kept getting colds or just got poofed out by the heat.
THE DEED INFO
DH Info about Swimmers
BD Position Missionary
Did you Jump and Dump?
Any relevant attempt details? I clicked abstained because he might as well have! :P
SUPPLEMENTS USED
DW Supplements
DH Supplements -
Any additional supplement info? Due to taking Orlistat I took regular pre conception vitamins.
Did you do anything with Ions? -
Moon Phase during conception? Last Quarter
Did you use any Old Wives Tales? -
Things that make me feel great about my sway: -
Things that make me nervous about my sway: Except for my diet this is very much just like when I conceived DS2. We weren't actually trying as we were waiting for the referral to gyn. ward for fertility treatment. It's not a great sway and I'm afraid it sways more blue than pink!
Things worth mentioning: I did find that during the time I was on the LE diet my abnormal hormone levels (ie testosterone, progesterone) stabilized and became normal. -
