lemon water amount and pickled things

ive read that we should be drinking 4-8 12oz glasses of liquid per day (including juices, teas, etc) to get pg. DH agreed to lemon water (so darling of him) ;-). hw much should i make him drink??? hehehee i plan on giving him a huge jug to complete by the days end at work. but i can just FEEL that he's gunna whine and complain that he'd like real water. (he also drinks coffee every am 14oz, and soda (12oz) 4x's a week with dinner, and mint green tea 10oz every night). normall he'll drink about 16oz of water total at work, then at home 1-2 12oz of water (depending on if he had soda with dinner or not..if he doesnt have soda then its 12oz of water).
the plan is to replace only the water with lemon water. so thats at most 28-40oz of lemon water i guess? is this enough?

also are "pickled" things okay for blue? like giardinare (sp?), pickled mangos, and other fruits and vegies, etc?
my mom ate lots of that had 2 boys and me. i know OWT says pickled is good but it was just the salt in it right?


ps boy is it dead in here today.

I assume the pickled fruits and veggies would be ok as long as the particular fruit/veggie is on the boy diet? Idk for sure about that.

I would get your DH to drink within that range 4-8 12oz glasses of lemon water per day. Maybe cut back on the soda as well.

I would say pickled items are OK with the vinegars and the salt ... I'd think it is great, actually.

I think what DH does isn't as important as what you do, so I wouldn't stress it too much. Getting him to drink even 2 glasses of lemon water a day is better than nothing! I agree with Alexis, cutting back on soda wouldn't hurt. But really, I wouldn't fret over it! You're lucky he's willing to go along!

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Originally Posted by Alexis2007

I would get your DH to drink within that range 4-8 12oz glasses of lemon water per day. Maybe cut back on the soda as well.

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you try telling him

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he used to drink it EVERYDAY i got him down to every other day so far.

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Originally Posted by begonia

You're lucky he's willing to go along!

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i know. its like a battle trying to get him to change. i know everyone says the guy's diet inst that impt, but i just want to do the BEST sway since this is most likely our last (according to HIM!). im changing husbands.

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Originally Posted by gizmo77

im changing husbands.

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LOL gizmo!!!

Maybe get him to take the Vitamin B12 so it can repair sperm damage caused by the soda?

I reckon the pickled foods would be better for a blue sway than a girl sway :)

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Originally Posted by Alexis2007

Maybe get him to take the Vitamin B12 so it can repair sperm damage caused by the soda?

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thats the plan! hopefully the B12 will counter the caffeine enough! he 's agreed to all supps (8) which im thrilled about. but like anyone says, diet is more impt than vitamins/supps, right? thats my worry.

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Originally Posted by gizmo77

ive read that we should be drinking 4-8 12oz glasses of liquid per day (including juices, teas, etc) to get pg. DH agreed to lemon water (so darling of him) ;-). hw much should i make him drink??? hehehee i plan on giving him a huge jug to complete by the days end at work. but i can just FEEL that he's gunna whine and complain that he'd like real water. (he also drinks coffee every am 14oz, and soda (12oz) 4x's a week with dinner, and mint green tea 10oz every night). normall he'll drink about 16oz of water total at work, then at home 1-2 12oz of water (depending on if he had soda with dinner or not..if he doesnt have soda then its 12oz of water).
the plan is to replace only the water with lemon water. so thats at most 28-40oz of lemon water i guess? is this enough?

also are "pickled" things okay for blue? like giardinare (sp?), pickled mangos, and other fruits and vegies, etc?
my mom ate lots of that had 2 boys and me. i know OWT says pickled is good but it was just the salt in it right?


ps boy is it dead in here today.

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I would just give him one liter to start and then see. He may like it. We often drink lemon water in the summer. He doesn't need to drink any more than he normally does, I like the idea of replacing his reg. water intake with lemon water.

Pickled things are great for blue!! The OWT do say eat pickles for boys, but even just regular pickles have a lot of salt. Enjoy!

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Originally Posted by Alexis2007

Maybe get him to take the Vitamin B12 so it can repair sperm damage caused by the soda?

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Great idea! :agree:

I wouldn't worry about a soda here and there.

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Originally Posted by gizmo77

thats the plan! hopefully the B12 will counter the caffeine enough! he 's agreed to all supps (8) which im thrilled about. but like anyone says, diet is more impt than vitamins/supps, right? thats my worry.

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For the wife, but I think the supps are more important for the husband. With DH it's sperm count that is most important and that really can be affected by supps.

does lemon water help to increase cm? although i THINK i have O'd (who knows due to that darned l-arg), im finding an increase in creamy CM (since im in creamy stage).

Hmmm...I never drank lemon water but I do know that being well-hydrated can increase CM.

doesnt grapefruit juice increase cm? i was thinking lemon water is prob doing the same thing? who knows my cycle is all off due to that l-arg gelatin deal.

Probably, although grapefruit juice has some chemistry in it that other citrus doesn't have, that can even make it interfere with prescription medication!!!

I am really bummed about the l-arg for you. but at the same time, I really think that info helped people - I don't know if that's any consolation but I really appreciate you sharing your experience!!! Hopefully it will work itself out quick.

no prob. af came back after 35 days. i would have wanted to try it anyway to see what it did otherwise if i didnt and got pg and got anotehr girl i would have said, damn i should have tried l-arg! and also very glad to help out others as others experiences on here have helped me!!! just returning all the favors! ;-)

Totally! Sending you all my blue dust!!!