TTC a Girl Sway Attempt
Gender Result: Boy
DW Age: 31
DH Age: 32
Current Children's Gender(s) Boy
Boy
Number of Months TTC 3
Did you purchase and follow a GD Personalized Plan? Yes
DIET
Did you follow a diet plan? Yes
If yes to diet, which one did you most follow?
Comments regarding DW's diet changes- LE diet was a huge change for me. Normally ate pretty healthy but also loved icecream and chocolate and everything fatty. Skipping breakfast was the hardest part for me but I really got used to it.
If diet was used, length of time before attempt? about 25 weeks
Did you skip breakfast regularly? Yes
Did DH change his diet with you? No
Comments regarding DH's diet- He continued eating the same as he was used to but drank peppermint tea and soy milk.
DId you consume alcohol?
DId you try to limit caffeine? No, I did not factor that into my sway
Any Diet Details? I was very strict with LE diet but had some cheats here and there. I had 3 meals a day, no snacking. I ate pretty much the same thing everyday. It was boring but it was easy for me. I was usually always on the lower limits of LE. Ate a lot of white bread, pasta, vegetables, low fat cream cheese and sweets for empty calories.
I started being vegetarian in June, didn't have any meat during this 6 months on LE. Started LE diet in July. Started eating 1600-1700cals a day. I lost weight pretty fast once I started exercise in the end of July so eventually had to eat around 1900cals a day to maintain my weight.
LE diet made changes to my cycle. I started to ovulate later than normally. First cycle of ttc my luteal phase was really short. Atomic advised me to add eggs and full fat dairy. Ttc cycle 2 I was eating an egg every other day and 150g of full fat dairy everyday. That cycle my luteal phase was 14/15 days so probably diet changes helped. Cycle 3 I decreased eggs and full fat dairy (I was worried they would sway blue even though I trust Atomic and appreciate her advise) and wanted to see if my luteal phase stayed normal. That cycle (bfp cycle) ended up being very long.
Any Diet Comments/Additional Info? -
WEIGHT AND EXERCISE
What did you weigh/BMI do leading up to O? 52kg, BMI 19,81
Any Weight/Exercise related additional info/comments? I lost 11kg. I'm at my lowest adult weight.
I exercised 6x60min a week. I ran and walked alot. Sometimes used stationary bike. First months I ran a lot, like 30-40km a week + other cardio but decreased running little bit as I was losing weight rapidly.
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? 1 or 2
BD Dates according to Ovulation
Any additional comments? BFP cycle was really weird. Normally I have pretty regular cycles (around 28 days) but when on LE diet my cycles changed. I started to ovulate later, on cd19-21. On bfp cycle I got +opk on cd19 and we had our attempt then. We had unprotected sex 5 days after and then some days after that, I can't remember exactly. I was certain I would ovulate the day after +opk so wasn't that careful anymore. Obviously I ovulated later as I got bfp on cd40 (started testing sooner but got bfns). I have never had a cycle this long. So now I'm little nervous if we had more than one attempt in the fertile window as I only wanted to have one. But on the other hand I'm glad we had other "attempts", otherwise I probably wouldn't be pregnant now.
THE DEED INFO
DH Info about Swimmers -
BD Position -
Did you Jump and Dump?
Any relevant attempt details? DH did regular release before our main attempt at +opk. I jumped and dumped after 10min on our main attempt but obviously I didn't ovulate then. When we had unprotected sex two times after the main attempt (5 days after +opk and few days after that), I got up straight away and wiped.
SUPPLEMENTS USED
DW Supplements
DH Supplements
Any additional supplement info? I started to use Vitex in June but I felt really strange when taking it so I stopped taking it. DH took cranberry and drank peppermint tea and soy milk but wasn't always taking the recommended doses. Some days he forgot to take/drink them.
Did you do anything with Ions? -
Moon Phase during conception? -
Did you use any Old Wives Tales? Little baby girl's dress under our mattress
Things that make me feel great about my sway: The length of the diet, the weight loss and the exercise
Things that make me nervous about my sway: The fact that I don't know if we had more than one attempt in the fertile window as I don't know when I eventually ovulated.
Things worth mentioning: I had antibiotics for UTI in the bfp cycle. Also had flu before ovulation.
DH used tight underwear the whole time I was on the diet! Normally he wears boxers.
All in all I feel great about my sway as I did absolutely everything I could. I started my sway really strict and was quite obsessive about it but as the time moved on I became more relaxed.
Having a daughter is my dream and I really hope this helped me to get her. But if we will have a third boy he will be much loved and it was meant to be. This will be our last child and I'm really happy I found this forum. I want to thank Atomic for her help and guidance and all the lovely ladies here! :)
