My Plan - TTC Girl

I am planning on taking it slow and doing my best to get a girl...I have cut out meat, added dairy, no breakfast, cutting back on salt (but still eating salt), salt rock next to bed, rose quartz on my wrist, taking 1000mg calcium and 400 mg mag, some cranberry, at least three cups crystal light, lots of diet coke...our plan is to try only 0+12 with abstaining for 2 weeks, missionary shallow penetration with a shower first. Depending on my CM, I will take zyrtec. I have replens, rephresh, rephresh tampons and am willing to do lime douche. What are your thoughts???

I'm sorry, this one seems to have sneaked past me!!!

That is too much magnesium, more than is safe. I hope you will consider bumping back down to 200.

Are you doing skim dairy? If not, you should.

Some of the stuff in your sway is not my personal pref. but that's ok - it's YOUR sway!

Personally, I doubt you need to do lime douche with everything else you're doing and you for sure shouldn't do lime tampon - at some point you're going to cut down on your odds of pg all together.

Let me know if you want me to go into more detail - I never know how welcome my 2 cents are since I don't always agree with the conventional wisdom, and I hate to go over someone's sway "my way" unless you really want me to.

Thank you! I definately want your help! As much as possible!!! My first DS was conceived on the day of O, with Robetussin and lots of EWCM. My second DS was probably on O, position was deep penetration, lots of EWCM, preseed and diva cup...so I believe in swaying even though I didn't know it at the time!!

I am doing skim dairy. I will lower Mag. I also added licorice root to DH's suppliments and may cut out acedopholis for me - I think it might increase PH for me. I will play with it some more. Vinegar douch raised me to about a 6, without it and with the other things I was doing (CL, cal, mag, no meat, ect) I was about a 5.


I also bought peppermint tea today. I started charting BBT to see what I can learn...lastly, I have a CBEFT - not sure when do DTD with this though...oh, and I can take or leave BF at this point...gonna stop soon. Should I keep going until after my sway? I will officially start trying in December although I am doing everything now...salt will probably be higher than it should and I know I don't eat perfect, but I cut out most meat and breakfast and increased dairy to about 3 cups a day.

Oh, and I find reaching into vag (gently) with a qtip to get mucus to test works best with the hannah monitor. Is this a good/bad idea??

Thanks! Please be my sway coach!!! And all other comments wanted and welcome!

I'd keep up the BF if you're still doing that. BF itself sways. If you do want to keep it up I've found RLT is good for me - it is known to boost milk supply (although can boost CM supply too, but I haven't had that with it), and it can lower pH (I think) and also make your lining better so you should get implantation easier.

Temping is very sensible too. Especially as you have a couple of months to chart before you start TTC.

Salt seems to be the least important sway aspect of a diet, and avoiding breakfast/meat will definitely sway far more.

Are you in a rush to conceive or happy to stay on the diet/TTC for a while? It can be more difficult to conceive with O+12, and if you're abstaining for ages anyway you might be better off getting in an attempt on/before OV to up your chances of pregnancy.

Yeah, I know that looking back with my first and third son especially, I might as well have been swaying blue because the only thing I did wrong was timing!!!

Acidophilus has increased pH in some people but this may be temporary. It's up to you whether or not to continue it, I don't think it's necessary at all and I'm not even sure it helps to prevent YI that much.

Benefits to stopping BF is that you can be more strict on diet, you can take Saw Palmetto if you want (which is not safe while BF) and vitex (you can take vitex while BF but a lot of people don't want to) and I personally find it easier to lose weight when I am not BF.

Benefits to continuing BF are that BF itself gently supresses fertility and may sway pink because of this. It also lowers blood sugar levels and in some people, dries up CM. Others get MORE CM and if you are in this club you may want to take an antihistamine for your attempt (this will dry up milk a bit but it will recover in a day or so.)

Either way, whether you stop or you don't, is entirely up to you and what works best for you and your family.

Personally, I think salt is the least important of all aspects of the sway diet because people (and all mammals) have an almost insatiable taste for salt and eat tons of it across all cultures everywhere and yet both boys and girls are born in roughly 50-50 all around the world. THe meat sways a lot more than the salt does, that's for sure! :agree:

Q-Tip is fine, just be 100% sure you're getting actual CM rather than vaginal secretions, which will be way more acidic. Also, remember that it's only your pH at O that counts and not your pH at any other time of the month, because your pH at O will be high (and that is natural and normal for it to rise, that's how sperm survive to make it to your eggo).

Oh and the other things I would consider (going back to your original post...the stuff I left out because I wasn't sure if you wanted me to go over everything with a fine tooth comb or not! ;)

1)I personally prefer people use baby aspirin and/or aspartame for acidity because these things acidify without adding the additional nutrients present in cranberry. Plus cran has all the side effects that baby aspirin has and then some! If you would like to use baby aspirin, you can begin by taking it 3 times a week and see if it causes you any bruising or bleeding and then increase/decrease it at that stage. You want to take enough to acidify your CM at least a little bit, without causing your blood to thin out too much (this advice also applies to cranberry) But, a lot of people have had success using cran so whatever your gut tells you to do, is what you should do.

2)I personally have some doubts about the "magic bullet" status of calcium and you can read my three-part essay here - http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...-CONTROVERSIAL Again, people def. have gotten baby girls while taking cal so it is not a magic bullet in either direction.

3)I am also iffy (understatement) on O+12 and you can read another three-parter here (this also has the instructions on how to do an O+12)http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...istory-of-O-12 The links to the followup essays are at the end of the original posts.

4) I happen to like RepHresh the best because it lowers pH for three days after application but you can also use it WITH Replens (or the other fast-acting but short-lived jellies like Acijel/Sylk) if you like. So you could use RepHresh the morning of or day before your attempt and then a bit of Replens immediately before or after.

5)About the Rephresh tampons - just wanted to point out that tampons should never be used dry, so either use them during AF if you like or else turn them into lime tampons.

Thanks!

I have added baby aspirin but I am still giving DS cranberry as well...I will slowly cut that out. Thanks for the comments on o+12 - I am not really sure how I feel about it. Both of my boys were conceived close to O, so I kind of feel I need to try spacing it more. I like rePhresh as well. It seems to get me to a 5 and I stay there for awhile...with CL, I approached 4.5 last night.

I am Oing today...I have a CBEFM. On Sunday I was low, it did not ask for a test Monday and yesterday I was peak with the egg. My temp did not rise this morning, but I suspect it will rise tomorrow. I messed up the monitor this month (first month using it) so its not perfectly accurate (for two reasons) - I think the timing is messed up on it and is asking me to test in the afternoon, and it has my dates off because I started it too late, but I am tracking where I am in my cycle with an app on my phone. I think the registration of a peak day is still accurate since it deals with the hormones it found in my body.

If I am at a 5 with Rephresh, would I still do a lime tampon/douche or 1-3mL lime? Also, why does it need to be mixed with distilled water if the ph gets to 2?

Thanks!

Just checking, is baby aspirin safe to take while breastfeeding?

ohb - it doesn't make sense to use a douche with Rephresh because Rephresh is designed to adhere to the walls of your V and a douche would wash that away. If you want to add something acidic at the time of your attempt then you could use Replens, Aci-jel or Sylk.

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Originally Posted by jennaesue

Just checking, is baby aspirin safe to take while breastfeeding?

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There's some information on this here:

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...tfeeding/page2

I had my first peak day on the CBEFM on Tuesday second peak Wednesday. My temps have not spiked yet and I am on "high" today (just tested). Would I be in O+12 range tonight or would the egg already be dead?

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Originally Posted by onehealthybaby

Thanks!

I have added baby aspirin but I am still giving DS cranberry as well...I will slowly cut that out. Thanks for the comments on o+12 - I am not really sure how I feel about it. Both of my boys were conceived close to O, so I kind of feel I need to try spacing it more. I like rePhresh as well. It seems to get me to a 5 and I stay there for awhile...with CL, I approached 4.5 last night.

I am Oing today...I have a CBEFM. On Sunday I was low, it did not ask for a test Monday and yesterday I was peak with the egg. My temp did not rise this morning, but I suspect it will rise tomorrow. I messed up the monitor this month (first month using it) so its not perfectly accurate (for two reasons) - I think the timing is messed up on it and is asking me to test in the afternoon, and it has my dates off because I started it too late, but I am tracking where I am in my cycle with an app on my phone. I think the registration of a peak day is still accurate since it deals with the hormones it found in my body.

If I am at a 5 with Rephresh, would I still do a lime tampon/douche or 1-3mL lime? Also, why does it need to be mixed with distilled water if the ph gets to 2?

Thanks!

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DH (I am assuming you are talking about DH and not DS!!) can continue to take cran because the nutrients do not matter as much for him. Sperm count is more important for DH, the nutrition stuff is what matters for DW.

I am not an expert on fertility monitors so hoping some others chime in here but my understanding is that a peak day is still a peak day because just as you said, it's going off of the hormones it detects...correct me if I'm wrong someone!!

I don't feel there's any reason to do douche with Rephresh and in fact it might wash some of the RepHresh away. That's part of why I love the RepHresh, because you don't have to screw around with the douching business.

The reason why you have to mix a douche with distilled water is because pH of 2 will kill off every sperm it comes into contact with. Plus it will not feel good on the vajayjay area.

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Originally Posted by jennaesue

Just checking, is baby aspirin safe to take while breastfeeding?

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The official word is not to, but if you are breastfeeding an older baby 9 months and up, and wait for at least an hour and pref. 2-3 after taking the aspirin, the dosage that we use baby aspirin at is believed to be safe. The only reported adverse effects were in women taking much higher dosages than we do and who were BFing very tiny babies (babies were all fine after mom discontinued aspirin) Also, it can make your baby more prone to bleeding and if that happens, stop the aspirin. If your baby has a fever or is sick at all, again, don't take the aspirin (just due to the risk of Reye's Syndrome - there has never been a reported case of Reye's caused by breastfeeding/aspirin usage, but better safe than sorry, of course.) Cranberry can also cause bleeding in babies BTW and possibly kidney problems. It's best not to take cran supps while BF because not only can it cause similar problems to aspirin in terms of bleeding, it's also way, way less studied and therefore is a big unknown.

No one needs to add the baby aspirin until just before their attempt, and a reminder - you may only need to take it as little as once a week to get the acidic benefits from it. So if you are BF and worried, you can always cut back on BF or pump and dump for a couple days at O and only take aspirin for 1-2 days.

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Originally Posted by onehealthybaby

I had my first peak day on the CBEFM on Tuesday second peak Wednesday. My temps have not spiked yet and I am on "high" today (just tested). Would I be in O+12 range tonight or would the egg already be dead?

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Unfortunately everyone is a bit different and you'd need to chart for a month or two to get a feel for how your temps and peak days seem to work together. I would try to BD as late as possible on the day before my temp spike for O+12.

My girl was conceived by DTD on O

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Originally Posted by jennaesue

Just checking, is baby aspirin safe to take while breastfeeding?

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sorry for the slow reply on this, but I found that Actifed is the safest antihistamine you can take to dry up CM when BF: http://www.kellymom.com/health/meds/...#decongestants