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I saw the boys swayers have a new thread, so I thought I'd start one for the girl swayers!
I'm on CD 25, just waiting for AF to get here so that DH and I can officially TTC :ttcgirl: this month!!
Here's to lots of BFPs and 2012 babies!
Good luck to everyone! :luck: :luck: :luck:
Thank you! I'll sticky it now :D
Happy 2012!!
Sorry you are dealing with that, Lemon. My dh's cousins have it and I know it is a tough thing to deal with. Hope you start to feel better. You def have hope for a girl!
I agree, rainbow, those are some early bfps! You are lucky, Mocha!! so you're holding out on testing??
Even though I just started back full force on the diet after being mostly off for 7 days, I had the worst night. I did the diet all day, then had pasta, cheese and crackers, vokda drinks, about 2 brownies, 2 cookies, 4 chocolate candies a mini canolie! Yikes! I think I have the weirdest metabolism, not that I was much bigger before, but now it seems to be even quicker, I thought for sure that would have upped my weight a bit but, no this morning 93. While I ate fattening stuff and kept my blood sugar up for like 7 hours at least it didn't seem to make me gain and it had no nutritional value at all! I am in it now, no more cheat days, please ladies help me. I did so well last month until we bailed. I need to commit.
Awesome, zanacal! Thanks for the sticky.
This is unrelated, but I just wanted to announce I officially became a "dream member" today! I've only been on the site for a short time but it has helped me with so much, so I was more than happy to give a little back. :)
You'll have access to all the info on the LE diet now too - Atomic has put together loads of recipes and started posting some of them over there!
Happy New Year's again everyone, and glad we have a new thread :) Here's hoping we get a lots of BFPs in January!!
Hi ladies! Happy New Year! Good riddance, 2011 - I am sooooo ready for a new year and a fresh start. May all our dreams come true this year :HH:.
Amari - my trick with sticking to the diet is to find things I actually enjoy eating that are acceptable in the diet. For me, pasta is the key. I looove pasta, and I particularly love parmesan, so I make sure I leave enough room in my budget to have a substantial bowl of pasta with parmesan every night. That usually means I can only have about 10g of protein at lunch, but that's fine - I usually have some rice or something simple like that.
For me I find I can suffer through the day without snacking and eating very little if I know I have something to look forward to in the evening. I have my supper, then 3 hours later I have a snack. I go through phases of things I eat, but one of my favourites a while back was vanilla frozen yogurt with heated frozen raspberries on top like a sauce. Yummy!
If you haven't already, you should look through atomic's many meal ideas in the dream member section since they offer a lot of variety. However, for me I find it easier to find 1-2 meal ideas I like and stick to those almost every night - it takes away the thinking work. On weekends or days when I have more time on my hands I get more inventive.
Do you track your nutrients on a website? I know for some people that can be stressful, but I like seeing my totals and knowing that even on days when I think I messed up the diet I often didn't do as badly as I think...
Katie - yay! :)
a friend of mine gave birth to her first baby today, a baby girl - so feel extra broody! keep hoping that being extra broody and emotional is a good 2ww sign, but I think that's just wishful thinking ;)
first pregnancy I got my BFP at 9dpo too, but it was sooo faint it was barely visible and didn't get a proper line until 11dpo. second pregnancy I got my BFP at 13dpo (thought I was 12dpo so was testing when I thought AF was due) but had tested at 11dpo and got a BFN
I see that!! I guess I should have joined sooner! :bigsmile:Quote:
Originally Posted by zanacal
My good friend had a baby girl a couple days before Christmas and it really gave me the fever. I sat there and held the baby for so long and just smelled her.Quote:
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Hi Everyone!
So, I think the New Year brought me cramping and spotting.....my next attempt is the middle of January.
I am quite sad today.
Any good recipe ideas???
I am not a dream member and I am going to do a loose sway this month.
I need some ideas to get through a whole week of vacation!!!!!
Mocha...I probably passed you going the other way...lol!
What all are you planning, lemon? I'm going to be attempting in mid January as well.
lemon - sorry about the spotting :hugs:. You should visit our TTC pink food thread for lots and lots of recipe ideas - you don't need to be a dream member to read it. If I don't get my BFP this month, my attempt will be in mid-January as well, so we can be cycle buddies :HH:.
Assuming I'm feeling better I will be attempting mid/late January too. I haven't felt well though since Thursday night- having a relapse and may have to skip all together. I really can't believe it. I already had to opt out of december attempt If all is good attempt will be like Jan 19th-Jan 21st. Im really hoping it will even be an option.... :( or else I'm looking at February.
Hoping I dont sound too much like I'm having a pity party.
I hope to be attempting late jan too assuming I get my period in about a week, (haven't been getting them but hopefully the meds put me back on track) and am able to o with the clomid! Fingers crissed for all of us!!
Thanks mocha, I will try to pay more attention to it for few days and then I will lay off as I don't like to count everything for too long..that way I do get back on track as u forget for a while what I doing!
I'm feeling just a little crampy today. I think AF will be here tomorrow, but technically could be as late as Thursday. Either way, I'm ready to get this show on the road.
Hope - I'm praying you'll be well enough for your January attempt. There's no such thing as a pity part around here - that's what we're all here for - to support each other through the good times and bad! :HH:
xokatie - I hope tomorrow will be CD1 for you!
Hi everyone, My attempt is in 6 days.... I am excited a little nervous but not too bad. I just pray i get a +opk on the 8th because that evening will be our attempt. I more so just hope to get preg a baby girl would be sooooo nice but our d/s is 3 and a half now and really i think that is a big enough gap he is always saying he wants a baby ( sister!!!!!! ha ha ) but i am sure he would be just as happy with a baby brother! My d/h has been releasing every day once or twice a day since the 21st of dec so it will be 18 days straight by our attempt... Poor thing he is going ok with it tho, the closer we get to o i will start getting him to release twice a day again. I usually have 31 to 32 day cycles so i hope to and PRAY to get a bfp the same time as you guys !!!FX for all of us
Hey, pink! I've been wondering when you'd post on this thread.
I know some people don't pick before they're pregnant and I know some people don't like to share until the birth, but do any of you have names picked out for future children?
My AF is due any day... this month is go!
Although, over the holidays I have had quite a few (too many to count.......) slip-ups. It's been very difficult. I hope it doesn't ruin my sway. :(
Happy new year ladies....
Well I am back from France and to say I have fallen off the diet bandwagon would be the understatement of the century!!! I have eaten so much french cheese, meat, salt and all things lovely that I just couldn't attempt in December. I would have blamed myself too much. I am pretty sure I ovulated on the 29th December so am going to hit the diet in a big way for my January attempt - I think it will be 23rd Jan ish.
I think I have pretty much caught up with most news and am hoping for a bumper year of BFPs. - Pink dust to all who want it! xx
Yay, suregena. I hope af starts soon!
Welcome back, maybe!
I don't think either of you should worry too much about your cheats. We're only human, right? I had fast food for lunch today and am having pizza for supper, so I definitely have my cheat days too :oops:. Tomorrow I'll finally be back home after a week and a half away, though, and I'll be back to the diet 100% in preparation for my mid-January attempt (unless I get a BFP before then...).
It's a new year and a fresh start for all of us. Let the BFPs begin....
happy new year everyone!!!!
hoping the new year brings lots of sticky, pink BFPs
im having trouble keeping up with this group, the topic is so busy....
bit of an update, im 18 weeks today, only 2 weeks until half way.
i have my big scan on the 12th, THATS NEXT WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
im excited and terrified all at the same time, happy to be seeing bub again, but scared crapless that boy bits will jump up at me, like with my last son.
and dont worry about any diet slips, i have seen totally perfect sways , still result in the opposite gender.
just know that you gave it your best...:)
Dannikins that is so true and also how many people say they never changed diet and got an opposite.... Also woman that have girls i am sure have pizza or chips or potato every now and then all we can do is stick to it as best we can. I went to a friends house yesterday they had a bbq lunch the only thing there i could eat was potato salad!!!!!! i was STARVING!! so i had a small amount and some bread..
Katie how have you been?? Did you do much for NYE? We had friends come over I stuck to my diet well..had a very very late night tho so i am still getting over it today! Hope af comes real soon for you !!
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That's how I celebrated!! haha DH snapped this pic last night of me cuddling with DS3.
Hope you get your girl, dannikins. Can't wait to see US pics next week. :)
Hi girls!
This is a new thread but I recognize all the names!
cute pic Katie...beautiful!
I have cheated for a week!
Dannikins...I remember when you joined! I cannot wait to hear the surprise news!
I think I posted twice on this post,....I was confused!
sorry guys!
aww thats a gorgeous pic katie!! How old is ds3?
My cheats the past week have been little chocolates. THEY ARE EVERYWHERE!!! :( But other than that, I've been good with my actual meals, except for the week of Christmas (23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th)
But suuuurely chocolate can't doom me too much. :x
But I'm going to hit it hard after AF starts up... I plan to go drastic... i.e., not a lot of variety, not a lot or any veg at all... like rice + balsamic and maybe that's it. We'll see how I manage, but I think I need my system to maybe see the same foods on repeat for days leading up to O this month to counteract all the bad Christmas/New Year holiday season that has happened.
My husband has been really good about taking licorice root 3x a day, I've been taking vitex and fibre (though I have forgotten some days as you need to take it 30 minutes before a meal and I forget the odd day!)
I've got the Piriteze (same as Zyrtek... Cetirizine 10mg)... RepHresh on the way. J+D planned... frequent release... hot baths... I'm hoping all those things will help overcome my chocolate sins. :x
He'll be 2 on January 11! (DS1 just turned 7 and DS2 will be 4 in a couple weeks.)Quote:
Originally Posted by pinkin2011
suregena, when are you doing to BD?
That's my birthday too!Quote:
Originally Posted by xokatietatie
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Originally Posted by xokatietatie
My son is 2 on January 22nd! :D
I think either just as the OPK is turning positive or when it's positive... but just the once. Husband will be doing frequent release (he's 36... 37 in a week. I'm 26) from end of AF (at least once a day... he works 12 hours shifts and is up VERY early and home quite late, so don't want to overdo it and stress him out) to + OPK... and ideally he'll have already released at least once before we BD on +OPK day...Quote:
Originally Posted by xokatietatie
I think. :/ Timing, it's a tough one! That's the one bit I've remained with a ? over. I've always gotten pregnant first month trying. My son was the result of ONE time (haha, we were in Bruges on vacation!) after my second miscarriage, so I was still waiting for my period and had no idea I was ovulating (but, obviously, at that point we didn't care and were not preventing.)
Cool! Maybe we'll have girls born in the same month as well. Wishful thinking!!! :fingers:Quote:
Originally Posted by suregena
We're going to BD one time as soon as we get a +OPK. We were debating between FR and abstinence and decided DH should abstain. We DTD A LOT (like every single day from AF to AF) with previous pregnancies and got all boys, so we're trying opposite this time around.Quote:
Originally Posted by suregena
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Originally Posted by xokatietatie
I was going to do abstain but after reading something atomic posted about 36+ year olds being at risk for that, i.e. in terms of increased risk of disabilities/issues, that scared me off it. :/
I'm younger than him and he's probably super healthy (we're both already vegetarian and ideal weights) but that freaked me out a little!
DH and I are 25 and 26. It won't kill him to abstain for a couple days!! I'm sure he'll act like it's the end of the world though. ;) I hope you get your BFP quickly!
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Originally Posted by xokatietatie
Ahh, so abstain should work out nicely for you then! I'm 26 but hubbo is 37 in a week!
With my husband's craaaazy work hours, abstaining would have been easy-peasy for us. However, I am too scared to do it because of his age. :/ So I told him I'd "help him" with FR and he wouldn't have to do anything, himself. Hahahaha! :x