Hello to all blue swayers!

Hi all! :wave:

Thought it would be nice to start a little TTC group for those trying this month so we can encourage each other on!

This is our first month TTC after about 6 weeks of diet / supplement / exercise prep (I've been taking folic acid and multivits for longer). I've just finished my period so first attempt should be in about a week! :nails: Feeling nervous but ready to get going, I find the waiting really hard.

How is everyone doing mentally and where are you all in your cycles?

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Good luck! We have a lot of blue swayers right now (which I LOVE! Love my blue crew!) Let me know how I can help!

Thanks Atomic! I know they're out there, just hoping they come out of the woodwork; it seems much quieter than when I last swayed!

Hi [emoji2320]

I am planning to attempt in January for a baby boy.


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I'm swaying blue in Winter/Spring 2021! I keep going back and forth on when to start attempting. DD turns two in January so we will likely start trying some time after that. Sending lots of blue dust to everyone here!

Foxcubblue do you have your last blue sway posted on here? Would love to hear how that was different compared to when you conceived your daughters. :)

Hey there!!!
I am also planning to attempt end of December/beginning of January!

CD1 will start around 21st December, so after that I will be going in for my attempts. My fertile days are around 2-4th January 2021. I’ll be tracking with OPKS.

August 2017 I conceived my DS with a mild boy sway. I was concentrating more on upping my chances of fertility. I did the same this time round. I’d be happy either way but it would be lovely to have a brother for my DS.

I’ve carried on normal exercise, and my diet is fairly “boy” friendly. Always eating lots of protein from salmon, tuna, meat (beef,lamb and goat), chicken, lentils and beans. That’s just part of our normal food we eat. But all in all my aim is to conceive! So I’ve been concentrating on eating foods that are good for pre pregnancy and have some nutritional value to it.

When will you ladies be BD’ing?


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Hey! I’m planning on blue swaying the end of this month too! [emoji170]Feeling a bit nervous about it honestly, but just have to trust that I’ve been doing enough.

Hi all,

My fertile week is around 22nd Jan onwards.

Wishing and praying for blue dust for everyone [emoji4].

I am also very nervous!!


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Hello everyone! So good to hear from you all.

Goofygurl - hopefully I've linked my previous sway below. Main changes from my girls were diet and exercise based - I naturally prefer a very carb based diet (pasta and toast are favourite!) and I also naturally have a very low BMI, I find it hard to maintain weight. My exercise of choice is definitely cardio too over weights! I don't think timing is a big one for me, I have always been keen to get pregnant so multiple attempts at the relevant time, but interestingly I do have a very low sex drive so DTD is sometimes not very frequent in our house (DH is extremely patient!). But prior to conceiving my son we DTD unprotected over other day from the end of AF, which is not what we did with the girls.

Afya - do you have any other children, or are you perhaps just generally boy friendly?

Kacerog - which bit are you most nervous about?

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https://www.genderdreaming.com/forum...e-its-boy.html

Hello Everyone!

Good luck to all of you attempting this month. I plan to attempt either in January or February. I'm still not sure when to try.

My predicted ovulation date for this month is on New year's Eve and I am wonder how I am going to convince DH to BD with protection.

Blue dust to all you wonderful ladies.

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Hi everyone.

I have started swaying too. I am not when is my month yet as I have just got everything for supplements. I have lightly started my diet and exercises.

I am not sure if I am doing enough. anyone asked DH to use L-arginine or Carnitine? He doesnt seems like very keen to take it so little nervous.

what are all the things your DH are doing? please let me know. how much important do you think dh diet , workout and all. I can do everything possible but I am not sure how much/I need to, ask him.

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Hello everyone! So good to hear from you all.

Goofygurl - hopefully I've linked my previous sway below. Main changes from my girls were diet and exercise based - I naturally prefer a very carb based diet (pasta and toast are favourite!) and I also naturally have a very low BMI, I find it hard to maintain weight. My exercise of choice is definitely cardio too over weights! I don't think timing is a big one for me, I have always been keen to get pregnant so multiple attempts at the relevant time, but interestingly I do have a very low sex drive so DTD is sometimes not very frequent in our house (DH is extremely patient!). But prior to conceiving my son we DTD unprotected over other day from the end of AF, which is not what we did with the girls.

Afya - do you have any other children, or are you perhaps just generally boy friendly?

Kacerog - which bit are you most nervous about?

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https://www.genderdreaming.com/forum...e-its-boy.html

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Thank you so much for sharing this.

What are the things you planning to do closer to attempt? Like mucinex/ coffee etc

Unprotected bd before ovulation- how is everyone planned? Does it mean unprotected but pull out or release inside away from fertile window?


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Thank you so much for sharing this.

What are the things you planning to do closer to attempt? Like mucinex/ coffee etc

Unprotected bd before ovulation- how is everyone planned? Does it mean unprotected but pull out or release inside away from fertile window?


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Jazmin, when I conceived my DS I did Mucinex I believe around the time of AF or after AF took it up until positive opk. But I’m sure atomic will chime in.

I also kept up lemon water a month or so before. I naturally drink a lot of water so it’s important we stay hydrated.
We had unprotected Sex with DH releasing inside soon as AF finished. Did the 2-4days and then went for multiple times after opk.. at this point I was mostly increasing chances of conceive and God blessed me with a DS.


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Hello everyone! So good to hear from you all.

Goofygurl - hopefully I've linked my previous sway below. Main changes from my girls were diet and exercise based - I naturally prefer a very carb based diet (pasta and toast are favourite!) and I also naturally have a very low BMI, I find it hard to maintain weight. My exercise of choice is definitely cardio too over weights! I don't think timing is a big one for me, I have always been keen to get pregnant so multiple attempts at the relevant time, but interestingly I do have a very low sex drive so DTD is sometimes not very frequent in our house (DH is extremely patient!). But prior to conceiving my son we DTD unprotected over other day from the end of AF, which is not what we did with the girls.

Afya - do you have any other children, or are you perhaps just generally boy friendly?

Kacerog - which bit are you most nervous about?

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https://www.genderdreaming.com/forum...e-its-boy.html

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Hey Foxclub,

I have 2 DDS, and my last was a son.. I haven’t always had a boy or fertility friendly diet if you’d like to call it.


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Hey Foxclub,

I have 2 DDS, and my last was a son.. I haven’t always had a boy or fertility friendly diet if you’d like to call it.


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That’s really interesting!! Same as me then! What do you think are the biggest difference when you had your son from when you conceived your daughters?

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Jazmin, when I conceived my DS I did Mucinex I believe around the time of AF or after AF took it up until positive opk. But I’m sure atomic will chime in.

I also kept up lemon water a month or so before. I naturally drink a lot of water so it’s important we stay hydrated.
We had unprotected Sex with DH releasing inside soon as AF finished. Did the 2-4days and then went for multiple times after opk.. at this point I was mostly increasing chances of conceive and God blessed me with a DS.


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Yes, this sounds extremely similar to what I did! DH also had a can of coke / red bull about half an hour before main attempts, and I tried to stay static after all attempts for half an hour or so

If your husband won't do or take certain things, that's ok!! Just leave it out if you need to. It's not worth the stress and anxiety of trying to get him to do things he refuses to.

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Hi everyone.

I have started swaying too. I am not when is my month yet as I have just got everything for supplements. I have lightly started my diet and exercises.

I am not sure if I am doing enough. anyone asked DH to use L-arginine or Carnitine? He doesnt seems like very keen to take it so little nervous.

what are all the things your DH are doing? please let me know. how much important do you think dh diet , workout and all. I can do everything possible but I am not sure how much/I need to, ask him.

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Hi aambel!

My DH is taking arginine and carnitine as he’s happy to, but I really don’t think it’s a deal breaker. There are more important things. He’s also taking multivitamin, fish oil and coq10. Diet-wise he eats what I eat, so just less carbs and more meat and protein than usual (plus lots of fruit and veggies, although we’re pretty good on that anyway). He’s also stopped cycling and running and instead does weights 4/5 times a week.

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Yes, this sounds extremely similar to what I did! DH also had a can of coke / red bull about half an hour before main attempts, and I tried to stay static after all attempts for half an hour or so

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One thing to be aware of with this approach is that when you're trying for several attempts in the fertile window, if your hubby is all wired from caffeine, he may not be able to sleep after the attempt and this leads to him running out of steam for the subsequent attempts! This has happened quite a few times - the husband was so exhausted after a sleepless night the first attempt, he didn't want to or couldn't have any of the followup attempts. Since caffeine right before BD hasn't been definitively proven to help anyway it may not be worht the risk if your husband reacts strongly to caffeine.

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One thing to be aware of with this approach is that when you're trying for several attempts in the fertile window, if your hubby is all wired from caffeine, he may not be able to sleep after the attempt and this leads to him running out of steam for the subsequent attempts! This has happened quite a few times - the husband was so exhausted after a sleepless night the first attempt, he didn't want to or couldn't have any of the followup attempts. Since caffeine right before BD hasn't been definitively proven to help anyway it may not be worht the risk if your husband reacts strongly to caffeine.

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Thanks Atomic - will defo keep this in mind and see how we go. Hopefully should be ok as not much impacts on DH’s sleep (or his stamina in other areas!!!!!) but perhaps we’ll do a trial run before the critical point or just keep caffeine for the morning attempt.

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Hello everyone! So good to hear from you all.

Goofygurl - hopefully I've linked my previous sway below. Main changes from my girls were diet and exercise based - I naturally prefer a very carb based diet (pasta and toast are favourite!) and I also naturally have a very low BMI, I find it hard to maintain weight. My exercise of choice is definitely cardio too over weights! I don't think timing is a big one for me, I have always been keen to get pregnant so multiple attempts at the relevant time, but interestingly I do have a very low sex drive so DTD is sometimes not very frequent in our house (DH is extremely patient!). But prior to conceiving my son we DTD unprotected over other day from the end of AF, which is not what we did with the girls.

Afya - do you have any other children, or are you perhaps just generally boy friendly?

Kacerog - which bit are you most nervous about?

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https://www.genderdreaming.com/forum...e-its-boy.html

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I feel pretty confident that my diet is way more boy friendly than it was when I conceived my daughter. I eat way more protein, and especially fruits and veggies. I have oral allergy syndrome so my body basically thinks the protein in anything that grows from trees is pollen from the tree and my immune system attacks it. It used to be awful. Lol but now I get allergy shots and can eat everything I want to. It’s amazing. So lots of protein, some carbs, nuts, fruits/veggies. I also feel great about my work outs since I gained a few pounds and can tell I have more muscle. I’m nervous about attempts. I conceived my daughter on the night of positive OPK (just one attempt during fertile window), so I think the plan is to do every 2-3 days unprotected and then multiple attempts before, during, and right after ovulation. The problem is that I usually ovulate between CD 14-17, but this last cycle I ovulated on CD 19 so I don’t know if I’ll ovulate on the earlier or later side. I’ll just have to pay attention to fertile signs and my OPKs. I also get Mittelshmerz so that’ll be helpful. My DH is also quitting chewing right now so I’m thankful for that, but that makes me a bit nervous too that it’ll sway pink. He’s tobacco free now, but it’s only been a couple weeks.


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That's GREAT! We have a lot of people with all boys who have gobs of allergies (myself included)

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That's GREAT! We have a lot of people with all boys who have gobs of allergies (myself included)

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Oh good!! That makes me feel better about it! Not that I want anyone to have allergies lol


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Hi everyone...
i will be trying February onwards.. i have started light on dirt and supplements gradually and got the weights.. diet and exercise will be very big change from my routine as ldomt eat much that will be challenging for me..
now bu reading all this i figured how i have one daughter as i was on very girly diet no exercise no vitamins ..


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Jazmin, when I conceived my DS I did Mucinex I believe around the time of AF or after AF took it up until positive opk. But I’m sure atomic will chime in.

I also kept up lemon water a month or so before. I naturally drink a lot of water so it’s important we stay hydrated.
We had unprotected Sex with DH releasing inside soon as AF finished. Did the 2-4days and then went for multiple times after opk.. at this point I was mostly increasing chances of conceive and God blessed me with a DS.


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Thanks so much.

Yes I am also taking lemon water. Not strictly every single day but almost 5 days in a week about 500ml. I was not very good at drinking enough water, i still struggle to drink especially when it is winter here. I am pushing myself to make it 1 to 1.5 ltr water a day- plus I am having two cups of tea and few ml of v8 or coconut water or lemon water ( not all everyday) so hopefully that all added up 2.5 ltr a day.

I am practicing with this and last month Bding every 2-4 days lol. We were once or twice a week couple, when we had our dds. Especially we both were at work and sometimes it used to be just weekend as we were always tired once we got home. dh seems very happy about the 2-4 days technique lol.

Bd patterns, eating very often (more meat) and workout are definitely new in my sway compared to how it was with my girls. On top of that, we never had any kind of supplements in the past- that's also new.


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Hi aambel!

My DH is taking arginine and carnitine as he’s happy to, but I really don’t think it’s a deal breaker. There are more important things. He’s also taking multivitamin, fish oil and coq10. Diet-wise he eats what I eat, so just less carbs and more meat and protein than usual (plus lots of fruit and veggies, although we’re pretty good on that anyway). He’s also stopped cycling and running and instead does weights 4/5 times a week.

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My dh also did cycling but he haven't done it since feb/march. That is one big thing he have given up. So with dd2 he was cycling , with dd1 , he wasn't.


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Thank you foxcubblue. I will do whatever I can and try and attempt sometimes in March probably. or sooner if i am ready.

Thanks Atomic. You made me feel better.

I am planning to start TCC Boy between 15th and 22 December dependent on my OPK

Hi, hows everyone doing? Anyone had attempt this month yet?

Rahaya- wish you all the best. Yours is very close. Prayers for your blue bundle [emoji4].


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we have done stared attempts right after my period and w have had attempts on CD4, Cd6, CD9 and I think next will be CD12, CD13, CD14 morning and night and CD 15 noon. Since my ovulation usually happens between CD15-12pm and CD16-9am.
I check with clearblue advanced fertility and usually i get flashing smiley on day 12 and peak OPK on CD14-pm.

Some month I get Flashing on CD14 and peak OPK on CD17-pm. So lets see how it will be this month.

Oohh great. [emoji4] I have been using cheap strips all this time. Wondering if i should get the clearblue opk for this and next cycle.
Do you think it's useful? And when do you start using opk testers.. straight after period?


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I think its useful in a way that you can predict when you will get your surge. usually you get flashing smiley 3 or 4 days before your OPK gets positive. So I usually get flashing smiley on CD11 or CD12 and get surge on OPK CD14.
Then I can find my -3 Days to ovulation.
Since sperm is alive for 72 hours my plan is to not to waste sperm before that time and start my attempts around 72 hours to the ovulation. So if i get lashing on CD12 i start attempts on CD 12 and i will get surge on CD14 and ovulate night of CD15.

I recommend you to use this at least 2 cycles before your main cycle to get familiar to the device and how your body is behaving around ovulation time. Clearblue advanced is measuring both Estrogen and LH.

If your morning urine is diluted don't use it with morning urine as it is mentioned in its guideline. Because in that case you can go moth without seeing any flashing smiley.
I read a lot of forums and I found out that I should use send urine of the day. So i i wake up at 7:30 I pee as I wake up and on 7:45 I pee to test.
https://www.amazon.com/Clearblue-Ovu.../dp/B00AOJ5R8W


I use Femometer Ivy as well and its amazing. Google it!

Hi Jazmin!
I've been using cheap strips as well and over the last few months I've noticed I get an almost positive or positive (test line just about as dark as the control line) before my peak (darker than the control). I normally get a peak reading for approxinately 24 hours so I will likely start my attempts from first indication of a positive! I found the cheapies work for me as I've gotten a clear progression pattern on them consistently for the last 3 months. Hope that helps!

for me is totally negative CD13 and CD 14 morning. Around CD 11 I get a lighter test line compared to control line and CD15 morning I see the surge and by CD15 , the test line gets lighter than the control line again and CD16 morning is totally negative.
Clearblue advanced shows flashing smiley two days before LH Positive, so it helps me to find 72 hours before ovulation.

Hope you get your boy this time too.
How was your bedding when you conceived your son? did you use OPKs then? what day did you get the peak and what CD day did OPK turn negative?

Are you using OPKs? what brand?

I’ve tried both the cheap strips and the CB opk. I’ve used clear blue opk for 2 of my previous pregnancies and it’s always helped me. I have a difficult time understanding the cheapies, some days the lines are the same exact color. However my November cycle I got a very dark line on the Strips and a peak smiley on CD15 on the same day. I’m guessing they do seem to be working good for me. The positive thing about the cheapies are your able to test through out the day. They are cheap and you have multiple tests your able to use, especially if your a serial tester lol. The cheapies work better with afternoon urine.

Anyone Ttc anytime soon?
CD 1 starts next week for me, trying to be very calm and just taking each day as it comes. I find the best way and the MOST hardest way is to keep calm and relaxed. I’m really trying to be so relaxed and natural about this entire ttc business lol. Really don’t want to stress myself and DH out. I can be very very very regimental about things and what things to be done in a particular order.

Hopefully I’ll be done with AF by 26th December! And start my attempts.


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I think its useful in a way that you can predict when you will get your surge. usually you get flashing smiley 3 or 4 days before your OPK gets positive. So I usually get flashing smiley on CD11 or CD12 and get surge on OPK CD14.
Then I can find my -3 Days to ovulation.
Since sperm is alive for 72 hours my plan is to not to waste sperm before that time and start my attempts around 72 hours to the ovulation. So if i get lashing on CD12 i start attempts on CD 12 and i will get surge on CD14 and ovulate night of CD15.

I recommend you to use this at least 2 cycles before your main cycle to get familiar to the device and how your body is behaving around ovulation time. Clearblue advanced is measuring both Estrogen and LH.

If your morning urine is diluted don't use it with morning urine as it is mentioned in its guideline. Because in that case you can go moth without seeing any flashing smiley.
I read a lot of forums and I found out that I should use send urine of the day. So i i wake up at 7:30 I pee as I wake up and on 7:45 I pee to test.
https://www.amazon.com/Clearblue-Ovu.../dp/B00AOJ5R8W


I use Femometer Ivy as well and its amazing. Google it!

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Thank you.

I have just December cycle left as my attempt planned in January. I will give a go along with the cheap one this month. Hopefully I can practice this month and see how it goes.
Thanks for the link too. [emoji4] I will have a look.


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Hi Jazmin!
I've been using cheap strips as well and over the last few months I've noticed I get an almost positive or positive (test line just about as dark as the control line) before my peak (darker than the control). I normally get a peak reading for approxinately 24 hours so I will likely start my attempts from first indication of a positive! I found the cheapies work for me as I've gotten a clear progression pattern on them consistently for the last 3 months. Hope that helps!

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Thank you.
I have been using it for last couple of months. Last month, i was a bit confused. Hoping this month i can pin point better.


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