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Hi can I have some help please.
I've already had my period this month and normally I ovulate around 22nd or 23rd.. but i came on early this month. I had two days of watery and one day of sticky only little amount. I normally have the different discharge stages so this is when I know I'm ovalutiing but this month and last I've had alot less.
Why would this be?
Would this be due to the diet??
The diet should help you be making MORE mucus, not less.
What supplements are you taking?
I'm only taking multivitamins the centrum brand folic acids and fish oils every 2-3 days as the dose was high. I havent yet started taking probiotics as I couldn't find the right one so still looking.
I have noticed it's much less than before.
Drinking green tea?
No green tea at all.
All I drink is normal tea with milk 2 or 3 times a day, lemon water, coconut water, apple juice and orange juice and water.
It shouldn't be from the diet, but let me know what you're eating and I'll tell you what to tweak.
Ok thank you. So drinks already mentioned.
Oatmeal (rolled oaks here) for breakfast with honey almonds raisins and walnuts. Other cereals are all wheat based shredded wheat.
Bread is wholemeal seeded
Lunches eggs adding spinach mushroom cheese sometimes with bread, tomotoe soups. Left overs pastas chicken etc..
Dinner normally chicken or red meat sometimes cod fish, pasta pizza homemade chicken and mushrooms leek pie with vegetables. Try add chicken in every meal.
Hmm, that seems possibly low in fat, how much fat do you think you're getting?
What foods would you suggest for the fat? I can try to add these in.
I do have cheese, butter for food mainly cooking also eat alot of nuts almonds walnuts etc. Also only have dark chocolate when I want something sweet.
4-6 eggs a week, avocado, keep going with the cheese, butter, and nuts. Oily fish like salmon 2x a week and olive oil is also good too.
Ok great I will try all these things. Thank you.
Also I've heard alot about cough medicine before doing attempt? Do you have any thoughts on this?
Yes, I recommend guaifenesin starting 5 days before you expect to ovulate and going 3 days after. DO NOT use the kind of cough medicine with any other ingredients, though as they may sway pink.
Ok I have bought one already I can show you a picture of it to make sure it's the right one.
Also how much folic acid should I take? I've notice that centrum has 300ug in it and I also take seprate tablet which has 400ug. Is this too much combined?
Yes or just list the active ingredients.
I like blue swayers to take at least 1200-1600 and if you're doing green tea, Ural/baking soda drink/COT (which I do not recommend) then up this to 2000. Take this all thru the first trimester, then gradually wean off by spacing doses further and further out till down to one per week, then you can drop them
Is that 1200-1600 of folic acid??
The ingredients is 100mg/5ml syrup guaifenesin each 5mg contains 100mg guaifenesin also says contains ethanol, glucose and sucrose.
Is this one ok??
yes Folic acid or folate.
Yep that's the one you're after! for the guaifenesin
Ok great thank you for the help.
Also I'm struggling to have bed time snack as I feel too full from the day some days.
Does it sound like I'm having enough to eat?
Tea and shredded wheat with full fat milk for breakfast
Mid morning banana handful almonds and walnuts
Lemon water through out day and coconut water
Lunch whole wheat bread with salmon x2 eggs spinach and mushrooms with apple juice.
Mid afternoon dark choc or sometimes juice or coconut water
Evening meal spaghetti bolognese.
I dont let myself get hungry which is good thing right?
If you're too full to eat the odds are that you don't need the snack.
Yes you're having a good amount of food! Very much what I ate when I got my boys!
Atomic I feel very nervous about my attempt this month as I have only been taking probiotics for about week due to not finding the right one.
Ovalution is around 16th.
The probiotics are a minor concern, no one's sway rises or falls on them. It is your choice but I would not have you skip a month for that.
Ok I will still attempt also i thought my ovalution would be around 16th... but I've noticed discharge yesterday and more today could it be early? I dont use ovulation kits so only going by this.
Should I attempt today and tomorrow and few more attempts if we can
So I did attempt yesterday night... really confused about timing now when is best to next attempt. I keep really attempt should be few days before ovalution like 5 days before then 3 days and one attempt on ovulation please clarify?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kerry45
You can get EWCM for many days before O. That's why I suggest using ovulation kits, is because you DO NOT only get EWCM on the day of ovulation (in fact many of us notice CM before O and then it dries up on O Day.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kerry45
It depends on how concerned you are about timing. If you want timing, you need to use OPK. If you don't care about timing then you can have an attempt every day for now and then try to sneak in another one closer to O.
Yes you can do this as long as you're not aiming for Shettles timing. That's how most of us with all boys got our boys - regular sex prior to O and then 2-5 attempts around O.Quote:
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Ok so I did another attempt yesterday night so that's 2 days before ovalution and then another attempt 1 days before ovulation. Today is my ovalution day so I will try again that's 3 attempts. Do you suggest another after this?
Yes in case of delayed O.
Ok thank you for the advice...
so far I have BD 2days before O, 1 day before O, BD on O, didnt get chance to yesterday *1day after O. Hoping to BD today which will be 2 days after O incase of delayed O.
Does this sound ok?? Or would another attempt be good after today?
Yes that's likely great. There's really never any harm in having an extra attempt. Though I doubt it's necessary I would still try to have one if possible.
Great I will try another. From my attempts and number of times does it sound ok.. do you think I've done enough?
Also how long do you stay on the he diet and supplements for?
I think you guys had a great attempt! I can never say "oh yes you have a guarantee" but I am very happy with what you guys did.
You need to stay on the diet and supplements all the time. You can't go off them in the 2WW. At BFP, you can eat more normally again but you must not diet or cut way back on food intake. I would continue the supps (except for coq10 which you can wean off at BFP)
Ok thank you for the support. We did get another attempt in yesterday.
I'm quiet happy with staying on the diet its maybe more the amount of food I'm having. Regarding coq I wasnt taking these supplements. Only multi vits, probiotic, fish oils and folic acids.
So i will continue to take these even though pregnancy?
You need to stay on multivitamin or prenatal all through pregnancy.
Probiotic is great to take during pregnancy.
Fish oil 500 mg or 1000 every other day is beneficial to baby.
Folic acid should be continued at higher dose all thru the first tri and then gradually weaned back to the amount in prenatal.
Ok I will continue with as you have mentioned.
Now to wait and see if our attempts worked.
I have been feeling slight cramps and bloating feeling for last week and half lower back pain.. maybe this is too early for symptoms? Or I'm over thinking it.
You generally won't feel pregnancy symptoms till 7DPO at the earliest, but sometimes it can be that in cycles where you have a lot of symptoms, you're very hormonal and more likely to see it end in conception.
Ok so it didnt work for me .. I came on my period this morning feel very deflated as I gave it my best shot and felt like I did everything right. Been on the diet since end of November.
I'm not taking coq 100mg should I include this supplement?
Probiotics I am taking are max strength are these ok? These are the only ones I can find here.
So it didnt work for me... I started my period this morning feel very deflated as I think I did everything right and being on this diet and supplements since Novemeber. We will try again this month.
I'm not taking coq do you suggest this??
Also probiotics I'm taking are max strength as this is all I can get here. I will try posting a picture.
These are coq I have found are they ok?
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It takes an average of 3-6 months to fall pregnant. Please don't feel too deflated, sometimes it takes a few months.
I do like to see you guys on 100 mg coq10. Those are def. ok just take one in the morning and one at night.
I feel abit better now think was just the intial shock of everything I did not working.
I was nervous about exercise and not doing enough so I will make sure I make effort to continue doing this aleast 3 times a week. Continue with HE diet.
Can I check with probiotics I'm taking as these are the only ones I can get not much choice and I'm running out soon need to get some more. They say max strength.Attachment 43179Attachment 43180
Atomic, how much folic acid should we be taking in the first trimester? I’ve attached the supplement facts of the nature made vitamins I’m currently taking.Quote:
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The probiotics and Nature made are both fine.
I prefer you guys to take 800-1200 mcg folic acid if you're not drinking green tea or baking soda drink, ASG, Ural, that sort of thing (I don't recommend any of those things but just in case) if you are doing them, you would need more like 2000 mcg folic acid or folate.