How to maintain LE if you need to skip a month?
Still no BFP or AF for me. I'd love some advice and smiles from you ladies as I'm up and down at the mo :( Some days I feel relaxed, and happy that we'll catch an egg soon. Other days I just keep thinking how long it is since I stopped BF (three months), been on LE (over five months) and been TTC (over two months) and hoping for a BFP, or even AF, so much that it's distracting! I know you ladies all know what I mean. For now, I've decided to start charting my temp as well as monitoring CM/CP a bit, so that I can see whether there is actually anything going on, whether I am actually having cycles. I was taking Vitex/AC but as you can't take it when PG and I have no idea when I will O, I've stopped it.
In the meantime, I'm plodding on on the LE train, trying to maintain my weight and stay relaxed, DTD every four days. However we are determined not to conceive in November as DS2 and DS3 already have August birthdays, two days apart. So I need advice on how to maintain a girl-friendly environment if I skip a month. Do you think I should carry on with full LE as I am doing now: no breakfast, no snacks, 1600 cals, 25% fat, 40g protein, taking fibre with meals? The danger is that I will continue to lose weight and possibly continue to not ovulate, assuming that is what's going on at the moment. So in December we could start to try again but not conceive due to me being to thin maybe? Then we'd have that common problem of having to drop things from a sway due to constant BFNs. But the only thing I'm doing is the diet (plus DH is taking OLE and drinking peppermint tea) so what would I drop? Should I maybe stay veggie and watching blood sugars but relax the rules about fat/protein/cals for the month? Or would that basically mean the last five months of LE were pointless as I'd be increasing my nutrition? I know there is no RIGHT answer here, but I'd appreciate your experienced views. Atomic, what do you think? Thanks x