Trying again after losing my girl...looking for advice
Hi ladies! I'm new here and wanted to introduce myself and try to get a plan for my sway (which I've *sort of* already started).
I am a 33 year old momma to four precious boys. We were surprised last spring with the exciting news that we would finally be welcoming a sweet baby girl to complete our family! However, around 15 weeks we discovered that she had Turner's syndrome (only one x chromosome) and she was born sleeping a few weeks later. As we were not trying to get pregnant last time (we were using condoms, but didn't put one on until the end), I really am not sure what we did as far as swaying, but there were a few things around that time that were a little different. Looking at girl sway info now, it looks like several of these helped me get a girl, but, again, I was just trying to regain my health.
*I had been very sick for several months before we conceived and had lost several pounds (normal weight is 115, I was down around 107-110)
*I was taking vitex to balance hormones, but had stopped about a month before we conceived
*I was on compounded progesterone cream
*I can't really remember my diet exactly, although I did candida diet off and on. I was eating two eggs and a slice of ezekiel bread every morning for breakfast, with green naked juice. I do remember that much :-)
*Yoga most days and also teaching ballet one day a week
So, here's the story now...I just came off estrogen therapy, as mine plummeted after my loss and now my periods are crazy all over the place! I have just recently started taking vitex again in an attempt to get everything back in balance. I also take b-complex vitamins, magnesium, vitamin c, vitamin d3 (5,000iu), folate, and probiotics. Cutting the vitamins and minerals kind of scares me as I had to work so hard to regain my health and have really just recently started feeling back to "normal". But if it's just for a short time then I'm willing to try if it's extremely important.
Within the past week I've tried to start a semi-diet as best as I've been able to piece one together. I've been holding off on breakfast until around 11. I usually have a smoothie with spinach, avacado, goat milk kefir, carrots, banana, and frozen berries. I'm thinking these things sway blue though, correct? I've also been eating some kid cereal (totally unhealthy) with organic skim milk around that time or maybe a couple of hours later for lunch. Then I try not to eat again until dinner time and I've had baked chicken, white rice, and steamed broccoli. I drink lots of water and have also been drinking a couple of glasses of cranberry juice every day. I also sometimes have fat free, sugar free greek yogurt with strawberries for desert. I'd love some ideas of variation for meals since I'm just getting started and don't really want to eat these same things Every. Single. Day!
I'm trying to ride my bike and do yoga at least every other day (although it's extremely cold right now).
Hubby is drinking cranberry juice and taking magnesium. He runs and bikes a lot but I told him absolutely NO lifting weights!! He also wears boxer briefs.
So...how does my diet look so far? What about the supplements? I'm thinking my smoothie may have to go :( I have spoken with my OB and he knows our plans and is willing to put me back on progesterone if need be. Thoughts about this? Also, can someone give me some timing info for dummies? I know it's not as important as diet, but I'd like to do everything I can! Any other tips or insight would be soooooo much appreciated! Thanks a bunch!