Attempts

Hello,

After a long and complicated road this past year, I am TTC again for the first time since two losses and some scary medical diagnoses. Considering those circumstances, I did not have a chance to do anything special for a pink sway such as diets, supplements, or exercise. I have been taking iron free prenatals and 400 mg of magnesium glycinate daily. So, I am relying on timing and attempts right now.

My cycles range from 27-32 days. Normally, I get positive OPKs at around days 16-18 and I have gotten pregnant twice by using one attempt at the first bright positive OPK day on cheap Wondfo tests.

Here is where I have made things complicated this month. On CD 15, I was low on Wondfo OPK and Clear Blue. On CD 16 and 17, I was high (blinking smiley face) and the lines on my Wondfo tests were getting darker. I BD on CD 17, but what makes things unclear right now is penetration was very shallow...to the point where I did not know if I got any sperm in. Thinking there was no point in staying still, I got up and went on about my day immediately realized that I J & D. I would have been better off staying still, even for a few minutes. Now, I don't know if this attempt even counted.

CD 18 was finally a peak OPK day (solid smiley face) and pretty bold lines on the Wondfo. Today is CD 19 and the Wondfo lines are as dark as they get. I noticed a lot of ewcd CD 18 and 19.

Should we give it another attempt? Am I risking swaying blue if we do? If we attempt again today, should we do compressed release or anything else?

Thanks so much in advance.

No more shallow penetration, that has never been proven to help a sway and it really cuts odds of conception.

Since you've been at this for a while my inclination is for you to have another attempt, but it is of course up to you - if you'll live 10000 lifetimes of regret if you try and conceive a boy, then skip the month, but don't forget that for all you know this may be a better month than future months may be There are a lot of aspects of swaying that we don't understand and can't control.

I ended up trying one more time. The same thought crossed my mind that I could potentially pass up a successful month, only to run into more trouble with miscarriages in the future or something. I would rather try than never know! There is something special about little boys too, and I would like one someday anyways.

So the diet is most important, right? I do naturally consume around 1200-1600 calories (I've been 94 lbs since high school and I'm 28) and I don't have much time to snack.

One hour of cardio per day of exercise, right?

I'll look into all this in case this month does not work.

Thanks for your advice!

Good luck and pink dust!

LE Diet is 1500-1800 cals, 40-50 g protein, 30-60 g fat for most people. I'd prob. eat a bit more to start if you pick up the exercise as you are already obviously super petite and cannot spare any weight loss.