Pink honeymoon sway - Advice needed please?
Hi,
Firstly apologies for such a long post!
We are starting a pink sway but I have lots of questions about diet & timing!
I am 40, dp 38. We have 3ds.
1st ds was unplanned. I’d recently lost weight but was eating normally for me again by point I conceived. Diet pretty poor, pescatarian but quite a bit of convenience food, tea all day in office, alcohol, cheddar cheese, sandwiches, chocolate and not much actual fruit & veg (this is my normal diet). At the time dp & i only saw each other at weekends. I’m guessing he was releasing every day or so. DS was conceived despite withdrawal method so either some escaped early or we did twice in quick succession & he had some left on him. Either way, seems dp has some determined swimmers and no problem with low sperm count!
Ds2 same diet, planned baby, we dtd around o day. Bfp 1st attempt.
Ds3 half hearted pink sway. I cut out potatoes, tomatoes, bananas, took cal, mag & cranberry. Other than that my diet did not change much & did not lose weight. We used sylk & had 4 day cut off with dp doing fr once a day in lead up. We both had hot showers before dtd & I took Sudafed & j&d. Tried lime douche in previous month but dropped this when did not get bfp. Bfp 2nd month.
We would still love a daughter & really want to get it right this last time.
I started LE diet at beginning of Oct, so am now in my 4th week. I’m quite slim 164cm tall and 57kg & have lost 5kg since starting diet so now at 52kg. I’m drinking 2-3 cups of black coffee a day, only taking folic acid, still drinking 1-2 units alcohol per day, gone completely veggie, drinking 1.5l water (for clear skin). No snacks, 2 meals, nothing before 1230. My cm has dried up a lot & did not have much ewcm this month. Dp stopped eating red meat from today, drinks coffee & alcohol. Unfortunately I can’t fit the 4+ hrs cardio into my working week so no exercise for me. 1-2 times per week for him.
My problem is that dp & I finally get married next month & looks like our wedding day / night will be 1st day in my next fertile window. I’ve already had a hen night (bachelorette) party 2 weeks ago where I drank too much so would have been over calories that day but not carbs & protein. The meal & drinks at our wedding will almost certainly put me over the limits for that day. Because it’s so close to the time we would be ttc, should I scrap it altogether for this month? Or would it be ok as we could dtd that night and my body may not have yet picked up on the cheat? As we are on honeymoon for 6 days after the wedding & will be eating in restaurants every night, it’s likely I’ll find it difficult to stick within limits then too. If we delay, how long would I need to leave it afterwards to give us a good chance again?
My other question is about timing. Given that dp seems pretty virile would abstain work better or if he continues with fr should it be 2 times rather than once per day? Or might compressed fr work better?
If diet cheat allowed, our wedding night & honeymoon coincides with next ov & we will be in tropical heat, outdoors & near sea & forest. I thought this might help with the sway from ions point of view? But if one attempt best - should it be on wedding night (1st fertile day) or when we have the ions on side on holiday and nearer to ov? If 1 attempt sways strongest, is it ok to dtd with condom on other occasions or does that raise ph too much? The timing around our wedding in Nov is also good for girl on Chinese chart (although probably not reliable!).
Is there anything else you could recommend? I still have the Sylk in the cupboard as well as Replens which I didn’t use last time. I see lots of ladies drinking Diet Coke as part of their pink sway. I can’t stand it usually but could try if it will help - or just eat artificial sweetener pills if it’s the aspartame that sways?
Any help or advice you can offer would be so much appreciated. Because of my age I want to get bfp quickly and a wedding / honeymoon baby would be amazing, but also we want the best chance of finally getting our girl!
Thanks in advance & thank you too for such an amazing website.
Joeyk44
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All inclusive vacation during o
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Originally Posted by
atomic sagebrush
Cutoffs don't work, but if you want to try that, it's up to you.
I seriously doubt having big O's really matters. We've done tons of polls and lots of women who got girls, had them (myself included)
No, don't restart diet. We don't do that here. If you fall off the wagon just regroup and start up from where you are. Don't skip months unless for act of God practically.
O+12 doesn't work but if it's been more than 4 days I'd def. have another unprotected attempt just to cover you in case of delayed ovulation!
Hi , I will be going on an all inclusive vacation during the time I ovulate (I believe I will ovulate anywhere from day 1-4 of my trip . We plan on drinking throughout and I’m sure my eating habits will be more as well since it’s a high end all inclusive . We really want to attempt as we have been trying for 9 months ( I’ve been swaying as a vegetarian , mostly plant based with some cheese cheats and fish or shell fish cheats once every month and a bit . , I don’t eat breakfast and probably around 1800 caps a day ) I am slim and have also been walking just over an hour a day for 3 months . Because I know I will have a drink in my hand and be eating bigger meals I know my blood sugar will probably be very steady or high . Should I skip this month ? Any suggestions on how to keep myself on a sway with out ruining all my hard work but still totally enjoying ourselves ?