Preparing blue sway for next year..
First post from a long time lurker!
I have 2 DDs from a previous relationship and very LE lifestyle I guess. I was very happy with my girls and think I would have found it easier as a single mum than if they were boys. I’m a great girl-mum :) However I always wanted a boy and when I met my now husband and we talked about future children I decided to look into swaying.
I spent 6-7 months tracking my cycles and playing around with different supplements that by the time it was the month we wanted to TTC my cycles were so messed up that I completely stopped taking any vitamins/supplements. I wasn’t too worried as DH is from a massive boy family. Literally 2 girls across several generations, so part of me thought we may not even need swaying. Anyway I now have DD3 (now 8 months) who is quite a character and very much loved haha! I should also say that I was on an attempted HE diet for around 3 months before but was mainly vegetarian, having very small portions of meat maybe twice a week. The month of TTC I completely lost track of ovulation and think I ovulated late, had 2 periods as well which was weird. Also DH was doing shift work and cycling over 5 times a week and had lost weight.
So DH has decided he wants us to try for baby #4 next summer. He is not bothered at all by gender, really itÂ’s me who desperately wants a boy, but we are agreed on 5 kids in total..maybe 6! But he wants them to be fairly close in age (2-3yrs apart each). I am definitely going to buy a personalised plan and really give it my best shot for blue!! Also love the idea of twin boys but would be terrified of ending up with twin girls..sorry that sounds awful!
Right now I am trying to focus on becoming more blue friendly without going full HE. Trying to do more weights instead of cardio (which I am naturally better at) and increase protein. I am naturally slim and have always eaten small portions with lots of snacking. Sometimes forgetting to eat. I was also exercising a fair bit when all of my kids were conceived, again mostly cardio. So this time I want to do weights, maybe build a lot of muscle and then drop exercise during the month we TTC? I read somewhere that too much exercise can lower fertility..
Lastly DH does not really believe in swaying. He is supportive of me and has agreed to exercise less when weÂ’re trying this time, (he is also big on running/cycling) and will take supplements but doesnÂ’t think it makes much difference anyway and is all down to chance! He was taking lÂ’arginine, around 40mg zinc (which is probably too much!) and vit c last time. It may be difficult to get him to drop exercise all together.
Anyway sorry for loooong post! Looking forward to taking my time building this sway!