TTC a Girl Sway Attempt
Gender Result: Girl
DW Age: 36
DH Age: 34
Current Children's Gender(s) Boy, Boy, Boy
Number of Months TTC 2
Did you purchase and follow a GD Personalized Plan? Yes
DIET
Did you follow a diet plan? Yes
If yes to diet, which one did you most follow?
Comments regarding DW's diet changes- LE for PCOS 50-60g fat and protein.
If diet was used, length of time before attempt? 5.5mths
Did you skip breakfast regularly? No
Did DH change his diet with you? No
Comments regarding DH's diet- In terms of alcohol, DH opted for beer over wine or spirits. He also drank soy milk but only in his coffee.
DId you consume alcohol?- A couple of drinks per week
DId you try to limit caffeine? No, I drink caffeine regularly
Any Diet Details? On metformin 3x day so ate quite regularly.
Increased my coffee intake from normal.
Tried to have some artificial sweetener everyday - diet coke or sugar alternative.
Any Diet Comments/Additional Info? I lost 6kg on diet. I struggled to eat enough calories while keeping to the fat and protein levels without eating refined carbs.
I started by eating little saturated fat but stopped ovulating so added it back in (and went to OI).
WEIGHT AND EXERCISE
What did you weigh/BMI do leading up to O? 54.8kg BMI 20
Any Weight/Exercise related additional info/comments? I was 5kg/10lbs under my conception weight with my other children.
I didn't exercise as much as recommended as I was struggling to keep weight on and eat enough calories.
THINGS in VG and CONCEPTION DATE(CD) INFO
pH Before Starting a Sway Program, if known NA
Any VG potions used?
CM pH at attempt NA
DH pH NA
How many BD attempts did you make for the BFP cycle? One
BD Dates according to Ovulation
Any additional comments? O day by fertility friend and pregnancy dating scan.
I left DH to just do what he did with releases due to time to conception adding stress.
He did sit with a wheat bag on his jewels for half an hour before we DTD.
THE DEED INFO
DH Info about Swimmers
BD Position Missionary
Did you Jump and Dump?
Any relevant attempt details? I did J&D but several minutes later and very little was present. I wanted best odds this time.
SUPPLEMENTS USED
DW Supplements
DH Supplements -
Any additional supplement info? Letrozole 2.5mg early in cycle (no follicles) then 5mg later in cycle (2 follicles).
DH took OLE and cal/mag sporadically.
I took Q10. Mag 100mg, B comp 1/4 of a tablet, 15mg zinc picolinate, 500mg vit C
Did you do anything with Ions? Salt lamp on in the evenings. Used lavender oil more often.
Moon Phase during conception? Waxing Gibbous
Did you use any Old Wives Tales? Box of girly clothes and small gifts under my side of the bed.
Things that make me feel great about my sway: One attempt (in 3mths we DTD twice - at our 2 attempt cycles).
Few months (not weeks) on diet best as I could. SUCH a change in protein and fat intake for me.
Femara added.
Things that make me nervous about my sway: I ended up adding back in saturated fat to aid ovulation, worried my body saw that as improved condition.
I did snack because got too low otherwise. Really relied on metformin here. There were supps I cut back as much as possible but couldn't manage my mood without.
Things worth mentioning: With DS3 I had a failed sway but I did not sway that hard with him and didn't fully surrender to the elements of GD. This time I did and let go of alot of my habits and beliefs about healthy living. I weaned off lots of supplements I'd taken for years. I also switched from natural toiletries and make up to main****** chemical ones. Something I hadn't done in 15yrs! I think alot of my healthy living was boy mum obsessiveness and I found it quite liberating to let that go and just forget about what was in my bodywash.