Swaying pink Vitamin D and Needing it for conception. Atomic please look.
Hi Ladies,
I am new here but have browsed the forum and have been familiar with swaying for a few years now. I have 2 lovely boys 7.5 years and youngest will be 3 in a few days.
With my youngest I was taking high levels of vitamin d some time prior and around the time he was conceived. I was deficient at a level of 17 to start. I was prescribed 50,000 iu 1x/week. So I ended up taking a liquid supplement in divided doses : 10,000iu/day, 5 days/week. I dropped off after a few months. Prior to getting my levels checked, I had some chemical pregnancies in between ds1 and 2. Looking back i attribute this to my low vitamin d levels. I took a look back at my levels in 2016 and luckily a few days before yds conception(can you believe the luck) I had my vit d checked...it was 47.8ng/ml!!
Last year around April I had a pregnancy of unknown location. I went and got an us but they couldn't find anything in my tubes but a small cyst on my ovary and some fluid. My hcg levels never rose above 45. The only reason we knew it wasn't just a typical chemical was bc i tested positive a few days AFTER I had a normal period. I was testing during the 2ww after I ovulated that cycle with all negative tests. My period came on time and was moderate to heavy, which is my norm. I didnt think anything of it but I began spotting a few days after my period which I never do and knew something was off. I tested and got an immediate decent positive line at like cd 9/10. That situation was a few months ordeal monitoring my levels making sure they went back down to 0 and it took awhile actually, like a couple months when generally after I've had chemicals in the past, they go down quickly.
I say all this to say that I don't conceive...or have a viable pregnancy, unless my vitamin d levels are high or optimal anyway. I tried swaying before doing intermittent fasting for over a year, trying girl supps, doing the one attempt, cutting out boy friendly foods, losing weight(lost 17lbs) etc. I didn't get pregnant after the pregnancy of unknown location in April of last year and dropped the swaying around March of this year and still haven't.
Now I realize it's the vitamin d. I got my levels checked last month and I am at 35.4. I seem to need atleast a 40 to conceive...probably closer to 50. But I have two boys. Its like my body says no baby at all or as soon as i move into a sweet spot BAM pregnant with a boy.
I guess my question is how are women able to conceive with low vitamin d levels? Are some women who seem to have their fertility firmly connected to what their vitamin d levels are just predisposed to conceiving boys bc it increases testosterone? I guess my only hope is to stay hard but take vitamin d? I am turning 35 in a couple months and have been trying since last April.... i was still breastfeeding ds2 then around 2-3x a day also, another sway tactic that i no longer have. My birthday this year was basically my cut off bc I never wanted to be an "older mom" but my dream of a daughter to complete our family is stronger than ever...
Sorry for the novel, just wanted to give a background.
Thankyou for reading, please Atomic and anyone chime in if you have advice or have a similar experience with vitamin d and needing it to get pregnant at all.