Wondering about swaying as someone with lean PCOS
Hello! Sorry in advance for the long post. I’m wondering if anyone has advice for me—I’m trying to decide IF and HOW I should attempt a girl sway. We have three boys. My youngest is 18 months, I’m still breastfeeding, and my body is just starting to think about ovulating again (I can tell by my cervical fluid). We totally would try for another baby if 100% guaranteed a girl, but obviously there are no guarantees. I’m pretty sure I have PCOS with an atypical presentation. I’ve always been small, with a BMI of 19 (5 ft. tall and 100 lbs.) I’ve never been insulin resistant as far as I know, but ovarian ‘cysts’ were found on an abdominal ultrasound prior to getting pregnant, and I have high testosterone. The only way I ovulate seems to be when I’m eating healthy and eating enough. I roughly attempted a girl sway with my youngest boy, but I stopped ovulating when I wasn’t eating enough and ended up conceiving him around the holidays when I was eating more [emoji2370]
Here’s a bit of my history: I’m 37. Prior to going on birth control, I always had infrequent periods and was told it was because I was “underweight.” I was never very concerned with what I ate. After getting off birth control, I went a couple years having 2-3 periods a year. Eventually I started tracking my irregular “cycles”, going to acupuncture, taking supplements and herbs, and cleaning up my diet (healthy fats, nutrient-dense food, grass fed red meat, organic, etc…). Through some combination of these things, I was able to get my cycles somewhat on track, and we conceived our first baby. I know I have issues with hormone balance given my long, all-over-the-place menstrual cycles. I suspect that I am fairly sensitive to endocrine disrupters in the environment such as synthetic hormones. I also suspect that I may have low-ish progesterone.
Here I am, about 8 years after cleaning up my diet, with three healthy boys! I love them more than anything! Since I didn’t know if I could or should (due to potential genetic issues) get pregnant, they are truly my life’s greatest blessings. I love babies and birth, and I can’t stop thinking about another baby.
I’m trying to determine if it’s worth going on the LE diet in case we decide to try for another. I realize that dropping in weight may just prevent pregnancy altogether, but maybe that’s not so bad if we are unsure of another baby. If I am too hungry I get “hangry”, and I’m not a good mother to my boys. We lead a fairly active outdoor lifestyle, but I don’t have dedicated “exercise” time.
My family of boys (and a tall, thin husband with super fast metabolism) eats TONS of food. We have a freezer full of grass fed beef and elk meat because ethically sourced meat is important to us (we eat meat about 3 times/week). We grow our own veggies, potatoes, and beans, we eat lots of healthy fats, try to stick to whole grains, and we eat the eggs of our free range chickens. We are far from perfect, but overall we eat a very healthy, clean, whole-food, and high calorie diet. It is BOY-friendly!
Here are some questions:
What aspects of the PCOS LE diet apply to me as someone who has very little (if any) weight to lose?
Can I balance my hormones to be pro-girl sway (I feel like lowering testosterone would be helpful)?
What major things should I change about my diet, or should I continue to eat pretty much what I eat but just eat less?
What supplements should I be taking? Should I avoid sugar and/or natural sweeteners like honey and maple syrup for the most part?
What about coffee since it is something I drink every morning (though didn’t drink as much with my first two boys)?
(And as a side note - does anyone here have any advice about whether to try for a fourth baby?? How did you decide?)
I do not expect all these questions to be answered. They’re just some of the many things I wonder about when considering a sway. I am trying to determine if it is worth forgoing the healthy diet/lifestyle that works well for my family (and for me) on the off-chance of conceiving a girl…. knowing what to change, given that I don’t fit the typical “PCOS” profile, is confusing to me. Thanks for any input!
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