What helps me

[babydust]

Morning!

So as most of you know, I had my sway in August and I got my BFP . I'm 12 and a half weeks pregnant and of course, I sometimes think about my sway. Going in for my NT scan in less than a week so will update in the U/S forum but until then...

I'm feeling so good about the fact that I got pregnant in the beginning of August ( probably O'ed August 5th). Of course, if I was doing a strict diet for months it wouldn't matter much when I tried
But since it wasn't that long, I'm so relieved that I didn't end up Trying in Sept or Nov. I probably would have! And I'm still never perfect with diet. Haha.

*Is beginning of August more neutral than boy friendly you think?*. I even had a dream
about it! That most august sways are strong if you add in some Extra tactics. Guess it's
been on my Mind in a positive way.

* Dh gaining weight ( fat not muscle) around is belly and his very low meat intake

* That our true attempt was the third time Dh released that day

* Just wanted to add ( no idea what I'm having yet). But something that also gives me
Comfort during this waiting time is that I took a 1/2 benedril a half hour before my sway an the other 1/2 after. No idea why this makes me feel
Good about my sway, but it really does!! Hehe

* The other thing is that I used RepHresh. It helped a lot with keeping Ewcm
Low and keeping ph low after we dtd

* Taking Baby Aspirin ( only got two in before attempt) helps as well! I know
I wasn't taking it for long but it helps me during this long wait until
I find out the gender!

* skipping breakfast or other meals. Definitely gives comfort! I know
My blood sugar was low

* losing weight around O time. Major blood sugar drop

* low stress. Very low. Was not swaycessed at all.

Just wanted to share for those swaying as to what gives me
Comfort and helps me to feel positive about my sway. No matter what the outcome
May be! I know I did a good job . Not the best
But good.

[auroara78]

What made me feel good during my sway:

DH's incredibly low sex drive. Any other time I would have hated this, ha! But I felt it really meant that his T was low.

Baby aspirin. I am an avid supporter of this wonder drug and think it really helped a lot!

Pepp Tea. I could really feel it *calm and chill* me out and I really came to enjoy it, and I think it helped lower my T levels, at least it made me less frantic.

Controverisial I know, but O'ing in new moon at least made me relaxed about O'ing in the "girl phase" (I did O in new moon with DS1 as well, but since it already lined up in my cycle perfectly, I liked the "freebie" as I call it.

I also enjoyed my rose quartz jewelry. Though I don't really believe in "ions" per se, just wearing them and thinking about a bundle in pink really helped me with visuailization, and I think the mind is crazy powerful, as far as if you believe in something, and positively try to picture it, I think it may help. (it's not fail proof of course!)

I did NOT skip breakfast, but I did have a different, less nutritious one, which made a difference.

[babydust]

Thank you for sharing auroara!! I definitely think all those factors helped in conceiving your little girl. Glad to see that we both have some overlaps too!

[Wishing4Princess]

Babydust and Aurora, this is very helpful to me! thank you!

My first attempt will be in November. I just still can't decide on couple of things and I would love your advice:

Not sure If i should take vitex, as it does delay ovulation for me and I have spotting w/ vitex.

Saw palmetto- I am planning on taking it the whole cycle-through ovulation (started yesterday, will stop it when I got a +opk)--is this dangerous to take for entire cycle and quit cold turkey? (they are capsules, not sure how to wean off).

Aspirin-does help reduce ewcm and reduces PH for me but, same thing as vitex, I have spotting w. it. I took it 4 days after AF ended this last month and I started spotting. should I just take it before my attempt?? and then wean off before BFP?

question for you ladies about sex positiion, babydust, I noticed you said you dtd for the attempt w. you on top then J/d and SET. was it the same for all 3 attempts? and how far apart were the attempts. did you dtd on +opk?? sorry for so many questions. I have been on the diet for 8 months and will use alot of other things as i still get LOADS of ewcm week of ov. BUT i want to get pregnant first month I try so I need your advice ladies

[babydust]

Hi wishing! So we only had one true attempt. Dh released himself around 9:30. We dtd at 10:30, me
On top, very shallow release and he basically pulled out at the end. Stayed in for a split second. I did 1/2 app repHresh around 10:00 am. Then we dtd 11 hours later. Around 9:30 pm. I was on top, deep releae. But jumped up immediately. Used the bathroom and did semen emitting technique. I got a positive digi opk at 3:30 that afternoon and pretty sure I O'ed sometime the next day. I wanted a longer cut off but oh well. I hope the frequency of our bd session helped to reduce sperm count. I did have Ewcm the day we dtd but not the day after. And ph still stayed at 5.0.

Personally I would only use repHresh, BA, and antihistamines. I think the other stuff messes with cycles too much. O easy on the BA. Only one every few days

Hope that helps! And goodfor you for being so good on diet. I wasn't on it officially for that long so I went strict on the jelly's and antihistamines

[Wishing4Princess]

Thanks. My gut tells me no to take vitex and sp, this is the first time after so many years that I notice my cycle lining up w, moon phase and sign (ovulation on NM). I don't know how much this will sway since the 'season' is not so girl friendly where I live. but I think Atomic said it doesn't make much of a difference anyway... so if I take vitex or SP , i think it will mess up my cycles.

the other thing about diet pepsi/coke is that when I do drink it, anything w/ aspartame in it makes me produce more ewcm, strange, huh? if I drink plain water or keep the diet, i am 'drier' down there, but when I drink a pepsi or have CL, I have gobs of ewcm. I am not sure if this has anything to do w/ estrogen production??? I read that alot of packaged/unhealthy food cause estrogen levels to spike. could this be the reason for why I get like this??

I am so nervous about the whole ttc. mainly b/c I don't want to have gender dissapointment if I dont get my lil girl

[babydust]

It's good that you know how different things effect you! I in no way think you need to add asparatyme, in any form, to your sway. Especially if it increases your Ewcm. It's not healthy and your Doing plenty of other things to sway, in my opinion. I did add a little crystal light and a few diet cokes but I didn't go overboard with it this time. I think a relaxed sway is the best sway possible. Of course, do diet an such too. The fear of GD is scary! But just think how woderful little boys are too. They truley are a blessing. So no worries, do what you can and leave the rest up to the main upstairs

[Wishing4Princess]

It's good that you know how different things effect you! I in no way think you need to add asparatyme, in any form, to your sway. Especially if it increases your Ewcm. It's not healthy and your Doing plenty of other things to sway, in my opinion. I did add a little crystal light and a few diet cokes but I didn't go overboard with it this time. I think a relaxed sway is the best sway possible. Of course, do diet an such too. The fear of GD is scary! But just think how woderful little boys are too. They truley are a blessing. So no worries, do what you can and leave the rest up to the main upstairs

Well i've had a long 8 months to test everything out, so I guess theres only one plus to waiting so long to ttc. I really am trying to have a relaxed sway so i hope the planning ahead will help w. That. The less supps and jellies i got to worry about the less stress.


One other question. Did you take cal/ mag on attempt day or stop them before ov? ( as cal/mag supps make me more alkaline. thx!!

[babydust]

Sounds good! No, I didnt take any cal/mag supps this time. Didn't increase my calcium
Either. Just tried to focus on low nutrients

[babydust]

But remember, I don't know what gender I'm having yet so you may not want to go by me! Haha. The post was just about what helps me to get through this waiting to find out the sex of the baby. Basically, the things I feel really good about with my past sway.