HELP ME RAISE MY pH!!

[Hobbermittens]

It was close to 7 the last time I tested it, but today it was only 4 (I got a +opk today, so O is right around the corner, and I should be seeing HIGHER pH now, right??)!!! I can't figure out what changed. What can I do to raise it? I have been drinking BSD once a day, ACV once a day. Should I increase that?

[gizmo77]

i do acv 3x/s a day, plan to do BSD next cycle af-o (or 2 weeks) with COT about 3-6xs/day (if i can fit it in!!), and ive been drinking lemon water all day.

what were you etaing/drinking when you had that pH of 7?
also some say that pH isnt that impt..if youre attempting soon, id do BSF too!!

[Hobbermittens]

Oh be careful when you do the COT! I tried it today and had a total blowout! (TMI, sorry!)

I don't remember what I was eating when I had the higher pH, aside from less eggs and peanut butter. So I am backing off both of those and upping more alkaline stuff.

The problem is, there isn't enough room in my stomach/time in the day to do all the drinks and all the food!! I need a few more stomachs, like a cow!

[gizmo77]

i hear ya..prepping food is CONSUMING my life. i have no break time. and i leave my children to the disney world/TV.

cant wait to get knocked up.
oh yeah ir ead about too much potassium too fast (supplement wise) can give you diarrhea..ill start slow with that
thanks!

[Zivic-Bubac]

upping more alkaline stuff.

Maybe increase alkalizing fruits and veggies which are also high in Potassium: tomatoes, potatoes, bananas....+ just alkaline fruits and veggies esp. dried figs and dried fruits generally and garlic.

Here's link I used a lot while on IG ( here I'm more relaxed ) http://www.angelfire.com/az/sthursto...oods_list.html

I totally understand not having stomach large enough for all I'm supposed to eat

[Hobbermittens]

I just started with the Alka Seltzer Gold yesterday. Has anyone else been drinking this stuff? Not bad.

[atomic sagebrush]

It was close to 7 the last time I tested it, but today it was only 4 (I got a +opk today, so O is right around the corner, and I should be seeing HIGHER pH now, right??)!!! I can't figure out what changed. What can I do to raise it? I have been drinking BSD once a day, ACV once a day. Should I increase that?

Ugh that's so frustrating. Question - did you have much noticeable CM when you checked?? I tend to wonder if it was just a one-off fluke, like you were dry at that moment so pH was low because the vaginal secretiions always are, and up inside where it counts, your pH is fine.

[atomic sagebrush]

Oh be careful when you do the COT! I tried it today and had a total blowout! (TMI, sorry!)

I don't remember what I was eating when I had the higher pH, aside from less eggs and peanut butter. So I am backing off both of those and upping more alkaline stuff.

The problem is, there isn't enough room in my stomach/time in the day to do all the drinks and all the food!! I need a few more stomachs, like a cow!

Don't worry about the peanut butter/eggs, if it's worrying you...I suspect that your body has stored up a lot of the goodness from them and is using it, so if you feel the need to cut back to raise your pH, it will use that stored cholesterol and healthy fat to keep making everything it needs.

[atomic sagebrush]

Maybe increase alkalizing fruits and veggies which are also high in Potassium: tomatoes, potatoes, bananas....+ just alkaline fruits and veggies esp. dried figs and dried fruits generally and garlic.

Here's link I used a lot while on IG ( here I'm more relaxed ) http://www.angelfire.com/az/sthursto...oods_list.html

I totally understand not having stomach large enough for all I'm supposed to eat

That would be my preference rather than cutting out good foods, would be to just add more alkalinizing veggies, but like I said above, you have prob. gotten a lot of goodness already stored up from the eggs and peanut butter.

[atomic sagebrush]

I do want to post a reminder about COT and anythign else containing potassium in mineral form, I really do not love you guys taking supplementary potassium in anything but the tiniest of dosages. I would much rather you got potassium via foods rather than supps of any sort. Too much potassium can kill you, and when you take potassium supps, your body starts to excrete large amounts of potassium and then if you cut back too suddenly on your intake, your body keeps excreting potassium and you end up with too little potassium, which can kill you even quicker.

I know people can and do take it, but for my mind even if we have a bad result one in a thousand times, it's not worth it!!