Confused re diet in 2ww - what am I missing?

[calico]

I understand that part of the LE diet for a girl is to keep your blood sugar levels as low as possible esp following ov/fertilization bcuz female zygotes prefer/don't need as much nutrients when growing. But since you don't know for sure whether an X or Y sperm fertilized the egg if it did at all, what difference does it make? Can someone clear this up for me? Thanks!

[zanacal]

It's not because they need less nutrients, it's because they suck up glucose more effectively and if there's too much in the environment they may suck up too much. The males do not suck it up effectively and probably prefer more in their environment. You're right that we don't know which gender has been conceived but it's about giving the gender you've swayed so hard for the best possible chance of thriving after conception.

[HopeandDreamG]

How soon after an attempt would you say it was safe to go out to dinner and totally go off the diet for one night? Once you get a BFP obviously it would not be a problem, but should you wait the entire 2 weeks to know for sure? If you wait the entire 2 weeks and get a BFN, then the cheat is that much closer to the next attempt. THoughts?

[Out of the Blue]

How soon after an attempt would you say it was safe to go out to dinner and totally go off the diet for one night? Once you get a BFP obviously it would not be a problem, but should you wait the entire 2 weeks to know for sure? If you wait the entire 2 weeks and get a BFN, then the cheat is that much closer to the next attempt. THoughts?

Wait at least 7 days but if you can make it until 10+, it's even better. FWIW, I always allow myself a cheat meal or even cheat day on the 1st day of AF...It's my thing to keep my spirits up and keep me on the sway. I'm okay w/doing this as I don't think it'll ruin my sway if I'm eating like a girl-swaying saint the rest of the time...Just my Hope this helps!

[atomic sagebrush]

It's likely that big and strong beans of either gender can withstand a wide variety of environments. My thinking is simply that it makes no sense for us to desperately TTC a baby girl, and then not do everything we can to ensure that she has an optimal environment to develop in. This may be esp. true for those of us with 3-4-5-more boys already because the odds are good we prob. already HAVE a good environment for boys to develop in and so we may need to be extra diligent in providing an XX with the best environment we can.

[atomic sagebrush]

How soon after an attempt would you say it was safe to go out to dinner and totally go off the diet for one night? Once you get a BFP obviously it would not be a problem, but should you wait the entire 2 weeks to know for sure? If you wait the entire 2 weeks and get a BFN, then the cheat is that much closer to the next attempt. THoughts?

I don't think you need to wait the full 2 weeks (but it won't do any harm if you do because the babe lives off its yolk sac at first) but I don't think 5 days is quite long enough either. My thinking is that if you start to relax on diet on maybe day 7 and then by day 10, you're prob. good to go (you may even get BFP by then). To play it more conservatively, you would want to continue diet through day 10 and then slowly normalize through day 14.

My concern is sodium in particular - not sure it's the greatest idea to be eating very little sodium and then shoot a whole wad through your newly developing placenta - so that is why I think you might want to gradually normalize for a few days. Prob. just me being overcautious, but it's what I would do.

[HopeandDreamG]

Thanks Atomic and Out of the Blue...thats what I wanted everyones 2cents!!