TTC girl after 2 boys

[Bcasp704]

Hi!
I have been doing so much research over the past month on ways to conceive a girl. I have 2 wonderful sons (6 yrs old & 2 yrs old) my husband and I are ready for baby #3 and while we would love either a boy or girl I am starting to get out numbered 😂. I ovulate at the end of this week so these are the sways I was going to attempt : only having 1 attempt in my fertile window probably a day or two before O. Use rephresh the night before DTD. Have DH get a hot shower before. Shallow position. I haven’t followed a strict diet but I do not eat a lot during the day so I’m hoping that helps me. If there are any positive suggestions I would greatly appreciate it!

[atomic sagebrush]

Hi and welcome!

Best thing you can do at the last minute is one attempt! So be sure you keep that in the mix as longa s you can.

The RepHresh has not really seemed to work for us. It's fine to use that to start with but be sure you drop it before adding attempts.

Hot shower has never been shown to sway - at your discretion but drop that before adding attempt

Shallow release has never been shown to sway and has REALLY cut odds of conception. I really don't recommend it at all, after all we KNOW one attempt works and so doing shallow release simply cuts odds of conceiving with one attempt!! If you do want to try it, just be sure you drop it before adding attempts.

Good luck and pink dust headed your way!

[Bcasp704]

Thank you so much for the response! What is your opinion on replens lubricant? I’ve read mixed reviews on that.

[atomic sagebrush]

None of the jellies have worked. We didn't track Replens in and of itself since it's impossible to track everything, but I can't imagine since Acijel, Sylk, and RepHresh haven't swayed, that Replens would!

[Bcasp704]

Thank you so much! I haven decided to wait until next month so I had a little bit more time to try and sway. I’ve started cutting out my breakfast and just having a coffee in the morning ( I wake up some days at 5am so it’s necessary lol ) keeping a low calorie diet throughout the day, drinking a glass of cranberry juice and water throughout the day (with my boys I was never a water drinker and seemed dehydrated most of the time) then I am going to abstain and try O-1 to conceive. My ovulation is very regulated so I have pin pointed the day. Is there anything else you may think I should change or add to my diet? Also should I start prenatals or just folic acid?

[atomic sagebrush]

Coffee in the morning is fine, we all have that.

cranberry juice is pointless for a sway. It's not concentrated enough to do anything (you'd need cranberry supplements to do that) and even the cranberry suppleemnts have not worked. So you are adding nutrients to your diet for no reason since the cranberry juice does nothing. I'd ditch that.

You need to be careful not to go TOO low cal. Can you define what you mean by "low cal?"

Going onto a calorie restricted diet can change your ovulation so do be aware of that! You may want to back that up with OPK just to be sure you are really going to O on time.

Just folic acid, prenatals may sway blue.

[Bcasp704]

I probably phrased it incorrectly. I’m just trying to cut out the calories of snacking and keeping my meals simple and not over indulging. I have a tendency of snacking in the evenings especially after a smaller dinner that doesn’t fill me, or grabbing chocolate after a meal 😬 .... I’ll forget about be cranberry juice. I also started light workouts since I read that could have an impact on the sway. Thank you so much for the responses and giving your advice. It’s amazing that you take so much time out of your day to try and help others out!

[atomic sagebrush]

No it's fine, I just want to be very sure you're getting enough. Many times when people tell me they are eating a low cal diet, I come to find out they are eating 500 calories a day and telling everyone "I'm on LE Diet" but that is NOT LE Diet. LE Diet is a safe pre-conception diet, not starvation, and staying above the minimums is the most important part.

What I did was that I had 3 meals (both 2 and 3 meals are fine on LE) but timed one of them to be a bedtime-ish snack. I am also a nighttime grazer and that was the only way I could stick with it. So I had a meal at 11ish, one at 4-6 pm sometime in there, and then around 9, an hour or so before I went to bed.

[Bcasp704]

Sounds great thank you! Do you suggest work outs as well? I’m trying to do the opposite of how my lifestyle was when I had my two boys and I most certainly did not work out lol

[Bcasp704]

And what is your thoughts on watermelon? For whatever reason I have been eating so much of it