UK SMOG Wannabes - November (moved from PL)

[chocolate]

Lavenderlime - yep in the end finances made thechoice as we need to get the mat. Pay and who knows if my job will still be here in March, so will try end of dec. So could be due sept. Onwards when ds1 starts school - could be a good or bad thing! Just struggling with what to let OH eat as he needs ready meals for work, may just do supps and lower salt and see what his PH does! Def. Going to get the lamp and supps tomoz - spent all evening obsessing doing the food shop lol

[chocolate]

Hey, Ive copied this from my post in members area, but this is my finalised plan, if anyone has anything to add please let me know :-)

I think I have finally decided on what I can do to the best of my abilities.
If you don't mind reading it and giving any tips if you feel I could easily improve anything.


PH: Mine is currently 5.6 to 6.5 so starting the diet today and hope that helps
OH's is 7.5 and not sure if we should try to lower a little more by changing anything else with him? Was going to put him on Licorice Root, 450mg, 3 times a day.

Diet: Im going to mimic IG diet, no red meat, no food till after 12 ish, lots of caffiene free diet coke and fake sugars, muller lights, plain pasta with parmasan cheese and leeks, or rice and chicken etc. Loose probably 2 pounds a week knowing me, minimal salt

OH -not too sure seeing as his PH is in the right lines, should I alter it too much?
Maybe just concentrate on lowering testosterone with limited red meat and reduce salt and increase dairy???

Supps: Me:
1mg folic acid all through cycle
100mg B6 - half in am half in pm from af to O to lengthen LP may try all the way through,worst case it delays O but that may not be a bad thing?
150mg B12 alongside B6 so I presume only take in from af to O
81mg baby asprin all through cycle but slowly wean off before the 3rd trimester
400 iui vitamin E to prevent miscarriage all through cycle
50mg zinc all through cycle
320MG Saw Palmetto to decrease my testosterone from AF to O

OH: 450mg 3 times a day from AF to O

Ions: Im wearing an ionic wrist band, have an ion hairdryer, and a rock salt lamp coming soon. Am using lavender soap and body lotion,will try to get lots of fresh air with easy walks, find a small fan for when on laptop, and laptop plug in ioniser

Douche and gels: Hoping PH will come down and then use rephresh as a lube

Timing: Abstinance aiming to dtd with a condom on about cd 6 after af, then not again until 0+12 which should be between worst case day 14 and 20 so between a 8 day and 15 cut off. I ovulated this month on cd17 but will start supps and B6 and see what happens next month.
Shallow penetration with missionary and no O for me

Try to limit stress and just chill out, hope testosterone levels dropping helps with this! I have PCOS so thats really important.
OH will change to tight pants, and use heat pads to heat his testicles to try to lower sperm count.

I am also on metformin to reduce sugar levels and will actually try to eat wholegrain rice and pasta to prevent sugar levels spiking as that for me is the most important as that will trigger off more testosterone if I dont keep them stable and low.


Aiming to ttc around the end of Dec. but if PH is right and timing is perfect then will give the next cycle a shot, although that would mean only 1month on diet etc. and I suspect a short LP of 9 days so wanted to see if B6 improved that first. Will ask dr about if there is anything I can take just incase.

So my main concern is OH's diet - his PH is 7.5 and thats with tea, coffee, salty crisps, minimal veg and fruit, should I change his diet at all or just add in the Licorice Root?

[littlemisswilko]

yayyy petal has had her little boy!!! carnt wait to see piccys!!!!

[charlieispy]

CONGRATS petal yay he finally arrived was it 11/11/11 or today???

[charlieispy]

Could he take premade rice and chicken, we allowed green salad so chicken salad, he would have lots of eggs, basically he wasnt allowed red meats. He would often get salad bowls from subway - not brilliant but better than his bacon sarnies!

[charlieispy]

Hi Ladies

Attempting to reply but feel crap and the boys are being absolute arses ds1 and 2 have suddenly starting arguing constantly i think ds1 is now wanting to be older and ds2 is sticking his ground but being mean with it - locking ds1 downstairs with the stairgate or upstairs - i tend to leave them open now as he is ok with the stairs grrrrrrrrrrrrr i just feel too poorly to deal with them nicely right now!!! I look horrendous spotty, my mouth is sore from being sick and feel pukey most of the time - can only drink fizzy water or 'ting' a grapefruit fizzy drink!! I can get through as long as this baby is ok

Need you opinions - i have a scan tuesday - i will be almost 7wks however i am planning on cancelling TOUCH WOOD spotting has stopped (been taking vit c as read on my pregnancy app and it seems to have helped) so if i dont get scanned this week I will be booking in with my doctor thursday who will go by my LMP and put me at 9wks not 7wks.....so in theory i should get a scan through when i am 10wks not 12......which will be more reassuring to me as that is when we found out my MC baby wasnt viable....if i have the scan this week I wont get my 12wk scan till 12wks.......am i right to be a little naughty and cancel the early one?? I know even if i try and explain my dates to my doctor they wont listen as they didnt with ds2 or 3

[charlieispy]

chocolate - your sway sound really good - are you planning on taking cranberry at all?? I think that helped my ph as it was 7 or more before I began that and the diet. DH also took cranberry, for his diet I just stopped buying red meat, tomatoes, putting salt in any of our food - encouraged him to eat a girl friendly diet, made him lots of chicken meals, salads, sarnies. He cut down his alcohol too. Abstainance sounds good and your o+12 I hope you get your pink BFP very quickly when you attempt x

[maybebabythree]

Congrates petal! Must go on fb.....

Charlie- do what makes you feel most comfortable. It's not long after you see the hb you get your nt scan. But if the early scan is free would it be worth it to see the pole and sac?

[charlieispy]

For me it doesnt bring much reassurance as I had a great scan at 6wks with my MC baby then at 10wks it wasnt viable - I 'think' i would get a 10wk and a 12wk scan as the nuchal fold cant be done at 10wks??

[Inglewood]

Morning all, Congrats to Petal!! Lovely news.....

Lay in my bed till 9.30am while boys watched TV in theirs....magic!! need as much rest before my nightshifts this wkend. Dreading them!

Ds1 off to friends later, so ds2 will be a wee lost soul. Will maybe take him food shopping with me to pass the time.

Not sure what to suggest Charlie, I would prob want the scan asap after recent bleeding.... just me tho....worrier...