getting in shape for 2023 sway after 4 girls

[atomic sagebrush]

Thanks, I'll be looking for it! Sorry for the inconvenience.

[LMSM]

All good - will get to it now and email you asap
PS; this is what I see when I go onto the link you sent - it still only shows as per what I saw initially (just in case it is just me not seeing the form even though it might be there haha )
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[LMSM]

Email just sent Atomic

[atomic sagebrush]

I completely believe you, and I am happy to help via email instead! I have your message and will get right to it!

[LMSM]

Hi all!
About to go on our trip to visit our family - and hopefully will have our attempts mid August.
Last call for any advice? Tried and true tips for conceiving a boy??
I will happily give allllll my pink dust for any blue you can spare too :P

[treens]

Best of luck to you!
I believe what has worked for me.
Don't go hungry eat small amounts every 2-3 hours
Don't miss breakfast eat things like oatmeal I ate oatmeal every morning or eggs and toast lol

Over all try stay relaxed have a safe and wonderful trip!

[LMSM]

Best of luck to you!
I believe what has worked for me.
Don't go hungry eat small amounts every 2-3 hours
Don't miss breakfast eat things like oatmeal I ate oatmeal every morning or eggs and toast lol

Over all try stay relaxed have a safe and wonderful trip!

Thanks Treens!! That's what I am trying to do - it will be easier once we are in France/in holiday mode too

I will try to log in regularly to see where you are at

[Ttc-blue]

Hi LMSM,

Just came here to say all the best wishes for your sway! I just had an ultrasound confirming boy (and my NIPT) also confirmed boy so my sway worked.

I second what Treens said about eating and oatmeal/porridge. I think I also had 2 eggs every other day (never had that many eggs in my life before). I had porridge with a bit of peanut butter. Another thing was that I did the coconut water blitz just before conceiving and also had a bit of guanafessin (sp?).
I ensured I had 3 attempts once I saw posOpk - even when it was unexpectedly positive and hubby had released the day before.

Ohh and I had probiotics regularly and 2200mcg folic acid, I was a bit lax with multivitamins and Vit D but tried my best.

If I remember something else I will post here.

Good luck x

[LMSM]

Hi LMSM,

Just came here to say all the best wishes for your sway! I just had an ultrasound confirming boy (and my NIPT) also confirmed boy so my sway worked.

I second what Treens said about eating and oatmeal/porridge. I think I also had 2 eggs every other day (never had that many eggs in my life before). I had porridge with a bit of peanut butter. Another thing was that I did the coconut water blitz just before conceiving and also had a bit of guanafessin (sp?).
I ensured I had 3 attempts once I saw posOpk - even when it was unexpectedly positive and hubby had released the day before.

Ohh and I had probiotics regularly and 2200mcg folic acid, I was a bit lax with multivitamins and Vit D but tried my best.

If I remember something else I will post here.

Good luck x

Congrats again! It's so good to see so many successful blue sways of late - there may not be many blue swayers, but stats are good this year

It must have been surreal to see a penis on that ultrasound screen (even with the NIPT results already known)

Thanks for your encouragement and advice - appreciate it ^^
Did you do much by way of exercise? are you usually muscular?

[Ttc-blue]

Congrats again! It's so good to see so many successful blue sways of late - there may not be many blue swayers, but stats are good this year

It must have been surreal to see a penis on that ultrasound screen (even with the NIPT results already known)

Thanks for your encouragement and advice - appreciate it ^^
Did you do much by way of exercise? are you usually muscular?

Thank you 😊 After NIPT result I still couldn’t believe it (I know silly of me but I kept thinking maybe it’s someone else’s result or like my ultrasound will show girl for some reason…but at the ultrasound baby made it clear that he is all boy).

I really struggled to do any exercise I average around 6000-7000 steps a day as I drive everywhere and have an office job, I’m a bit of a couch potato (other than the holiday I went to 1.5month before conceiving where I averaged 15,000 steps/day and also did some kayaking so perhaps built some arm muscles). The weight gain mostly was fat and that made me nervous about my sway. I read one of Atomic’s older articles where she writes that stronger arms meant more boys conceived (I think some Nigerian village). Before starting the HE diet in earnest I have always been on the lower BMI side but always fat skinny rather than muscle skinny.

Another thing I should say might have helped is that I did BD unprotected twice after AF but like 2 weeks before I actually ovulated (my daughter got sick so I couldn’t BD unprotected the 2 weeks leading up to ovulation which I thought was also a bit worrisome, but had DH release every 2-4 days).

My sway wasn’t perfect but the odds were in my favour and the advice I got from everyone, including you and Atomic, was invaluable in me tipping the scale of probability to my side. I was very stressed during the OPk time as it was unexpected and I really wanted to conceive, not sure how (and if) that played a role. I was quite stressed when I conceived my DD as well…

Wishing you lots of blue dust and my prayers are with you.