Pink swayers' December thread

[rainbowflower]

Lemon - agree with mocha! If you keep pH down, daily BD should sway pink. Shettles has been disproved so many times and I've seen more studies proving BD on ov day sways pink if it sways at all so we will be BD through ov



Afm - cd10 today and got a surprise "high" on my cbfm this morning. Earliest ov has been so far was cd19! Seems vitex is working although hoping ov is about a week away!

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[amari]

Hi, ladies! Hope all is well. I have been MIA as you know as I am in Mexico for 2 weeks. It is hard to get on the internet here. I needed to drop in this early am, hope you don't mind, I am feeling really lost and needed to vent. I am having such a difficult time doing this all here. I took my clomid cycle day 5-9 and I really don't know that I am going to O at all. I have a slight concern that I actually missed it altogether, but I think more likely that its just not going to happen, I'm on day 14 now which i know is early but no feelings are happening at all and there are no lines at all on opks. On top of it, the food here is so bad for you that i am either starving myself or eating horribly so I am gaining weight while here. I am quite in a bad place. I wanted so badly to have a relaxing time here as I usually do, instead I am hungry or fat, and worried about not ovulating. On top of it I am skipping out on all these lovely fruity drinks to keep my blood sugar down! uggh, sorry for the rant, I am just so down, and can't believe my body, I know my body pretty well and don't think I am going to O. I feel so desperate and hate to feel this way...
sorry to just drop in and vent, I am just feeling so alone here, especially having all of dh's family here watching me.

[Out of the Blue]

My current plan is to do maybe 2-3 attempts right around O. Lots of people who are swaying for a girl bd on or just before O - I think it may be especially important to do this if you're over 35 and if you're leaving it all down to one attempt, as some do. Also, all the other swaying stuff we do can make it difficult enough to get pregnant as it is, so the way I see it - why add to that difficulty for something that doesn't seem to sway anyway?

I think you need to do what you'll feel most comfortable with. I really hope this is your month.

Great advice...couldn't have said it better!

[Out of the Blue]

Amari, I'm so sorry things are not going well. Try to limit your food intake b/c it's rich in cals, etc. but you still need to eat, especially at your size! Drinking coffee or a coke really helps keep my hunger away so you could try that to stretch out your meal times. As far as O goes, I think you're just not relaxed enough. If you let go of some of the guilt about food, I'll bet you'll be in a much better place for O to happen. I know when I'm stressed out and I need to relax, someone telling me to just relax makes me even more stressed. You'll have to find a way to do it yourself somehow. I know it's hard for you to log on but if you need to vent, etc., come back and post b/c it may make you feel a bit better so you can relax a bit.

[Mochagirl]

Amari - I'm soooo sorry you're having a tough time. It's hard enough to sway when you're away from your home and routine, but to be with your ILs makes it doubly hard. I'll be in your exact position next week when I'll be staying with my ILs across the country for a whole week! Luckily I'll be able to come online and vent, I hope.

Try to relax as much as you can (I know, easier said than done) and good luck catching that egg!

[lemon2012]

Hi, ladies! Hope all is well. I have been MIA as you know as I am in Mexico for 2 weeks. It is hard to get on the internet here. I needed to drop in this early am, hope you don't mind, I am feeling really lost and needed to vent. I am having such a difficult time doing this all here. I took my clomid cycle day 5-9 and I really don't know that I am going to O at all. I have a slight concern that I actually missed it altogether, but I think more likely that its just not going to happen, I'm on day 14 now which i know is early but no feelings are happening at all and there are no lines at all on opks. On top of it, the food here is so bad for you that i am either starving myself or eating horribly so I am gaining weight while here. I am quite in a bad place. I wanted so badly to have a relaxing time here as I usually do, instead I am hungry or fat, and worried about not ovulating. On top of it I am skipping out on all these lovely fruity drinks to keep my blood sugar down! uggh, sorry for the rant, I am just so down, and can't believe my body, I know my body pretty well and don't think I am going to O. I feel so desperate and hate to feel this way...
sorry to just drop in and vent, I am just feeling so alone here, especially having all of dh's family here watching me.

Amari, I am so sorry your vacation does not sound like much fun at all!!
You need some fruity drinks
Clomid itself sways girl! Also, when I used clomid my doctor said to bd on cd14, 16, 18 and 20. That is it! The fact that the first day the doctor said ws cd 14 is because on clomid you ovulate quite late. Once it was cd 16 and once it was cd 18 or 19.
Also, there are many girls born from clomid and that is all. I hope you can relax

[lemon2012]

Great advice...couldn't have said it better!

Thanks Mocha and Out of the Blue,
The timing thing is getting to me!!!! I am trying hard not to believe it!
So, today I am cd 12.....still low on cbfm. I am quite confused!
My temp is high for the third day in a row. I really thought I had ovulated...but I think the temps are up bc I am sick. Also, the opks would have shown something if I had o'd.
So, back to the plan....!
OOTB, what did you end up doing exactly? Did you have DH release in between or just dtd everyday?
Did you take days off?
How much rephresh did you end up using?

I used some Tuesday and yesterday. I gather that it also makes it hard to decipher cm right?

My ph is naturally high.....really high! I eat the right foods and even after a pitcher of crystal light it is still high.
So, I guess that is why I am worried about timing and dtd too many times....!
I have bd cd 9, 10 and morning of cd 11.
Most months I o on cd 14. We will bd today....should I go every day?
Every other and have dh release in between?

Thanks Mocha and OOTB!

Mocha, any signs of o yet?
When will you start bding?

OOTB, what dpo are you?
Are you excited?
Rainbowfower! You got a high and I am still low I stopped taking the vitex the other day...maybe being sick is delaying o?
When will you start bding? Will you dtd after o as well?
What are you doing to keep ph down?
If you can give me any other advice about your sway I would love to hear it!!!

Enjoy your Saturday!

[Jamie86]

I really want to say hats off to you ladies who have been trying for a while. I feel like I'm going crazy just waiting to ovulate (I'm only on CD12) so I have no idea how I'm going to survive the 2WW. And this is only my 1st full month trying. I think it's because I've never really "tried" in this sense before. My 1st son was not planned and my 2nd son we decided we would just stop preventing in September and then really start trying in October and September 26th I found out I was pregnant.

[Jamie86]

Hi, ladies! Hope all is well. I have been MIA as you know as I am in Mexico for 2 weeks. It is hard to get on the internet here. I needed to drop in this early am, hope you don't mind, I am feeling really lost and needed to vent. I am having such a difficult time doing this all here. I took my clomid cycle day 5-9 and I really don't know that I am going to O at all. I have a slight concern that I actually missed it altogether, but I think more likely that its just not going to happen, I'm on day 14 now which i know is early but no feelings are happening at all and there are no lines at all on opks. On top of it, the food here is so bad for you that i am either starving myself or eating horribly so I am gaining weight while here. I am quite in a bad place. I wanted so badly to have a relaxing time here as I usually do, instead I am hungry or fat, and worried about not ovulating. On top of it I am skipping out on all these lovely fruity drinks to keep my blood sugar down! uggh, sorry for the rant, I am just so down, and can't believe my body, I know my body pretty well and don't think I am going to O. I feel so desperate and hate to feel this way...
sorry to just drop in and vent, I am just feeling so alone here, especially having all of dh's family here watching me.

I'm so sorry your time away is not going well. Being away from home (and with DHs family) while swaying and TTC has to be hard. I know trying to relax and enjoy yourself is much much easier said than done but is there anything you can do to help? Is there anywhere to get a massage or manicure or something similar?

[Jamie86]

Oh and I wanted to add about the different old wives tells gender tests I had a very strange one that I had never heard of done with DS1 that was correct. Someone told me if you hold a baby (I think only a male baby) that is under a year old over your belly and they push both feet straight down (as if the plant their feet) then you are carrying a boy and if they lift one leg up you are carrying a girl. It's one of the craziest I've heard and it's something about the boy standing his ground with another male and being a gentleman to the female. Someone told me this while we were at the home of a friend with a 6month old son so we decided to try it and according to their son we were having a boy.

I recently contacted one of those baby psychics and she said I would get a BFP in January from a cycle that began in December and it would be a girl. I'm so so so hoping she is right! And maybe that's one reason I'm so anxious this cycle which I know I need to chill out a bit.