TTC Girl - January 2012

[sweetsister]

It is morning already here so those tests were with fmu! I'm 12dpo, and my LP used to be 11 days. If a bfp was on its way I'd have thought the opk would have a stronger 2nd line even if still negative.
Not had any pregnancy signs either... I don't feel hopeful at all really.

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Sorry about the BFN Rainbow
Your not out yet though hun, i just ate a whole box of aftereight chocolates to make my BFN and me feel better

[KraizyDaizy]

I am going to dtd twice only. When I get +opk and then after O is confirmed on my monitor- as soon as cm turns creamy. So I will hopefully have a 2-3 day cut-off and then hit O+12. This is going to sound scary but we have been ttc for over 4 years. However, we didn't try every month and did take breaks in between time. I also didn't realize I had a LP defect. So with everything I know know I will be ttc in full swing. I am taking vitex and b-6 so we'll see how my lp is this cycle

Last month I had a very short LP of 8 days so maybe I have a LP defect? How do you know for sure?

[zanacal]

Kraizy Daizy - I don't believe in any of the lunar calendar stuff (or anything else which doesn't make sense to me like moons and ions!).

I agree with prayforprincess that you can use the Rephresh every 3 days and Sylk with your attempts and not worry about your pH. It might be a good idea to use a tiny bit of Sylk occasionally leading up to your attempt to get your body used to it - I like that idea.

How easily did you get pregnant with your boys? Because I got pregnant on first attempt twice and on 3rd attempt the other time I wanted to try DTD only once for a couple of months before we added in more attempts. The more times you DTD the higher your chance of pregnancy but it may not be as good a sway - it's an individual thing really, many wouldn't even get pregnant with one attempt so it's about getting the balancing act right between low sperm numbers and still getting a BFP.

I think lots of girl swayers have it ingrained in them that DTD on O is for a boy but I don't believe that to be the case at all (as you know I DTD once on O day to conceive our girl). I think it's down to the individual again - I have loads of EWCM 4 days before O up to a couple of days before O so I wouldn't DTD for a girl on those days (as you would if you were doing a cut-off). By O day I have very little EWCM so I was happy that that might be a better time for me to conceive a girl.

[prayforprincess]

Should I even use the SYLK? If RepHresh is doing it's job, do I need it?

Its added security and another barrier...I guess it depends how many road blocks you want to put in your way.
Personally, I am doing rephresh every 3 days, 1/2 app. rephresh 12 hours before attempt (if it has been 2 days since last app, otherwise if I used it the day of or day before attempt then skip this), finger tip replens 1 hour before dtd and dtd w/ sylk.
Jump and dump after 5 minutes. I am not taking my ph or putting anything up there after my attempt. Just going to bed. I figure..what's the point? The rephresh is working to keep my ph low and after 5-15 minutes all the sperm that are going to swim out of my vj already have and nothing I can do will reach them up there now. Just hope taking the zytec does its job.

[sweetsister]

Me Me Me - I think I will O around the 23rd Jan (DS1's 4th birthday!)

Good to see you again maybeoneday! I hope you get lucky this month

[HopeandDreamG]

Rainbow flower~ sorry for the BFN..just came over here to see.

Amari~ Great pic. So nice to see you! I want to put one up but I'm so private I get paranoid someone I know would recognize me! But I guess they would be here too, so what's the difference!!! LOL

[maybeoneday]

Good to see you again maybeoneday! I hope you get lucky this month

Sorry about the BFN but don't beat yourself up about the aftereights (they are really good for all those who don't know what they are.

You are not out yet but maybe we were just destined to get our BFP's together next month! xx

[suregena]

So, tomorrow I think I'm going to go with the 3 item platter thing and get hummus, artichoke hearts, and tabbouleh with it. I'll probably eat the pita. Might eat the chips, too. *shrug* We'll see! But I worked it out that shouldn't hit me TOO hard (except in the sodium department and the hummus will be the most fattening/protein filled item and the pita breads but I know they'll only give 1 pita bread's worth with it, like 4 triangle pieces at the most) and then for dinner, I can have a tiny portion of rice, a weight watchers cake, some meerkat jelly things, and a Dr Pepper zero and probably be okay in my numbers. Obviously I'm not sure how much will be given with the platter, but last I got it I think it was sensible portions since you get three. And they may or may not dress the salad with a balsamic or some sort of vinaigrette.

It'll be okay, I think. Maybe. Oh well, can't escape it. But shouldn't sting too bad.

[Mochagirl]

I think it's fine, suregena. Sodium's the least important sway factor anyway, and as far as cheats go, yours won't be bad at all. It would be far worse to have a big steak or something! Besides, one day won't hurt anything. Enjoy your meal!

[HopeandDreamG]

Kraisy- don't know if someone already responded to this bc I can't read through the whole thread right now. You posted on here that you were going to use a douche and rephresh. This doesnt make much sense bc rephresh is designed to keep your ph at 4.5 for 3 days perfect for a girl sway. A vinegar douche is much lower ph then this so the rephresh will work to increase your ph back to 4.5 and the douche just hurts chances of a bfp. Hope this makes sense.