TTC Girl - January 2012

[Mochagirl]

Zana, I'm 0 weeks and 1 day pregnant didn't you know? going to catch that egg this cycle!

I LOVE that attitude, rainbow!! I'm sure this cycle will be it for you!

[HopeandDreamG]

Purple sky- you can read this
http://genderdreaming.com/forum/gend...s-swaying.html

[HopeandDreamG]

Z- thanks for posting the study here. We r in the frequent camp and compressed frequent towards insemination time! Need to step it up from how we conceived boys. Ladies it's helpful to get full disclosure from dh about how much he's helped himself!

Rainbowflower- I like the way you are looking at it. And your count WILL be accurate!!! Positive vibes being sent your way.....

Amari- my attempt will be week if February 20th or there about it will only change if AF changes or I get ill again. Praying that doesn't happen. If you missed it I have crohns. It's an intestinal disease and I have been in a flare. It means my intestines are inflamed I had major pain, fever, exhaustion. Like so much pain i needed dh to help me sit up from a lying down position. It Started early December. On the mend now needing to get weaned off steroids. This is why I'm skipping January too - to be 100% healthy and meds out of my system. Maybe being so ill will help sway girl.... It's one and only benefit!

[prayforprincess]

Question and would appreciate your thoughts. I had a good luteal phase this month of 14 days -- always do. I got my af of Thursday and it started off a brownish color...not normal for me. Late thursday to late friday it was a regular flow and then starting late friday to late saturday it was turining brownish like the end of your flow and today its nearly gone. That is sooooo not normal for me. Usually I have a really heavy flow for the 1st 2-3 days and then it is a lighter/regular flow for another 3-4 days. It usually lasts about 5-7 days. This time it barely last for 3 full days and was only "normal" for 24 hours of that. What is going on??
I am worried that my lining might have been thin -- never been a problem before. I also have been on the LE diet really strictly for 1.5 weeks and already lost 7 lbs. (I am not overwight at all, I would consider myself normal..5'7" and a size 6). Could it be the fast weight lose especially during af time that caused this? The lack of nutrition (I am pretty much only eating white rice, green beans and cauliflower with some low sodium cheese here and there). I read that light period could mean hormonal changes but that is when going into pre-menapause and I am only 29. Or it can mean stress but I am no more stressed now than I am normally. It also said lack of nutrition....
I am worried. Maybe its nothing but after all these IVF cycle I had a fear they would do something negative. Doc's told me no way and I am sure it is not that is not it as I had a normal to heavy period last month (my 1st period after my 3rd failed cycle).
Sorry I am rambling...thoughts anyone???

[atomic sagebrush]

Aah I see. Will it still regulate my cycle if i only take it AF - O? or is this just for those who are using it as an addition to sway?

Yes, and it may even work BETTER because it mimicks your body's natural cycle - 2 W on, 2 W off.

[atomic sagebrush]

The main problem with vitex and pregnancy is that women suddenly stop taking it which causes a big drop in progesterone, and can lead to a miscarriage. If you are on it and find out you are pg, you need to wean off it slowly.

My concern is more that it is also a huge unknown for safety.

That having been said, I thought I had AF and resumed my vitex, took it for two weeks when I was already pg and my baby is fine, but I really had a lot of worry and heartbreak over that.

[atomic sagebrush]

I think human physiology is similar enough that the trends will apply to all men - there are only so many sperm that can be produced at any one time and it takes time to restore supplies so if you quickly clear out most of the ready-to-go ones in the first couple of releases in short succession there are only so many that are able to make it into the next release

Haha, I was going to write almost this exact thing but you did it so well I'll just quote ya.

This type of study isn't the sort of thing where luck or confounding factors or self-reporting errors can mess with the results. Unlike with timing studies where luck plays a huge role, as do other things that are swaying and also in a lot of the studies, they go off of what people are telling them which may or may not be true. In this study, they're simply getting the samples from guys over a few days and counting them up - no luck involved, very little confounding factors ( I mean I suppose that all the guys could have drastically altered their diets halfway thru the study but I kinda doubt it) and then the researchers are counting them up - much more reliable than a lot of the studies we have!!

[atomic sagebrush]

Question and would appreciate your thoughts. I had a good luteal phase this month of 14 days -- always do. I got my af of Thursday and it started off a brownish color...not normal for me. Late thursday to late friday it was a regular flow and then starting late friday to late saturday it was turining brownish like the end of your flow and today its nearly gone. That is sooooo not normal for me. Usually I have a really heavy flow for the 1st 2-3 days and then it is a lighter/regular flow for another 3-4 days. It usually lasts about 5-7 days. This time it barely last for 3 full days and was only "normal" for 24 hours of that. What is going on??
I am worried that my lining might have been thin -- never been a problem before. I also have been on the LE diet really strictly for 1.5 weeks and already lost 7 lbs. (I am not overwight at all, I would consider myself normal..5'7" and a size 6). Could it be the fast weight lose especially during af time that caused this? The lack of nutrition (I am pretty much only eating white rice, green beans and cauliflower with some low sodium cheese here and there). I read that light period could mean hormonal changes but that is when going into pre-menapause and I am only 29. Or it can mean stress but I am no more stressed now than I am normally. It also said lack of nutrition....
I am worried. Maybe its nothing but after all these IVF cycle I had a fear they would do something negative. Doc's told me no way and I am sure it is not that is not it as I had a normal to heavy period last month (my 1st period after my 3rd failed cycle).
Sorry I am rambling...thoughts anyone???

ARe you taking vitex? Vitex makes my periods like that.

I SERIOUSLY doubt that after 1.5 weeks on diet, you have done ANYTHING to your uterine lining. Even losing 7 pounds (which is not an extreme weight loss for the first two weeks on a diet. And if your period WAS getting lighter because of weight loss, you would also probably NOT be ovulating.

When I lost AF due to extreme weight loss, I had been strictly dieting (much worse diet than the LE Diet BTW) for several months, had gone from 155 lbs to 120, and wanted to get to 115. My ovulation was not affected until I pushed for that last 5 lbs and started exercising 90 min-2 hours a day. I did stop ovulating then and my period was very very light for three months but even though I didn't gain any weight back, my O and period came back perfectly normal after that three months and everything resumed. I have conceived 3 times since then (inc. one set of twins) and I just want to reassure you that even if it is diet, you do not need to worry that it will in any way affect your long term fertility in any way.

Q about your diet - are you getting the 1500-1800 cals, 40-50 g fat, 25-60 g of fat that is recommended? Low everything does not mean NO everything (esp nutrients! you can have some other foods, there are no magic foods!). You cannot be getting enough potassium (you NEED 2500-3500 mg potassium every day) eating only those things. Check out the "quick fixes for diet disasters" thread in the DM section for some ideas. Just by adding a banana a day, you'll up your cals and give yourself some potassium that you desperately need right now.

[GeCon]

I just happen to have recently posted a link to that study so I'm going to paste it here!

[url]http://genderdreaming.com/forum/sperm-qualities/5213-study-about-frequent-release-lowering-sperm.

Can I just clarify the results of the study and the effect on swaying pink? How many days of the 8 hourly release is recommended? Is one day (3 releases) enough before the actual attempt? Also, does that mean that several attempts with 8 hour gaps could/should be made?

[zanacal]

I don't think sperm count lowered much more after 3 releases did it? That's why we decided our attempt would be the third time in 24 hours. Here's the discussion that that study came out of!

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/ttc-...bstaining.html