TTC boy Feb 2012 chit chat thread

[LolaInLove]

ok thanks I will try that
I have been charting for a few months
The supplements I am currently taking are
EPO 1000mg
Co Q 10
Prenatal
Vit D3
Wheatgrass tablets 2x daily
folic acid
fish oil
Vit E
My diet consists of at least 25grams of protein per meal with the same amount of carbs with a fruit or veggie 3 meals a day and then my snacks are usually almonds, rice cakes with peanut butter, fruit and veggies,dried apricots, and whey protein shakes, so I eat a total of around 6 times a day usually every 2hrs. As a treat before bed I usually have some dark choclolate.
I do weight training faithfully 2x's a week but somtimes I make it there 3
The only thing I drink is water or green tea, and sometimes I put lemon in my water but not everytime.
I haven't tested my PH because it was driving me crazy, but naturally my PH is pretty low I think like 6.5. So I was thinking of using Pre-Seed or doing the BSF, and going to make my hubs have a red bull or something right before BD.
As far as timing goes Im thinking O-2 and O? Does this sound ok?

Yes! That's a pretty classic sway there! Don't stress about the ph thing, that has also been proven to not matter. I would definitely add some preseed if you notice that your ewcm is lacking. The goal of the green tea and fish oil and lots of stuff is to increase your natural ewcm, but if you don't get that effect (I don't), you can just sub the preseed. Sounds like you got it going on , girl!

[Flava]

dloui-I think you are doing just fine , everything looks good.And 6.5 ph is not low lol not that it matter.

[Cinss]

Ok girls I am CD 1 today, I usually O on CD 13 (usually) hopefully this will be my lucky month. Any pointers?

Don't over analyse anything, keep up your diet and DTD when you have ewcm, you will be fine. Your sway looks perfect.

FF finally gave me crosshairs... My Ovulation Chart
But it put O at cd 16 even though my opk was much darker than control on cd17 and I had the really strong O pains early Sat am on that day too. I know it's only a different of 6-10 hrs, but I wish it would line it up better!

I don't see what you mean, your chart looks great, if you keep getting temp rises it will look even better. You could take away the +opk's on CD15 and 16 to see if it will move?

[dloui128]

Cinss- yes you're right I do tend to over analyze, but hey my job is a sales analyst its in my nature, lol

Flava-I tried the whole checking the PH thing and it just drove me absolutely insane so I am done with that, I thought 6.5 was low but if you say its not then I will go with that

LolaInLove-we will see how my EWCM is with the green tea and fish oil this time, I usually don't get a lot

[Plum3]

Welcome to my world! Ugh, I sometimes don't think FF knows everything. It is just a computer program... you know your own body better!

That said, you know how badly I have been freaking out about MY chart and my attempt... I could tell you not to worry about it, but then I'd be a total hypocrite! Hopefully you are better at letting things go than I am. You still had a good attempt!!

ITA about FF not knowing it all. Just to experiment I sometimes change my temps by 0.1-0.2 of a degree and with just that little difference it changes my O date. Seems really silly.

And if FF is right for me this month then I was only 8dpo when I got a bfp, not 9dpo like I actually think.

[Plum3]

Haha..that's funny b/c I actually have a yamaha piano It's my initials+mama We dtd on cd14,16 & 17 so hoping we caught the egg! I first thought I o'd on cd14 since i had the spike in temp on cd15, but it went back down again, so we dtd again, then I had a darker opk on cd17 and tons of O pain, so we dtd again (30 hrs. after dtd on cd16) so I hope it didn't affect sperm count doing it 2 days in a row. THat's the only thing i'm worried about...

Nope, DTD 2 days in a row won't affect sperm count as long as the attempts were 24 hours apart.

[Plum3]

ok thanks I will try that
I have been charting for a few months
The supplements I am currently taking are
EPO 1000mg
Co Q 10
Prenatal
Vit D3
Wheatgrass tablets 2x daily
folic acid
fish oil
Vit E
My diet consists of at least 25grams of protein per meal with the same amount of carbs with a fruit or veggie 3 meals a day and then my snacks are usually almonds, rice cakes with peanut butter, fruit and veggies,dried apricots, and whey protein shakes, so I eat a total of around 6 times a day usually every 2hrs. As a treat before bed I usually have some dark choclolate.
I do weight training faithfully 2x's a week but somtimes I make it there 3
The only thing I drink is water or green tea, and sometimes I put lemon in my water but not everytime.
I haven't tested my PH because it was driving me crazy, but naturally my PH is pretty low I think like 6.5. So I was thinking of using Pre-Seed or doing the BSF, and going to make my hubs have a red bull or something right before BD.
As far as timing goes Im thinking O-2 and O? Does this sound ok?

Your sway sounds great. That timing is good, but as we all know it doesn't always work out like that. You could always just try DTD every second day if you are comfortable with that, and that way you are guaranteed to get at least two attempts in the window.

Not sure if someone has mentioned it but Atomic doesn't recommend whey protein when swaying for a boy. It contains ingredients that may have an impact on fertility. My DH is a whey protein junkie and is dying to get back on it!

[Plum3]

Thankyou for all the congrats ladies! Makes me happy to be able to share the news with someone other than DH

Lola, this is month 4. But only month 3 of medication.

I am still cautious that it could be a chemical again but the lines are darker again today so I am hopeful. I am going to call my doctor tomorrow to arrange a blood test. I don't want him to think I'm a crazy lady for testing so early!

[Kris217]

Congrats Bec, when will you be testing again? We would love to see that BFP!

[Kris217]

I found out today my bub will be born on the 9th of March, C-section is all booked and ready to go. My placenta is still pretty low and that is why I'm having her a little earlier than expected.