TTC a BOY May Chit Chat Thread

[dloui128]

Attempt 1 is out they way...just hope DH can keep this up 4 more days in a row lol

YAY!!

[LolaInLove]

Keep it spicy, POP!

[Cinss]

Goodluck POP.

[skrimpy]

Skrimpy, so was it just that one BD with a pull out and you got pregnant? Wow, your DH has super sperm! Congrats again.

TMI alert

Well to be totally honest it was a naughty pull-out and probably why we got pg... I gave DH a hand job several hours before (and he helped me O) but I was still wanting more later that night, lol. I must have definitely been putting off some pheramones that got him raring to go again. So he let me have another go... I had another O then he pulled out and we finished with second hand job, but I'm guessing there were swimmers in there from earlier, despite him using the bathroom a few times.

At least I had a few O's in there LOL

I keep telling him he should have just let me have what I wanted ;p

We have used pulling out for ages but I don't think I've ever been so worked up to test it twice in a day, heh. And look what I get!

[skrimpy]

Attempt 1 is out they way...just hope DH can keep this up 4 more days in a row lol

Yay PoP, I hope this is it for you! Let's hear it for the swimmers!

[Princess of Pink]

Fingers crossed for both of us Cinss. We need to get a BFP together!!!

[skrimpy]

ITA that nutrition has something to do with it. I gave my DH this big ultimatum of sorts yesterday that he better get his ass in gear and really focus on detoxing his body and being the healthiest he can be if we are going to do this IVF thing. I told him that I think he can improve his sperm morphology through NOT putting toxins in his body, taking his vits and supps daily like he's supposed to......he's not a bad guy, but he IS a guy, and an artist at that, so he just goes about life on a colorful little cloud and does whatever he thinks is a good thing to do right then. Seriously, no stress about life at all. Sometimes it pisses me off because I have to do all of the bills, finance, worries, car and home buying, ALL of it or we'd be living in a cardboard box, I swear. Anyway, long tangent there to say that I do agree and would love to see what you have been feeding yours! I've got to have my DH take it seriously or I'm just not doing this IVF thing. To think that just because he wants to drink Coke and smoke cigarettes and eat pizza we have no shot at a natural healthy pregnancy and must spend a buttload of money on IVF. Not happening. I will seriously show him the Man Diet and point out that it helped your DH make gate-stormers!

And hey, all you can do is plan and enlist some help if you need it in the coming weeks. We are actually moving in a month also and I am just going to have to have my mom and MIL come down, and some of DH's buddies help also because he is out of commission with the knee surgery. Morning sickness- oy vey. I hope you circumvent that this time around!!!!!

Have you ever gone Team Green before? It's certainly frustrating to your lovely GD pals to not know (HOBBER!!!!) but I think it is a great idea to not deal with GD. I fantasize about going Green myself when the day comes. Is this going to be your last? Maybe it would be a fun way to complete your family?

Lola, my DH is not good about taking supps, he just won't take a multi or anything. He does take magnesium and potassium b/c the doctor advised them for muscle cramps. But since I cook all of his meals and do all the shopping, I can pretty much control what he eats. He is good about staying away from the junk food and esp sweets at work b/c he knows they will cause inflammation in his joints and he'll be miserable. He's happy to let me handle the shopping, budgeting, etc. too. He just wants me to feed him and love him LOL... Doesn't want to know what goes on behind the scenes!

So he eats only home cooked stuff and wants me to have snacks he can eat. Mostly his snacks are nuts (almonds and pistachios) and cheese. That's what he takes to work. A typical day might look like this (I will do a 2 week menu in its own post later):

Note: he drinks tons of coffee and some black tea (with cream, no sugar) daily

Breakfast : he carries 2 hard boiled eggs and 2 slices of bacon (or small sausage patties) to work and eats those mid-morning when he gets hungry.

Lunch: 2-3 small burger patties with mayo ("slider" sized patties), sautéed onions and peppers, carrot sticks and Greek Yogurt dip, and a mug of salted chicken broth with butter

Snack: Almonds

Supper: Pan-fried chicken breast slices topped with salsa, baked potato, side salad with oil and vinegar dressing, maybe another cup of broth

Snack before bed: Half a 7oz Greek Yogurt with a few frozen strawberries and blueberries on top. He splits the yogurt cup with me; full-fat, plain Greek Yogurt. He almost ALWAYS has a before bed snack, but it varies as to what it is.

Other common main dishes are roast chicken, roast beef, beef stew, homemade chili over home fries topped with cheese... Basically meat and potatoes kind of stuff, but he always eats the salads and side veggies I serve. We don't eat wheat or corn, so it's mostly rice and potatoes for us.

As for moving, we are going to have the kiddos with DH's mom on actual moving day (I'll probably keep Honor with me though)... I am hoping the weather is good for me and I can send the big ones out to play while I try and get the new house set up as quickly as possible! My parents are flying in the week after we move (staying at a hotel, thankfully) so they will be over to help with the kids that week. The big rub is that we probably won't have announced the pregnancy yet at that point... So I'll have to see how I feel and if we want to tell. Ppl don't get as excited as we do about #6 kwim?

I went Team Green with my first and I have never regretted it. Even though I was hoping for a boy, I fell so in love with her as soon as she was in my arms. It was a great pregnancy and great birth and such a sweet girl! I have found out with all the others, though with two of them we didn't tell anyone else the gender. If we do find out, that's probably what we'll do again - I hate the comments. Of course I'll tell YOU GALS... But nobody irl (so watch it Facebook buddies!).

I'm not sure if this one will be our last or not. I knew for sure we wanted to round out at 6, but I never really feel "done" after babies and always start wishing for another around a year to eighteen months. In the end I suppose it's up to DH or I'll probably happily keep having them. I really enjoy them!

[Cinss]

If this month doesn't work out i will definatly try the SME method next month, i probably should have waited to DTD when i got a +opk but i usually O the day of the +, i thought sperm lived longer, i will take robitussum next month too if we are still trying. Has anyone done the TBM? I was going to give it a shot this time but i am unsure how to do it, would you actually insert the syringe/pipette or whatever into the cervix, or just into the vaggi? I would think DTD naturally would be the same as inserting it into the vaggi, so if it is into the cervix, has anyone tried that or would that be a bad idea? remember the goal is to get preggers, not swaying.

[skrimpy]

Cinss I think you just insert into the vag up beside the cervix. I think trying to put something in could possibly damage and at the very least may cause cramping. IMO deep penetration, esp if your legs are up and pulled back so he can get really deep, is about the same as TBM. I think the main advantage is being able to mix the semen with something of the pH you want. I could be wrong though...

I think the robitussin or guafenesin (sp?) is a good idea. I do think sperm can usually live a few days, so if your OPK is looking pretty close to positive it's okay. But if you know that you usually O on the + day, maybe it's good to wait for that, esp with the fertile fluid boost from the supps.

[TTC5]

Skrimpy oh this baby def wanted to come now lol