The LAZY Swayers

[6boysneedasis]

Hi babydust, hi Pangea!!

Bigchrista - I'm currently on 2nd month ttc pink and it hit me really hard when I got a BFN last month that I've relaxed things quite a lot this time. I know, patience isn't my strong point but saw palmetto is helping with the short fuse!!

This time I am taking saw palmetto, vitex, baby aspirin, folic acid and loosely flowing LE diet ( cut back on everything & lost 6 pounds) no breakfast ever, no rephresh this month but still doing FR til +opk.

Think I could be more strict with diet but its just chocolate :-(

Hope everyone of us gets our lazy baby's very soon xxx

[My Three Sons]

I am still lazy. Sometimes I think it's because deep down I feel like I won't get my DG anyway, so why torture myself with the full on diet...

I am taking baby aspirin, drinking CL and diet coke, no breakfast 90% of the time, eating less meat, but still eating some and lost about 4 or 5 pounds. I also take folic acid. I stopped using Rephresh this cycle as I need to get preggo sooner so I stopped all of that type thing. I laid there after dtd instead of J&D. I hate that we can't do FR, but DH just can't, so we are probably pushing more boy on that aspect. I have also been battling a cold/sick for the past almost 2 weeks.... I'll be glad once I am preggo so I can start my obsession over what the sex is instead of getting pregnant.

[atomic sagebrush]

my three sons, I got my girl wihotu doing FR! Perfect boy frequency.

[rainbowflower]

I am still lazy. Sometimes I think it's because deep down I feel like I won't get my DG anyway, so why torture myself with the full on diet...

I am taking baby aspirin, drinking CL and diet coke, no breakfast 90% of the time, eating less meat, but still eating some and lost about 4 or 5 pounds. I also take folic acid. I stopped using Rephresh this cycle as I need to get preggo sooner so I stopped all of that type thing. I laid there after dtd instead of J&D. I hate that we can't do FR, but DH just can't, so we are probably pushing more boy on that aspect. I have also been battling a cold/sick for the past almost 2 weeks.... I'll be glad once I am preggo so I can start my obsession over what the sex is instead of getting pregnant.

from what I remember from the studies, those men with naturally low sperm counts only have a small % more daughters anyway. It's a statistically significant percentage but still a small one. I wouldn't feel too bad about dropping that if it gets you pregnant.

[My Three Sons]

Well today, DH informs me that he knows why I haven't gotten pregnant yet.... I still nurse my 18 month old 1x every other morning or so.... I told him that doesn't matter, that whle BF can decrease the chances of pregnancy, that plenty have got their BFP while nursing much more often than me. I don't think I nurse enought to affect my ovulation, plus I have been getting a thermal shift each month. He read one thing online and now he thinks he is an expert....

[Violet_]

Yes, breastfeeding affects different people differently. I got pregnant and I'm still nursing my son who is now 17 months. Although he bit me so hard, the other night that I had to use an ice pack. It hurt so much and my breasts are so sensitive from early pregnancy. Let's just say his days are numbered, I'm cutting back his feeds. And slowly weaning him. He was feeding a lot still when i got pregnant.

If you are getting regular cycles and are getting a thermal shift you should be ovulating. Have you tried opks just to back up what you suspect?

[rainbowflower]

agree breastfeeding can affect people/fertility differently:
prevent ovulation
delayed ovulation
luteal phase defect (it affected me this way)
less/more hostile CM

but in general it doesn't have to prevent you getting pregnant and if #1 and#3 are normal you shouldn't have any major issues. It certainly shouldn't prevent a fertilised egg implanting or risk an early pregnancy

I got my BFP whilst still BF twice a day

[My Three Sons]

I have been getting positive OPKs, seeing a thermal shift and only BF once every couple of days or so. I thought my last cycle was short but then going back through my FF charts, that has happened in years past without BF. I usually O on CD 11 or 12 and have a luteal phase of anywhere between 11 to 13 days or so. My previous BFPs took a few months too, so I think that it just takes me a few months to get preggo. Although DH doesn't remember that, but I have my FF charts still... I do have quite a bit of EWCM each month and it's about PH 4.5 - 5.5 consistently. I didn't do rephresh this cycle just in case....

[bigchrista]

6boysneeds- On the chocolate- we can have milk chocolate, Ithink the key to it is not eating it all day (snacking) but if you need a little pick me up after lunch before dinner. I think its okay

my3sons- no worries on the timing issues. THose "old theories" have been dubunked. I'm still nursing my 21 month old. He nurses an average of twice a day. Once for nap and again at bed time. As long as you are ovulating and have a LP longer than 10 days,. I think you are good.

Im 9dpo. In all honesty I hope this isn't my month. I had so many diet cheats its not even funny! I think the only thing that I did to sway is CL, rephresh, and losing 3 or 4 lbs, I lost so much weight (went from 100 lbs to 97) that I had stop the swaying diet in the 2ww. I hope to put on enough weight that once AF is gone I can start with the diet again and lose a only a pound or two.

[bigchrista]

The top is 9dpo the bottom is 10dpo.

well this may be it for me. I'll have to call my doc on Monday and ask for a progestrone supp if they continue to get darker