What's the reason for early ovulation and does it sway girl or boy?

[oxox2013]

No worries! I can only imagine how busy you must be responding to peoples questions all the time... I didnt take it the least bit snippy

[Lown]

This is getting complicated but out of curiosity what if you had a normal follicular phase and then it shortened from 14 days to 9 days, I had read it was a sign Of high FSH, being an elderly mother I freaked out!! Could it have been the SP or LE diet. Your knowledge of these hormones interaction is amazing and I am always learning new things

[atomic sagebrush]

I personally believe that whenever your cycle gets different, it's a ~possible~ sign that you ~may~ be more likely to conceive a baby of the opposite gender from what you have before.

Nobody really knows why early ovulation happens. It does get more common as you get older because the delicate feedback process between hormones and eggs gets screwed up; you have fewer eggs to send a signal to your body about when to trigger ovulation, and your body gets a little "deafer" to the signal. so it's like trying to talk to a person with a hearing aid who is simultaneously turning the hearing aid up as you are raising your voice - it can happen that you inadvertently shout right after they've turned up the volume and it hurts their ear!! So with your egg, nothing, nothing, nothing, and then AAAA TOO MUCH and this can make an egg pop a little sooner than it might otherwise. But you CAN get pg even with high FSH.

The month I conceived my daughter I was 41 1/2 years old and I did indeed ov. a few days before I expected to. It doesn't mean that even if this is happening due to higher than average FSH, that you can't get pg.

[The Anchor]

LOL that sounded a little bit snippy, I'm sorry!! I just meant to redirect your attention there, not to go all "read the faq" on ya!

Oh I remember those words so well! I had myself convinced that T had just reprogrammed her keyboard so that rather than characters every key stroke would spit out "read the FAQ".

AND wanted to add that I O'd 8 days early when I conceived my son...right out of the blue, had never O'd that early before in my life (although I was on some weird IG supps).

[myrainbowgirl]

Atomic...so I've always O'd late due to PCOS. But, when my T levels have been checked, they were always normal. HOWEVER, due to symptoms such as acne and SOME (although not much) unwanted hair (big toe, one on my chin), I'm pretty sure my T levels are on the high side. (Not to mention I have 3 boys.) So, since starting the LE diet, I've been doing pep tea...although not necessarily 3 cups/day. I would say 5 days a week I do that much. I'm close to being done BF DS3...do you think SP would work better at lowering T? Or is the pep tea (done daily) just as effective? Any other things I can do (besides LE diet) that will lower T?

[atomic sagebrush]

Actually I'm not crazy about you drinking pep tea while BF either.

I think the saw palmetto is better for lowering testosterone than pep tea is. Now the question is, does that mean it's better for swaying?? And we simply do not have enough info to know.

The scary thing is that we don't even KNOW that T is swaying (well, it's not scary like spiders or vampires LOL). We guess that, but it may be something else entirely. So try not to get too locked into the T thing - I'd hate to see you give up BF to take SP if you and DS are enjoying it - they're little for such a short time.

Hair on toes is 100% due to genetics. The acne and chin hair can be T related but again, we just know so little about this.

Diet and fiber are good noninvasive ways to lower T levels. Overexercise is another way.

Is there any way you can get Clomid?? Sometimes people with PCOS can get it more easily.

[myrainbowgirl]

Hmm...what to do, what to do. Yeah, I know plenty of people who have chin hair and have girls. Lol! The fact that I've always tested normal doesn't make me worry too much about T, but I just thought any little thing may help. Yeah, I don't think I will force DS3 to stop BF, but I feel like my supply is dropping and it might be getting close to time...just thought I'd see if I should switch over to SP when that happens.

I obviously can't overexercise, so I guess diet and fiber will have to be the major way I reduce T. The frustrating thing is that I am STILL losing. I don't know what's up. I had stalled out at 117.8, but over the past week, it's dropped to 116.4 (I'm 5'7".) I am not watching fat all that much, mainly protein and sugar. I'm slightly concerned that my thyroid could be acting up...but when I got it checked about 6 weeks ago, it was perfect. I don't really have any other symptoms other than weight loss, which obviously can also be attributed to diet. Sooo...guessing I need more cals. Should I up protein a little? For the most part I stay between 40-60 g/day. Sorry to hijack this thread with a personal, different question!

All I can say is that you are awesome!! Such a wealth of knowledge, and just so incredibly helpful. So, THANK YOU!!

[atomic sagebrush]

If you're between 40-60 g I think that's ideal and I would not have you increase beyond that. Protein is not the greatest for adding weight anyway. I think you need to up cals and while I do know you have PCOS and are watching sugar becasue of that, you may simply have lost enough weight and improved your insulin response to such an extent that you can increase carb intake. I would have you do more fruits and higher carb veg like corn or potatoes or yams.

[belledandy]

Wow, this turned out to be a pretty long thread. Very glad because I am learning a lot. Thanks Atomic and other ladies for asking very good q's!

[atomic sagebrush]

I agree and I'm going to add it to the Complete Index.