My sway - all advice welcome!

[atomic sagebrush]

Nice to see someone's ttc girl plan. It looks good and similar to what I will do. I am also going to take saw palmetto and drink peppermint tea to lower testosterone. I will make dh take licorice root but he hates pills so I don't think he will take pills and be happy about it!

For the low everything diet I can find various threads with information about this diet. But is there a thread with the diet in full and also recommended supplements all in one place? I think I have it worked out but I want to make sure. Is this atomics 'low everything diet"

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...s-for-TTC-Pink

I think the dream member section has a sample of the low everything diet?? is this correct??

Thanks heaps

The "diet suggestions" was an early attempt to make everyone happy by encorporating all the diets into one. But I dont' think it's possible to do that and have enough food and people couldn't stick to it. My low-everything diet thread is in the Dream Member section and it's a lot less restrictive than the "diet suggestions" thread. It's not anywhere close to being finished yet but it gives you more of an idea of the kind of diet I think is best and why.

[atomic sagebrush]

Also I am far to lazy to exercise. Is it true that you can either do heaps of exercise or none at all to sway girl? I have also been thinking about using both RepHresh and aci-jel together so I will be really interested to see how this goes for you when you sway. good luck

Yes that is true about the exercise. BUT you have to be actively losing weight on a low-protein, lowfat, low calorie diet for either option to sway pink. It's not enough just to not exercise, that won't do anything for you. You have to be not exercising while losing weight on the Low-Everything diet.

[atomic sagebrush]

looks good, I have a few thoughts/questions, though:

1- RepHresh - atomic suggested just using half an applicator every 3 days so as to not kill all the swimmers... and someone on here said that if you cut open the applicator and remove the gel (putting it in sterile container) you can get about an extra 50% out of it! I like the idea of using a fingertip after the attempt, though

2- BDing - will you BD through O? will you BD more frequently on O day?

3- hot baths - how long do these have to last? my DH is not a fan of baths! how hot do they have to be, and how long do I have to persuade my DH to sit in it? lol

4- temping - no harm in giving it a try... I did it before conceiving both times and found it very very stressful and would spend hours comparing my charts to others and poring over it trying to interpret it. It was reassuring to know that I'd OVed, and before I got my BFP with my son I took my morning temp and it was still high so I knew AF wasn't going to arrive that day! Also, temping pinpointed OV day as the day after my first CBFM peak (same as a pos OPK), but both my scans that I had (at 6+4, and 12+4) both dated my pregnancy to the day before that, so the day of the pos OPK. Temping can be a day or two out, but so can scan dates... maybe it doesn't make any difference, who knows. If you get on with it, great! if not, at least it's a relatively cheap thing to try out.

3)With baths, the longer, the better, but even a short bath is better than no bath!

4)Actually, there IS harm in giving it a try, if you're the type of person who gets very consumed by doing projects...all the charting and number crunching makes some people get kinda obsessed over it and that can cause testosterone to rise. I think the best pink sway is the one you think about the least, and the more charting, note-taking, etc you do, the more it stays in the forefront of your brain all the time. The second you get up, you pop a thermometer into your mouth and start your wheels spinning over your sway, KWIM???

[atomic sagebrush]

zanacal - I have some Sylk too and am planning to use it. Can we use both Rephresh and Sylk at the same time?

Yes, but before you do, you might want to double check just to see what your pH does when you combine them.

[atomic sagebrush]

Very similar to my sway we DTD yesterday. I was hoping for a 3 day cut off but I can feel the O pain today!! I'm kinda freaking out but telling myself timing has been disproven. We did abstinence for 13 days instead of the frequent release..I think either way is great. Also my hubby took the cranberry, calcium, mag, and 2 licorice root pills a day. My diet was already low cal so for 2.5 weeks before I took it down even more and lost 3 lbs! Wishing you luck and a BFP with a pink bean soon! also we did a whole tube of rephresh the night before attempt and I've been taking zyrtec for 3 days. I laid there for 10 minutes then dumped, missionary, shallow, and no O!

That is great Stella! Hope this is it for you!!!

[zanacal]

Thanks for the advice Atomic, I'm happy to up the folic acid (not just because it's a tiny pill and not MASSIVE like all the others!!).

DH is not up for the supplements but I think I can convince him to take a few aspirin around our attempt. I hope I'm right in thinking that his main role is the frequent release and that these things matter less.

I'm yet to experiment with Acijel or Rephresh but I had my Mirena out this week and I got a fade-in (I think!) on an OPK this morning so I'm hoping for some EWCM soon to experiment with lol!

I'm thinking of delaying our attempt until August to allow me to lose some more weight - I would need to lose 28lb or thereabouts to get to my lowest ever pre-conception weight - but I think I'll have to see how I feel and how I get on over the next few weeks.

In all honesty, I'm still convinced that our last baby will be another boy. I think your research is amazing Atomic and the TWH seems to make so much sense. I really do think it's my best shot but I just can't believe it'll work for *me*. Oh well, best foot forward ....

[rainbowflower]

3)With baths, the longer, the better, but even a short bath is better than no bath!

4)Actually, there IS harm in giving it a try, if you're the type of person who gets very consumed by doing projects...all the charting and number crunching makes some people get kinda obsessed over it and that can cause testosterone to rise. I think the best pink sway is the one you think about the least, and the more charting, note-taking, etc you do, the more it stays in the forefront of your brain all the time. The second you get up, you pop a thermometer into your mouth and start your wheels spinning over your sway, KWIM???

lol or wherever!

[swish]

Ha, ha, zanacal! This is me exactly, I think the advice is fantastic and boy am I giving itba go BUT I don't actually think it will work for me! I think it must be the British in us!!!

[zanacal]

Glad I'm in good company Swish!

[atomic sagebrush]

Thanks for the advice Atomic, I'm happy to up the folic acid (not just because it's a tiny pill and not MASSIVE like all the others!!).

DH is not up for the supplements but I think I can convince him to take a few aspirin around our attempt. I hope I'm right in thinking that his main role is the frequent release and that these things matter less.

I'm yet to experiment with Acijel or Rephresh but I had my Mirena out this week and I got a fade-in (I think!) on an OPK this morning so I'm hoping for some EWCM soon to experiment with lol!

I'm thinking of delaying our attempt until August to allow me to lose some more weight - I would need to lose 28lb or thereabouts to get to my lowest ever pre-conception weight - but I think I'll have to see how I feel and how I get on over the next few weeks.

In all honesty, I'm still convinced that our last baby will be another boy. I think your research is amazing Atomic and the TWH seems to make so much sense. I really do think it's my best shot but I just can't believe it'll work for *me*. Oh well, best foot forward ....

Hey, the 4 boy moms club is a very cool and elite one!

Yes, the best thing DH can do is the frequent release! :agreee:

Losing weight seems to really work for people...if I had to pick ONE thing that gives the most bang for the buck, I think it would be that one.