Any blue swayers TTC in dec 2013

[crazycatcouple]

Hi ladies! Sorry I've been MIA. Got AF on Saturday :-( So now we are starting over. We're going to stick with the HE diet for one more round, but if it doesn't happen this month, I think we may back off it a bit. I've now gained 10 lbs since starting it, and I cannot gain anymore or I will not be a happy person.

The silver lining is that now I can drink this weekend at a music festival we're going to, plus I will likely be ovulating right around my birthday, so that should make my birthday weekend quite fun ;-)

Oncue - the 2ww sucks, but I'm sure there are some nice ladies in the 2ww thread to help pass the time with :-) Fingers crossed you get a BFP!!

Ewpnx1 - what is FSH?

[oncue]

The silver lining is that now I can drink this weekend at a music festival we're going to, plus I will likely be ovulating right around my birthday, so that should make my birthday weekend quite fun ;-)

Hahah! I love this! Such a great way to embrace it all!
Hopefully u get some success this month!

It's bad, but now that I know ovulation has happened I'm back to my regular cardio and eating less (still healthy though!). I gained 7pound in such a short time and I feel gross! So I'm keen to just get back on track weight wise. DH and I are happy to wait and look at our options. If we don't get a BFP then we will start saving and see if we can do HT later this year. I don't think I can manage medium to long term HE diet and not gain too much weight. I prob sound silly but it is hard and I've only been doing it for 3-4weeks! So not even the ideal amount of time.

Can I ask have you all been using preseed with your attempts?

[crazycatcouple]

Yeah, I backed off the HE diet a bit during the 2ww as well, but now that my cycle has begun again, I'm trying to "get back on the horse" lol. I'm still taking all my supps (multi, folic acid, EPO, CO Q10, Brewer's yeast, D, probitoics, wheat grass, plus the gelatin drink and lots of V8), as for me that's the easy part, but the diet is tough. We've resorted to drinking a lot of protein shakes before and after my workouts, but the only ones that taste good have a lot of sugar in them. I find it's hard to get enough protein without either lots of sugar or lots of fat - hence all the weight gain, lol. Plus, it doesn't help that my hubby is a sweet eater and gains weight in all the good ways, while I... don't :-)

Oncue - yes, we used preseed for all our attempts last time, although we found that sometimes it was "too much". If there's too much and no friction, hubby has a hard time, so we didn't use quite as much as Atomic recommended for that reason. I think I've heard that for some women taking EOP dries them out, so preseed would be beneficial, but for me that was not the case.

I used a lot of my ovulation test strips on the last round, so I just ordered another pack through Amazon. It was depressing ordering 50 ov tests and 20 pregnancy tests, as I'm really hoping we won't need to use all of those, but it was cheaper that way. Hoping this will be THE round!

[Ewpnx1]

Hi Crazycatcouple FSH means Folicular stimulating hormone. I have stopped all supplements just having folic acid that not too very regular sort of lost interest there.I am eating normal lil on the high side but not cutting back on calories.I agree with you Preseed i used in 3 cycles and it just made too wet and hubby doesnt like it.Will see this month as i have stopped EPO as it messes up cycles big time. I also agree with ovulation strips i ordered them last month..i have about half left will be enough for this month.I will see how i go this month with all this..WIll start doing OPK from tomorrow as I am CD11 on thursday.Good luck with attempts around birthday
Oncue: good luck with everything..i find 2WW very stressful.Wish you luck.How
Oncue: wish wou luck what is HT?

[oncue]

Thanks guys for the preseed info. We used it too and our thoughts were the same as both of you. I guess for this month Time will tell.
Ewpnx1, HT is high tech. So we will consider going for IVF with gender selection if we don't get a BFP. I'm not too sure though. It's a bit of $. We would have to save up, but I guess we will see how it goes this month though before we decide. I just know the diet isn't really for me right now.
Will keep u posted!

[treens]

Hi ladys its been a long time since i was on here! So i have been trying to eat on the HE diet since October sigh... We are now on attempt number 4 for march. This month i am not taking any supplements other than folic acid and prenatal. Trying to eat on the HE diet still and going to go to the gym again this month. I tried not to around around the 2ww last cycle and that didnt work.

First month we tried Shelters method, 2nd month we tried every 36 hours, last month we did it every day. So this month we will do it when we want wich will be every day for hubby.

He had a SI done and he is normal so i am going to see my dr. now and see if its me.

I feel like we are doing everything right and still not pregnant. Only time will tell

Goodluck all I hope its our months!!!

Are any of you following the Chinese gender chart? I know there are lots of different ones but the one i found was correct for my last 3 kids so we are trying to follow it too. So we will try this month skip next and try again in May. It says for me Dec, Jan, Feb , March, May , sep. our boys for us. So if this isn't our month we will skip next then just keep trying after that.

[oncue]

Hi again treens! Regarding the gender chart I'm not convinced, but I definitely did consult it haha! It was correct for both my girls and apparently I can conceive blue in the same months as u! Are u 34/35?
I am not sure if we will get a BFP, wasn't sure if I have done enough aswell to sway. I guess I have about 12 days before I can test.
What cycle day are you on at the moment?

[treens]

July 29, 1980 is my bday i think the chart i used makes your birthday as 1 not 0.

I am on CD4, 4th month trying.

[oncue]

Hi treens I'm feb 1980 so yes it makes me 1 at birth so 35 according to the chart. Our boy months are exactly the same haha.
Are u managing ok on the diet etc after 4 months? Hopefully this is the month!

[treens]

I am doing pretty good but i would love some chocolate ice cream right now lol I really try the week of O to be a good girl! How many months have you been trying for?