August TTC a Girl Thread

[3BoysBlessed]

I haven't been on here a whole lot, but may be trying this month! I am not so sure, though because I am not sure my diet has been as good as it should have been. I started in May and gradually got lazy about The diet aspect because I am a terrible all day snacker. I often have days of snacking and just too much sugar intake, lately. It's intermittent, but enough that I'm afraid it may screw is my sway.I bake a lot for my boys because I do not buy much processed food. So I try the sweets I make, often too much.
I have been good about
-low or no meat intake and eggs only every couple of days or so.
-religiously doing my 60 min per day of cardio
-and usually at least 12 hours from dinner til breakfast. I'm not on any meds except -I have to take Zyrtec every day for allergies and taking folate every night.
-I've also had a glass of wine nearly 5 nights per week. (It used to be maybe once a week or less). I'm just hoping that with all of these habit changes, the intake of fat and sugar won't hurt me as much...but I may chicken out and wait til September. Any thoughts or opinions on whether I should wait or not? I will likely Ovulate 18-20th of Aug. I also have only dropped about 3 lbs...but would have been more if I didn't love sugar and snacking so much:/ I could stand to lose 15.
Also, my dh has no idea I'm swaying. He has been eating much less meat based on his work schedule and my cooking, though. He's also lost a few lbs, although he doesn't need to. And nap been doing lots of cardio. I am afraid that once I tell him ok go ahead nd don't pull out, he will just go for it every day after that, so I'm freaking out on how to stop him or what to do to keep that from happening. I was thinking we should try 5 days prior to O to be on the safe side. I get pregnant very easily-always first try, historically (5pregnancies) so I'm erring in the side of caution.

[lyagirl]

Why can you not tell him 3boysblessed? Just tell him when you're ready for trying that you would just like to try going for a girl but not worries either way. You might be surprised by his support. I was! I thought my DH would think it was a nonsense but he's really helping me give it our best shot. Lately I have got to the point that I wouldn't be devastated if I had another boy anyway.
GL 3boysblessed!


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[Monty]

3boysblessed, why are you doing 5 days before O?
As I understand it, people are getting a lot more girls by having 1 go, but close to or on O.

[lelephant1]

Hi ladies. Add me to the list. 2nd month, July was a bust. Just finished AF so about 8 more days and we'll go for attempt #2. Good luck everyone!

[Livethe3quetra]

Blessed I didn't think my husband would be supportive but he is more into it now that I am. I am taking clomid and have been trying to tell him we need to back off the swaying a bit or I won't get preg, but he is adamant he wants to try everything all at once to make sure the one we have is a girl or nothing at all. And all it took was talking to him about 'what do you think about having a baby' and then telling him I really really really want a girl.

Now things I am not telling him..... that's that I secretly want twins. If for nothing else than the chances of at least one of them being a girl is greater. But also because I really want twins. I am a notoriously healthy pregnant lady. I do well and deliver at term. I would LOVE to carry twins. And the thought of twin girls make me giddy

[essnce629]

Livethe3quetra-- LE diet, one attempt in fertile period, exercise (cardio for 60 min 5-7 times a week), olive leaf extract for DH, and alcohol for DW are all getting excellent results. That's what I would focus on!

For diet, even with PCOS, you still need to make sure you're not snacking and that you have at least 12 hours between dinner and your first meal.

Here's the spreadsheet for the statistics for everyone who swayed girl and what they did or didn't do.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...ThSSDBiQWM4bFE

[popple]

Can I join too? I have a DS who is 20 months and this is our first month of TTC a girl (very nervous!!!!). Currently on CD18 so currently in the 2ww, eekkkkk! I'm worried that my sway hasn't really been 100% committed. Diet-wise I suck although by some miracle ive managed to drop 15lbs so currently weigh 7st13lbs at 5'5". I have cut out snacking (which im sure accounts for the weight loss) but by no means have I reduced my meat or portion intake (eating same as I always have done). Do skip brekkie making it around 15hrs from dinner to first meal the following day and have been doing this for around 5 months now so feel positive about this aspect of my sway. Starting drinking diet cola which is something I didn't do before trying to sway. In addition im taking folic acid and SP from AF-O as well as Zyrtec from CD5-CD14 and only DTD every 4 days. Hoping this is enough although I do feel it is a rather slack sway.

Good luck to all those in the August TTC : ) lets hope we get our girls : ) x

[Me+4]

I'm so glad to have found you girls again. I joined another thread after the TTC in July finished but people weren't posting like here! I think I'm D14 today having ovulated yesterday ( hopefully my chart will confirm this tomorrow) What I did learn this month though, I have charted through all of my pregnancies and think I've got a pretty good idea about opks but this month I ovulated early. First positive opk yesterday morning, tried to confirm with a digital but it was negative but I could tell by the lines on it that it was gonna happen. Did a digital a few hours later and it was positive. Did a cheapy this morning that was strongly positive but the digital said negative. Therefore I can see how people can miss their ovulation fi they relied solely on opks if they don't really understand them. I'm just hoping my temp confirms my calculations tomorrow.
I'm really looking forward to hearing some BFPs....it gives me boost and puts a smile on my face. x

[bluebonnet22]

3boysblessed - I would attempt this month. I was 100% perfect on the diet before our attempt last month and BFN. I say this because you can wait and wait for the perfect month and it may never come. Sounds like you are doing great overall. I would NOT do a cutoff - it doesn't help sway pink and only hurts your odds of getting pg.

Everyone else - this thread has gotten so active I can't keep up! Welcome to all the new ladies and I hope we get tons of BFPs this month!

[usuallywrite]

Assuming I actually O this month, I will be in the mix too. Normally somewhere in the 19-23 day range, right now cd 9. Doing every 4 days is the plan, we shall see... Have been having a little One Born Every Minute binge tonight, 5 episodes straight and could not be more baby hungry than I am right now.