TTC Pink Chit Chat Thread - August

[Indira]

Hi girls, great we have a chit chat thread!!
I´m back from my holiday, my first attempt didn´t work, I had faint IC positives for a couple of days and then AF came 2 days late. Unfortunately in the 3 days I thought I was pregnant, I ate a lot of bad stuff: salmon, tuna, red meat, chips, eggs..
Now I´m ready to ovulate (right on the full moon again), did some more to lower sperm count this time because of that food, used sylk and jumped and dumped sort of. Hope to have another attempt tonight. I am really fed up and I´m becoming slightly depressed. DH is putting more effort in making me eat meat and controlling if I gain weight, I think next cycle I will skip and eat and then figure out a milder sway.
Sorry to hear you´re not pregnant either mocha
Great your attempt is almost here zana!
Good luck to all you girls

[zanacal]

Hi Indira, glad to have you back I'm sorry you're feeling down, big {hugs} and lots of babydust for this cycle.

[Mochagirl]

Welcome back, Indira! That must have been so disappointing to think you were pregnant then have af arrive - sorry! I really, really hope this will be your month, Indira - you definitely deserve it!

[Indira]

Thanks girls
Was feeling better today, I agreed with DH that I will eat normal again when this cycle is over. And I actually felt relieved, it took away a lot of pressure.
I really need to do a sway that I can integrate in my lifestyle, that I can stick to for a long period because I now understand it´s not that easy to get pregnant in 1 or 2 months when swaying girl. So I will still skip breakfast and try not to snack (this is the hardest part for me), I can cook slightly low fat, eat a low protein lunch and maybe I will go with cardio every day. And I will allow myself to do some painting or restyling in my house, I get to depressed without my projects!
Now that I wrote that down, I feel better again! Well enough about me, sorry for ranting, how are you all doing girls?

[Mochagirl]

I think you've made a wise choice, Indira. If I don't get pregnant this month, I think I will need to take a month off - both for my sanity and because my mother has a trip planned for next June and wouldn't be able to come help out with the kids when I have to go to the hospital to have the baby. I've already dropped some of the sway - I'm taking it a little easier on myself with the diet, I've dropped Sylk and used only a bit of Rephresh this weekend to counteract my pool swimming, but don't plan to use anymore before I O in a few days. If I end up having to continue the diet, I'm planning to stay vegetarian for the most part, but I won't obsessively track all my protein and sodium and will allow myself to eat more normal food.

I'm filling out an RSVP card right now for an October 1st wedding. I can choose between the prime rib au jus or the portobello mushroom stuffed with goat cheese. Should I take a risk and ask for the prime rib? I'll either be pregnant or have af then, and I haven't had red meat in 3.5 months (by then it will have been 5 months, unless I get pregnant sooner). I'm sure the portobello would be lovely, but that prime rib sounds sooooo good!

[XXdreaming]

its recommended to stop the diet after 6mos and take a 2 week break I believe, so just do yours a month early and enjoy that prime rib and all the other goodies (but praying you will be pregnant by then )

[Mochagirl]

Thanks, Melinda. I chose the prime rib - I know I'd be kicking myself if I'm pregnant by then but stuck eating a mushroom while everyone around me eats meat! Even if I'm still on the diet, I'm sure one steak in 5 months wouldn't ruin my sway completely.

[pinkdreams]

♥ User Name Pink dreams
♥ Swaying Status: Swayer in Waiting
♥ TTC DC # .... 3
♥ Your approach to pink sway:I am trying to work out the diet taking cal/mag etc.. tons of crystal light. plan on using sylk while BD, using lavender anything I can find, rock salt lamp, fountain, candles, ion bracelet, basically anything negative ion generating I can find My DH is onboard with taking the supps too (tired of hearing me say how much I want a he'll do anything at this point I think LOL) Plan on using O + 12, I am also entertaining any wives tales I can find

[Indira]

mocha prime rib you made the best choice.

hi pink dreams, did you see the low everything diet Atomic wrote? I basically eat (on my good days ) iceberg lettuce and brown sugar glutenfree pasta for lunch and rice with leeks and zucchini and a yoghurt for dinner and some coffee in between- well actually I ate 8 rice cakes with marmelade as a late night snack yesterday but that´s just because I´m feeling so sorry for myself. And I had applepie everyday when I was on holiday, I´ve started to base my diet a little more to the idea that girl´s mums eat unhealthy and a lot of sweets

Now I have to prepare for relatives visiting, I won´t be able to skip breakfast because we usually have big breakfasts together. I think I will just have a slice of white bread with marmelade or rice cakes. I will try to not snack even if I will offer cookies and pie to them with tea and coffee . They are coming over to see if I´m ok, my aunts that came over in july told them I´m so thin so they think I´m anorexic. But they are very sweet people, they were my parents best friends and the look after me and my sister ever since my parents died, so if it gets hard I think I will just tell them about the girl diet.
I will be in the 2ww, but I think we missed the egg anyway, we DTD on Friday and I think I O-ed last night, we´ll have another shot tonight maybe.

[zanacal]

Hi pinkdreams and welcome

I agree mocha, one steak won't ruin all those other days of being good! I think it's the IG diet you have to take a break from after 6 months and that you can do the LE diet for as long as it takes ... if you want to

Good luck indira, I hope you caught this month!