Round Two! More Questions! Help ASAP!

[atomic sagebrush]

I was looking and if I can do that regimen (Transdermal Magnesium Chloride Hexahydrate, Vitamin D, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12, and a little calcium) this is what I'd buy:

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And the vitamins I take already have D3 (600IU or 150%), B6 (3mg or 150%) & B12 (12mcg or 200%), so I'm set there I think. The yogurt I have has 25% calcium, so I'll try to eat more foods with calcium in it, or should I just buy the Calcium citrate supplement?

Hubby plans on doing the above regimen too. Should he also take cranberry or baby aspirin?

I personally don't believe in calcium for swaying but if you do want to go that route you'd need the calcium supplement. It's impossible to get enough calcium from diet to get up to the levels recommended by the "mineral diets".

I'd give hubby cranberry if he's willing to take it.

[NikkiB1986]

So you want me to stop taking the vitamins during the week that we try? Or only take them 3 times that week?

As for the magnesium spray, I'm not just doing it for the reason of morning sickness prevention. I have tmj and it causes me such horrid head/jaw aches and read it's great for that. On the bottle it says I'm supposed to take 20-40 sprays per day, and there's 27.2mg of magnesium per spray. So I don't think at that rate it would give me diarrhea. Plus I have such a tiny body I doubt it'll take that many sprays before it covers my body. I read to take it before bed, so figured hubby could spray it on my back/chest & arms/legs and rub it in every night (yay nightly massage).

So should Hubby take cranberry or olive leaf (on my other post you said "olive leaf extract 500-1000 mg dry leaf a day taken daily and then weaned off gradually at BFP')?

Hubby is willing to help with swaying, he just wants me happy. He'll be happy to know he can continue to "do what he does" and that I can have an orgasm afterall. lol

I've ordered the opk but I'm pretty sure I can't use it for this cycle since I'm "supposed to" ovulate on Sept 1st and you're supposed to start on day 5 of your cycle. So we'll either try on the 1st or if we do the ever 4 days thing when should the first day be?

[atomic sagebrush]

3 times

Just be aware if you get diarrhea then it's prob. the mag

Either. If you're worried about getting pregnant then OLE may be better. I feel like cranberry is more "proven" for swaying, but OLE getting good results too.

Every 4 days - start right away and go until you're sure you've ovulated.

[NikkiB1986]

Do you want me to take the vitamins 3 times a week only during the week of ovulation or from now on til I get pregnant?

When you say cranberry has been more "proven" for swaying, is there a time frame required before you see results or do you think him starting now would be enough for a sway on Sept 1st or the next month?

Is it more sway effective to do it once on ovulation or every 4 days?

I saw the doc today. She said I was 92.7lbs, and wanted me to gain weight. Will gaining any weight affect my sway? I've heard women that lose weight get girls so is the opposite going to get me a boy? I want to be healthy but I really don't want to screw up my pink sway.

Last thing, I read somewhere that skipping breakfast is key to a pink sway. So if I wake up at 9am, when is the soonest I can eat and what is safe to eat for breakfast? How many hours from the time you wake is it ok to eat?

[atomic sagebrush]

I can't entirely remember your history but I think I recall you had some nutrient absorption issues. My standard recommendation is for most people to drop multi's OR to go to 3x a week but anyone who truly needs them for health/wellbeing should continue them daily or no less than 3x a week.

I have guys take supps for 6 weeks prior to TTC but we don't know for sure if they work right away or not. Just not enough inf

Weight loss and gain has not proven to be as effective as we would like. If you need to gain a small amount of weight for your health, you'll def. get pregnant more easily if you do. It could sway blue a little, but we have seen lots of opposites with weight loss/gain.

Skipping breakfast isn't "key" it's just one thing htat may help a little. EVen if you just push it back from when you normally eat it a few hours, that's all you need to do.

[NikkiB1986]

So hubby and I tried the night of the 1st (technically the 2nd since it was 3amish). We were spooning and I layed with him inside on me for a few minutes and continued to lay there after he went to the bathroom so hopefully that was enough time. I think there was still sperm inside the next day too because my panties were wet but not like normal it was shiny and watery. So how long before I will know or how long before I should take a pregnancy test?

[atomic sagebrush]

That's not sperm, it's semen. Semen is like a "life raft" after it gets deposited, the sperm swim out of it into the fluid inside your body and then the "remains" come back out over the next 24 hours or so.

I would give it 12 days! or even 14-16 days after attempt if AF does not show. (I am kind of conservative on that.) Some would test earlier, but I think it stresses people out to get negatives so I prefer people wait till they'd for sure get a positive.

[NikkiB1986]

Ok so I was testing with Clearblue Advanced Digital test starting on the 5th (because the nurse suggested I test on the 14th day of my cycle) and got four days of low and then suddenly yesterday got the solid smiley and noticed today it's still on the screen today. I decided to test on just the strip since the holder was stuck like that and saw two very solid blue lines. I compared it from the previous ones and it definitely looked like gradual line darkening with today being solid blue. I did some quick research on Google and found that means ovulation is occurring now is that correct?

My ovulation calendars all say today is ovulation day, so even though I got the solid smiley yesterday we still wanted to wait til today so we're going to try tonight when he gets off work.

My next question is if I'm ovulating today is it normal to have some spotting? I was checking my cm and noticed it had a brownish tint but was still very egg white like (stretchy and watery). I'm also kinda crampy. This is not a usual occurrence so should I be concerned? Am I still ovulating? Last night I checked sm and there was ALOT of it! Like a ton! And then this morning there was still alot but it had a bit of brown blood in it. So should we still try tonight? He just got home.

One last thing, we're thinking of using coconut oil as lube, is that ok for a pink sway?

[Pbn3]

Hi nikki thought I'd jump in just in case you don't get an answer back today. Yes you should definately have an attempt. If you've ovulated today then you only have a small window to try and catch the egg (the egg generally lives for 12-24 hours) Also during ovulation it is possible to see blood tinged cm.

[atomic sagebrush]

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