Jan 2016 TTC / Testing - New Year BFPs!

[purple]

Purple thank you! Atomic said that it's not enough that will hurt my sway. Hope I'm on the right track with my sway. Also my weakness is sweets should I avoid all sugar?

I'm a sugahollic so I had lots of sugar. Those flavoured milks I drank were very high in sugar and I love cake, cookies and chocolate.

[ksmom]

Gagirl, I don't think you have to avoid sugar altogether. I definitely ate sweets when we conceived DS1 and DS2. I had dessert almost every night when I got pregnant with DS2. I think it's your overall diet that matters more.

[Girlieplease]

Good luck ladies that are attempting tonight or the next few days, cannot wait to hear some exciting news from you all, I will be attempting again March, April this year!

[maidentomother]

Gagirl, I really wouldn't worry about the trace amounts of soy in your prenatal. Sugar is fine so long as you plenty of fat & protein with it. And your body makes fat from sugar/carbs, NOT fat, and that sways blue via multiple mechanisms.

Nann, your fitness regimen is awesome! I'm in awe. I love both yoga and pilates too. I would also recommend avoiding coffee and drinking plenty of tea instead. Remember that many boys moms have so many strong blue friendly aspects going for them that they can 'afford' to do girl friendly things like drink tons of coffee, have only one attempt, take clomid etc and still get boy and after boy. But that doesn't change the fact that those tactics still sway pink.

I'm trying to get up the courage to ask a neighbour/colleague (married to a 40 year old woman with whom he has a 2 year old son, I have noromantic interest in him) if he'd be willing to be a sperm donor for me. I'm just not sure how best to broach the topic and if I should talk to him privately or invite both him and his wife to dinner or something? I'm pretty sure they had fertility struggles/took a while to conceive a THB due to her age and might not have another child, so I'm hoping they would welcome the opportunity of half siblings for their son. But I don't want to alienate anyone...suggestions? They know I have plenty of money & family etc support and I wouldn't require anything from them other than a once a year visit. If they want more involvement than that I'm totally open to that, whatever they feel comfortable with. I also love this guy's mom, she's an amazing woman and grandmother. He is her only child and I think she'd be pretty pleased...

It's soooo hard finding a good, KNOWN donor with the required/desired characteristics here when I don't speak the language as well as I'd like. I see men out in public that I would like to approach but I've yet to manage contact, especially as so often they have a wife/GF with them.

[maidentomother]

LOL at sugaholic purple! My pain meds make me crave sweets, especially anything fruity, like crazy. It makes hormonal cravings (excluding pregnancy) seem mild. I have gummy candy & popsicle addictions in particul but try to eat fruit instead as much as I can. Also I'm obsessed with pound cake and madeleines.

[essnce629]

Honestly Maiden, I think I would be horrified if a female colleague approached my DH about being a sperm donor, especially if she knew he was married with kids. I would be extremely offended. I think you should stick to unmarried single men or a sperm bank. I hope I don't seem too harsh, but it's how I would feel. I would be much more open if my best friend approached me about being an egg donor or a surrogate, but not after my DH's sperm.

[pinkin2011]

I agree with you there Essence. I would be very upset too if someone asked my husband to be a donor. I thought they had sperm donor clinics ect??? My aunty had to use a sperm donor and had a photo ect of the donor .

[Beautifulrainbow]

Hello to you boy moms! Do you ladies drink coffee/did you drink coffee when you got pregnant with your boys? That has been one area that has been tough to cut out. I've tried to switch to tea but some days it's just not the same! Also, I'm in the 2ww - do you think the caffeine would hurt chances of implantation?

BTW I'm not a huge coffee drinker - maybe 1 cup/day. However, I am pretty caffeine sensitive - definitely makes me jittery if I don't eat enough.

I've always been a big coffee drinker and I have 3 boys.

I don't know anything about caffeine effecting implantation.... I've always had 2 to 3 cups a day and have always gotten pregnant the first try. :-)

This is a question I wanted to ask! does coffee caffeine really sway? because with my 3 boys I didn't drink coffee at all, I used to hate it! I still don't like the taste of it need it extreamly sweet and milky, but feel like I need it just to get through the day sometimes.

If you are ment to do the opposite what you did to get boys am I ok drinking it now?

[Beautifulrainbow]

Good luck two!

I have an opk+ today but already have an attempt the other night so will leave it at that. I'm not worried about this cycle as next month I will use clomid.

You just want to be my clomid buddy lol joking

[BunnyGirl19]

Honestly Maiden, I think I would be horrified if a female colleague approached my DH about being a sperm donor, especially if she knew he was married with kids. I would be extremely offended. I think you should stick to unmarried single men or a sperm bank. I hope I don't seem too harsh, but it's how I would feel. I would be much more open if my best friend approached me about being an egg donor or a surrogate, but not after my DH's sperm.

I'd feel the same. I think the only situation I can see where I'd be at least somewhat okay with that was if one of his two best friends asked him to donate sperm because they had something wrong with theirs and couldn't have kids because of it. I just see it causing too many issues trying to use a known donor, especially one that is married with or without kids. It is far simpler and less complicated to just get an anonymous donor.