I'm back after failed sway.

[mandyp85]

Please don't worry about this too much- easier said than done I know! I know several ladies IRL that have thinning hair, and even some bald spots, that have girls!

I'm rooting for you Mandy! Hopefully we can be in a due date group together!

When are you thinking of making your first attempt?



[emoji170]DS1[emoji1379], DS2[emoji577], & DS3[emoji602][emoji170]
[emoji166]One last pink sway 2016[emoji166]
My Ovulation Chart

Thank you for this, I just sometimes get overwhelmed and think I just have no chance of getting another girl, seems silly really when I think about it but after 3 boys it makes me nervous trying again lol. We are going to start attempting from September so that I can have 12 weeks on the diet. Are you currently ttc? I really hope you get your girl this time :-)

[mandyp85]

Your alopecia is not what is swaying though. It is the hormones causing it (and if it's true alopecia then it has nothing to do with hormones anyway)

IF it is hormone related then the diet changes are only going to help.

My suspicion, however, is that you're losing hair because you just had a baby!! Around about that time, it's normal to lose a ton of hair (and if you look at my hair you can even see it's got like these layers in it because my hair all fell out in 2008 after DS 3, then in 2010 after DS 4, and then again at the end of 2012 after DD!! IT's called telogenic effluvia and happens to everyone (also can happen after coming off BCP!)

I was diagnosed as having alopecia when I was in my teens, its never been excessive hair loss really and I appreciate that my having 3 babies in 4 years has probably contributed to my hair loss as well, I just cant help worrying about it sometimes but I do feel better now you have said this so thank you.

[mandyp85]

WE need you at 1500-1800 cals, 50-60 g protein, 50-60 g fat. Even if you have to eat meat to get there, that level of food intake is not gonna cut it.

Can you have some butter or margarine?? SAuce for the veggies??

Yes I can add some butter, I quite like butter on my veg so could have some there and maybe a little on my bread, is it butter which is low in saturated fats that I need to be eating? I would like to avoid meat if possible but if needs must then I will add a little. Maybe I could add a small piece of chocolate? Or some peanut butter?

How far in advance should my husband start taking olive leaf extract?

[XXforhubby]

Thank you for this, I just sometimes get overwhelmed and think I just have no chance of getting another girl, seems silly really when I think about it but after 3 boys it makes me nervous trying again lol. We are going to start attempting from September so that I can have 12 weeks on the diet. Are you currently ttc? I really hope you get your girl this time :-)

We are TTCing right now and will keep trying until December. If we don't get a BFP by then, we will re-evaluate. I'll feel like we gave it our all and will be ok if my DH doesn't want to try any longer.

FX for you!



[emoji170]DS1[emoji1379], DS2[emoji577], & DS3[emoji602][emoji170]
[emoji166]One last pink sway 2016[emoji166]
My Ovulation Chart

[Throwaway_panther]

I had undiagnosed hypothyroidism with my 2 boys but was properly medicated when I got my girl. I think that player a role.

Crap, I take a really high dose since I don't have a thyroid at all. Wondering if I'm swaying pink with that :/

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[atomic sagebrush]

I was diagnosed as having alopecia when I was in my teens, its never been excessive hair loss really and I appreciate that my having 3 babies in 4 years has probably contributed to my hair loss as well, I just cant help worrying about it sometimes but I do feel better now you have said this so thank you.

Just having a baby in Feb you are right in the wheelhouse for this so that is what you have going on right now, I guarantee it! "Postpartum alopecia" and totally normal! I still got a girl after having it HORRIFICALLY after DS 4 https://www.verywell.com/postpartum-hair-loss-2759422

[atomic sagebrush]

Crap, I take a really high dose since I don't have a thyroid at all. Wondering if I'm swaying pink with that :/

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If it's out of your control (which it is) then focus only on that which you CAN control. You can still get a boy.

I can't wait for your baby to get here!!

[atomic sagebrush]

Yes I can add some butter, I quite like butter on my veg so could have some there and maybe a little on my bread, is it butter which is low in saturated fats that I need to be eating? I would like to avoid meat if possible but if needs must then I will add a little. Maybe I could add a small piece of chocolate? Or some peanut butter?

How far in advance should my husband start taking olive leaf extract?

It depends on what you need to get from your diet. If you're getting a lot of saturated fat elsewhere you may want to use margarine instead, but there is nothing better for restoring fertility than good old butter.

Chocolate, esp. milk or white choc are both absolutely a-ok.

Peanut butter also ok as a part of LE Diet.

[Throwaway_panther]

If it's out of your control (which it is) then focus only on that which you CAN control. You can still get a boy.

I can't wait for your baby to get here!!

She did!! [emoji16] [emoji16] [emoji16] [emoji16] I posted about it in the June DD thread!

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[Erin514]

Congrats TP! I'm so happy for you! Hope you're settling in to life with your DD.
P.S. I have a friend who is on meds for low thyroid and still had a boy. Don't let it discourage you.