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[atomic sagebrush]

Omg. I just had to say that I am feeling SO good about my (what I call weak) sway after reading this!!! I haven't been great with my L.E. diet aspirations, but I always skip breakfast, I'm a vegetarian and I do intermittent fasting (not even on purpose!) and I drink wine and coffee generously....
I just added in cardio to my sway, but not sure that will actually have a major effect on my swaying because I JUST started. But...I have a better chance at pink than I realized!
Thanks for posting that!!!

Lissa and Complex, you both should listen to Panther because the three of you have very similar personalities and she did basically a pink sway without realizing it and did get a girl. This stuff matters, that's why I stress it to you guys is because it really does make a difference

[atomic sagebrush]

I took a 1/2 prenatal again today but I'm thinking about finding a supplement that's zinc only. Unfortunately the zinc I've seen in stores so far is HUGE like 50mg. I'd prefer something that offers more like the amount I'm actually short per day, like maybe 5mgs. Or maybe someone has a suggestion for a LE type food that I could get more zinc from... I feel like I need to take a 1/2 prenatal in the meantime until I get this figured out.

they are out there - 8-15 is best, if you can't find that then you can usually find 25. your body is ok at storing zinc so I'd take that 2x a week instead of 3

[atomic sagebrush]

Re thyroid - do what you guys need to do under advisement of doctor with thyroid meds. Don't play with those levels for swaying as this is the main cause of non-chromosomal pregnancy loss.

[Girlieplease]

Totally atomic, that was my fault, I wrote the question clumsily, just miscommunication on my part. No intention of doing anything with my dose of medication!

[atomic sagebrush]

OK no worries, I just always like to mention it because sometimes people will read something on a thread and then misunderstand what was being discussed and then think "oh maybe I'll try that!"

[Serenity]

Hi Complex Emotions,

I might be way off base here, but it kind of sounds like you may not be so sure about what you really want right now. If I was in your situation, I'd be feeling pretty conflicted too: wanting to give your little one a sibling as soon as possible, but also dealing with your own gender desire at the same time.

My sense is that each person who sways has their own level of commitment to swaying itself, and that this is balanced/offset by each person's desire to get pregnant, based on her own life situation and reasons. Maybe you are working on figuring out where you stand on this continuum?

It also sounds like you are afraid of your sway negatively impacting your future pregnancy/baby somehow. I don't know too much about it all, but if you are generally eating healthily enough, and listening to atomic about the deficiencies you do need to be cautious about (I know she has specifically mentioned potassium and iodine), I personally wouldn't foresee any issues. I'm new here, but my understanding is that a slight nutritional deficiency is kind of the goal for pink...my way of thinking about it is that I am such a healthy eater usually, I should be able to make up for any slight deficiencies in no time after I get pregnant. I can't wait to start inhaling eggs and avocados again..mmmmmm

Mostly it just sounds to me like you want to sway pink, but you also want to get pregnant fast, and to make sure that you and your baby are as healthy as possible (by doing things that sway blue). Maybe it would help to clarify your priorities to yourself?

I also want to say that if you do decide that getting pregnant fast and doing things to up your nutritional/fertility status is your priority, even if they sway blue, in my mind, that is a valid choice, too.

[carmella_marie]

Personally, I would never add a prenatal or any vitamin (calcium/magnesium/zinc etc) as it's pretty well established by many studies out there that increased nutrients sway blue very heavily. As atomic already mentioned, they're a relatively new invention and we're not sure they really help anyway. Folic acid is the one thing proven to help with miscarriage and neural tube defects. If I wanted to get pregnant more quickly I'd add attempt or cut out exercise before restoring to vitamins.

I wrestled with the seasons thing forever too, but it really became a Mary/Martha control thing and I didn't want the testosterone to sway blue.

I think, like many boy moms do, we get bogged down in all the details and forget the big picture: anything that boosts fertility sways blue, and anything that decreases fertility sways pink.

[Throwaway_panther]

Thanks, was never considering it as a tactic, am just really curious and since am struggling to conceive I an interested in all perspectives that have a connection to me. I did wonder if been hyper had inhibited my chances of conception but seems that is not the case. Thanks for replying x

Sorry if I wasn't clear -- being hyper can definitely inhibit conception. I can be run at hyper levels without symptoms because I don't have a thyroid, as well as it being a risk/reward thing because of my circumstances.

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[XXforhubby]

Maybe I need a break for this reason... it's just that I don't know when or how I'll be able to stop thinking about the details enough to get pregnant.

I think the devil's in the details here and not helping your situation any. I know this may sound scary, but I would let the details GO. You know the basics of what really sways girl here, and I would stick to that. The LE diet is a healthy pre-pregnancy diet and will not prevent you from getting pregnant as long as you stick to the limits. If you can't exercise, that is fine, but I would be strict with the LE principles (at the very least go vegetarian).

You will get pregnant if you give it time. It's ok to take a break, but do just that. Don't pour over things and stew over what may or may not be. I'm talking from experience here. I did all that you did and more (acupuncture, added in eggs, full-fat dairy, meat, vitamin d, zinc), and I'm rocking my sweet DS3 to sleep. I love him to the moon and back, but I was the undoing that brought him here.

Don't follow my footsteps. You can PM me if you want to talk more. I can say I've let Martha go and my family has benefited SO much from me doing that!

Hugs!!




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[trifecta]

The conception process seems so delicate, like when the chromosomes fuse in mitosis and the DNA breaks apart and merges back together... it all seems so very very fragile and fraught.

I know what you mean and there are so many junctures along the way of having a child where things can go wrong, but you have to remember that in the overwhelming majority of cases things go right. It's awe-inspiring, in a way.