October Chit Chat Thread for Blue Swayers. All welcome!!

[TTC5]

Hi Ladies, Can you please help me ..

Ughh I have no idea what's going on with my body right now and I'm kinda lost tbh! I got my first postive OPK in the evening on CD 16 then I retested CD 17 and all were positive, but negative on CD18 ..Usually I get Positive OPK's 3 days in a row, but this time only about 2 very weird!! maybe it was just a fake positive and I haven't ovulated yet. I have had the same thing happen before, Or my LH surge change on clomid?

We did an attempt on CD 17 AM, It was about 8 hours from my first + OPK. I thought we will make another one in 48 hours since I get three days of + OPK, but that didn't happen.

Either its fake positive or maybe my surge was short? I don't know I am very confused. My temps are getting up, but still early to tell.

Oh and I was having bad ovulation pain/cramps on CD 17 night it was very bad worst then AF cramps, it was more like my m/c ..I never had this pain before.

What do you think? Can you please look at my chart?

g2g now bring my DD1 from school ..I will catch up with everyone later!

I have no idea, sorry but perhaps this cycle was just a short surge??

[TTC5]

Lola- Im fine ...but thinking what if this baby was a boy my sway worked and now I have to do it again and it will be a girl because it can't just work all the time , right? ahhhh making me crazy feel so unlucky.

What is parenthood ? I never saw it.

Maybe it is your boy but he has decided to come a little later down the track

[TTC5]

I have 4 girls followed by 2 boys I swayed with the boys.

How are you feeling, hun?

Would you post those sways for us please?

[TTC5]

Not sure when my next one is, I had my 12 week NT scan 3 weeks ago and I have to see my ob on the 11th for a routine check up. I think my next scan will be somewhere around 18 to 20 weeks?

Does your ob have a scan in her/his room?

[Foxy]

Hmmm. They changed the spread sheet and it's in a zip file now? I can't find my old one, but my newest was there. Was planning on using EW, but ended up ovulating one week before. I did the same with my very first sway, except I used EW and didn't do FUR, RJ, BP or stevia.

Gender Resulted BOY
Swaying Attempt - Natural, EGS (TBM, SU, GDC, MSU), High Tech (IUI, IUI/MS), details? Natural
PH
CM pH 9 with BSF
DH pH Around 9
Baking soda douche -
Baking soda on finger on attempt or week before The week before and on attempt day
How did you use Pre-seed, and what was its PH? Used olive oil as lube.
Egg whites used/type/pH See above
Big O Yes
MINERALS
Calcium Avoided as much as possible
Magnesium Avoided as much as possible
Potassium 99 mg
Sodium Sea Salt
DH minerals -
DIET
Dietary Changes Tried to follow the IG diet, but switched over to the French after 5 months.
Did you continue diet after attempt/ how long? A couple of days because I didn't know I had already O'd
DH caffeine consumption before BD day Yes, tea in the morning
DH caffeine 1/2 hour or an hour before BD Yes, tea and a can of pepsi
HORMONES
Drinks -
Supplements TT 250mg with 40% sap. 3xs per day
SUPPLEMENTS
Evening Primrose Oil (EPO) -
Robitussin/Guafanesin tablets Robitussin
Alka Seltzer Gold ASG 3xs per day
Green Tea -
Fertile-CM -
False Unicorn Yes
E Yes
Fish Oil Yes
Folic Acid Yes
Flaxseed Oil -
Alfalfa -
Drinks COT drinks with ACV 2xs per day. Loads of lemon water with stevia. Pinapple juice.
Others RJ/BJ 2 tsp per day, L-arginine, Vitamin B complex with Brewers Yeast, Amoxicillin
DH supps L-arginine, TT, Zinc, Fish oil
TIMING
Length of DH abstinance 4 days
BD on O No
How close to O A day and a half before. I O'd one week early and thought we were safe to DTD.
BD how often Just once
Charting O with Temp Yes
Charting O with OPK Yes
Fertility monitor used/type -
suspected O date 23rd December, 2009
IONS
Oed in what moon phase -
Changed ions in other ways? Mobile phone, laptop, magnets, incense, gold.
OTHER
How many kids do you have? 5
What gender(s)? 4 girls, one boy
# of months TTC 6
Your Age 29
BD position Missionary
EWCM present/how much? A little
DH underwear



Boxers breifs


Did you use instead cups/how long? -
DH cold bath/ shower or ice -
OWT - anything under bed? -
COMMENTS DTD around 36 hous before O without knowing it and used olive oil as lube.

[Foxy]

Wow did she sway for a boy with any of her girls?

I know she swayed with her last daughter. I think she did with some of the others too.

[LolaInLove]

Begonia, I think that is an awesome plan! It will help you to have the whole family rallying around the new chica, and will make you all feel very unified and happy, I believe. You know your girls will be excited.....mine are really excited about their new sister coming (the ex's baby due Christmastime). What a wonderful idea to adopt....I always wanted to do that, ever since I was young. DH's super awesome cousin and his wife (who were unexplained infertility for 10 years) adopted a boy from Russia and a girl from China, and they are so amazing that it makes me cry just thinking about them. They got them both as infants, and they are 11 and 6 now. SO beautiful. And another good girlfriend, after many years of IF, adopted a girl from Guatemala. My friend had to jump through crazy hoops to get her, and go live there for 6 months even before she could take her home, but then got pg naturally 3 times after! They lost the 1st (were pushed to terminate at 26 weeks due to some diagnosis of tumors all in baby's body and they did....turns out she would have been fine.....was so awful) but then had a boy and a girl totally naturally. Anyway, I am a huge fan of adoption, and obviously have many adopted kids in my life, and they are wonderful. I think about it also, just expensive for us. But maybe. And thanks for the sweet comments, I really hope you are right. I just think it is smart to prepare my heart for the worst. But I still have some hope. Sometimes. I really hope you don't have to stick around for 4 years though, LOL!

WP, I have to admit, it is kinda nice not to care about the gender and just care about conceiving. Sometimes I feel silly for how much I cared and how arrogant I was a year ago, thinking I could just do this and that and get pg in a snap. I think God is teaching me some humility or patience or gratitude. Probably a combination of all of those and a lot more. (Reminds me of our email convos, MFC! I need a Ramadan myself, lol.)

Flava, let's make a deal: if you don't give up hope of a sway working, I won't give up hope of getting pregnant someday. Whatchathink?????

[WashingtonPromise]

MFC: Your does look like you already Oed.

B: I have a friend in the Ukraine right now adopting 1-3 children, they already have 3.

TTC5: I had not heard of swaying until about 6 months ago, so nope.

Foxy: Olive Oil for lube!!! Really? I have never heard of that. Too late for this cycle, but maybe DH will go for it. I think he would wonder were the breadsticks are.

Not sure when am going to test. I almost did today, but then came to my senses. I don't know why we think we need to know so early, it is just this driving force. But in the large sceme of things....what is a couple of days?

[3Pink1Blue]

B- glad dh wants to find out, it'll be much easier on you to mourn it together. I get your hesitation on a fourth, I always thought 4 was a butt load of kids and also wondered if I was really interested in doing another without the blue guarantee. Give it time you may feel differently after dd3 arrives.

Wp- we've all posted must be preg symptoms and gotten a bfn. It just adds to the fun/agony of ttc

MFC- I'm so bad at opk/ o-ing questions, I'm still amazed I actually figured myself out lol

[Kris217]

Does your ob have a scan in her/his room?

Yes she does, it's very basic though so I'm not sure what I'll see....doubt it will be good enough to get an accurate gender shot. I don't know much how scans cost in America but I'll be there on the 18th to the 25th, If I could find a place to do it and without me needing health insurance then I would. So much easier to shop when I know what clothes to not waste my money on.