Verena TTC a GIRL Sway Attempt

[Verena]

TTC a Girl Sway Attempt

Gender Result:

Boy

DW Age:

36

DH Age:

36

Current Children's Gender(s)

DS1 3
DS2 1 (at time of conception)

Number of Months TTC

3

Did you purchase and follow a GD Personalized Plan?

No

DIET
Did you follow a diet plan?

Yes

If yes to diet, which one did you most follow?

• LE(Low Everything) PCOS

Comments regarding DW's diet changes-

I started skipping breakfast and limiting calories to 1800 cal/day in June 2017. In November I started sticking to the limits for prot and fat (50-60 g). I ate loads of whole grain spelt pasta and bread and also a lot of potatoes. I followed mainly the LE PCOS diet, although I don't have PCOS. I'm vegetarian anyway and had two meals a day, lunch at approx. 12 am and dinner at approx. 6 pm.

If diet was used, length of time before attempt?

Approx. 9 months

Did you skip breakfast regularly?

Yes

Did DH change his diet with you?

No

Comments regarding DH's diet-

-

DId you consume alcohol?

• A couple of drinks per week

DId you try to limit caffeine?

No, I drink caffeine regularly

Any Diet Details?

I drank 3-4 cups of coffee a day, but I didn't make the coffee that strong. After a chemical in the month before my bfp I replaced half of my normal coffee powder with decaf coffee as I was worried that too much coffee could contribute to pregnancy losses.

Any Diet Comments/Additional Info?

I didn't drink alcohol in the tww and had a glass of wine maybe eod in the other time.

WEIGHT AND EXERCISE
What did you weigh/BMI do leading up to O?

65 kg / 143 lbs. BMI 22

I lost 14 kg / 30 lbs during the 9 months dieting

Any Weight/Exercise related additional info/comments?

I walked on a treadmill 5-7 times a week since Nov 2017

THINGS in VG and CONCEPTION DATE(CD) INFO
pH Before Starting a Sway Program, if known

-

Any VG potions used?

• NO

CM pH at attempt

-

DH pH

-

How many BD attempts did you make for the BFP cycle?

1

BD Dates according to Ovulation

• 3 Days Before O

Any additional comments?

Not sure if it was 2 or 3 days before ovulation. I had a positive opk at 11 am (was negative earlier that day) and my temp went up the next morning already. I had to get up several times that night though so that might have increased my temperature. I think it's more likely that I ovulated the day after my positive opk and that would have been 3 days after our attempt.

THE DEED INFO
DH Info about Swimmers

• Other

BD Position

Missionary

Did you Jump and Dump?

• Yes

Any relevant attempt details?

I got up and went to the toilet after 10-15 min, but not much came out (tmi). So maybe it was too late for j&d already?

SUPPLEMENTS USED
DW Supplements

• folic acid
• Magnesium

DH Supplements

-

Any additional supplement info?

I took femara 2.5 mg CD4-8. It was my first cycle on femara. I decided not to take fibre because of the high amounts of fibre from all that whole grain spelt I ate.

Did you do anything with Ions?

-

Moon Phase during conception?

-

Did you use any Old Wives Tales?

-

Things that make me feel great about my sway:

Long time on diet, exercise, coffee, 1 attempt and femara

Things that make me nervous about my sway:

My prot was always on the higher side of the limits and some days even at 61 or 62 gram. I hope it doesn't matter. I drank about a cup of milk a day that I added to my coffee. So around 50 ml of milk in each coffee, what is probably more than we should add. I tried to drink two coffees shortly after each other in the morning and the other two before and after lunch, but wasn't so strict on that.

Things worth mentioning:

I started with a light sway in summer of last year and as time went by and hubby wasn't ready to tcc yet I began to think about what else I could do and started adding things like exercise, femara, alcohol and more coffee (normally I drink 80% milk, 20% coffee and the last months before my bfp it was the other way around). Now that I write everything down it seems quite ridiculous how much I ended up doing when my intention was only to do a light sway ;-) But my initial feelings didn't change over time: I would love to have a girl and wanted to try what I could, but I would also love to have a little boy. I'm sure we will get the perfect child for our family! :-) I got my bfp in March and my last scan was yesterday at 8 weeks where we saw a little bean with a flickering heartbeat.

[Babybeaublue]

Congrats Verena and lots of pink dust! I got at least 4 of my girls with 1 attempt!

[ksmom]

Congrats!!!

[Noemi2017]

Verena so happy for u

[emshe]

How wonderful, congrats Verena & great sway


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[ABC.2606]

Congrats, Verena!! So happy for you!!!!

[Pbn3]

Wow that's quite a strong sway Verena! Congratulations [emoji173] Cant wait till you find out what you're having!!

[Verena]

Thank you so much ladies! [emoji173]️ I'm still debating with myself if I should do a NIPT test at 10 weeks. Finding out gender still seems like a "luxury problem" to me because I'm still worried and hoping so much that baby is healthy. But I know that will change quickly once we managed to get through the first three months, so I think I will go for the NIPT test to have the results at 12 weeks.

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[atomic sagebrush]

Congrats and pink dust headed your way!

[Girlswaylondon]

Congrats again!!