TTC Pink Chit Chat Thread - August

[Legacy_19]

♥ Legacy_19
♥ Swaying Status: Swaying NOW!!!
♥ TTC #3 (I have 2 boys that are the loves of my life - 11 and 4)
♥ LE diet, frequent release, no O, hot showers, Clomid, folic acid, mag., calcium, cranberry, and DH semi LE diet, cranberry, mag., calcium. First month on Clomid days 3-7. Currently on CD 16 and had my first positive OPK!

[Yuzu]

Yuzu
Swaying Right this Moment!
fx for DC #4 ( I have 3 sons ages 23, 20 and 9 months)
I'm doing the low everything diet with supplements like folic acid, using ion bracelet and rock salt lamp and ionizer

[Mochagirl]

♥ Mochagirl
♥ Swaying Status: Swaying NOW!!!
♥ TTC #4 (I have 5 year old identical boy twins and a 2 year old boy)
♥ Low Everything diet, frequent release, Rephresh, Sylk, Saw Palmetto, Vitex, Baby Aspirin, Benedryl/Zrytec around O. We just finished our 2nd month TTC - on the 2WW but expect af in a couple of days

[XXdreaming]

♥ User Name melinda
♥ Swaying Status: Swayer in Waiting, Swaying NOW!, BFP Swayer! umm I am not sure lol af is due around aug 17th and will start swaying then
♥ TTC DC # 5
♥ Your approach to pink sway: still researching, I plan to sway twins and for a girl lol but even if I just get twins with no girl would be still awesome, I am doing soy iso days 2-6, then doing vitex on cd7 to O, doing 2000mcg folic acid, azo cranberry says I can take max 4 pills(2 in morning 2 at night) zyrtec and possible benedryl to dry up cm, thinking about b6 to help lengthen lp and raise progesterone levels, I know I take a buttload of pills will have to double check all what I am taking lol, I am also going to *try* to do the girl diet, and cut my calories drastically and no excercising, and did 0+20(was very past O actually surprised I conceive) but ended in m/c so wondering if maybe egg was to old? to survive so will not be doing that, will do cutoff maybe cd12? since O around cd15, and no big O for me lol but like I said still researching and planning

[Yuzu]

Hi Melinda-I was reading your approach and I noticed you wanted to take both Soy and Vitex. I don't think you should take these two together. The thread about it is on genderdreaming somewhere; I'll look for it and maybe someone else can find it and post it here.

edited to add: I found the thread. Hope it helps!

[XXdreaming]

Hi Melinda-I was reading your approach and I noticed you wanted to take both Soy and Vitex. I don't think you should take these two together. The thread about it is on genderdreaming somewhere; I'll look for it and maybe someone else can find it and post it here.

edited to add: I found the thread. Hope it helps!

Hi thank you but I won't be taking them together as on same days, but it will be in same cycle, soy iso cd2-cd6 then I will stop soy iso and start vitex on cd7, but its never good to play with your hormones lol. I have spent many hrs on google lol several women have done this with good outcomes, some even say that taking vitex with soy helps balance things out BUT I would NOT recommend that, to many mix signals going out in the body can't mean anything good, I will be raisng estrogen high(caused by soy) then after the soy will start to raise my progesterone and kind of balance everything out(with vitex), it sounded like a good idea lol will let you know if it was lol

Btw: always open for opinions, because maybe your seeing something I am not after 4 boys I need all the help I can get lol

[Out of the Blue]

WONDERFUL!!! We need this thread! Thanks so much Zanacal!

♥ User Name - Out of the Blue
♥ Swaying Status - Surprise BFP while taking a break from the diet/TTC – Due 3-30-2012 We will be waiting until birth to find out the gender…
♥ TTC DC # - #3 (probably our caboose) We have two boys ages 3ish and 1ish...complete opposites but they love playing w/eachother!
♥ What I was planning on doing before I got my surprise BFP…

I really think low blood sugar and low testosterone are key!

• Low Everything diet (vegetarian or vegan) until a BFP
• No prenatals
• No calcium sups
• Chitosan and/or lots of fiber sups
• Lots of Peppermint Tea (iced, hot whatever!)
• Vitex
• Zyrtec if needed
• Frequent release w/BD AF – O
• RepHresh
• Sylk
• Missionary w/no O…boring!

FWIW stuff:

• Still BF #2 (so no aspirin for me)
• Quit watching sports or anything else on T.V. which would appear to raise my T levels and tried to watch “girly” shows (definitely not my norm but thought it couldn’t hurt)
• Quit playing T raising games on my Ipad
• Thought lots and lots of girl/pink thoughts
• Wore a pink bracelet to remind me of my girl
• Quit working out as I could not do enough cardio to sway pink
• Quit yoga & abstained from building any muscles
• Lost 25 lbs last summer and a few more before TTC…Was 2lbs away from my lowest weight as an adult and 25+ lbs lighter than when I conceived both our boys
• rock salt lamp next to our bed
• pink bow on my closet mirror

I took non-fish DHA and Raspberry Leaf Tea which may sway blue but I thought the benefits outweighed the sway. I also was diligent about taking folic acid and I frequently took acidophilus. Unfortunately I had quit the diet for 1-2 wks and then started it up again a few days before I O'd. When we BD, we used a bit of Sylk but no RepHresh b/c I was lazy and I had no idea I could get preg by DTD a week or more before O. Surprise!!!

[zanacal]

How's everybody doing today? I freaked out a little yesterday over how much EWCm I had, even though we're not ttc yet, so I took a Zyrtec last night and another before work this morning. I know those things aren't supposed to make you drowsy but I've struggled to stay awake (at work lol!) all day! I'm so glad to be home chilling out - unfortunately the boys have a request for something to eat/drink/whatever every couple of minutes but, hey, this is as relaxing as it gets with my 3

[Yuzu]

Hi thank you but I won't be taking them together as on same days, but it will be in same cycle, soy iso cd2-cd6 then I will stop soy iso and start vitex on cd7, but its never good to play with your hormones lol. I have spent many hrs on google lol several women have done this with good outcomes, some even say that taking vitex with soy helps balance things out BUT I would NOT recommend that, to many mix signals going out in the body can't mean anything good, I will be raisng estrogen high(caused by soy) then after the soy will start to raise my progesterone and kind of balance everything out(with vitex), it sounded like a good idea lol will let you know if it was lol

Btw: always open for opinions, because maybe your seeing something I am not after 4 boys I need all the help I can get lol

I shouldn't be giving any advice, because I have three boys myself! LOL I'll be interested in seeing how your experiment works!

[Mochagirl]

I'm feeling really down today after another BFN. AF is due in 2 days, and at this point I have no reason to believe she won't arrive right on schedule. I need a pep talk, ladies! I am soooooooooo bored with this diet and really can't face another month of it. I really feel like crying right now.

I'm also really sad because this next month is far from ideal for me to TTC. If I get a BFP, my due date will be 1 day before my twins' birthday, so not only will I potentially rob them of their special day this year as I may be in labour, but I will always have to deal with 3 birthdays in one week! Waiting a month to TTC isn't really an option since there's no way I can continue the diet another TWO months!