Last month failed, so going to try something new

[rancor]

Ok, did some more reading. Looks like current trends are abstain for 8 days, then 1 attempt when we get a +OPK? Is taking Benadryl still a common practice?
Also DH is almost 36, a smoker, and addicted to soda. All things that can lower sperm count, right? Do you think FR on his end or abstaining would be better for us?

[Throwaway_panther]

Ok, did some more reading. Looks like current trends are abstain for 8 days, then 1 attempt when we get a +OPK? Is taking Benadryl still a common practice?
Also DH is almost 36, a smoker, and addicted to soda. All things that can lower sperm count, right? Do you think FR on his end or abstaining would be better for us?

Him being a smoker is a HUGE girl sway factor!

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[rancor]

Thats promising! I guess there is one decent reason he hasn't quit yet! We were both smokers, drinkers, and unhealthy eaters when my DS was conceived, so my guess is all the red meat and all the processed foods are probably what contributed more to the boy than the smoking?

[atomic sagebrush]

The jellies have not really worked for us, they are getting neutral results. I can't tell based on our results if vinegar douching is working or not. I don't like it for other reasons so generally I deter people from using them and so our sample size is way too small to draw any conclusions. If you do want to douche, I recommend only doing a vinegar and water douche 4-6 hours before your attempt and not all the constant douching and pH testing because that'll drive you nutty.

Do not mix douche with RepHresh, that can cause a pH spike. One or the other.

A lot of the stuff you're doing is not really my cup of tea but I know that they're hard to give up on.

[atomic sagebrush]

Yes, trying to do the LE diet (But i'm having a very hard time with it, especially because I travel for work and have to eat out a lot) and exercising at least 4 times a week. DTD as often as we can from end of AF to O. Also doing BBT and OPK.

I recommend sticking to one attempt in the fertile window if you can. Our success rates go from 70-75% with one attempt, to 60-65% with two (these numbers vary as people's results come in) and drop all the way down to 40ish% with 3 attempts. We don't know why, but it's been very consistent for us.

[atomic sagebrush]

Ugh, this is so confusing because everything I read or am told contradicts one another. Maybe I will give stick to vinegar. Seemed to work for my mom and aunts… Maybe its just a family thing. GRRR.

Most of us on here got 2-3-4 boys or more doing the cal-mag, douching, timing, pH jazz recommended on the other sites. They all base their ideas on a few old theories that are decades old and most of which are totally debunked.

I leave douching out because I hate it and it has horrible side effects. I know a lot of people do report their relatives got girls with douching but then again I never know how much stock to put into any of that because of course most people do get at least one girl regardless.

[atomic sagebrush]

Ok, did some more reading. Looks like current trends are abstain for 8 days, then 1 attempt when we get a +OPK? Is taking Benadryl still a common practice?
Also DH is almost 36, a smoker, and addicted to soda. All things that can lower sperm count, right? Do you think FR on his end or abstaining would be better for us?

I don't have any men who are over 35, especially smokers, do abstain. Either do FR or just have him do regular release on his own or with you with a condom every 2-4 days.

Smoking is one of the best sway tactics for pink that there is.

A lot of people do take Benadryl. It does cut odds of conception though. I'd play that by ear and only use it if you a) decide not to douche and b) have a lot of visible CM.

I know it's annoying when info doesn't all add up in a neat package with a bow on top. But the reason why we do it that way is because that info did not work for us. We think we have a better and easier to stick to way of swaying,a nd there is always an explanation so if something seems confusing, please just ask and I'll explain.

[rancor]

Wouldn't neutral be better than high though? It is typical in the 8-9 range after BD. I have gotten it as low as 6 when I was drinking Crystal Light every day. My mom and her two sisters, plus SIL all got girls when doing the vinegar douche, which made 6 girls, so there must be some truth to the PH theory?
Ok, so how many times should we have a FR or BD with condom? Im on my last day of AF. Do we start BD every 2-4 days now? If he chooses to do FR, its everyday? What about the day of +OPK? Have a release, then BD? I'm assuming the goal is to have low swimmers, right? How accurate is the missionary position with no big O?

[foxtrotmama]

All 6 of the kids 2 and under on my block are boys- does that mean that living on my block sways blue? I think if there's anything to douches it's probably that it washes away fertile cervical mucous.

I haven't seen anything to suggest that position matters.

[melisha78]

A lot of ladies I know used lime and they got their girls.


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