Oh my! AF returns after over 2 and a half years - starting my girl sway planning...

[zanacal]

I'm not sure you'll get enough calories in having miracle noodles for dinner every day - they're the ones with barely any calories aren't they?

[atomic sagebrush]

Okay, I'll change tactic then. I think!

I was playing with the idea of buying that miracle noodle stuff and have that for dinner every night (to save me from trying to figure out a meal all the time) and just alternate safe "sauces". What are your thoughts on miracle noodle?

I'm definitely going to try to go as vegan as possible without making myself starved considering the diet is so restrictive, more or less, anyway. At the very least I'll cut out the dairy I probably OVER-do in my normal, every day vegetarian diet. I mean, this household goes through blocks of cheese in a couple days it seems. Maybe doing the opposite will make my body go, "WHAT THE!"

I think the Miracle Noodles are great as is eliminayinh most of the the cheese BUT I do agree with what Zana says, it's best not to cut back TOO far because then you risk stopping your ovulation.

[suregena]

I wouldn't eat it plain. Heh - I'd add fat (not sure what yet...) to 'beef' it up in other ways... but the basic bulk would be those noodles. Well, I'm thinking, anyway. I think the diet is the most confusing bit for me and I'm trying to figure out ways to make it easy on me, and therefore less stressful, so I don't raise my testosterone too much stressing about what my next meal is.

The diet is truly the only thing left making me feel more out of control with this.... but I am going to definitely try!

Hmmm... a low everything mostly vegan diet... tricky!

[atomic sagebrush]

suregena, if you topped the Miracle Noodles with a higher cal sauce with some fat in it, then they are a great choice! Even for every day. I just don't want people to cut back too far, KWIM???

[suregena]

suregena, if you topped the Miracle Noodles with a higher cal sauce with some fat in it, then they are a great choice! Even for every day. I just don't want people to cut back too far, KWIM???

Oh yeah, totally! I just think they'd add a stress-free way to do something. And stress-free is important!

I'm right around ovulation now so am not starting just yet but have ordered the licorice root, peppermint tea, and folic acid. I don't know if I, myself, will do anything else outside of folic acid and peppermint tea. I may or may not try vitex (my mom gave me some of the liquid stuff when she came out to the UK to visit... so I do have some.) Going to try to go as vegan as possible but for my own sanity will have some dairy here and there... at least to make sure I get enough calories in. Will also get some RepHresh.

My hubby and I were half-joking that we'll just hit two birds with one stone and try in the bath... if you know what I mean! Hah! But I think we might actually do that. Him in the water. Hahah. :x With control and gravity on my side and heat on his!

[atomic sagebrush]

I actually think TTC in the bath or even standing up in the shower is a great tactic for TTC pink!!

Everything else looks great, best of luck to you!!

[suregena]

Yeah... my rough plan is.... (for next cycle...)

Try to be vegan most of the time with non-fat/low fat dairy occasionaly, but cut out milk and opt for light soy or rice milk instead.

He'll be taking Licorice Root.
I'll take folic acid, drink peppermint tea (still breastfeeding so no Saw Palmetto...), might/might not do vitex because my cycles thus far post-natal have been SO regular. The most regular cycles in my life. The stereotypical 28 day cycle. Wild!
RepHresh every three days.
Frequent release + a cut off (maybe up until positive OPK... but part of me wonders if I should cut it slightly before then...)
Going to try in the bath (our shower is broken!) with him in the bath.

We're both already vegetarian so doing more vegan things (might have him do more soy milk also) on my end and definitely lowering the fat/cal/salt/protein/sugar count for myself (husband is not doing the diet), as I do eat a LOT of beans/lentils/cheese...

He already wears slim fitting pants.

I'm breastfeeding (that sways, doesn't it?)

So, we'll see. Next cycle, we are GO!


Any suggestions/things I might want to add/change?

I guess I am doing it without getting TOO hardcore because I do think I have higher testosterone than normal, so I want to feel like I'm practically floating through the whole thing if I can help it.

Because, at the end of the day, we're happy either way. But still going to give it our best go.

[atomic sagebrush]

I think that's brilliant and I literally have nothing whatsoever to add.

I would BD to pos OPK but you know what, it's your sway and you need to go with your gut!

Good luck!

[suregena]

I think that's brilliant and I literally have nothing whatsoever to add.

I would BD to pos OPK but you know what, it's your sway and you need to go with your gut!

Good luck!

Yeah, I've been umming and ahhing on that bit! Do I go to positive OPK or cut off just before? Hmm! I suppose it might be worth up to positive OPK, I guess, especially if hubby is taking the licorice root... don't want to make it too hard for us to get pregnant.

I am also trying to decide about jump + dumping. Suppose do jump + dump and frequent release, up to positive opk.

[atomic sagebrush]

I personally feel that the advantage of stopping at pos OPK is that it removes some of the stress from the equation - like, what if you stop BD and then don't O until 2 days later...you're freaking out trying to decide what to do at the last minute because now your husband hasn't released for 2 days and it's boy frequency...

What you could do is do j and d until the final release and then lie down for 5-15 min after that. Conversely, you could also lie down after the attempts EXCEPT for the last one. They both make a kind of sense really and to my mind it's a toss up as to which would be better. First option, you'll be getting rid of excess semen that can raise pH and since it's pretty unlikely you'll get pg from those attempts anyway (but you might) eliminating most of the sperm is prob. an ok thing to do - some sperm will survive to make it to they crypts but most will be carried away with the semen. Second option, you're ensuring that more sperm will prob. manage to make it into the crypts, most of the semen will exit the building at the 5-15 minute mark anyway, and then on the final attempt, you would do a J and D to make sure that less sperm from that ejaculation make it into the crypts. Which is best? Who knows??