Last minute sway! Suggestions Appreciated!

[love being a mummy]

Is there FA in a mens multi Vit ?
I don't think I could get DH to take anything else, I annoy him enough already trying to get him to take the L-arg and zinc

[atomic sagebrush]

Hi Dibbles!!

I realize I am a little late to the party here and I am really sorry...the forum went nuts with people coming over from IG and I am still getting caught up. I do think IG may be back up so that is good news anyway.

1) WE have not been having very good luck with L-arg. It seems like it may be raising testosterone, at the expense of estrogen, and making people's CM dry up. If it's working for you, that's great, but if you find that you're getting too dry, you might want to give it to your husband instead.

Having similar issues with flaxseed too BTW (even tho you weren't using that)

2)We are seeming to have success with people taking both EPO and fish oil together, altho some people have reported dryness from EPO as well, it's been nowhere near as bad as the l-arg and flaxseed were.

3)how much zinc?? I believe the advice on IG is dangerous levels of zinc intake. I much prefer women to take 8-15 mg and men to take no more than 25 at most.

4)Re egg whites, I am not a fan of them either. We kinda had a recent debate about them and if you are interested, you can read that here: http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...Brand-of-Eggs& I would much rather people did Preseed or the Preseed baking soda combo and directions for that and reasons why are here: http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...ng-Soda-basics

5)Alcohol of may sway a little bit pink and we have a kind of fun thread about that going on now: http://genderdreaming.com/forum/show...ion-sways-pink but I can promise you my husband can lay it down himself, and conceived 2 boys drinking quite a bit.

6)Remember, if you check your pH at any time other than ovulation, it is not going to tell you what you need to know. It's always best to get the pH of EWCM at ovulation, so if you check it before then and it's more acidic than you were hoping for, don't panic, it will go up.

[atomic sagebrush]

My usual diet is lots of meat and rice. I'm lactose intolerant so very little dairy (though I discovered a few months ago that I can handle baskin robbins ice cream.. not a good time to make that discovery)

I have a large plate of salad for lunch. I am upping it to one at lunch and one at dinner.

I have pancakes with honey for breakfast. I'm contemplating changing that to eggs and/or potatoes.

I'm also planning to eat amsterdam carrots all through the day and at least a glass of pineapple juice.

How much gelatine do I need to take? O.O

Add the eggs to the pancakes with honey and that is fine. Protein + carbs = boys.

No worries on the ice cream, I got 4 boys eating vast amounts of dairy every day (and one was a pink sway!)

[atomic sagebrush]

Yes my cycle is pretty regular and I'll be using OPKs. I get watery CM for more than half my cycle so it's really hard to pinpoint O and I'm worried that I'll miss it and do a O+12 >.<

If your cycle is pretty regular, I would def. try to squeeze in two attempts. I would BD at the pos OPK and then again the next day. Don't worry about frequent release swaying pink, the pink swayers have to do FR every day (and often twice a day) for 7-10 days for that to sway pink.

[atomic sagebrush]

Welcome your sway sounds similar to mine good luck.

I wasn't aware that we both had to take folic acid ?
Are other blue swayers DH's taking it?

Folic acid may increase sperm count. Most men's vitamins have enough, no need for men to take additional FA if they are already getting some in a multi.

My concern is that folic acid has been linked to prostate cancer in men so I would prefer people gave their DH only a minimal amount rather than a very large dose.

[atomic sagebrush]

About the OPKs: Isn't it 12-36 hours after the first OPK? How will taking multiple OPKs help? I'm planning to do 2 a day so I don't miss the surge, should I be doing more? I bought internet cheapies in BULK! lol

Some people want to time their BD to be as close to O as possible (I don't think that's necessary BTW) so they take multiple OPK to observe if they get any fade in/fade out patterns that might help them pinpoint O more accurately.