Hi im new & looking for advice..

[sofkay]

Like to add, i have previously take FSH home urine tests and they have been negative on cd:3. out of worry i just took 1 and it was also negative.

**also also, i for first time have a semi tender cervix to touch & have had a lot! of ovulation cramping. its been a very weird and unusual cycle.

I am taking 15mg zinc and 400mg folic at the moment

My CM has just switched from watery to very obvious thick/creamy

[sofkay]

Can i also get an opinion on having porridge for breakfast? is this good / bad for both sway and overal health for fertility?
is this better / worse then a breakfast cereal for sway / overal health?

[atomic sagebrush]

Im steadily losing weight. And yes i eat about 2000 burn about 2500 this is average not every days same sometimes i burn 1000. However weight loss is steady not dropping off but i am losing as i tend to have very good and also very bad days

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What's your BMI? (or weight and height)

[atomic sagebrush]

Sorry to add april i had a weird period.. 2 days brown spotting never happened and a 6 day period (very long!) I typically have 4

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I'm not totally following what you're saying here but if you had at least 1 day of bright red flow around when you were supposed to, it's likely you ovulated even without a clear pos OPK and super obvious temp shift. If you didn't, if it was just brown spotting, then yes it's true you likely didn't O that month.

[atomic sagebrush]

Since end May - end August now i lost 8lbs

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That's not too fast a rate of weight loss for most people, but can u tell me your starting weight, finishing weight, and height (or BMI if you know it) so I can see if you've gotten too thin?

[sofkay]

Hi atomic, thank you for all advice so far.. i just want to clarify a final few things both for sway and conception purposes..

1. which is best breakfast for swaying/conception? toast + butter, cheese on toast or yoghurt and fruit.. what are your opinions on all 3 for conception/sway girl purposes?
2. how many portions of fish, other meat (beef,lamb,chicken, turkey) should i aim for a week
3. am i swaying if i am burning calories. for example.. it could be too low for me to be doing 1500-1800 on some days...
4. is there anything you can recommend to make cm friendly that doesnt badly effect sway / conception?

[atomic sagebrush]

For anyone with possible insulin resistance issues (and I think you are in this group as per our convo via PM) full fat yogurt and fruit is best option. Toast and butter is least good as it's just too many carbs without protein to balance it out. The cheese toast is in between.

Did I post this link for you already?? It has a lot more explanation about the alternate type of diet you need to be on. https://genderdreaming.com/forum/gen...rt-3-pcos.html

I can't tell you a set number of servings of anything to have. You need to stick in the overall limits for the day and in those limits you have freedom to do what you want and eat what you want (and I mean the limits of the alternate diet, which will be higher in fat and protein and many people do have meat every day on that!)

If you are eating less than you were before, then yes you are swaying pink. It's not so much about burning calories, it's the nutrient content of your diet as a whole that matters. Many of our swayers are on 1800-2000 cals a day. Some even go above that. What counts is that you've reduced calorie, fat, protein intake from what it was before (but due to the potential insulin resistance you also need to do that without loading up too much on super carby foods, either.)

The best thing you can do for your CM right here and now is follow a sway diet and exercise. I suspect that your CM is hostile (if it is, many people assume it's their CM when they aren't conceiving for other reasons) due to hormonal imbalance and you're moving in the right direction with what you're doing already. The best way to fix hormonal issues is to control them with diet and exercise and better yet, it fixes ALL the hormonal issues and not just a Band Aid for the CM (which for all we know is not the problem here).

You can stay hydrated by drinking a good level of water a day and avoiding alcohol which may be drying. (even tho alcohol can be good for a pink sway I think you'll be better off without it.)

Have we discussed Myoinositol and cinnamon??

[sofkay]

Never heared of M....? and no we havent about Cinnimon

Bit confused over insulin and pcos. I dont seem to have either.. ive always been tested for diabetes and never diagnosed with it, re: pcos i dont think i have it? Can never be sure tho.. but i do ovulate semi regually my cycles are 30-34 days long, they have only recently shortened due to what i think is weight loss

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[sofkay]

Also. So i understand.. if out of two cheese on toast is "better" then toast and butter? For sway/conception?
I understand yoghurt and fruit is no1 just want some backup breakfasts as well

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[3littleladies01]

Sorry to hikack but was reading this with interest as I’m swaying blue (so doing opposite) - what does SMEP you both refer too? Atomic you mention this sways blue - What does it mean?
Sorry if I’m being stupid!
Thanks


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