AF-O Gathering Place?

[Thorz300]

Hi everyone! I am on CD13 and I usually O on CD 16. My DH had to leave on the 1st for work and we did it right before he had to leave. I'm hoping that I will get my BFP this month but I'm not really expecting to. This is out 2nd month ttc. I am skipping breakfast and trying to to the LE diet but it's hard! I reallllly messed up with all of the yummy food for Christmas. I am skipping breakfast, I don't eat red meat at all just sometimes chicken, turkey and fish. I am drinking peppermint tea and crystal light. (I typically don't drink or eat any artificial sweetener) I also used rephresh the first day after AF but decided not to do it 3 days later since that was the day DH was leaving. I haven't been exercising at all because I don't think that doing an hour of cardio 6 days a week is realistic for me. I am debating trying it though so that I can drop a few pounds a little faster. It's all so much! If I don't get a BFP this month or next we are going to take a few months off. I hope that everyone gets their BFP this month!!!

You and I are EXACTLY alike all the way down to our little boys ages lol! Our sways even sound the same. I actually decided to drop the diet because my bmi is too low, but I still try to not have too much sodium (I LOVE salt)! I haven't eaten red meat for over 15 years so that isn't a factor in my sway. I actually am really taking it easy this month and I am just going to go with the flow and not stress so much like I have the last 2 cycles!

[Thorz300]

Does anyone know if DTD too much will lower sperm count too much? LOL I'm starting to think maybe part of the reason I haven't gotten a BFP is because of FR. My husband is 32 and with our last attempt, we DTD like 16 or 17 straight days before O and I'm starting to think we depleted him too much of any strong swimmers. I might be wrong but this time I think we are just going to DTD starting on CD11-CD16 I usually O on CD 14-16 that might sway boy but I am not getting pregnant with FR so we have to tone it down a bit. I don't think I really want to sway too strictly anyhow even though I have 3 DS. I started off obsessed with getting a girl, and it was the only thing that mattered, and then that terrible tragedy occurred in Connecticut and my whole outlook changed. I just want to be blessed with a happy healthy baby! Now with that said, I am doing a few things to help the pink swimmers out, but I'm not stressing about it anymore.

[Boymomsrock]

ThorZ we were doing fr too and dh is 42. Last cycle was the first cycle not doing fr. We actually had a 5-day abstain. We weren't really doing fr on purpose, dh is just a young 42! Lol! It's hard to hold him off that long.

[Boymomsrock]

Anyone heard of brazil nuts to improve egg quality? My gf just started taking them as her BFF has had TONS of problems getting preg and seems to know more than most drs due to her auto immune problems and infertile. Anyway, she said something about how Brazil nuts are the only thing shown to actually improve egg quality? My gf just started getting serious about ttc #2 at 40 and ended up pregnant right away. I know they are technically not part of a girl friendly sway but you're supposed to just beat a handful. They don't have a lot of protein so I'm going to try a few a day up until o. Can't hurt my chances of getting pregnant right?!

[Boymomsrock]

Looks like you could also just take selenium...Selenium May Help To Improve Egg Quality - Infertility

[Thorz300]

ThorZ we were doing fr too and dh is 42. Last cycle was the first cycle not doing fr. We actually had a 5-day abstain. We weren't really doing fr on purpose, dh is just a young 42! Lol! It's hard to hold him off that long.

Same with my husband, he is 32 but fr is more because that is how he rolls, he would never go for the abstain method lol. I haven't ever heard of brazil nuts, but I do love them!!!

[Mum to three girls]

Does anyone know if DTD too much will lower sperm count too much? LOL I'm starting to think maybe part of the reason I haven't gotten a BFP is because of FR. My husband is 32 and with our last attempt, we DTD like 16 or 17 straight days before O and I'm starting to think we depleted him too much of any strong swimmers. I might be wrong but this time I think we are just going to DTD starting on CD11-CD16 I usually O on CD 14-16 that might sway boy but I am not getting pregnant with FR so we have to tone it down a bit. I don't think I really want to sway too strictly anyhow even though I have 3 DS. I started off obsessed with getting a girl, and it was the only thing that mattered, and then that terrible tragedy occurred in Connecticut and my whole outlook changed. I just want to be blessed with a happy healthy baby! Now with that said, I am doing a few things to help the pink swimmers out, but I'm not stressing about it anymore.

I'm pretty sure we conceived my daughters like that (with BDing about 5 days in a row around ovulation) although I doubt that DH has ever abstained, one way or another (lol) for longer than a few days in a row. Because I'm swaying for a boy I'm having him promise to stick with second daily BDing up until positive OPKs (then we'll aim for twice in 24 hours) and honestly, you'd think he was being tortured or something! He's 35 but he acts like a teenager sometimes.

Sunflower and The Anchor, I'm 39 and I'm hoping my BFP comes quickly in spite of my *ahem* advanced age. I've been TTCing for three cycles this time and had chemicals for the first two, I'm sure it's because my eggs are getting old.

I'm CD 11 now and hoping I O before my relatives arrive on Monday!

[Pangea]

Hi girls, I'm on CD1 today so I'm joining in here. I'm taking vitex this month, which usually delays O for me, so I probably won't ovulate for ages and ages. We're gonna try an abstain this month.

Good luck everybody!

[Mum to three girls]

CD 12 here, not much happening though beginning to get some EWCM (sorry if TMI) so hopefully positive OPK soon. After reading about the amounts of EWCM "boy mums" produce I realise I've never really made that much. I'm churning through the preseed so hopefully that will help. After carefully thinking about my sway I think that frequency of BD and preseed might be the two factors that work in my favour - my DH has always "frequent released", probably daily and I definitely don't make that much EWCM so changing those two things MAY make a difference (plus a decent helping of luck). My diet is very very boy anyway and I'm slim-average in build but pretty toned. I have awesome daughters though, another wouldn't be a bad thing!

[Boymomsrock]

CD 12 here, not much happening though beginning to get some EWCM (sorry if TMI) so hopefully positive OPK soon. After reading about the amounts of EWCM "boy mums" produce I realise I've never really made that much. I'm churning through the preseed so hopefully that will help. After carefully thinking about my sway I think that frequency of BD and preseed might be the two factors that work in my favour - my DH has always "frequent released", probably daily and I definitely don't make that much EWCM so changing those two things MAY make a difference (plus a decent helping of luck). My diet is very very boy anyway and I'm slim-average in build but pretty toned. I have awesome daughters though, another wouldn't be a bad thing!

When I conceived my boys I always had TONS of ewcf. Now I have virtually none. I'm hoping that helps me in getting a girl!