Things We Learned The Hard Way - List things we learned when trying to put sway plan into action

[Proud-Mummy26]

I think having it all physically in front of you is a good idea.

I had mine written out on my computer but when the time actually came I was getting the egg out, doing bsf, taking supps, getting DH his can of coke (we forgot to buy red bull), checking ph, drinking special drinks.... you get my point! lol

It can be very overwhelming. I was organised but it was still hectic and I still forgot something (red bull)! I think if you have out on the bench what you can or have a checklist then that way you aren't frantically trying to remember what you need.

[atomic sagebrush]

oh no how embaressing I just found out I've been doing the BSF wrong

After reading this


I haven't been wetting the tip of finger.

No worries, you're just getting less baking soda than would stick to it otherwise. That may even be better for all we know. I worry that too much BS at the cervix actually prevents pregnancy for some people (at least one spermicide is made from baking soda mixed with spermicide).

[love being a mummy]

oh so the BS is still dry even if you wet your finger. I thought you wet the finger so the BS becomes wet aswell.

[atomic sagebrush]

No, it's just so more sticks. The BS will get wet anyway from the vjj fluid.

[envisioned]

The best advice I can think - where I think I royally screwed up my boy sway - was to DTD way too soon after a YI.

The boy supplements, especially L'Arginine really helped boost my PH more so than anything (it wouldn't budge on boy diet alone, if anything all the salt etc lowered it). But the counter part to that was that it caused me to get recurrent YI's. And I found I had these 'window' months where it was better to TTC a boy with all natural high PH, then the next month I was guaranteed to get a YI.

When I did some research on it, it turns out that in some cases, Candida actually thrives in an Alkaline environment.

Candida Diet: Candida - Acid or Alkaline?

NEW INFORMATION ABOUT YEAST INFECTIONS

So that was the cruel irony of my body. The supplements were helping me to raise my PH and then I got a YI to counter them so my body could return to "normal". Then I had to do a treatment, take acidophilus and start the diet all over again.

Well when you do this for a year, you get really fed up.

Had I known then what I know now, I would have done the alkaline diet or eaten a more nutrient rich, plant based diet. Because when I tried that after DD2 was born, it maintained my PH and I didn't get a YI.

Another thing I experienced, is that you should pay attention to your body. We can read stats and theories on why some women have more girls vs boys etc, but the reality is, our biology is different from the woman next to us in the sense that what works for her, may not work for you. Case in point, Valerian Root is supposed to help calm you can when you're anxious. Well I'm one of the lucky % of people it has the opposite affect on. It makes me hyper! So you should try out supplements/diet and test your PH and see how they affect you before you even think about TTCing. I could write out a list of characteristics that I have that fit a mom that's supposed to have boys and yet...

So sometimes you may very well be an anomaly internally and you should pay attention to your body. HTH!

[Zivic-Bubac]

Great post envisioned!
Thabks for Candida links, I used to suffer quite often from vaginal candidiasis

[chocolate]

Got to add this: dont presume you have ovulated until your temps reflect this for 3 days and dont quit or relax the diet until your sure. I thought Id ovulated so ate boy friendly food on holiday only to realise I hadnt and then I ovulated 2 days later.

[aintnocinderella]

Sorry to crash ladies..... are we saying that YI sway pink?
I would agree that one of the things to learn is how swaying factors effect your body. since starting suppliments for the second time i have had YI the day after OV every month (this happened last time and then i fell of the wagon for swaying and gave up before evern ttc), without knowing if this sways this could be fatal to my sway.

I would also say always look at your diary when thinking about having a bad sway diet day..... I decided one day that i had been really good and would treat myself to having a take away, forgetting we were due round the MIL house who is a habitaul feeder and will try to pump me full of cake and dinner and tea and coffee and send us home with our pockets full. Wish i had saved my bad diet day for that day as not only did i not enjoy the food (she is a great cook) and looked logingly at DH plate piled high and pudding and snacks whilst maintaining that i was on a diet and felt a little unwell, but felt really guilty for the whole week.

[atomic sagebrush]

complete guide to swaying and yeast infections

Thread about yeast and swaying

[aintnocinderella]

Thank you