UK SMOG wannabes August 2012

[deaks66]

Hope - conceiving is just one massive waiting game isn't it.... so frustrating! Feels like you have been doing this for so long now, its so unfair! Have you got a plan for this cycle all sorted with atomic?

[Dreamofpink]

Indigo - many congratulations on the birth of your little boy!
This 2WW has dragged on but I think I'm probably out again and I feel out of energy for swaying anymore. I've been actively swaying since June 2011 and am desperate for a baby. My hubby's determined that this is our last - I'd like 4 regardless, we'll see! Since 9dpo (I'm 11dpo and refusing to test until late) I've been full of cold had headaches and felt hot a lot but my cp's low and although I had the 'oh sh*t, I've conceived' thought without realising I'd ovulated that day, I just don't know, so I guess my doubt should be taken as the correct gut feeling. I just feel so worn down by it all when so many women can easily have girls, I swing between feeling 'why shouldn't I be the same?' to of course 'I'm bound to have another boy. I'll never have a girl' How has everyone else satyed positive? I'm sure I'll pick up once this cold's gone but I just don't know how to try next month, maybe lazy swaying's the answer for me as I can be the obsessive type. Thank you so much all of you for your support. x x

[Inglewood]

Hi Dreamofpink, I found it so hard to determine if I was ov'ing! Really only got the hang of it the mth I conceived and I had been charting for months! I've had treatment on my cervix, so it's always 'high' and ewcm was so variable. Plus, my ov dates varied from day 18-28!! I got my +ve opk one night , temp rise in the morning and dtd that afternoon. Thought I was out due to my temp shift, but think I conceived at O+20??? I ended up buying a CBFM and not realising I was pg!! managed to sell it on ebay!! lol

[Northern_Shutterbug]

Hi ladies!

Can I join you? We are hopefully DTD tonight and twice tomorrow - I "should" be ovulating tomorrow/Thursday and we have been abstaining for 2 weeks now! Hubby is desperate for me to get those little lines on my opk, and my temp dipped this morning, so it's bang on for my temp to rise tomorrow.

Wish us luck!

[Dreamofpink]

Inglewood - thanks for your message, this month was different for me as I always know exactly when I ov due to lots of EWCM on that one day only then white the next. This time, I only had EWCM on my cervix and a little bit of watery on Ov day, we dtd the night before as I was still certain I hadn't had my LH surge - even testing 3 times every day I still missed it this time! Oh i just don't know, if I tried a moderate LE diet at the start of af would that be enough? Only 2 weeks or so?
Welcome Northern Shutterbug x x

[deaks66]

Dreamofpink, i can so sympathise with you! i swayed pretty hard core for a year and it was such a stressful time. All i can offer in terms of advice is that cut-offs don't work for everyone. Never would have for me for example as i ov really late (48 hrs) after initial lh surge even though i didn't realise it for pretty much the whole year. Basically it meant that my cut off attempts were way to early. The months i got pg (i had 2 chemicals) before this pregnancy were months where i kept on bding after i thought my o+12 was over. Actually i ended up finding out that my o+12-24 were actually when i was ov (perhaps hence the little boy im carrying!). I think relaxing your sway a little and having more bd will help

[deaks66]

Northern - welcome! of course you can join us! Gl luck with your attempts...fx this is your month!

[zanacal]

Good luck ladies!

Northern - the LE diet will work quickly to lower pH and blood sugar levels (possibly the aspect of swaying with the best scientific evidence!) and you could lose a few pounds in 2 weeks which may also help. It may take longer to lower testosterone.

Long, unpredictable cycles are also a good sign for ttc pink which is why it can be a good idea to take Vitex and Saw P. Some ladies avoid them as they don't want to screw up their cycles but that might be how they work. I never had unpredictable cycles when I conceived my boys. I'm sure you know this but almost all the ladies doing a DG style sway do not include timing (in relation to O) because it makes no odds. Most ladies DTD at the time they're most likely to get pregnant which is the day before O (at pos OPK) because this means there will be capacitated sperm waiting when the egg arrives on the scene. Some are fortunate and get pregnant with one attempt but many need to DTD more than once as the other pink sway tactics lower fertility so much - it's a tricky balance to lower fertility and swsy pink but still get a BFP.

Sorry not got time to proof read - monkeys need attention!!

[HopeandDreamG]

Hope - conceiving is just one massive waiting game isn't it.... so frustrating! Feels like you have been doing this for so long now, its so unfair! Have you got a plan for this cycle all sorted with atomic?

It's been forever. My first attempt was November 2011. Then I got ill and all BFNs. I basically have dropped everything except diet and I'm on clomid. Atomic and I have made a plan. Hopefully this will be the month bc I can "capitalize " on how sick I've been and the clomid should help. Ive also lost a ton of weight. She explained it like fertility being on a continuum and I needed to drop things to move along to be able to conceive not sway blue. Iykwim I also decided to take Estradial which I haven't in previous months it can sway blue but I'm not getting pregnant without it. Today I had an HSG they insert dye in your tubes looking for blockages. Everything was totally normal. I read that it helps conception especially if results come back normal. I really feel like this is my month.

[pinga]

Congrats Indigo! How are things going!?!

Oh a few new people trying - hopefully get some pink BFPs

Petal - I feel like you - DS3 is a delight and so easy... which is so nice when the other 2 monkeys are charging around and fighting and whinging! But DS3 is just growing too quickly! He's not so newborn anymore!!! Have a maternal child health visit tomorrow (think thats the same as your HV??) so we'll see how much he's grown.

I was out yesterday with all 3 boys - one in the pushchair, one on the buggy board and DS3 in the baby bjorn and this woman (a complete stranger) came right up to me and said 'so did you get your girl?'. I was a bit surprised and just said 'no another boy' and she then said 'oh well'. I wasn't very impressed.

Anyways its been a long day here so I'm off to enjoy a hot choc! Its been a beautiful 18 degree day - quite mild for a winters day in Melbourne