Abundant April 2ww - Part 2

[Skyblue]

With my boys I went full fat everything, nuts, meat, cereal, yoghurt, organic full cream milk! Thought it was all just to be healthy didn't think I was swaying lol


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Thankyou Iwant4kids. I have also done all that you mentioned and shall continue since it's just first cycle of ttc.
Did you do another test? I was actually thinking about you.


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[Kittybear]

My 1st little guy was a v typical HE sway (unintentional). I had given up the pill 3 months prior to ttc (only ever took us a month to conceive) and was on prenatals for this time too. I ate breakfast cereal (sultana bran) every morning, had healthy snacks and 3 meals a day with plenty of fresh fruit and veggies - the more colourful the better. cut out booze/ sweets/ processed foods/ crisps/ general crap/ no coke or diet fizzy drinks for about 3 months as well. I did lose weight but not a significant amount. We bd every other day all through ov (and had a big o every time - very enjoyable) I always had lots of cm.

Good luck getting your ds - boys are awesome xx

[IWant4Kids]

Skyblue - I didn't....so proud of myself for resisting! Got one ready for FMU. Fingers crossed for a darker line

[AshFind]

Dancing diva sounds like good attempts!
Iwant4kids can't wait for you next test how many hours till morning?
Lola I think we're close to the same time zone... it's now morning wakey wakey lets squint at that first test I'm ready!! [emoji16]
Sky right now it's Sunday morning 7am so still a couple days left for me.
On my boys I totally had boy diet. I ate everything and lots of protein. Come to think of it I actually was exercising and loosing weight when I fell pregnant with two but the other two I wasn't. I have always been a big meat eater, love oatmeal, and always O When BDing!! I think that's my biggest change this time holding it in.... [emoji87]



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[AshFind]

Morning temp dip ☹️ not gonna lie I'm a bit sad!

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[IWant4Kids]

Ashfind - implantation dip?
It's 10pm, so I'll be up in 8-9 hours. x

[AshFind]

Seems like your on about the same time as pbn. I'll be anxiously waiting!!
I need something to pass the time this is such a huge weeks for me! Find out if I'm pregnant! Get everything packed for vacation! IM SO NERVOUS


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[Lolabelle]

Well, friends...I gave in and it's a BFN, nothing to even squint at, BUT at least I can say it's still early. I won't have a pity party until at least Wednesday lol. I'm going to distract myself by shopping for Easter baskets & outfits. Love to dress them like dapper dudes!!

Ash-I was thinking maybe it was an implantation dip on your chart too? I haven't noticed one on mine. Excited for you to test!!

Skyblue-so in reading other posts about their boys, here are some things I noticed that may have unintentionally swayed blue.
Always ate a light breakfast, ate oatmeal, loved potatoes, dry cereal, snacked a lot instead of bigger meals, vegetarian since age 13 though, used preseed, was taking prenatals, fertileCM & soy isoflavones (I hoped for twins, but the SI didn't help). Both times I had just stopped taking BC. For DS1, we were ttc not long after our wedding & honeymoon, so I had been working out like crazy & doing weights with a personal trainer. We dtd 2-3 times during the fertile window & got pregnant right away. I was shocked...which is why being on month 3 ttc this time is frustrating, but my baby girl will be worth the wait! Sooo hope you get your baby boy! Boys are awesome & mine are def mama's boys


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[XXforhubby]

Sky blue- I just saw your post about how us boy mom's got our boys. There is a thread that has TONS of info in it from several boy mom's. I'll give you a synopsis of how I got my boys [emoji4].

DS1- I had no clue about swaying. I always ate between 1500-1900 calories. I had 3 small-average meals a day that were well balanced. I always had meat (red meat or chicken), a veggie (I love broccoli, asparagus, potatoes, tomatoes, green beans, spinach, etc), and a carb (pasta, brown rice, quinoa, etc). I LOVE cheese and always put it in my meals! I had small snacks of either nuts and raisins, banana, apples and cheese, protein bar (Luna because it's yummy and low calorie with high protein), or a protein shake. I always exercised 4-5 times a week for 60 min. First 20-30min were lifting weights with no rest in between exercises to keep my heart rate up, followed by 30-40min of cardio (running on a tread mill or the elliptical). Sometimes I did a 30-40min of power yoga after lifting for cardio. We always BDed frequently in my fertile window. Usually EOD or every day. I didn't use opks then, but I did chart my cycles. DH was extremely fit- lifted weights and did little cardio. He didn't drink much alcohol and had little stress with work.

DS2- I was somewhat familiar with Swaying but thought there was more substance to Shettles 🤣. We BDed prior to getting my opk and only BDed after O was confirmed with charting. He was conceived with late ovulation and was from an O day attempt in retrospect. I hadn't lost the last 10lbs from breastfeeding DS1 despite him weaning 3 months prior. I conceived my DS2 the second month following a miscarriage at 10-11 weeks. I ate much like I did with DS1, but had lower calorie intake due to being depressed following my miscarriage. I had just started exercising again, but I was only doing Yoga and power yoga to help with my depression.

DS3- I joined gender dreaming and purchased a plan from Atomic. I became depressed/obsessed when it began to take longer than 3 months to conceive. It actually took me 8 months and 9 cycles to get my BFP. After every BFN, I wanted to add this vitamin, start acupuncture, bring in Yoga, you get the drift. I was a hot mess! Poor Atomic, I'm sure was shaking her head at me the whole time but I wouldn't listen to reason. I switched to the PCOS version of the diet, which I have since learned causes me to be insulin resistant. Despite staying within the limits, I did have animal protein and cheese. We BDed Every 3 days, since I wasn't getting a positive opk. I truly believe that acupuncture helped me conceive him, because I also had high FSH and 0 AMH levels from increasing a supplement I had been taking for non-swaying purposes. I increased it when I read a study that it helped improve egg quality in older women. If I would've read further, it mentioned it made fertility worse in women who did not have PCOS. Again, I was a hot mess since it was taking me long to conceive. Basically, I was my own undoing.

Sorry for the book! If you have anymore questions, just read my first sway. You will see there was no way I was going to get a girl with all I was doing, haha!

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[momamia4]

Skyblue, for my boys I always ate breakfast usually oatmeal or eggs of some kind. I ate a ton of potatoes, meat, and tomato based sauces. I drank a ton of tea, and never any diet drinks. I snacked a lot - never very big meals, and ate lots of ice cream. I always used weights when working out rather than cardio. I have always had a lot of cm and lots of attempts at ovulation. Two were whoops babies, 1 was conceived the first month trying and with ds4 I got pregnant on the 3rd cycle trying.

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