How we got our boys!

[DebH]

Don't remember much at the time we got ds because we weren't "trying" officially and I wasn't tracking anything. Our plan was to start in January 2004, conceived in December 2003 (Sorry for not yet knowing abbreviations that would make this shorter).
We were BOTH on the South Beach Diet at the time. I am thinking Phase 2. We were both in good shape, especially DH. I hardly remember the diet, but I think it had a lot of tomato juice.

[Kazz2011]

When TTC for our boys (and I wasn't swaying, never knew you could unless it was high tech ) I ate tonnes of salty foods, never drank milk, well not much anyway. I drank green tea and grapefruit juice as I was told that would help with EWCM, in turn helping with TTC. (at the time I didn't know that too much EWCM swayed for boys) So I ended up with a fair bit of EWCM.(sorry if tmi) Also I ate lots of take away foods and ate breakfast. We bd a maximum of 4 days sometimes less and always on O day. Also I never exercised and was hardly ever outdoors. Umm think that's about it.......

[boymom]

When I fell pregnant with all my boys I was eating a diet high in salt, lots of cheese but not much other dairy. Bread everyday at least, lots of tea, in general too many calories, wine and snacks in the evenings usually salty snacks)-and from memory at least with the last 2 def EWCM.

[Preggypops]

I wasnt swaying with the beautiful little boy I have on the way but I was trying very hard to get pregnant! I was on a low carb diet, and eat this way mostly anyway, with lots of meat and red meat. I also eat a ton of salt on everything, always have. Very little dairy, only milk in my tea and the occasional bit of cheese. I also used Zestica as a lube, and I used the individual aplicators which I squirted inside before dtd - so LOTS of sperm friendly lube in there. We dtd 2 days before ovulation and on the day of ovulation - no idea what time I ovulated though. Finally, after doing the deed I did a shoulder stand against the wall and stayed there for as long as possible (prob 15 mins) to give the sperm as easy passage as possible. Good luck ladies!

[LolaInLove]

AWESOME info, thanks so much, ladies! I am SOOOOOO hoping I changed my body enough to make this one a boy. I did all the stuff you gals did, for a good 8 months, too!

[boymom]

GoodLuck

[kaseybaby]

I was a concrete boy sway without even knowing it. I had a miscarriage two months prior to conceiving. I had some complications and bled for 6 weeks. During that time I was downing bananas and red meat to help with the blood loss. I was eating very high nutrient foods and not having dairy very often, which is rare for me because I am a dairy nut! The day after my bleeding stopped DS I BD and the next day I ovulated. We had not BD for 6 weeks. It was also a full moon the night we BD. And we did it twice in a row that night.

[lindi]

Hi ladies, for DS I really really wanted to get pregnant badly. Our first attempt worked, and this is what I did in the months leading up: yoga every other day. Sometimes twice a day (well, a flow class and then restorative, but still...) I was stressed about several things. I charted, and knew I o'd in CD14. I ate cereal or a bagel every morning. All organic food. Good prenatal. Lots of cheese. Decaf coffee all the time. I was lean with muscles, but not buff, just pretty lean.
We dtd every other day. I told DH no tighty whities, no hot tubs. There was a super funny day when we went for a long bike ride and I freaked out about his balls getting too hot. Can you tell I might have been a little stressed?
Now I was not a salt fiend. Pretty low salt, in fact. I like sugar but was really limiting it. I ate lots of salad, no meat, not even fish. Lots of whole grains. lentils,. pastas, pizza. I had a very healthy diet with a variety of nutrients and it was fresh, lots of it raw.
I even took robitussin on the attempt day before what I thought would be O. But I was doing this mayan abdominal massage to let go of some emotional issues regarding pregnancy, and she told me I might O a day early, so we ended up DTD 2 days before O and on O, so hit O day with robitussin to boot. I was a EWCM monster. I got a faint + pregnancy test like 7dpo, and I tested because I had a dream I was pg with a boy the previous night.

[TTC5]

LOL at the hot balls!

[wishing on a star]

When i fell pregnant with both my ds's i was eating three proper meals a day with snacks, never been on a diet in my life lol! Never drank milk, coffee or any kind of fizzy drinks. Typical day woul;d be cereal or toast for breakfast, choc bar mid morning, sandwich and crisps for lunch, meat and veg/ pasta for dinner and a snack early evening. I was probably consuming well above the daily recommended intake of calories, i was the only one of all my friends at the time who were ttc that ate three meals a day and i was the only one that concieved a ds!
I also stayed around the same weight and dtd around O with frequent bd, had lots of wet and ewcm for the week leading up to O always