♥ May 2011 Blue Cheer Squad Thread ♥

[cemas]

Thanks girls for welcoming me. The vacation break was good but diet was totally offff!....
Hi Jen, so u r 3pinkneedblue....and gL babydes so u O soon.

i am seeing a lot of people here use URal rather then BSD and COT drinks......is there a big difference?

[cemas]

Is it Ok to have mangoes....i love them but i hear they generate a lot of body heat.

[iluvmyman]

Are you doing the drinks? and if yes which ones?

Green tea supps 2 - 2x per day too.

[iluvmyman]

I'm having a similar cycle as you, i thought i'd ovulate today but no sign. I did an opk yesterday & nothing, my cp was high, soft & open but today it's high, medium. My temps have gone up slightly from yesterday so i have no idea what's going on. DH hasnt released for 4 days today so i was hoping for +opk & then going for it but now i'm just confused.. I am going to attempt more than once though but just dont to put myself in girl territory. My body's playing tricks on me!

Sometimes i think it's easier to dtd for a girl than a boy because you just cant nail the timing as each month's different

DH told me that we should just have sex everyday for the next few days to hit it.....of coarse he suggested that. I've really felt like my body was just trying to mess w/ me too.

You think you have it all down, huh baby. Then it gets all confusing like. I think I prefer lack of experience over doing this for 9 months though. I don't chart so I can't help on that.....or much at all really. My DH gets really ansy at the 4 day mark so I will pray for you + opk!! Let's get this show on the road and join the 2WW'ers

All signs for me point to ovulation today. Nausea, more stretchyer CM and will test PH and do an OPK in an hour or 2. Different from last month but only a day off....if I get a + opk that is. I forgot to do my fertile focus this morning before i brushed my teeth. Why do i keep wasting money on those. LOL!

[LolaInLove]

lola ....... i was thinking of doing bsf week of O and after every 3 hours on day of O and before attempt , then using EW while dtd ??? i think that was all ladies done in successful boy sways and got prag also ??? dont they two would mix there ??OR i shud do bsf and pressed ??

I think the key is to not do a bsf while the ew is in there....like do it an hour before you attempt, then wait another 4 hours after.....I don't think it's necessary to do it after your attempt, to be honest. Once those sperm are in there, they are doing their job and it doesn't take long (maybe an hour or two, maybe less) for them to get from weiner to egg, kwim? LOL

So, I do plan on doing it myself, but I will only do 1 bsf about an hour before attempt, that is it. It's a temporary shift in ph, so there is not much point in doing it for a week and then afterwards....but that is my opinion. I am pretty sure, fwiw, that Atomic is not a huge fan of repeated bsf either....there is just no point. It's like sunscreen....why would you put on sunscreen for a week before you go out for a beach day? You just need to do it right before you go, because it's a temporary thing that only lasts 3-4 hours like the bsf. Does that make sense? I don't think it's bad to do it a lot before, that is up to you, BUT it does mask your natural cm, making it super watery, and it can be very irritating and make your vaj smell a little bad (gross, but you all know it's true). Not my favorite thing to do before I go dtd with the DH for sure, but I will do it once about an hour before we bd. But, I use preseed also, which doesn't have the sperm heads exploding if they mix.

When I was doing ew and bsf, I was doing a big bsf and then immediately putting ew up there, then doing another bsf afterwards, which a lot of our old crew did and got pg.....it just worries me because I had 5 months of impeccable timing and NOTHING...then when I dropped the ew, got pg two months in a row! And, maybe a lot of bfns are related to that....you know, some of the swaying stuff does inhibit pregnancy, but better for us than the pink swayers for sure.

[iluvmyman]

Lola, sorry to hear about your dog

I second that. Much harder when you have kids and have to deal with that too. Sorry Lola.

[iluvmyman]

I think the key is to not do a bsf while the ew is in there....like do it an hour before you attempt, then wait another 4 hours after.....I don't think it's necessary to do it after your attempt, to be honest. Once those sperm are in there, they are doing their job and it doesn't take long (maybe an hour or two, maybe less) for them to get from weiner to egg, kwim? LOL

So, I do plan on doing it myself, but I will only do 1 bsf about an hour before attempt, that is it. It's a temporary shift in ph, so there is not much point in doing it for a week and then afterwards....but that is my opinion. I am pretty sure, fwiw, that Atomic is not a huge fan of repeated bsf either....there is just no point. It's like sunscreen....why would you put on sunscreen for a week before you go out for a beach day? You just need to do it right before you go, because it's a temporary thing that only lasts 3-4 hours like the bsf. Does that make sense? I don't think it's bad to do it a lot before, that is up to you, BUT it does mask your natural cm, making it super watery, and it can be very irritating and make your vaj smell a little bad (gross, but you all know it's true). Not my favorite thing to do before I go dtd with the DH for sure, but I will do it once about an hour before we bd. But, I use preseed also, which doesn't have the sperm heads exploding if they mix.

When I was doing ew and bsf, I was doing a big bsf and then immediately putting ew up there, then doing another bsf afterwards, which a lot of our old crew did and got pg.....it just worries me because I had 5 months of impeccable timing and NOTHING...then when I dropped the ew, got pg two months in a row! And, maybe a lot of bfns are related to that....you know, some of the swaying stuff does inhibit pregnancy, but better for us than the pink swayers for sure.

I was thinking about that too, w/the repeated bsf the week of or so because it's effecting the PH in the hoo haa, and not the PH of cm in the cervix. Now having done the BS drinks are different. I think Atomic thought the only benifit would be to help kill off girl sperms but that's it.

I think I might do the bsf them couple hours before attemp then EW's w/ attempt or no bsf at all. My ph is low though but need to check if O today.

Lola, I hate to bring this up but am a little scared of the preseed. Did you had 2 m/c's using it? I've read other people's comments (not on this site) that they are convinced their m/c's were caused by preseed. I've never had to experience and m/c and am scared to use it. I'm sure there is no way to know for sure and I probably won't either way but I just timidly throw that out there to you.

[princessap]

just curious where the info is coming from that preseed causes miscarriage??
i used it with my second DD and she is obviously fine. I have used it this time too but now am worried. could someone show me where it says this please.
thanks

[princessap]

Lola. I hear you about worrying about swaying. We had no issues conceiving our daughters and this time we have had perfect timing, ewcm and nothing
Are you due for an attempt soon?
Good luck.

[LolaInLove]

I just scoured IG for a while looking for that old thread about not mixing ew and bs. I disctincly remember her telling me that because I freaked out thinking, well, of course that's why I haven't gotten pg, I keep bombing all the sperm. I can't find it, and there were a lot of threads with a zillions posts that I can't look through. Anyway, I would just be sure to space the bsf and putting ew up there by at least an hour. And by the way....don't anyone take this the wrong way, but I don't think the info on IG was presented in an accurate or easy to understand fashion. I mean, to tell people that they should not do preseed when swaying boy and they would be swaying girl if they did is, in my opinion, not cool. It just made me feel bad, but I had no success with the ew. And of course, I doubt there is a singe pink swayer on this site that is using preseed. I would NEVER do that if I was trying for a girl. The ph is 7.5!!! Anyway, I didn't like IG nearly as much as this site, and I like our moderators a heck of a lot more also.

Cheeky, I would just ONLY take a prenatal vitamin (with folic acid) when in the 2ww....but I am a better safe than sorry kinda gal, so if I did continue to take anything else, and was indeed pg, I would worry that something was not good for the embryo, kwim? Of course, some say there are things it is ok to take....maybe scour about that, I bet Atomic has posted about that.

MFC, I am actually on a kinda crash diet this month. I need to decrease my fat ass and increase my self esteem before I try this again. Actually, thinking about doing the diet as hard core as I used to again, for fear of going back up on this roller coaster. I'm trying to intake very few calories, like no more than 800 a day, but will only do this till the end of June. Once July rolls around, it's back to salty fatness. LOL I am going to do the diet, but not as hard core as before. To be honest, I am feeling so much better about myself already. *OK, I just went and weighed myself, and I have lost 1lb. Great. Still carrying around 26 extra lbs. I think I'm going to have to just start working out, plain and simple. I was planning on it, but I just NEVER have the time!!! It's so not the lack of will, because I love working out, but no time!!!!

Princess, thanks....it is frustrating. I am going to sway again, but again, like I said above, will be modified. I plan on doing the SMEP plan (or Deanna's plan) if my timing is not good for o-2 and o bding, and will use preseed and a bsf about one to two hours beforehand. I am only taking a prenatal right now, but am planning on starting a litany of antioxidant supps with DH on Sunday night (I have them, just need to make a supp schedule and divvy them all up into our trays. LORDDDDD). I'll be getting back on the diet (more loosely, meaning not as many potatoes and burgers) and will do the drinks and all. So, hoping it helps. I am just so paranoid about having another m/c. If we do, then I am done and am happy with my 2 girls, and will just go on with my life.