♥ JULY 2011 TTC Boy Chit Chat Thread ♥

[LolaInLove]

AHHHHH! So jealous, Z! Hope you are having a blast!!!! You know, vaca is supposed to be a good conception time! Will you still be there in a week or so when I see you O?

[Zivic-Bubac]

Lola, I see your estimated O date is 30 July! That's cool, I will probably O on Aug 1st, we're going to be 2WW buddies

And yes, I'm telling myself - I will loose my extra kilograms once I get my :XY: LOL!

[LolaInLove]

SWEET! I love me some due date buddies! We ABSOLUTELY MUST get knocked off the ttc list and into the pregnancy forums.

[begonia]

Oh ZB great comment on the proteins! Beans are a great source, and so easy too! I am envious of your vacay... Greece is high on my list of places I'd like to go.

Lola I'd go with the preseed only bc I know the eggwhite thing just didn't seem to do much for you last fall. Other than provide some comedy into the TTC business

Alexis the CM is such a promising sign! Keep us posted!

[Zivic-Bubac]

We are on vacation til Aug 4th, so I'm on hotel restaurant diet for 2 weeks leading up to O - it's much better then my cooking And like I said: meat and potatoes every day, lots of salads - I eat only tomato salad and just look with sadness to tzatziki, bo-hoo, I'll eat it last 2 days of vacation while in 2WW I buy bananas and peaches etc...

I deliberately didn't take OPKs with me because I'm prone to obsessing over them lol! We'll just BD around my estimated O date, of course checking CM and CP, I'm not THAT relaxed

[Zivic-Bubac]

Begonia - we are in Greece because it is the closest sea, we went by car and it is affordable. We spent summer holidays in Greece like every year and I would really like to go somewhere exotic - Bali, Cuba, Dubai, maybe Mexico in some fancy resort but these are just my wishes, we can't afford the plain tickets for those destinations, let alone the vacation, so I'm grateful for Greece

[begonia]

We are on vacation til Aug 4th, so I'm on hotel restaurant diet for 2 weeks leading up to O - it's much better then my cooking And like I said: meat and potatoes every day, lots of salads - I eat only tomato salad and just look with sadness to tzatziki, bo-hoo, I'll eat it last 2 days of vacation while in 2WW I buy bananas and peaches etc...

This is going to be fantastic for your sway ZB! So excited and FX this is your month!!!

[Alexis2007]

Lola-I'm not sure if what I get in my LP is considered creamy. Last cycle it was mixed sticky/creamy but there was a lot less than now. I have a TON now and it is yellowish too. Hoping it means something. Also felt some pulling in my uterus earlier, but could be I moved too quickly lol.

I might try testing at 8dpo with $ store tests. AF due on August 3rd.

[iluvmyman]

I'm CD9 today, going to start bding every other day beginning tomorrow, and opks tomorrow also. FX this freakin' works!!!

Prayin for you!!! GL!!! Come on BFP!

[iluvmyman]

Okay, what did I eat when trying for my boys. Funny things is.....we did "try" for both of them.
DS1: I read about Shettles method (timing) in a magazine and gave it a try. I have anyways been a healthy person, so I was eating sardines with crackers (has calcium) and lots of vension(trying to use up extra meat before hunting season). I don't remember tons about what I was eating, but we were on vacation, so I was eating seafood too.....he is 9 now. Oh, AND he was conceived in......JULY!!!! I wasn't temping yet, but used my first OPK to predict O.

DS2: I had 2 mc that year and was temping and eating different things to up my fertility. I was trying green tea for the first time for EWCM, it did work. Oh and high levels of Folic Acid and had gained weight because of the miscarriages. And pretty much the same as DS1...except the seafood. Conceived in February...he is 6 now.

Honestly, not a whole lot changed in my diet between the girls and boys, but I do think it had a lot to do with quantity. My birth order goes GBBGGG. So, being busy with children and homeschooling I find my self hungry because I am not taking time for myself. Even now I catch myself saying "Oh no, I'm hungry again". I grab a handful of nuts and fruit and run to the laundry room before I am spotted. I eat a lot at meals, but inbetween is a problem. Today I had a boiled egg and OJ while I was cooking lunch. Have cut out sugar though, which I did eat with all the girls (and boys)....maybe it will make a difference.

As far as the iron: I am still nursing DD once a day and I am normally borderline anemic while nursing. I might be able to cut that out of the line-up. I hope it doesn't sway girl!!!

I think you guys are right about keeping yourself busy, especially during the 2WW. We have a playdate on Wednesday, special trip to the fair on Thursday (the kids have never been on any rides), and our Anniversary on Sunday.

What are you guys eating for Protein/carbs?

Fellow homeschooler here, WP!