UK SMOG Wannabes - November (moved from PL)

[charlieispy]

Hope you find all your answers chocolate - its really hard but you can only sway as best you can - mine was far from perfect but much better than when i TTC for my boys.....only time will tell

FX littlemiss

[Kell]

Chocolate I'm confused about when and how to sway as well, I think realistically my oh won't be able to do the diet, no matter what he says I just know he won't stick to it! I'm getting confused by all the info but I think I've got most of it figured out, but like you it's difficult not to obsess about the whole process just to make sure you do it right! Catch 22 there! Right now I'm slowly introducing new ideas to my diet, different foods and trying to be low protein, I'm usually pretty low sodium anyway! And I'm trying not to eat breakfast as difficult as that is for me!!
I believe even having the best sway going the actuall odds are still very similar to 50/50 so I'm trying not to stress too much. But I'm thinking jan will be the start of the diet and feb/mar will be our actual sway

[chocolate]

Thanks charlie and kelli, I think practically waiting till March to ttc is the best, but just feel like getting on with it now just incase it takes a while etc. Its only confusing as I've read some conflicting stuff on here - but give it a week of hardcore reading and I'm sure ill have my plan sussed. I think my OH will try really hard but will moan and be sceptical! I think I will do ig diet but will research what to do for OH and pick a plan which he will stick to the most or he won't stick to it too well and wouldn't be much point in him doing it. Just enjoying my last mcdonals brekkie for a while lol!!

[Lavenderlime]

Morning. I felt the same when I moved here! To be honest LE would be so much easier than IG as you can eat a far wider range of foods that actually tastes good and sweets too! I love sweets have the worst sweet tooth.

But at the end of the day the IG diet just seemed like it would work so much better for me as LE was far too close to how I ate when I concieved DS2. Also to me taking the sups just makes me feel more in control of my sway if that makes any sense.
I also think I know the IG girl plan really well as I've read over it for months also the sucessful sways on IG really spur me on.

Nothing in ever going to be a 100% we just have to try and do our best!

More girls on this thread are doing or have done the IG style diet so may be easier to offer advice when you start your sway. But allot of ladies on this site are also doing LE diet too so you could always get advice elsewhere on the board if that was the path you went down.

I know it can all be a bit confusing but I think just try and aim to do everything opposite than before. All the boy sway IG style is so exact to my eating habits (bar the meat) pre swaying.

Good luck with your choice.

[chocolate]

Thanks lavenderlime, that's a good point, the ig boy diet seems to be what I was on when we had the boys so also feel doing the ig girl would be the best opposite. Just wondering if the le plan would be better for OH though as he has a sensitive stomach and don't feel too comfortable over-loading him with supps - he would love the sweets! Will look it up later. Feeling a bit more positive about it now :-)

[Lavenderlime]

Kell my DP isn't doing anything diet and supliments wise. It's just not for him and I don't want to make him do something he doesn't want to. He'll abstain and that's probably it to help my sway. Which is fine as long as I can lower his sperm count a little and I'm doing all I can to sway then hopefully it'll be enough!

[Lavenderlime]

Chocolate I think you should do what's best for your OH depends how willing he is to sway really. I don't think the guys have to take the supliments but will help for his PH. I'm going to use rephresh and hope that's enough to keep combined PH low. As i'm going to do O+12 ph doen't have to stay low for long. But if you do all the cooking and food shopping should be easy enough to get him on the diet!

What's the men's version of the LE diet. do they have to loose weight or just low nutrients?

[chocolate]

I'm not sure what the man version is, will look it up later - think the main thing for OH is reducing red meat to help with testosterone as he quite a temper and no patience (could be the red hair lol) my OH would give it all a go, but I want to try to keep it simple for him incase it takes a while.

[pinga]

Well... got into the doctors so I now know what is going on...
Apparently I have a small peri-sac haemorrhage. I like the sound of the word small!! The GP couldn't really tell me anything more than that.
heartbeat was 113bpm - which I think is a bit on the low side but not been told to come back...
So all in all - I'm just going to sit back and try and take it easy... keep my fingers crossed and see what happens! I feel relieved that bubba is in there and there is a heartbeat...

What is the LE diet? Am I being silly but can't think what it stands for...

Its been a long, nauseous and exhausting day here so I'm going to bed!

[Sunset]

Now i'm just confused, what is the LE diet? when i first started swaying there was plenty to choose from as well: IG diet, French diet and acidic diet... i just chose one and stuck 100% to that diet. Personally i felt my diet would have to be as opposite to my normal diet as possible, which is the IG diet without a doubt so i went with that. It's a hard choice as there is so much information out there, but at the end of the day all we can do is our best so Chocolate I think you need to pick a diet you feel comfortable with and give that your best shot

Inglewood ~ it isn't a virus i've got, it's a bacterial pneumonia so unfortunately i can only blame myself for not getting treatment for my very long lasting stubborn cough before the bacteria caused me to get a sinus infection which then moved down into my lungs. I'm still very happy i got the flu jab as i don't think my body could cope well with the flu at the moment since it couldn't even get rid of a mucus cough on it's own.. my immune system is just not there at the moment but hey ho, that's the joy of pregnancy! it must be so special for you knowing you're cooking 2 little miracles in your womb so exciting!! i was trying to get comfortable on the sofa last night with my enormous belly and i thought to myself how is it possible for 2 babies to fit in there it's so amazing how adaptable our bodies are is your family excited?

littlemisswilko ~ sorry for the bfn, but you're not out until the evil witch shows her ugly face! i'm keeping my fx for you hun!!

pinga ~ i'm thinking of you and keeping my fx that your appointment goes well!! keep us posted!!

AFM my appointment went well yesterday, but i have to go back in a weeks time again just to make sure i continue to get better.