Just starting to plan...

[kellbell827]

Hi Ladies! My little guy just turned 5 months old. We are enjoying every minute with him and not in a huge rush but I am just starting to get some ideas together for my sway. We are thinking late 2015 or maybe even early 2016 to start trying again It will be our last and while I have definitely come to the realization that I love being a boy mom, I just really would love to complete our family with a little pink bundle! I am planning to buy the custom sway this summer but right now I am still breastfeeding so just looking for ideas of how I can start to get ready.

Also, I know fiber has been shown to help with the girl sway. Does that include fiber one products or strictly the pills/supplements?

Any advice is appreciated!

[Mum4life]

I have being seeing a lot of ladies taking metamucil supplements, but i don't think this is a must, only if you can't fit fibre into your diet during the day

[atomic sagebrush]

Huge congrats Kell!!

Since bubs is still pretty tiny I'd hold off on fiber for now - I am prob. being overly conservative but I worry fiber could absorb too many of the nutrients from your diet that you need to make milkies.

Fiber in diet DOES sway, it's just that it is a less reliable way to get the fiber. ARe the Fiber One products not also heavily fortified?? If they are, I'd use the supps.

I don't think you need to go this far just yet but I do think it behooves one to go vegetarian at some point prior to starting a full on sway diet.

[atomic sagebrush]

I have being seeing a lot of ladies taking metamucil supplements, but i don't think this is a must, only if you can't fit fibre into your diet during the day

For reasons that we can only guess at, the fiber supps have seemed to raise our success rates.

[kellbell827]

Thanks ladies! Atomic - when do u recommend that I start the fiber? Because of having a c section, September would be the absolute soonest that we would TTC. I am honestly thinking later though.

[atomic sagebrush]

I'd wait a bit longer to give your body enough time to heal up, but that's just me! I've never had a c-section so I may be overly cautious there.

6 weeks before is more than enough.

[Pearl327]

Kellbell, I am sure your consultant would have given you advice. But as a veteran of 2 c-sections (2nd a failed VBAC attempt) the advice given to me was 9 months is the earliest to try again after section and if planning a VBAC 18 months or later has the best success rates.

[kellbell827]

Thanks ladies! My little one was born in August so we wouldn't even begin to contemplate trying until he is a year old. He was my 3rd section so I want to be sure that I am all healed before getting pregnant again. I have had 3 summer babies so I also like the idea of waiting until next spring and switching it up a bit and having a winter or spring baby! For selfish reasons, I just like the February birthstone but we'll see how it works out lol! Plus, being very pregnant in the hot summer months was just not fun! Anyway, I am just thinking a little bit about what I can do b/c this will for sure be our last one. Not in a huge hurry though and I plan to buy the sway plan once we start thinking about it more seriously.

[kellbell827]

How do I tell if the Fiber One is heavily fortified?

[Pearl327]

Is fibre one a cereal or a supplement ? Either way check the packet the only thing on the nutritional info should be fibre. No vitamins or minerals