Starting swaying again in April.... Thoughts Please!

[Coccinelle33]

I swayed pink for year and just had to go on a break and re-think what I was doing. Im going to start swaying again at the end of March when that cycle starts and start ttc again in April at the 6 week mark. Im already taking Vitex and have been for about a month.

Supplements:

Vitex- 1,000 mg
Calcium- 500 - 1,000 mg (depends on brand)
Magnesium- 200 - 400 mg (depends on brand)
1, 600 mg of Cranberry
81 mg Baby Aspirin
400 mcg Folic Acid
1 Allergy tablet a day
160 Soy Isoflavones (if I stop the Vitex)


Drinks:

Bottled water (Dasani, Evian, or Aquafina)
Peppermint tea 2-3 times a day
Crystal light
Diet/ caffeine free soda
Diet cranberry juice
Milk 1-3 gasses a day


***Other

No meals until around noon (only peppermint tea)

If I can get a treadmill by this time I will walk or run on it for 50 min a day
It will be summer so I will be spending a lot of time outside
I take daily walks with the kids and do about an hour on a dance video

I don't eat meat so my meals will most likely consist of the following-

Rice
potatoes (1-2 a week)
pasta
toast and sugar free jelly
cottage cheese
peppers, peas, or green beans for a veggie
apples, strawberries, or pears for a fruit (no skin)

for a snack- salt fee pop corn, rice cakes, or salt free pretzels, and yogurt 1-2 a day.

I will eat lunch, a snack, dinner, and another snack. Most of my calories will be from the milk, yogurt, and dinner (pasta, rice, or potatoes).

For ions-
I will be wearing a neg ion bracelet, spending time outdoors, fans running, nail polish, and lavender.

Timing-
trying for a 1 day cut off

In the vag-
Not sure. I think this prevented me from becoming pregnant before. I tried aci-jel, replens, represh, lime douche, vinegar douche, and sylk lube. None worked. We'll see.

What do you think?

[rainbowflower]

I'd test your pH at OV so you know what you have to work with - could be that you already have a nice low pH so don't need any douches

with the dairy: be careful about the sodium/fat in it... I tried to only drink organic milk too but didn't consume much dairy as part of the diet. Have you read this the calcium conundrum - CONTROVERSIAL ?


other than that it looks good! will you be J&D? how many attempts are you planning to get in?

[atomic sagebrush]

Don't take both cran and baby aspirin. I know people do this on IG (and you may have even done this before) but I just really don't think it's safe.

I would like to see you take more folic than that - 1200-1600 is a good amount to shoot for - simply because the diet is low in folic and you need it for the baby.

I agree totally 100% that the douching and jelly was keeping you from getting pg before. I would have you avoid it completely as well but of course that is your call to make.

I strongly suggest keeping milk to 1-3 CUPS and not glasses (and you know my thoughts on that already so won't bore ya! )

Wishing you the very very best of luck!!!!

[Coccinelle33]

after swaying for years my ph has always been about the same and it's just to stressful to have to keep checking it. yes i've read the calcium conundrum and i didn't do the whole calcium thing the last 10 months of swaying but i was doing it with my daughter and after looking at so many sways decided i wanted to add that back in. i wont be eating much anyway so i will need some kind of fat and calories somewhere and i would rather get it there.

I'd test your pH at OV so you know what you have to work with - could be that you already have a nice low pH so don't need any douches

with the dairy: be careful about the sodium/fat in it... I tried to only drink organic milk too but didn't consume much dairy as part of the diet. Have you read this the calcium conundrum - CONTROVERSIAL ?


other than that it looks good! will you be J&D? how many attempts are you planning to get in?

[Coccinelle33]

ok i will try and still with cups and not glasses. i was measuring out 8 oz before. is that to much you think?

Don't take both cran and baby aspirin. I know people do this on IG (and you may have even done this before) but I just really don't think it's safe.

I would like to see you take more folic than that - 1200-1600 is a good amount to shoot for - simply because the diet is low in folic and you need it for the baby.

I agree totally 100% that the douching and jelly was keeping you from getting pg before. I would have you avoid it completely as well but of course that is your call to make.

I strongly suggest keeping milk to 1-3 CUPS and not glasses (and you know my thoughts on that already so won't bore ya! )

Wishing you the very very best of luck!!!!

[atomic sagebrush]

8 oz = 1 cup.

[atomic sagebrush]

after swaying for years my ph has always been about the same and it's just to stressful to have to keep checking it. yes i've read the calcium conundrum and i didn't do the whole calcium thing the last 10 months of swaying but i was doing it with my daughter and after looking at so many sways decided i wanted to add that back in. i wont be eating much anyway so i will need some kind of fat and calories somewhere and i would rather get it there.

Just for the record and clarity for others who may read this thread, the sole reason why all pink sways include calcium is because of the French Gender Diet. Naturally there will be many more sways that include calcium than those that don't, simply because I"ve only been seriously talking about calcium for 1 year and the FGD has been kicking around for a lot longer than that.