Blue sway - mucas

[Kerry45]

Hi Atomic,

So didnt work for us again this month. AF came on 21st May AF before was 25th April. That was our 5th cycle trying.

Do you suggest anything different to what I'm doing to help?

We attempted 12,13,and 14 then every other day until 18.

[atomic sagebrush]

Are you guys using any guaifenesin to make more EWCM?

Has your husband ever had a sperm analysis?

[Kerry45]

I used guaifenesin every month apart from the last. Dont feel like it makes more EWCM for me. I tried more some months and less others to see if it made a difference.

No to sperm analysis as we never had any issues with the girls. Both was first time each time.

Dont know why wouldnt work for us this time. I'm 34 and so is DH

[atomic sagebrush]

Well, it may be just bad luck - it takes fully fertile couples doing nothing to sway average 3-6 months (across all ages) to conceive so it may be you're coming in on the tail end this time. If you got pregnant first month out in the past that was GOOD luck, not something that can be expected every time.

Fine to skip guaifenesin if you're not happy with it! I never used it and I have 4 boys. Just stay well hydrated and it will have much the same effect.

It is possible though that a man can have normal sperm count (or lower than normal but you guys still conceived easily) in the past and then he has worse sperm count. I'm not saying that's what is happening, because usually it isn't at all, but it's just something to potentially rule out in the long term.

[Kerry45]

Yes I understand... guess just isnt my time yet.

I can only keep trying.. which is getting hard on the diet and gaining weight.. I have tried to cut out nuts and bananas as I think I was having too much of this. Even oats every other day is that too much? I think the snacking on apple dark choc and nuts lead into weight gains and I never snack this much. That with the amount of eggs and protein.

My husband is weight training now and just more exercise in general also trying to cut down on alcohol intake as I think that was high.

[atomic sagebrush]

That's right. Cut back on, or even cut out totally, anything sweet/starchy like bananas and apples (really, these have very little nutrients in them) and cut back on extras like nuts, berries, the things that HAVE a good level of nutrients in them. When we say protein + carbs you really don't need tons of carbs, just some.

Then cut back the number of snacks to 2 or even 1 a day and up exersice if you are still gaining.

[Kerry45]

Yes I have dropped the snacks and exercises more.

What kind of things can I have for snacks if I need any? Feel like I'm having all the wrong things which is where the weight gain is coming from. We still eat alot of chicken eggs and some red meats.

[atomic sagebrush]

Nuts, cheese and a piece of fruit, peanut butter and an apple (I know above I said cut back on apples, but if you're having a small apple with pb that is fine), half a sandwich, a yogurt, small bowl of cereal.

What you're trying to do is focus more on things that are nutrient dense and not super sugary, and less on things that are poor in nutrients and sugary (aka, bananas).

You can also try cutting your meals by 1/4-1/2 and having the other half as a snack (or even one of your other meals)

[Kerry45]

Ok I will try this.. is cheese ok to snack on for blue sway??

I didnt try this month just feel like need break last few months of trying has been hard and not having postive taking affect.

Hoping next cycle I will be better frame of mind and having added regular exercise I feel better about it.

[atomic sagebrush]

Well, if you're sold on the mineral diets you would skip it, but the mineral diets are unscientific nonsense based on animals so different from humans they don't even reproduce in the same way. I ate GOBS of cheese with my sons and gave up dairy almost totally when I got my daughter, and the best study ever done on maternal diet and gender conceived (and indeed, the only one not intended to "prove" some revolutionary mineral diet!) found that moms who went on to conceive boys had more intake of all nutrients, INCLUDING calcium and magnesium.

As long as you can avoid excess weight gain you can take all the time you need! That is a real advantage of the blue sway, there's no harm in sticking with the basic diet forever, and you can take time off when you need to.