Here after two blue sways :D

[ChezIBY]

LMSM posted a thread a while back describing all she did for when she got her girls, you can click on her handle to access the threads and find it. How are you doing? Planning to try for it soonish? Re forums being active or not, I dunno, it depends, I remember some periods when people post a bunch and then less. But you can pay for the private plan and have all your questions answered Pronto, I did that with my first sway. That being said, Atomic has put heaps of info on here already, have you read the nutshell version of the low everything diet?

[LMSM]

I've found your thread, about how you made your four girls? Is that the one? I'll study it in detail and let you know how if I have questions how are you?? Ttc coming up?

That should be the one, yes! I just couldn't transfer the formatting so it's not as easy to read as my Excel spreadsheet the info is in haha

I'm good - we're going back to France for the 1st time in 5 years in a month's time since my fertile window will likely be just as we land, I've decided to defer to the august cycle to give us time to settle, get over jetlag and enjoy the summer and food so that hopefully my body will be in relax, all is good mode

[atomic sagebrush]

I just wanted to let you know I am not ignoring you, I keep setting this aside to give you my best answer and then running out of time! Ugh I'm so so sorry!

[aloup]

LMSM poster a thread a while back describing all she did for when she got her girls, you can click on her handle to access the threads and find it. How are you doing? Planning to try for it soonish? Re forums being active or not, I dunno, it depends, I remember some periods when people post a bunch and then less. But you can pay for the private plan and have all your questions answered Pronto, I did that with my first sway. That being said, Atomic has put heaps of info on here already, have you read the nutshell version of the low everything diet?

I think we’ll be trying from September although that worries me slightly as apparently more boys are conceived in autumn and winter, my boys were conceived in November and January. When will you be swaying? Yes I’ve read about the LE diet and have started making some changes (no breakfast, trying not to snack etc). How is everything going with you? 💖

[Walkerbabies]

Congratulations on your two blue sways and good luck on your pink sway this time! I hope you will find success just like your two boys. Bus as you said the more important thing is a healthy baby. You are lucky you can get pregnant naturally. Me I had to have IVF.

[ChezIBY]

That should be the one, yes! I just couldn't transfer the formatting so it's not as easy to read as my Excel spreadsheet the info is in haha

I'm good - we're going back to France for the 1st time in 5 years in a month's time since my fertile window will likely be just as we land, I've decided to defer to the august cycle to give us time to settle, get over jetlag and enjoy the summer and food so that hopefully my body will be in relax, all is good mode

Nice I'm glad things are settling for you whereabouts in France will you be, Ile de France or not at all? We could have even met up with kiddos. I'll keep my fingers and toes crossed for your August cycle then, don't forget your multivitamins and all!!

[ChezIBY]

Hey, that must have been quite the journey! Yes, I am very grateful for what we've had so far, not like the sways but falling pregnant and everything going smoothly; I've a close freind now that I met since my youngest was born, and her second child has a very rare condition and is disabled. It is a daily struggle and lots of work and appointments and bills for them, it's really really unfair. I will absolutely take healthy over sway any day since we're friends with them and I know what that's like.

[ChezIBY]

I just wanted to let you know I am not ignoring you, I keep setting this aside to give you my best answer and then running out of time! Ugh I'm so so sorry!

how can you be sorry when you give us all your time and attention daily Atomic? <3
(that being said, I have one burning question left - is it better to use lube for pink or no lube? Hah, thanks I've gone over your essays on food and timing and all, they are very detailed, tysm)

[atomic sagebrush]

Before you get going, I wanted to talk to you about the alternate form of LE Diet that we call the "slow burn" or PCOS-type LE Diet. We actually have much better results with that style of diet than the standard LE Diet. I would honestly have everyone use it, but many people can't stick to it and many many more see their weight plummet on that type of diet.

My gut instinct is to have you do a modified LE Diet where we do some things from the alternate diet and other things from the standard. But these questions will help me know for sure how strict we need to be:

What is your BMI?? Do you have any history of gestational diabetes or Type 2 diabetes in your family? Do you gain weight really easily, have trouble losing weight when eating a lot of carbs? Is your menstrual cycle regular most of the time?

RE the milk in coffee, it doesn't need to be skim. In fact if you do go on the alternate diet, you would want to avoid skim milk totally. The LE Diet is about the limits, and within the limits it is ok to have full fat milk or even cream (and in fact some people need to, to get enough fat).

My gut instinct, because I want you to have best possible results, is for you to do half-way in between the standard LE Diet and the alternate one. That would mean you switch to whole grains only (or at least most of the time), have NO skim or part skim dairy, only full fat dairy within the limits of the day, limit sugar (you don't need to cut it out totally unless we decide to do the alternate diet fully, but don't do the "gummy worms for calories" type of mindset some people do on the standard LE). We would change the macros around slightly so you're getting 50-60 g protein and fat.

You can have whole eggs and nuts but keep them within limits. There used to be this idea that eggs were an "eat all you can" for pink sways but that is a very bad idea - that's why there is a warning against eggs. Just as long as you're within limits you can have them. 4-6 eggs a week has been a good guideline.

Since you're not trying for a while, we want you to start off doing higher calories than you think you'll need. We can cut back over time. We don't want anyone to start off too low in calories, lose too much weight, stop ovulating, then have to increase calories to get ovulation going again! Be VERY cautious this first couple months. It's much better to start off higher than needed and cut back than to do the opposite!

Do you have a ballpark figure about how many cals, grams of protein, and fat you're eating or will be eating??

If you email me at atomicsagebrush@gmail.com I can send you some additional diet stuff I have.

EVerything else is looking great!

[atomic sagebrush]

how can you be sorry when you give us all your time and attention daily Atomic? <3
(that being said, I have one burning question left - is it better to use lube for pink or no lube? Hah, thanks I've gone over your essays on food and timing and all, they are very detailed, tysm)

The pink friendly lubes haven't worked and do really cut odds of conception by a lot. Still, most people do want to try them at least at the start of their sway. I don't think they're necessary, but I do keep them in the mix for those who want to use them because they're so much safer and less "control freakish" than the other pH stuff (which also doesn't work!)